Fender Precision Bass with a Maple Board Thoughts?

[MilesWilliams]

I'm biased towards your second choice:
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That's beautiful!

 

[Fender_Bender]

Make sure you try a maple boarded example first since you have been playing on rosewood for twenty years. You may not like the feeling (a little grabby under the fingertips imo) or the sound.

 

[I-play-bass]

Black and black with maple. Full on Roger Waters.

 

[Kipp Harrington]

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Hey Guys,

I’m new to talkbass and apologies if this has been asked a million times already.

I have had my Olympic white P Bass with a Rosewood board for nearly 20 years now and it’s time for a change! I’m going a “new look” with a Maple board.

Thoughts please?

- Black on black w/ Maple
- Candy Apple Red (Nate body) black pickguard w/ Maple
- Sunburst black pickguard w/ Maple
- Or a 2 tone Sunburst Road Worn P?

Cheers

Black on black, maple fretboard is it!!! (Black block inlays, of course). Awesome looking combo! Now start looking for the one you want. You’re welcome.

 

[GreyBeard]

 

[Clark W]

Don't forget, there's new looking maple, and then there's the antiqued (yellow tinted) maple. Either is fine with me even though I really prefer an in between shade that has come from natural aging. Or a real "yellow" neck that is not been tinted to replicate age because it's old all ready.

 

[PaulCISSA]

Honestly, Olympic white and maple looks amazing, IMO. Here's my wife's strat for example. View attachment 3441498
And here's my '73 p bass, blond and maple...
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Your wife’s Strat is much better lookin’ than that P-bass of yours. Just sayin’...

Seriously though, the whole gold trim with snakeskin/tweed works like a fashion statement by itself. Much better looking than.....I’ll let myself out now.

 

[Tim Skaggs]

Hey Guys,

I’m new to talkbass and apologies if this has been asked a million times already.

I have had my Olympic white P Bass with a Rosewood board for nearly 20 years now and it’s time for a change! I’m going a “new look” with a Maple board.

Thoughts please?

- Black on black w/ Maple
- Candy Apple Red (Nate body) black pickguard w/ Maple
- Sunburst black pickguard w/ Maple
- Or a 2 tone Sunburst Road Worn P?

Cheers

100% your call. If you take our suggestions, it might be against what you already have in mind.

 

[2F/2F]

Go for the Squier CV Pre-Bass. Cheap, beautiful, good, easy to upgrade if at all needed. What else do you want?

 

[Kipp Harrington]

Go for the Squier CV Pre-Bass. Cheap, beautiful, good, easy to upgrade if at all needed. What else do you want?

 

[CapnSev]

Candy apple red with a mint guard. There’s no better with that maple board.

 

[Spidey2112]

I don’t care for black blocks

Consider Thanksgiving off limits, then...

... and to think, you used to love my coffee.

... !

 

[Dave Leighton]

Love black on black

Not CAR but Fiesta Red and black ain't bad...

 

[Alex Lineback]

I have a candy apple red w/ white pickguard and maple neck. IMO candy apple red looks good with rosewood/black pg or maple/white pg. just an opinion. Black with maple doesn’t look bad at all I just like white more! A good rule of thumb is that if the finish, pickguard, and fingerboard material looks good on a tele, it will look good on a P bass!

 

[HardNHeavy]

With a jazz neck-------

 

[oren]

I like this combination.

78 P bass

• oren
• Apr 5, 2017
• precision bass

That I bought new in 1978!

 

[JIO]

Only have one P-bass ('66) and it has a rosewood board. I own and like both flavors (maple/other) on any bass - maybe my favorite fb wood is ebony, but I'm not obsessed about any choice - they all add something special and am not locked in one camp.