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Anyone else get P fever?

#22
I can appreciate P-bass fever. I've been infected for quite sometime now. I found my cure in a brand new Fender 62RI in oylimpic white, which came home with my last Thursday night. Belated birthday present from my wife - what a gal! The recent T-I jazz flats string replacement drove the cure all the way home :)

Agree'd, P-bass's are different, not better. NOT worse either. Different tools for different missions; which leads to new inspirations.

I'm GAS free at last! - temporarily ;)
 
#25
Originally posted by Justin V
I just got an SX P a few weeks ago. I'm in love. I totally dig the tone, even stock, and it plays great after some adjustment.
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I just bought mine maybe 2 weeks ago and love it. Its fretless. FIrst P ive owned, only second one ive ever played. I played a mexican Fender one, and i actualy like my SX more.
 
#26
I think I have more of a P flu, I puke when I see, play, or hear one. :D

Actually, in my early days, I had a bass I've never seen elsewhere, It was a P/J combo P bass, with a jazz profile neck, and preamp. On the headstock it said "precision bass active" behind fender. It was actually a squier series, which was written small, where the "countour body" logo usually is. It also had a hole in the back plastic cover, to adjust the preamp gain too......I wish I could find another one of these. A lot of people have said it was a P bass deluxe, but it was not......a precision bass active, whatever it was. I bought that bass brand new for $475 I believe.

I've owned Modulus, MTD, USA spector, and a host of other high end pieces, and all of them combined never got the compliments on tone that P bass had.

I'd like to pick another of these up, if I could find one.....it is the only P bass I desire to have again.
 
#28
IMO it is just as bad to hate a bass because everyone likes it, as it is to like one, for the same reasons.
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Yep, that is very good advice. If you don't like P basses, that's cool. If you do, that's cool, too. I happen to like them. It is not for any logical reason either. I simply enjoy the playing a P bass from time to time.
 
#30
buldog5151bass

There's some really good choices between those dollar extremes. How about a Fender 62RI, Fender MIA, or a Lakland Skyline Bob Glaub.

I beleive you should try to demo them (more than once) and find which one talks to you the loudest. I was pretty dead set against the wide, tubby radius neck of the Fender 62RI when reading spec's - but there was one that called my name louder every time I played it. This wasn't what I thought I wanted at all. Funny how these things turn out eh? ;)
 
#35
The 1st bass I ever bought with MY money was a '64 very, very used P-bass with a rosewood neck(wide but kinda thin, if you know what I mean).
Eventually, I had the crappy homemade sunburst stripped away...in the '80s I added a jazz pickup in the bridge position.
Sorry, I'm a 'player' not a collector. ;)

Anyway, I have restored it(somewhat) with a new Fender sunburst body. I was tempted to add the Jazz pickup...now I'm certain I will keep it as a P-bass (how many Jazz & P-J basses does one need?).

I use this bass as my home practice bass...something about those old basses really requires the player to 'play' it. You need to know the neck & where you need to dig a bit to make the instrument sing.
The boutique basses are great...they have made it easier on the player.

If I were biuying a NEW P-bass today...I think I would consider the Lakland or a Lull or a Suhr.
 

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