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09-09-2011, 02:47 PM
|  | Registered User | | | | | Are there any "popular" bassists that have never used a P?
Seems like at one time or another, every major bassist has been seen with a Precision. Are there any that you can think of have never used one in their career? |
09-09-2011, 02:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Tyneside, UK | | | I could be wrong, but I've never seen a P bass listed on Mark King's gear list, both with Level 42 and Grupo Mark King.
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09-09-2011, 02:59 PM
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09-09-2011, 03:06 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Phantom Guitars, Eastwood Guitars | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Austin,Texas | | | Entwistle had MANY P-basses, and favored a white one for a while in the 60s, not to mention the "Frankenstein" P to which I assume you're referring to.
I'll add McCartney, don't recall ever seeing him with one.
If you're talking FENDER Precisions, I'll also add Chris Squire, who plays a Lakeland "P" from time to time.
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09-09-2011, 03:07 PM
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Originally Posted by LuckyBassPlayer I think John Entwistle, I've at least never seen him with a COMPLETE P. | The slab-bodied '66 P.
I've never seen Jack Bruce with a Precision though, nor Stanley Clarke, Victor Wooten, Victor Bailey, Michael Mannring, nor Stu Hammer.
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09-09-2011, 03:11 PM
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09-09-2011, 03:14 PM
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Originally Posted by JTE The slab-bodied '66 P.
I've never seen Jack Bruce with a Precision though, nor Stanley Clarke, Victor Wooten, Victor Bailey, Michael Mannring, nor Stu Hammer.
John | Neither have I, but I'm willing to bet each has recorded with one at one point in time or another. |
09-09-2011, 03:19 PM
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Originally Posted by JTE The slab-bodied '66 P.
I've never seen Jack Bruce with a Precision though, nor Stanley Clarke, Victor Wooten, Victor Bailey, Michael Mannring, nor Stu Hammer.
John | Good ones! Definitely have never seen Jack Bruce with one. |
09-09-2011, 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted by tangentmusic Chris Squire? Dont think i've seen him playing a P.. |
Not a Fender,but he has been playing a Lakland P in recent years,as stated above by iamthebassman. 
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09-09-2011, 03:48 PM
| | | | have no factual basis - just a thought - Tony Levin? (Although I am imagine he must have recorded with one at some point....)
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09-09-2011, 03:51 PM
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Originally Posted by 5StringBlues Not a Fender,but he has been playing a Lakland P in recent years,as stated above by iamthebassman. | OK... Now i've seen him play a P... Thanks |
09-09-2011, 03:52 PM
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09-10-2011, 12:52 AM
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09-10-2011, 01:07 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Pueblo, CO | | | I wonder how many bassists started with some kind of ****** precision pickup in a bass of some sort...
I know I did. |
09-10-2011, 01:27 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Carvin,Modulus, Hotwire & Conklin Basses, Eden Amps | | Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Nashville,TN | | Jack Casady (he used a J Bass in early Jefferson Airplane days)
Phil Lesh
Jaco Pastorius (always used a J Bass up through his Weather Report and Word of Mouth era)
Tony Levin used a Precision for a lot of his early New York studio work.
Sir Paul McCartney (Hofner, Rickenbacker, Yamaha Broadbass, Wal (a gift from Linda), etc.)
Certainly in his work with RHCP, Flea has used everything but a P-bass AFAIK.
I don't believe Leland Sklar typically uses one-his first bass of any notoriety with James Taylor was an old Jazz that he meticulously decorated with carvings in the wood. He does have a parts bass with two reversed EMG P-Bass pickups that he likes as well as assorted Yamahas and Dingwalls.
Joe Osborne may have used one in his early Rick Nelson era career (there are pictures of him playing an early Rickenbacker with Rick) but pretty much all of his recorded studio work was on his 1960 Jazz Bass (an early prototype with stacked knobs).
Anthony Jackson ("Career Girl", his first bass that he cut "For The Love of Money" and "Me and Mrs. Jones" on is a Jazz Bass).
Larry Graham
John Paul Jones tended to use Fender Jazz Basses as well (later Alembic and Manson). Only a true Zep Trivia Master would know if he ever recorded with a Precision. I did see the original band and he used his J Bass.
Just a few off the top of my head....
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09-10-2011, 02:01 AM
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Originally Posted by tangentmusic Chris Squire? Dont think i've seen him playing a P.. | Chris do plays a P bass, but it is a Lakland as mentioned earlier. He do play a Fender Jazz sometimes.
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09-10-2011, 02:06 AM
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| Jene Simmons never played in The Who, even though he might have played a p if he played in The Who. 
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09-10-2011, 02:27 AM
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Just guessing though . |
09-10-2011, 03:30 AM
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Originally Posted by tnickk Marcus Miller. | In Lee Riteneur's Rio Funk he sounds P-bassish.
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