calumpiercy 0 Posted May 4, 2020 My P bass sounds very strange, almost out of phase with itself, is this possible? First bass you hear is mine, 2nd is another MIM P Bass. Both D.I. Any ideas why it sounds so much worse? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lozz196 4,769 Posted May 4, 2020 I don’t hear anything that would cause me concern, if anything I think bass one sounds much better and more Precision like. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bassassin 1,920 Posted May 4, 2020 Both sound good to me, both identifiably "P". As likely to be inherent differences in strings/pickups as anything else. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gjones 782 Posted May 4, 2020 (edited) The first one is a bit middier possibly? Still sounds fine to me. Is that the immigrant song by Led Zep? Edited May 4, 2020 by gjones Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lou24d53 248 Posted May 4, 2020 18 minutes ago, gjones said: The first one is a bit middier possibly? Still sounds fine to me. Is that the immigrant song by Led Zep? I was waiting on the "aaaaahhhha ahhhhahha hhhahahaah" bit...!! :-) 2 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
police squad 512 Posted May 4, 2020 yep sounds fine to me too. Differences in pickups would probably be the thing here. Both sound just like a P bass, the 2nd bass sounds more scooped Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ClassicVibes 1,109 Posted May 4, 2020 Have you tried turning it off and on again? 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bassmingo 23 Posted May 4, 2020 Are both basses stock? Same necks? Same country of origin? Same era? Nothing really wrong with either but knowing more about each bass would help narrow down the difference. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Geek99 1,494 Posted May 4, 2020 “precision-like” Sound is a fairly wide church you know, in the way that someone might say that a car sounds “a bit like a vw golf” Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OliverBlackman 258 Posted May 4, 2020 pickup height and balance can make a huge difference 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Geek99 1,494 Posted May 4, 2020 2 hours ago, ClassicVibes said: Have you tried turning it off and on again? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bobthedog 1,117 Posted May 4, 2020 Can't help with the technical bit, but reading through the threads on this site, perhaps remove the tort pickguard? 1 7 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Geek99 1,494 Posted May 4, 2020 No, then it will look s h I t 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drTStingray 664 Posted May 4, 2020 4 hours ago, Geek99 said: No, then it will look s h I t As opposed to p u k e 😏😂👍 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drTStingray 664 Posted May 4, 2020 (edited) 8 hours ago, calumpiercy said: My P bass sounds very strange, almost out of phase with itself, is this possible? First bass you hear is mine, 2nd is another MIM P Bass. Both D.I. Any ideas why it sounds so much worse? I agree they sound very different - have they got the same strings? The second one is more scooped sounding (particularly trebly) whereas the first is much more ballsy sounding, in your face as it were. Its worth looking at pick up heights and maybe the outputs are different - the first sounds almost over driven to me. Some Precisions are louder than others. How do they fare back to back with the tone turned off (or at least down)? I know it's anathema but you could turn the bass volume down a bit on your one perhaps (unless the volume isn't linear - ie drops off very suddenly when you turn the control). Edited May 4, 2020 by drTStingray Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shoulderpet 127 Posted May 5, 2020 I agree with what has been said so far, cant hear anything bad about either of them, 1st bass is stronger in the mids 2nd sounds scooped, both sound fine to me , which bass is it you don't like the sound of? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
acidbass 222 Posted May 5, 2020 Much prefer the sound of bass #1! Definitely more like a P Bass. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Geek99 1,494 Posted May 5, 2020 There we go, we’ve just got him calmed down and you go and stir the pot.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
madshadows 195 Posted May 5, 2020 Both sound good, #1 edges it slightly to my ears John 😎 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yorks5stringer 1,824 Posted May 5, 2020 They say it's all in the fingers, did you use the same hand each time ? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dood 1,523 Posted May 5, 2020 Does the first one have a lacquered Maple fretboard and the second have Rosewood? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drTStingray 664 Posted May 5, 2020 My take on this is bass 2 is much more Roger Waters (P Floyd) eg Money, whereas bass 1 is more Peaches I K Brunel (Stranglers). Take your pick - both valid P bass tones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ezbass 2,601 Posted May 5, 2020 Both P basses to my ears and like some of those above, I prefer bass number 1. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mcnach 2,616 Posted May 6, 2020 On 04/05/2020 at 15:33, Lozz196 said: I don’t hear anything that would cause me concern, if anything I think bass one sounds much better and more Precision like. That's exactly what I was going to say. Bass 1 sounds ok to me, I may EQ it a bit differently but it sounds like a P. Bass 2 sounds like someone turned down the mids, which some people may want, but not me, however it's still a Precision sound. :shrug: what pickups & strings are you using on both basses? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites