mic mac moe Posted September 5, 2018 Author Share Posted September 5, 2018 1 hour ago, ead said: Shouldn't a fretless Precision be called an Imprecision? Sorry, I'll get my coat... Fender presumption!! 😆 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Own 3 P bass now , 2 split coils and 1 51 style. I really do not find a reason now to play something different. It's like hearing the ancestrall recall of bass sound 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 On 05/09/2018 at 12:23, ead said: Shouldn't a fretless Precision be called an Imprecision? Sorry, I'll get my coat... And if you play fretless like I do, then it should be an Offender Imprecision.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ead Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Just now, Dood said: And if you play fretless like I do, then it should be an Offender Imprecision.. I feel your pain as I am striving for mediocrity on fretless basses. Have you been secretly bugging my practice room Dood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 1 minute ago, ead said: I feel your pain as I am striving for mediocrity on fretless basses. Have you been secretly bugging my practice room Dood I have the unfortunate situation of having nowhere to hide when someone sends me a beautiful fretless bass to review. The least I can do is apologise to Youtube before I start playing 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mic mac moe Posted September 6, 2018 Author Share Posted September 6, 2018 1 hour ago, Dood said: And if you play fretless like I do, then it should be an Offender Imprecision.. I'm sure that's not the case 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Steve Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Never been a huge fan. I find the necks on all the Fender Ps I've played functional but uninspiring, which reinforces the fact that I find the design a bit cliche'd - I fully realise that this is hugely unfair because it's an original design and it's other people copying it that has made it so ubiquitous. One man's cliche'd is another man's classic. For all that... P's do have that sound - bit like the design, solid, no nonsense, does a job. They work especially well in a lot of punk stuff that I listen to, being both "right" and easily identifiable as a P. So I'm happy to put it down to personal preference without needing to slag off the instruments as somebody else's bad choice. Just not for me. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mic mac moe Posted September 6, 2018 Author Share Posted September 6, 2018 Nicely put, mate. I always gravitate towards a precision for the no nonsense, solid feel. Never got on with jazz basses-I hate the 60 cycle thing, and the neck that's like a little girls wrist. Stingrays, I've liked but are usually too expensive. That being said, I've got a thumb copy by vester which I class as my "j" option. And I do play that quite often. And on the GAS front (damn that bc marketplace) I'm drooling at a couple of stingrays. And, I plan on buying a fretless in the near future and I think jazz is the way to go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridgehouse Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Don't want to say it too loudly for fear of upsetting the Precision Gods, but I think Fender missed a trick by not doing a semi-hollow version of the classic 51P Bass.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 8 minutes ago, mic mac moe said: the 60 cycle thing, Would you explain that for me please? I've led a sheltered bass life. All I can guess is that it has something to do with the AC line voltage in the 'States but I don't know how that would be a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CameronJ Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Just now, SpondonBassed said: Would you explain that for me please? I've led a sheltered bass life. All I can guess is that it has something to do with the AC line voltage in the 'States but I don't know how that would be a problem. 60 cycle hum on a soloed single coil pickup? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newfoundfreedom Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 I hate you people!!! I've never been interested in buying or playing a P bass in my life. Now even that pink one has started to look good. I'm even thinking I might kind of learn to love that headstock like an ugly wife. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridgehouse Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 1 minute ago, CameronJ said: 60 cycle hum on a soloed single coil pickup? Of course, it's 50hz hum in the UK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Is it induction noise you are on about then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridgehouse Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 1 minute ago, SpondonBassed said: Is it induction noise you are on about then? Yep. Usually from transformers in stuff in your house, or from fluorescent tubes etc in venues. Single coils pick it up - humbuckers are designed to buck (cancel) it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 16 minutes ago, Bridgehouse said: Don't want to say it too loudly for fear of upsetting the Precision Gods, but I think Fender missed a trick by not doing a semi-hollow version of the classic 51P Bass.... That's more like it..! I'd be interested in a bass like that.It's getting closer to the Rob Allen styling, which, from me, is high praise. I'll pass on the wallpaper, though. My Dad would paste up similar patterns in the living room. It's the stuff of nightmares. Pop art..? Not for me, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newfoundfreedom Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Just now, Bridgehouse said: Yep. Usually from transformers in stuff in your house, or from fluorescent tubes etc in venues. Single coils pick it up - humbuckers are designed to buck (cancel) it Ah.....as in "hum" buckers. Am I really so stupid that I never got that? 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridgehouse Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Just now, Dad3353 said: That's more like it..! I'd be interested in a bass like that.It's getting closer to the Rob Allen styling, which, from me, is high praise. I'll pass on the wallpaper, though. My Dad would paste up similar patterns in the living room. It's the stuff of nightmares. Pop art..? Not for me, thanks. You can blame Mrs B for the wallpaper. For me its very simple "You can have whatever basses you want dear, as long as I can have whatever wallpaper I want" "You can stick naked pictures of Rick Astley up if I can have whatever basses I want, love..." 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridgehouse Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Just now, Newfoundfreedom said: Ah.....as in "hum" buckers. Am I really so stupid that I never got that? 😂 Yep - that's it. People grumbled at Fender for those noisy pickups in the original Tele, Precision etc. and so they made ones that bucked the hum (by the two coils overlapping in frequency and effectively cancelling that bit out... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Just now, Bridgehouse said: You can blame Mrs B for the wallpaper. For me its very simple "You can have whatever basses you want dear, as long as I can have whatever wallpaper I want" "You can stick naked pictures of Rick Astley up if I can have whatever basses I want, love..." Given the choice, I'd have preferred Mr Astley, I think. (Although, having looked up who he is, it's a close-run race....) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 15 minutes ago, Bridgehouse said: Yep. Usually from transformers in stuff in your house, or from fluorescent tubes etc in venues. Single coils pick it up - humbuckers are designed to buck (cancel) it I thought you could get around that with a good shielding mod...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridgehouse Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Just now, SpondonBassed said: I thought you could get around that with a good shielding mod...? It’s difficult to shield above a pickup without it looking a bit naff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 3 minutes ago, Bridgehouse said: It’s difficult to shield above a pickup without it looking a bit naff I suppose that's why stacked J pickups are sold. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridgehouse Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 4 minutes ago, Bridgehouse said: It’s difficult to shield above a pickup without it looking a bit naff Having said that, I just did it in my Shuker as it's underneath the board and it worked really well... ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridgehouse Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Just now, SpondonBassed said: I suppose that's why stacked J pickups are sold. Exactly why! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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