Can a bassist have only one P Bass?

[HaMMerHeD]

I don't have even one P, so I imagine it is quite possible to have only one. Of course, there's nothing wrong with a little redundancy...

 

[mongo2]

They come in several colors and two fingerboards...collect the whole set.

 

[trayner1]

P-Basses are like potato chips...you can't just have one!!
I have 2 fretted 4s with rounds (MIJ and MIM), and they are both vastly different.

 

[nattiep]

Steve Harris has two, "the one", and a matching red/maple/mirror one.

He also uses his sig model as backup. So at least 3.

 

[baileyboy]

Two Ps here: '75 and '79, both with half-rounds. Just can't let either one go.

 

[Need2KnowBasses]

I think your reasoning for wanting another P is totally legit and it would also give you a back up. If you can afford it do it.

 

[puddin tame]

I have no P basses.

less worrying about basses, more worrying about groove

 

[Pilgrim]

I have one P...with 30+ year old flats.

I have 12 other basses, with a variety of sounds.

No problem. Just pick a bass.

 

[Darkstrike]

He also uses his sig model as backup. So at least 3.

Even better!

 

[SteveC]

I tried a P again today - wanting to like it. I just can't. I am a jazz guy I guess.
I also think I like 10's better than 12's.

 

[mprvise]

I was on a gig with a guy for a few years who played a '61 P. It was the first bass he bought and the only bass he's ever owned.

 

[Batmensch]

I have two P-basses. One a Squier, one an SX (sort of a P-bass). I would like to to get just one more, an MIA Fender P-bass. That way, along with my MIA and Squier Jazzes, I'll have two sets, an MIA J and P, and a Squier J and P as backups (with the SX as a spare). Matching sets. (more or less,LOL)

 

[Catbuster]

Yes, I do. I've got it strung with rounds and tuned DGCF... Does quite well for me.

I would like another P to tune E or Eb.

 

[Chrisk-K]

Among the 50's P, Highway One and used USA P, which one would you choose?

 

[Tom Howland]

1966-P-Bass-flats.
1970-P-Bass-rounds.
1955-P-Bass-Ground-Rounds.
This works for me.

 

[GregC]

Don't forget Ash/Maple P's vs. Alder/Rosewood P's! (flats and rounds on either)

Yep! And one with a Dark Star, and one with the original single-coil pickup...

 

[ClydeMcAllister]

5 P-basses for me, and it's really not enough.

 

[Rockmusician]

I never use flats because I like a bright punchy sound. I have a 1976 P, 1978 J, 1997 Alembic Epic 5 string and a 1995 Alembic Epic 4 string. I actually find myself playing the P less frequently than the others.

 

[msb]

Just three . My original 72 burst/rosewood/tort . Then I got another 72 only it was burst/maple/tort ... and fretless . Then I bought a 51 re-issue . School bus yellow .

Three completely different Pbasses .

 

[lunarpollen]

I only have one... Well actually I have one of Yamaha's version of a P Bass, a BB1200S... One reverse P pickup + a wonderful pre-amp with an on-off switch that activates a three-band EQ. I have flats (Chromes) on it, and can get a solid P sound, but with the pre-amp I can make it sound like it has rounds on it (minus the string squeak). The best of both worlds! If all my basses had this pre-amp in it, I would have them all strung with flats.