Do I reeeally need a Precision..? (edit: American Professional Classic Precision incoming...)

[Reggaebass]

Very nice, , looks good in the faded green 

[Jonesy]

Really cool, looking forward to hearing what you think about it!

[RichT]

13 hours ago, Lozz196 said:

That’s a beautiful colour scheme 

 

I wish to thank you for not saying "colourway". 

[jd56hawk]

I never believed in the "Every bass player needs a P bass" credo, but I still regret not buying this one.

Never saw a nicer P bass in my whole life.

[HeadlessBassist]

3 hours ago, jd56hawk said:

I never believed in the "Every bass player needs a P bass" credo, but I still regret not buying this one.

Never saw a nicer P bass in my whole life.

 

That's a nice looking Bass for sure. I'm curious JD, you sound like you place the aesthetics of a Bass very highly, whereas I mainly go for the feel, playability and sound of the bass in question. I stopped by the Gallery during my Precision research and chose the green American Professional Classic, because that particular instrument felt and sounded great to me. I'm not really bothered about colours  

[jd56hawk]

19 hours ago, HeadlessBassist said:

 

That's a nice looking Bass for sure. I'm curious JD, you sound like you place the aesthetics of a Bass very highly, whereas I mainly go for the feel, playability and sound of the bass in question. I stopped by the Gallery during my Precision research and chose the green American Professional Classic, because that particular instrument felt and sounded great to me. I'm not really bothered about colours  

These days, so many companies make good basses there's no need for me to even consider looking at something if it doesn't catch my eye. If I'm shopping for basses there's no way in the world that I'm going to plug in the one on the left if it's hanging next to the one on the right.

Even buying online, I'm going for something special.

Edited 6 hours ago by jd56hawk

[HeadlessBassist]

Typically, now I've ordered my American Professional Classic Precision from the Bass Gallery, I spot these - Listen to the demo on the last frame in the list of pictures... Don't know what strings he's putting on these, but his timber choices and how he makes/winds the pickups sound sublime.

 

https://reverb.com/uk/item/92759611-alnus-bass-precision-bass-2025-aged-dakota-red

 

 

 

Edited 2 hours ago by HeadlessBassist

[Lozz196]

That does sound pretty amazing. 

[Stub Mandrel]

 

 

26 minutes ago, HeadlessBassist said:

Typically, now I've ordered my American Professional Classic Precision from the Bass Gallery, I spot these - Listen to the demo on the last frame in the list of pictures... Don't know what strings he's putting on these, but his timber choices and how he makes/winds the pickups sound sublime.

 

https://reverb.com/uk/item/92759611-alnus-bass-precision-bass-2025-aged-dakota-red

 

 

 

 

It sounds remarkably like my Westone Thunder 1 - which is a compliment, I always say it sounds more like a Precision than a Precision. 

[jazzyvee]

I've never been asked to bring any kind of bass for a gig or dep. In actual fact i didn't even know what the P-bass  sound was until I joined this forum and read so much praise for them and decided to listened to examples.

I do have an active bass with two sets of P-style pickups and in recent years put on flats but i doubt it has the authentic tonality of a passive P bass. I've taken it on a few dep gigs and got close enough to the previous bass player's sound that they noticed. I personally don't think I 'need' that sound and It's never gonna be my first call bass sound but if that type of sound was needed, i'd bring it along and see what I could do with it. Sounds monster with rounds on tho.

Edited 8 minutes ago by jazzyvee