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'62 Precision vs '72 Precision: can you hear the difference?

Which track is the '62 Precision Bass?

  • Track A is the '62 & Track B is the '72

    Votes: 108 39.3%

  • Track B is the '62 & Track A is the '72

    Votes: 116 42.2%

  • Track C is probably carrots (I have no idea)

    Votes: 51 18.5%
  • Total voters
    275
  • Poll closed .
#101
bassfiddlesteve said:
Both basses were recorded with the volume and tone up all the way. I don't know what the capacitor values are, both both have their original electronics. Attached is a picture of the '72 if that's helpful. Both basses were strung with La Bella 760FL flatwounds that were 2.5 years old at the time.

- Steve
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It must be the strings, then, as tone up takes capacitor and pot values out of the equation and two alnico pickups should sound pretty similar if they are much the same the DC value, as are many modern pickups.
 
#104
I think it's interesting that folks disagree as to which bass is brighter.
If you can't decide on that, then there's no way to agree on which is which.
Volume in the mix makes no difference; we are talking about the delta between the two tones and not an absolute value IMO.

I have a 72', and two 73's; all maple necks, one of the 73's is ash.
They all sound VERY similar and even after installing SPB-1's in one of the 73's the difference was not that great at all.
My 60's is slightly darker sounding and this is with brand new strings on it and the 72' as a comparison.
The age and brand of the strings play a much bigger difference IME.

That said, the C neck on the old ones do make me play differently.
 
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#109
After being a member of Talkbass for many years shouldn’t it be abundantly clear to all which one is the 62? I mean it’s ”pre-CBS” which should mean it’s the hammer of the gods while at the same time be the very definition of chewy, buttery and round? Also, we know that CBS Fenders (especially 70’s ones) all weigh 13 pounds and have neck joint gaps a mile wide.

Sincerely disillusioned.
 
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#110
I am absolutely, positively sure, I believe Track A is the ’62.
But I could be wrong, so now I think Track B is the ’62.

In either case, I’m optimistic the other is the ’72.
So I vote C.
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#116
Thundertips said:
I think Track A is the 72 cuz it sounds brighter and B is the 62 cuz it sounds like it has more bottom end.
Aren't flatwounds not as bright as roundwounds? Anyway, the 72 sounds brighter, like Steve Harris's 70's P-Bass, except his is even brighter with the Maple fingerboard and roundwounds.
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Also, I play along to old Iron Maiden a lot using my American Performer P-Bass, plugged straight in with volume and tone knobs up full and amp tone knobs in the middle. I've been playing bass for 30 years so, I can hear the similarities between Track A and my P-Bass and Steve Harris's P-Bass. My Bass has P/J pickups but I never use the Jazz pickup. I don't see why these new ones have a Jazz pickup. If you want that Jazz sound you have to get a Jazz Bass. I can hear the differences in Track A and B as plain as day.
 
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