Everyone wants a P Bass!

[Valerus]

Playing closer to the bridge really contrasts with playing at the neck. It's nice and barky down there, almost like a J.

I do the same, but with my Jazz. Roll off the bridge pup and play by the neck...ooh it's fat like a Precision

 

[David Jayne]

I do the same, but with my Jazz. Roll off the bridge pup and play by the neck...ooh it's fat like a Precision

Sort of, but not quite. Get an actual Precision and you'll understand. Go ahead, get one.....do it.....come on, everyone else has one.......do it.......heh-heh...

 

[rayzak]

Oddly enough, most people are wanting P basses with a J neck. Go figure.

That's the route I ended up going too
My Lakland BG has become my "go to" bass.... my #1, if you will.

Does anyone else with large hands (like myself) prefer jazz necks over P style necks? I find that when I pull out my Stingray, my left hand tires so quickly

 

[bassist4dalord]

I've been looking at eBay and daydreaming: I think, when I decide to get a new bass, I'm going to buy a loaded P-Bass body and a fretless Mighty Mite neck. P-Basses just feel so good!!

 

[king_biscuit]

I can't be in the minority here. The best feeling neck I have ever felt is the Fender P bass reissue necks Although I could get used to any neck in a few days, as I suspect all but the young children and the old women here on TB could, I would never buy a P bass with a Jazz neck. I just think the beefier P neck adds to the P tone.

 

[mongo2]

I just think the beefier P neck adds to the P tone.

I used to think that too until I took a P neck that was just under 1-3/4" wide and the nut with a very hefty profile and reworked it to slim 1-7/16" at the nut and re-profiled it accordingly.

I screwed it back on the bass and couldn't notice any difference from what it sounded like when the neck was bigger.

I've done similar work on several other necks with the same result.

 

[king_biscuit]

I used to think that too until I took a P neck that was just under 1-3/4" wide and the nut with a very hefty profile and reworked it to slim 1-7/16" at the nut and re-profiled it accordingly.

I screwed it back on the bass and couldn't notice any difference from what it sounded like when the neck was bigger.

I've done similar work on several other necks with the same result.

Oh, I'm sure it's really just in my head. . Still the 1.75 neck just adds to the P-ness if you will. I love it!

 

[GeneralElectric]

I own a bunch of P-basses. I must be a trend setter.

 

[P_bass]

Is there a P bass renaissance going on? Over the past several months, I would say 80% of my customers have been wanting P basses. Very little interest in the Jazz.

Maybe people are getting back to basics. Maybe there is an attraction to the simplicity and solid basic tone of a P. As a recent P convert myself, I see the attraction.

Or maybe it's just coincidence.

I've been playing my P bass for 25+ years, no renaissance there...

But let me say that I have seen your work, my guess is your quality is bringing them in as well as the P being what it is. You just gotta luv a P bass!

Gary

 

[A-Step-Towards]

^ i wonder what basses he like lol

 

[Valerus]

Sort of, but not quite. Get an actual Precision and you'll understand. Go ahead, get one.....do it.....come on, everyone else has one.......do it.......heh-heh...

I've owned three.

 

[darkstorm]

DanAtkinson...> P bass with Jazz neck would be nice. Lol.

 

[shrimpflea]

I've played a 62 RI Jazz for the last 5 years....real thin, narrow neck, loved it. Just got a 62 RI P-Bass about a month ago. At first the wide, fat necked freaked me out....but after about 2 weeks I got used to it and now I love it. And that sound....a P-Bass with flats is a beautiful thing.

 

[MisterMagician]

I think this has to do with the fact that more and more white people are starting to try and latch onto wholesome and old-timey values for some odd reason.

Probably because our President is Half-Black. That kind of stuff scares the suburbanites.


No offense to any of you, of course.

 

[madbassplaya]

i do not have a p bass right now, but i have had several. i prefer the beefier p neck to the slender j, although, i love the jazz body.

if you want a jazz neck P bass, look into the Peavey Fury USA basses. Super slender neck, very similar to that of a Geddy Lee.

my ultimate p bass would be the following:

jazz body
p/j pickup combo
p neck

 

[BioDriver]

I've had 2 P basses - a hot rod MIA P bass and a MIJ P bass lyte. I lost the HR in a fire and if I hadn't I'd still be playing it - you'd have to pry that bass from my cold dead fingers. I traded off the Lyte because IMO a Fender P shouldn't have active pickups.

I really want another P....

 

[LowBSix]

...... And that sound....a P-Bass with flats is a beautiful thing.

+1 It's a thing all by itself... With the right pickups though, a J neck sounds awfully close on my LEJ and LULL...

 

[bh2]

Took my P along to rehearsal with new band last night... lots of comments on the bass tone... nice ones (cough)... wish I'd got one years ago!

 

[Kwesi]

Not to knock you guys that dig P basses because I know everyone taste in basses is different but I never have and probably never will understand the appeal of a P bass.

I'd take a J simply because of it's clarity, definition and tonal options. In addition to those points, they sound absolutely amazing in the mix in almost any context. I did own a Spector Euro 4LX with EMG PJ pickups and loved it to pieces but as I heard, the EMG P pups are as far away from vintage P as you can get inside a P shape, lol.

What is the appeal of the P bass? What does it have that a J doesn't?

 

[EnderZ13]

The bottom line IMHO is if you can't do it with a P, then you really can't do it