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Fender Precision Bass thread

#242
Real Soon said:
Can't deny, my 50s Honey Blonde is treating me like a king.


It's got a phantom dead spot in the usual place: my ear can't detect any difference in tone or sustain on the high D, G string 7th fret, but that note tracks terribly on any effect like octaves & harmonizers and dies out quickly on gate-y effects like the Gonkulator on my BP355. Adjacent notes are better but not great. So I just shift positions for anything played with those effects, and have beautiful full range for everything else.
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Your P is rejecting and attempting to cancel out the effects. Ps need no effects.
I'll bet you are the kind of guy who would put ketchup on chateuabriand. :sour:
 
#245
I like my Precision running straight through the amp. No toys.

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#249
sharkbait130 said:
With all the history involved in the P Bass , it definitely has its place in Americana. It all started when Patrick Henry said "Give me a P bass or give me death." Not too long after that , John Hancock signed the declaration of Independence with a quill made from a trimmed flatwound A string off of a P bass. This pissed off the British so bad that they invaded us and were doing pretty good until George Washington crossed the Delaware river with his troops using P basses for paddles and beat the British into submission using P basses thereby winning our independence. Abe Lincoln wrote the Gettysburg Address on the back of a P bass. It was the tonal vibration of two strings on a P bass that inspired Oppenheimer to invent the atomic bomb , bringing an end to WW2. Not too long after that , some guy named Leo got a hold of one and liked it so much he took out a patent on it. Bass players have been in love with the darn things ever since.
It's all true , I swear it. I hope you took notes cause there's gonna be a test on it later.
Oh , and as to the above post , Satan plays a P bass too. Only his has a white pick guard , round wounds and he plays it through a 20 watt solid state amp.
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This is too great to let die in the vast sea of posts. If I could only quote it all.
 
#251
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Yes, I agree that it has been a while since there was a thread dedicated to the Fender Precision bass. they definitely are a good bass, some good, some not so good, but good none the less.
This thread is just dripping with goodness, i am surprised that no one thought of giving out numbers to the members touting the goodness that encapsulates the P bass.
just my thought.

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