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12-02-2012, 10:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Iowa, USA & Slovenia, EU | | | Double P's: What's out there?
I'm looking for double P basses. What are the options out there, in the sub $500 or so range (used)?
Ideally, it would be a reverse double P... think Lee Sklar's double P...
I'm not too picky about design at this "let's see what's out there" stage, so anything is game.
I can start with what I know already: BC Rich... |
12-02-2012, 10:29 PM
|  | Functionless Art is Merely Tolerated Vandalism | | Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | | | Under $500? Fender blacktop jazz I think falls into that price range.
A Precision Elite II will run you at least $900, and that is if you find a good price.
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12-02-2012, 10:32 PM
|  | keepin' the beat since the 60's | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Studio City, SoCal, USA | | | I bought an old Yamaha BB400 (reverse P) and added another reverse P at the bridge. I have always felt that this should be the standard configuration as it gives the D and G strings a little more bottom. Great sound, However I am still planning to move the neck pup about 1" closer to the neck, about where Lee Sklar has his. Then I will need to have a custom pick guard made to cover the hole. I hope it is worth it!!!
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12-02-2012, 10:41 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Hudson Valley, NY | | Isn't Fender currently making these under $500 in their Blacktop series? I don't pay much attention but I know I've seen a couple dual "P" models floating around lately that fall under the "inexpensive" umbrella. 
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12-02-2012, 10:43 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Central FL | | | Any bass with emg "dc" style cases can be converted to a double p setup. Just replace the DC's with 35p or 40p pups. Lots more options that way as well. |
12-02-2012, 10:51 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Colorado | | Quote:
Originally Posted by petrus61  Isn't Fender currently making these under $500 in their Blacktop series? I don't pay much attention but I know I've seen a couple dual "P" models floating around lately that fall under the "inexpensive" umbrella. | I love Fender basses ... but they always put the P pickup in backwards.
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12-02-2012, 11:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Ric5 I love Fender basses ... but they always put the P pickup in backwards. | Still sounds good. Don't know if it would have the same iconic tone otherwise.
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12-02-2012, 11:13 PM
| | | | Several choices among used BC Rich NJ series basses.
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12-02-2012, 11:20 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Genz Benz Amplification | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Nashville | | | At that budget I'd be inclined to get a Squier VM and mod it. You can easily reverse the coils on the existing pickup since the routing is actually pretty large, just need a new pickguard and routing for the bridge pickup. |
12-02-2012, 11:26 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Quebec | | 70s Vantage bass. I see these a lot on kijiji around here. You can find one under $500 for sure. Here's a picture of one I found on google.  |
12-03-2012, 01:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Iowa, USA & Slovenia, EU | | | Thanks all, I like the input so far!
I really like this Vantage. Are there any other similar (vintage, Japanese) double P basses?
Modding a P-bass is always an option, but I'd first want to see which ones were conceived to be Double P's. |
12-03-2012, 01:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Hawaii | | Quote:
Originally Posted by sikamikanico I'm looking for double P basses. What are the options out there, in the sub $500 or so range (used)?
Ideally, it would be a reverse double P... think Lee Sklar's double P...
I'm not too picky about design at this "let's see what's out there" stage, so anything is game.
I can start with what I know already: BC Rich... | You mean a double P like this? 
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12-03-2012, 02:11 PM
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Originally Posted by DiabolusInMusic A Precision Elite II will run you at least $900, and that is if you find a good price. | See, this is why I suck at investing: No patience!
I sold my 1985 Fender Precision Elite II a dozen years ago...for $200. If I'd known they were gonna sell for $900 twelve years later I might've hung on to it! | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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