Can you think off a song....

[trseal]

Unless a piece really cries out for a doghouse bass or for pieces on pipe organ that provides its own bottom without any help, a P or J can handle any jazz or (broadly) rock genre. Altho, there are arguably some songs whose character would be drastically changed if a fretted bass were used.

Tim

 

[skidmarkbass]

I have been a lifelong P-Bass player and recently got into Stingrays. The music I am playing ranges from Elvis to Blackberry Smoke and everything in between. Whatever you want to call all those genres. My theory is that any of the big 3 (P-Bass, Stingray, J-Bass) can produce an at least usable sound for 100% of those songs.

I am sure there are other instruments that sound great and some songs sound better with a P or a stingray or a J, but that is not my question. I’m talking about weekend warrior usable sounds here.

Can you think of a song that cannot be played with either of these 3 basses?

I agree, I bring out whatever basses I feel like playing (Pbass, Mustang, G&L or Stingray) and our songs still in the end sound the same. Nobody in the band complains, our audience could care less.