Examples of great P tone.

[ianrendall]

So, hopefully pulling the trigger soon on a Sadowsky Satin. To sate my appetite for a new bass until then, I have a 2014 Fiesta Red 50s RW coming tomorrow. 

And until then, I’d love some examples of great P bass tone. I’ll start with this one. It’s this very track that gave me GAS for a P. 

 

[Muzz]

P-Tone, you say? GAS-inducing, you say? This is track that made me pick up a bass...15 seconds in... 😁

 

[AntLockyer]

 

[chris_b]

For a great P bass sound listen to Bob Babbitt on Midnight Train To Georgia, Vernie Robbins on Mr Big Stuff and Duck Dunn on Mr Pitiful.

[ianrendall]

I just absolutely love that little burpy barp noise about 18 seconds in on the vid I posted. The tiny thumpy ‘pwmp’ of what sounds like breakup at the start of the note. Compression? Slight overdrive? Valvey cream?

Edited September 27, 2018 by ianrendall

[ianrendall]

 

[ianrendall]

1 hour ago, Muzz said:

P-Tone, you say? GAS-inducing, you say? This is track that made me pick up a bass...15 seconds in... 😁

 

Bloody lovely. Literally, only a P bass could sound like that. 

[Misdee]

The late great John Wetton:  

 

[PaulWarning]

17 minutes ago, ianrendall said:

Bloody lovely. Literally, only a P bass could sound like that. 

unfortunately that is the only P bass that sounds like that

[Misdee]

Jim Fielder.

[Graham]

This one for me, love a bit of 'Arry

 

[Al Krow]

Oooh this is going to be a great thread! Thanks OP! 

[ianrendall]

6 minutes ago, Al Krow said:

Oooh this is going to be a great thread! Thanks OP! 

Thank you! Here is your prize!

 

[Al Krow]

Ah one of my favourite bands for fantastic bass lines! 

[Phil_T]

lovely tone on this, I assume this is a precision through an SVT and 8x10 but don't know for sure

 

[Guest]

Forget-me-Nots - Patrice Rushen

Saturday Night - Herbie Hancock

Both “Ready” Freddie Washington I believe...

[Delberthot]

1:43 is one of my favourite bass lines and indeed bass tones ever

 

[paul_5]

I’m not a P player by any means, but’I’ve always loved the P bass sound on Frank Zappa’s ‘Broadway the Hard Way’ and ‘Tinseltown Rebellion’ albums; different players (Scott Thuned and Arthur Barrow respectively) but both do a fine job.

[Cosmo Valdemar]

 

 

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[miles'tone]

Marlowe DK 

[EliasMooseblaster]

25 minutes ago, Cosmo Valdemar said:

Rush - Finding My Way

Ey up - did Geddy have a Precision phase as well? I always had him down as a Jazz man (when he wasn't dabbling with Ricks and Wals, at least)

[Cosmo Valdemar]

6 minutes ago, EliasMooseblaster said:

Ey up - did Geddy have a Precision phase as well? I always had him down as a Jazz man (when he wasn't dabbling with Ricks and Wals, at least)

First album was all Precision! Geddy bought his first Rickenbacker with the record company advance straight after.

 

[Shaggy]

 

[stu_g]