Do I reeeally need a Precision..?

[Jonesy]

4 pages in and no one has said you need more than just one P bass - one with flats and one with rounds.

 

You're slipping basschat, up your game.

 

😂

 

I was against P's for ages, just because they're a bit standard. Then I got one for a blues band and it just clicked, they sit in the mix pretty perfectly without much faff. I've now got 2 and am eyeing up a 3rd 😂

Edited Sunday at 21:16 by Jonesy

[MrFingers]

12 hours ago, Jonesy said:

 

4 pages in and no one has said you need more than just one P bass - one with flats and one with rounds.

 

And a second pair with maple fretboards. And a fretless one. Maybe cram in a 5-string as well…

[Lozz196]

Just now, MrFingers said:

And a second pair with maple fretboards. And a fretless one. Maybe cram in a 5-string as well…

All perfectly reasonable

[Mrbigstuff]

On 03/11/2025 at 09:54, MrFingers said:

And a second pair with maple fretboards. And a fretless one. Maybe cram in a 5-string as well…

If you’re going to get a 5 you need multiple to match all your 4 string versions. No use owning a 4 string maple fretless if you don’t have a 5 string variant handy for those 5 extra notes. 
Speaking of extra notes, best add 24 fret variants of everything just to be safe.

I think we’re up to 16 basses so far 😁

[snorkie635]

5 minutes ago, Mrbigstuff said:

If you’re going to get a 5 you need multiple to match all your 4 string versions. No use owning a 4 string maple fretless if you don’t have a 5 string variant handy for those 5 extra notes. 
Speaking of extra notes, best add 24 fret variants of everything just to be safe.

I think we’re up to 16 basses so far 😁

You're forgetting a vintage (or two). YOB?

 

Also something bang-up-to-date with active option, such as an Elite or Ultra.

Edited 18 hours ago by snorkie635

[AlexDelores]

I think myself, and many other bass players have thought that we need a P bass with Flats in our collection over the last few weeks after watching the Sean Hurley SBL interview.

 

Fortunately the GAS has subsided, and I’ve reminded myself I’m not a professional studio bass player with a need for that ‘certain’ sound. 
 

Edited 17 hours ago by AlexDelores

[snorkie635]

3 minutes ago, AlexDelores said:

I think myself, and many other bass players have thought that we need a P bass with Flats in our collection over the last few weeks after watching the Sean Hurley SBL interview.

 

Fortunately the GAS has subsided, and I’ve reminded myself I’m not a professional studio bass player with a need for that ‘certain’ sound. 
 

That's a very poor excuse Alex. Have a re-think.

[itu]

I would like to ask, whether it is the bass or the pickup? 

 

There seems to be lots of discussion about particular basses, although many of them share similar pickups (even in the same positions). This discussion is about the bass, although this could be about the pickup with basic hi-Z electronics (VT). Otherwise we may have to talk about the bass body, and neck specs, do we? 

[Mrbigstuff]

2 hours ago, snorkie635 said:

You're forgetting a vintage (or two). YOB?

 

Also something bang-up-to-date with active option, such as an Elite or Ultra.

Good thinking! Old, new and boutiques! I also forgot to treble the number for flats, nickel and steel rounds. So that’s 48 minimum. Add jazz basses into the mix and you will be into @cetera collection numbers.

[Mrbigstuff]

1 hour ago, itu said:

I would like to ask, whether it is the bass or the pickup? 

 

There seems to be lots of discussion about particular basses, although many of them share similar pickups (even in the same positions). This discussion is about the bass, although this could be about the pickup with basic hi-Z electronics (VT). Otherwise we may have to talk about the bass body, and neck specs, do we? 

It’s been debated before, but I think Fender body shape and split pickup in the conventional position covers the P bass definition. A double P is allowed but not PJ or any other pickup style.

[Stub Mandrel]

29 minutes ago, Mrbigstuff said:

Good thinking! Old, new and boutiques! I also forgot to treble the number for flats, nickel and steel rounds. So that’s 48 minimum. Add jazz basses into the mix and you will be into @cetera collection numbers.

 

P-lite

[itu]

2 hours ago, Mrbigstuff said:

It’s been debated before, but I think Fender body shape and split pickup in the conventional position covers the P bass definition. 

What has the body shape to do with the definition, if the pickup and its placement is the thing soundwise? Would an Adam Clayton gilt Warwick not be a P, because of the shape? (OK, the pickup is reversed, but still?) 

[Mrbigstuff]

27 minutes ago, itu said:

What has the body shape to do with the definition, if the pickup and its placement is the thing soundwise? Would an Adam Clayton gilt Warwick not be a P, because of the shape? (OK, the pickup is reversed, but still?) 

That’s exactly why I included the Fender body shape…. If someone asked me what a P bass is, Adam Clayton’s Warwick isn’t what comes to mind.

[chris_b]

2 hours ago, itu said:

What has the body shape to do with the definition. . . .

 

Because that is what defines an instrument.

 

A Warwick with P pickups is a Warwick with P pickups and is not a Precision. A Precision with Music Man pickups is not a Music Man, and so on. The body shape defines the bass. If someone's been mucking about with the pickups, hardware etc, that doesn't change the definition.

[Chiliwailer]

9 hours ago, itu said:

What has the body shape to do with the definition, if the pickup and its placement is the thing soundwise? Would an Adam Clayton gilt Warwick not be a P, because of the shape? (OK, the pickup is reversed, but still?) 

Ta da, patented!  🌟😊

 

 

 

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[Chiliwailer]

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[BigRedX]

12 hours ago, Mrbigstuff said:

It’s been debated before, but I think Fender body shape and split pickup in the conventional position covers the P bass definition. A double P is allowed but not PJ or any other pickup style.

 

It depends whether you are listening with your ears or with your eyes.

 

This sounds just like a P-bass:

 

Edited 2 hours ago by BigRedX

[police squad]

9 hours ago, itu said:

What has the body shape to do with the definition, if the pickup and its placement is the thing soundwise? Would an Adam Clayton gilt Warwick not be a P, because of the shape? (OK, the pickup is reversed, but still?) 

no, the pickup is not in the same place as a P bass. (I measured mine). It's the same with the current Adam Clayton Warwick too. They sound good but not the same as a P bass

[Mrbigstuff]

54 minutes ago, BigRedX said:

 

It depends whether you are listening with your ears or with your eyes.

 

This sounds just like a P-bass:

 

I tend to use both most of the time 😂

[crazycloud]

1 hour ago, Chiliwailer said:

Ta da, patented!

Shape can't be patented, only copyrighted and they lost that battle decades ago.

 

1 hour ago, BigRedX said:

It depends whether you are listening with your ears or with your eyes.

Yup.

 

PU type and position define the general characteristics of a P type to me, but sadly many will look and determine that a non-FSO is not a P even if they couldn't pick it blind from something else.

[Chiliwailer]

3 minutes ago, crazycloud said:

Shape can't be patented, only copyrighted and they lost that battle decades ago.

 

 

I was just messing, as I really can’t take this seriously 😊