Recent content by The Mollusk

I know tone has a lot to do with your amp and the audio engineer and stuff. No need to explain it. But I'm in the market for new strings. I have a 50s P bass (not made in the 50s, but the current 50s model). I'm looking for something that straddles the line between bright and thumpy. Something...

So I've exclusively used medium gauge rounds on my P bass, but I'm considering a jump onto the flats bandwagon. Unfortunately, my local GC only stocks basses with rounds, making "just trying one out in the store" a bit of a rigmarole to say the least. As far as the two flats I'd consider...

So about a year ago, I bought a Honey Blonde 50s P bass. It's been great, and is the best P bass I've ever played at this point, but I'm still looking to get the most out of it. My favorite bass tone of all time, (and I'm sure many of you would agree), is Geezer Butler's tone on the first two...