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Do I need a P bass?

#41
jmattbassplaya said:
Does the average hobbyist need a P bass - no.
Does a professional gigging and recording bassist need one - IMHO, yes.

Sometimes there`s simply no substitute.
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In my experience with owning a successfull studio business and doing session work, a good P Bass always fills the void. in that I mean I have several styles of basses at my fingertips. A Thunderbird, jazz's, musicman... And whenever I not finding what I need to set in the mix, I pick up one of my Ps either with flats or round wounds and there it is. Of all the new Ps I've played and recorded, my custom shop Pino Paladino has been the best I've found for my taste.
 
#42
Darkstrike said:
No, you don't need any more basses.
If any of us were stuck with one bass of any design, we would make do, and make do well.

Do you want one?

Can you comfortably afford one?

If yes, just get one. People use need to justify wants, be real, if you want something and can get it, just do it, why do you need any more justification than wanting it and being able to get it?
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True true. As someone once said...I have more then i need but not as much as i want. You don't need one but if you want one get it.
 
#43
Just buy a Sadowsky PJ and sell the rest of the basses :hiding:

Actually I personally (my opinion ymmv) don't understand having more than a handful of basses unless you're playing all the time and have the time to really get to know the instruments (or are a collector and likes to look at them). Any single good instrument will have so many tones available depending on playing technique that is can take months/years to really figure out the possibilities. I'd rather have one or two basses of each flavor (fretless and fretted) and know them inside and out rather than have half a dozen that I didn't really grok. But I'm weird...
 
#44
That was my original intention nostatic. :D

Started with a squier jazz to record with....then ended up getting into bass more.....found a pair of pawn shop deals/steals (MIA Jazz V and Spector Bubinga). sold the squier. bought a Ibby P/J roadster, pickups were too hot....loved the bass though....sold that.
found out I was really into 5 string basses. love the wider necks.
bought the Bulldog for cheap. love it.
Bought a USA millennium, love it.
Traded the Jazz V for the Stingray, traded the Spector for the L2500.
Bought the ProTone because of the wide neck.
Traded for the Warmoth because of the wide neck.

It just kinda.........happened. :)
 
#45
I'm not a fan of P basses! It seems that a Jazz bass has much more going for it as far as sound goes. As far as looks go I really don't like that huge pickguard or the wider nut width of a P bass.

As I once heard, a Sadowsky is what a Fender always wanted to be so that is where I'd sink my money. The construction of a Sadowsky not to mention the playability and tone far surpasses any Fender I've owned or played and they're have been many. (sorry fender guys)

I know there are many pro players out there using P basses but they seem to be modified in one way or another so they're not really original anymore, are they.

I know they were used on many records in the past but we're not using 8 track tapes anymore either. IMHO I believe the Fender standard P bass has been left by the wayside.

You've got an arsenal of basses and probably don't need a P bass except to maybe replace that fender squier p bass clone. I'd sell it to a beginner and get a few bucks out of it.
 
#49
My vote for best answer.

nostatic said:
Just buy a Sadowsky PJ and sell the rest of the basses :hiding:

Actually I personally (my opinion ymmv) don't understand having more than a handful of basses unless you're playing all the time and have the time to really get to know the instruments (or are a collector and likes to look at them). Any single good instrument will have so many tones available depending on playing technique that is can take months/years to really figure out the possibilities. I'd rather have one or two basses of each flavor (fretless and fretted) and know them inside and out rather than have half a dozen that I didn't really grok. But I'm weird...
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#53
In all truth you need one great 4 string and one great 5 string if you play both.

Most guys with an arsanal of basses like I used to have really only play their favorite or their top 2 basses, the others just collect dust or 3 years later they decide to sell them because they're getting no use.

I'm in the Sadowsky camp, no Fenders ever again! Steve
 
#54
ive had many bass's gone through tons in my past but ive always come back to the p bass its the tone to me that and a good jazz bass and id be set. sometimes its just hard to beat a good p bass in a live setting or on record. i think maybe this summer ill endulge myself to a sadowsky or a mike lull for the hell of it. i read good things about them and why not, maybe like nostatic suggested a sadowsky p/j.
 
#56
Darkstrike said:
No, you don't need any more basses.
If any of us were stuck with one bass of any design, we would make do, and make do well.

Do you want one?

Can you comfortably afford one?

If yes, just get one. People use need to justify wants, be real, if you want something and can get it, just do it, why do you need any more justification than wanting it and being able to get it?
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so true
 

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