Best non-Fender P-Bass?

[tabdog]

Peavey Fury with Fender pickup,



Tabdog

[Nitzan]

Originally Posted by dedpool1052

i got one a few months ago. stock, i felt it was lacking in the tone department. the p-pup was really hollow and empty sounding while the bridge was far too middy/burpy sounding. the hardware was also lacking, but on par with instruments in that price range. so i ended up replacing the tuners with black schaller bml's and putting a black schaller roller bridge on it. i also had the pickups replaced with an emg phz/35hz set and had a coil tap for the bridge pickup put in. the push-pull tone pot was replaced with a standard 500k with a .047 cap. it has a very different sound now. while the HZ's are passive, they're still emg pickups, so they've got "that" sound. the coil tap does offer some good versatility. the p pickup sounds fuller with a bigger bottom end than the stock pickup and the 35hz in the bridge is cleaner sounding with a more well-defined midrange. overall, i think the mods were a good improvement over how it came stock and that bass has become my new #1.

Thank you for that input!

[meursault42]

Originally Posted by Bulltrout

Check out the modern SB1's. They're a P, but with a really muscular pickup.

What does this mean exactly? Just curious. More aggressive midrange?

[VintageBoutique]

I think the Yamaha Billy Sheehan Attitude is the best Precision bass out there.

70's-80's Schecter's are cool.

[SturmUndDrang]

Originally Posted by meursault42

What does this mean exactly? Just curious. More aggressive midrange?

It's pole pieces are made of iron and the magnet is ceramic. The construction is also different, which is why they call it magnetic field design. You can get close to traditional Precision sound with it, but it's got a very different charcter. The controls don't behave in a traditional manner either. The volume acts more like a second tone control. Overall it is more modern sounding and is much hotter. Love mine

[tomydacat]

I like the Nash basses .. although I cant afford one.. so I got a Schecter Model T .. LOVE IT