How many P basses do you own?

[GIBrat51]

View attachment 1116753 Only one; this lefty A-neck '78. Had it for 29 years now, and have never felt the need for another one....

Well...
Technically? Still only this one. However...
Since I posted this in 2017? I had a 30" scale Warmoth Mini-Precision built in 2018. A lot of the bits and pieces - like the neck plate, screws, etc. - and the wiring - are Fender, but the tuners and bridge are Schallers. Except for Coral dots in the fretboard, and no covers? Looks pretty much just like this P-Bass. And, with an SD Vintage-P pickup - and La Bella Flats? Pretty much sounds like it, too...
I also have an '82 Kramer Duke Special, which is headless, 31" scale - and has an aluminum neck. It has a Schaller "Twin-J" pickup, and about 3 lbs. of wiring in the control cavity that lets the pickup do tricks. One of which, is to let me run diagonal halves of the pickup in a Split-Coil configuration. With that neck - and a Mahogany body? It sounds an awful lot like a P-Bass. And that's usually the way I play it...
I also picked up a '24 Custom Shop G&L Kiloton Bass recently. Custom Shop because it's a Fullerton-made lefty lined fretless Bass. With it's La Bella DTF- 4A Low Tension Flats, and the boost turned off? Yeah, I'd say it's pretty much a P-Bass, too...

 

[Spidey2112]

the neck looks great! im a sucker for block inlays

Me too! The main reason I jumped on it was the Jazz spec'd neck... fits like a glove, for me.

But yeah, the block inlays are cool!

 

[crapusername]

American standard 2004
P bass lyte 1995
Mij Harris sig (blue sparkle) unable to get info on specific year
Squier 50’s p with Toltec pickup
Home build white Harris tribute (without football logo )

 

[retslock]

Technically one - a '73 model I've owned since then but the two below I built because I couldn't get a Fender 5 string version that suited me. I can get pretty typical P sounds from both. The pickups are Nordstrand - a Big Split which is essentially a Precision style split pickup under one cover and the MM 5.2 which has a series/parallel switch. They both bite.

 

[jmattbassplaya]

Technically one - a '73 model I've owned since then but the two below I built because I couldn't get a Fender 5 string version that suited me. I can get pretty typical P sounds from both. The pickups are Nordstrand - a Big Split which is essentially a Precision style split pickup under one cover and the MM 5.2 which has a series/parallel switch. They both bite.
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Those are sweet! I’ve had dreams of building a 5’er like those, but with a PJ setup.

 

[Kirk Bryant]

Seven last count.

 

[bassdude51]

Not bragging or showing off but stating my OCD and GAS and stupidity.

I have 5 SCPBs (single coil P bass).

I have 5 split coil P basses.

Why?

 

[Ricky Rioli]

One too few

 

[retslock]

Those are sweet! I’ve had dreams of building a 5’er like those, but with a PJ setup.

Do it! It's such a great feeling when it turns out well. I had no previous experience so I watched a whole lot of Youtube videos to learn how and also mistakes to avoid. The one on the bottom is the first one I made and I couldn't believe I got it so right. I've played it on gigs and recorded with it and it goes very well. They both get plenty of live gig action.

 

[jd56hawk]

Happy to say I don't own any.

 

[Gervais Cote]

3 here that are ready to use :

 

[Gervais Cote]

And another one in process of being completed :

 

[Iridescentone]

Two Fender Japans, and two D. Lakins. All have different neck profiles, string types, and finishes.

(Oh, and a Maru P with a 3-band Delano pre. Y'know, just for the pure overkillness of it ).

Edit: Wait...are we including PJ's here? Nah, I better not even go there.

 

[WG Plum]

None, but at some point I'd like to get a J-necked P.

 

[JIO]

one - no need for another

 

[shadven]

Single coil and split coil Precision and Telecaster basses count in my book.

 

[5StringBlues]

What is the blue no pickguard one behind the guild?

Single coil and split coil Precision and Telecaster basses count in my book.

 

[crapusername]

I forgot about my home built “Geezer” tribute

 

[shadven]

What is the blue no pickguard one behind the guild?

It is a Musicians Friend “Special Edition” they sold about10 years ago. It’s a Fender that is was called a Telecaster/ Precision bass. Slab body, split coil pu, blonde. But I refinished it that blue with no pickguard, and a light relic, Fender vintage 62 pu. Super playable and fairly light. I bought it / made it to bring to my dive bar gigs, so just in case something happened I wouldn’t loose my 54 PBass or something else really valuable.

 

[MrAB4003]

One, but it’s currently for sale. I’m not bonding with it the way I’m bonding with my other basses (my 2 Rics and my piccolo Jazz Bass).