Can a bassist have only one P Bass?

[Spaldo]

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

I'm with you here, there's so many combinations....

Mine's an ash MIJ RI with a maple board, flats, badass bridge and Lindy Fralin pickups...

I'm still drooling for a '51-'54 RI, or an MIA Sting signature, or a Squier vintage....I could go on.

GAS on, indeed.....

 

[lukelogandennis]

I have no P-Bass.
Why have a P-Bass when you can have a Jazz Bass?

lol +1

 

[Delta_Petra]

Carry on my wayward son.

 

[doktorfeelgood]

I'm waiting to see the new Squier VM maple-necked P-bass and then I'll have another one... The it's time to look to build a 54-57 SCPBass... )-(

 

[doktorfeelgood]

I only have four:

AV '57 P

Fretless MIM P, Classic '50s P

'51 P RI

Is that a Silvertone amp lurking in that next to last pic....on the right? )-(

 

[steamthief]

I have no P-Bass.
Why have a P-Bass when you can have a Jazz Bass?

Why have a Jazz bass when you can have a P/J?

 

[Mastermold]

I own a lot of P-basses.

Fender Precision '55 CS reissue
Fender Precision '59 CS reissue
Fender Precision '57 AV reissue
Fender Precision '62 AV reissue
Fender Precision Elite II
Fender Precision '51 reissue
Fender Precision 5'er

 

[zachoff]

I only had one P at one time... Not anymore though and I don't even have one with flats.

 

[steelhead2]

i love my J but not tonight,cousin-in-law passed away(he was a `Nam vet who bought his Fender Strat from a guy who ordered it direct from Fender in the 60's(and who he initially learned how to play with/from?)had a country band for 30 years
anyhoo,,,something about a P versus a J,,

i've gotten to a point where i don't want a P/J,my P has SIT silencers on her and boy!,last night she was rip city cool sheeat,,

tonight(because i had so much on my mind) i struggled finding `home',then grabbed my (fretless) J,,,(batterys are all dead for my pedals and i'm jamming on a combo) instead of my REAL head/cab,,uh? yeah! J is a much mellower instrument

wish i was on to some bluegrass tonight,i'd love the J,,,

now as for owning more P's than one=it would be nice to one with Jamerson's and one with,uh? say SIT silencers,on a good day i love those strings(maybe that's why i want a nother P ?

one bass can do it all(if your mind is free to find what you seek on the neck),if you aren't,,NO pile of instruments will let you find `home'(the groove),,,so,,cornfused yet,,

ok more beer we got people dyin here

 

[Sleeq]

I have three!!!

One flats, one rounds, one for modifying!!

 

[Joe Smithberger]

Back to the rounds again huh?

You caught me. I liked the tapes except for the B and I hadn't run the Circle K's with the Nordy pickup. My '78 with Chromes has been getting some play lately too.

 

[thumpbass1]

I have no P-Bass.
Why have a P-Bass when you can have a Jazz Bass?

I have two J's and and a P. Believe me, they all add something different to the party, especially with one J being fretless.

 

[Thudstaff]

1 P

 

[giacomini]

Man, I do have evil P-bass plans...

My P-Plus is currently strung with flats, but as soon as I get a vintage reissue '62 I'll keep the '62 with flats and the Plus with rounds.

 

[cnltb]

I love my '04 USA P. I find myself frequently changing strings on it. Flats, rounds, flats, rounds... I've come to a conclusion that I need two P basses - one with rounds the other with flats. I prefer rounds to flats. However, nothing sounds like a P w/ flats. Maybe I'm just trying to find an excuse to buy another bass when our beloved IRS sends me a fat check

Two Ps sounds cool.
I'd add a fretless though.

 

[NortyFiner]

I currently have one P bass, a blonde/maple Squier VM with Gotoh 201 bridge and Fender flats. I consider it my main instrument, enough that I probably will sell my Ibby five-string. That said, I am thinking about getting a second P, a white/rosewood VM, and setting it up with rounds to satisfy the Ramones kick that I've been on lately.

 

[Batmensch]

I'm waiting to see the new Squier VM maple-necked P-bass and then I'll have another one... The it's time to look to build a 54-57 SCPBass... )-(

Do you mean this one?:

On my part, I highly recommend it. Compares quite favorably with my '78 P-bass (which I sadly no longer have)

 

[NortyFiner]

Do you mean this one?:

On my part, I highly recommend it. Compares quite favorably with my '78 P-bass (which I sadly no longer have)

That's mine! Except mine has a Gotoh bridge instead of the cover. Awesome instrument for the price.

 

[jasper383]

I have two. One fretless and one fretted.

Argh! Now the OP will need four!

 

[Batmensch]

That's mine! Except mine has a Gotoh bridge instead of the cover. Awesome instrument for the price.

Yeah, Great bass. I prefer the stock bridge myself, with a foam mute on the ashtray and GHS flats, easier for me to get that vintage R+B thump.
Nit-pick of the day - It's not really a blonde finish, it's "transparent amber".