Played a 70's Fender P bass

[jfh2424]

Originally Posted by Misterwogan

I understand now, thanks.
My question was, as I said sincere. Are there bassists out there, playing blues gigs - and saying that they can do this without the P-Bass sound?

So far, there has been just one convincing response.

Misterwogan, I've played blues, in a band, for money, several times, on a...wait for it...G&L L2000. I've also done it on a P. But I've mainly done it on an L2000. And yes I've gotten payed, and rehired later, and yes it did sound good.

And just so you know, I am not an exception. There is more than one way to skin a cat and that is more than one tool that you can use to play the blues.

Now, back to our regular programming!

John

[Mastermold]

Originally Posted by Nobody

I don't think you're supposed to say "not a P bass guy" on talkbass. ;-)

+1
Lol!

[darkstorm]

Glad he had a good one. Those where pretty hit and miss back then.

[madbassplaya]

Originally Posted by steamthief

The thread title did just that.

Maybe the second line above would have been more apropos...

I would assume that users would read the post and respond to the post itself and not just the title. However, you appear to be correct, so I changed the title.

I'm not a "p bass" guy, but I can appreciate a cool bass (p or not) was my point.

Originally Posted by SherwoodGreen

Sweet looking Precision...
Can you describe what it was about THIS particular P-Bass that made it sound/seem different from other Precisions I assume you've tried & NOT liked??

BTW- I AM a P-Bass guy!

I have played one other P bass that I LOVED. It was a Foto Flame MIJ model. Neither it nor this one had a squirrely top end that every other P bass I've played has had.

This was a nice surprise.

1. Because my buddy had a bass for me to jam on unexpectedly.
2. It was a vintage Fender.
3. It had a dang good sound to it and played well!