How to get more treble from the Pbass..

[FishDub]

Hmm, wanted to say that Fender sports hotrods PJs with a jazz bass body but then realised you’re after the opposite lol. Why not get yourself a jazz with a pbass neck then? You basically have all those combos out there. I haven’t looked into it myself but I haven’t registered any significant (if any at all) difference in body thickness between the p body and jazz body... unless you’re after the curved pbass controls that is

Actually, the G&L tribute JB2 looks pretty sweet..Pbass body and J pups, close enough anyway lol

 

[somebrains]

Throw in a $50 Tonepump preamp for that Spector Coda thing.
The TP doesn't sound bad with passive pickups, it's just ice pick-y and awful with EMGs.

 

[Strung_Low]

The way this is done is by buying a Stingray

 

[Ant Illington]

Well... it was the OP that said "how to get more treble FROM THE PBASS"

And there is A LOT to be done before even changing strings, setup or hardware...

+ 1,000,000

 

[darwin-bass]

um, roundwounds with a pick.

 

[Liam Wald]

Get an amp that is capable of making the sound you want and then learn how to use it.
Everyone loves the P-bass, but it is at it's best a one-trick-pony.

 

[JimmyM]

Get an amp that is capable of making the sound you want and then learn how to use it.
Everyone loves the P-bass, but it is at it's best a one-trick-pony.

Right...that's why Mike Dirnt, Duck Dunn, Dave Hope from Kansas, and Rocco Prestia in the 70's sound identical to each other.

 

[Pbassmanca]

Right...that's why Mike Dirnt, Duck Dunn, Dave Hope from Kansas, and Rocco Prestia in the 70's sound identical to each other.

Ain't that the truth!

 

[/\/\3phist0]

Right...that's why Mike Dirnt, Duck Dunn, Dave Hope from Kansas, and Rocco Prestia in the 70's sound identical to each other.

Steve Harris.
Roger Waters.
Yep one trick pony they sound exactly alike.
It's only the amp. (Except when studio direct to board is employed like 99percent of the time).

 

[Pbassmanca]

I started to answer this with the big story I usually tell about one of the several times I almost became famous. But then I decided it's not worth it. Short version: Big time producer with legendary supergroup creds everyone here knows saw me cover a song he produced, wanted to produce my band, fell off the face of the earth due to bad heroin habit. End of story.

The moral of the story here kids, is if you want more treble from you Squier Precision: Stay away from heroin.....

 

[dbsfgyd1]

Ok so I absolutely love my Squier CV 60s Pbass(Fiesta Red/Tort) which I recently acquired. I have been trying to coax a bit more treble out of the G string area but it doesn't seem to have that burp treble of the jazz bass, which makes sense of course and many would agree with. I have thought of a few options and yes- I have raised the pickup closer to the G and have messed with the Eq on the amp, and have boosted the tone on the bass itself. So have any of you managed to be successful with this? Possible options:
-Change the pickup to a Fender 60s/vintage
-Change to maybe TI Jazz flats(currently strung with Labella Low tension flats)
-Add a J pickup(which would destroy the originality of the bass)
-Just get a Jazz bass..(not an immediate option but will be at some point)
What are your thoughts and/or personal success stories?

Run with the volume up all the way as you get a fairly strong treble boost starting at 80% and up. Also, start your amp EQ at flat. Round wounds will also give you much more bite than flats. For example, check out Ray Shulman, and early Entwistle, Live at Leads

 

[LBS-bass]

The moral of the story here kids, is if you want more treble from you Squier Precision: Stay away from heroin.....

Yes, somehow I posted this on the wrong thread, LOL. No heroin needed, just clumsy fingers!

 

[BrianNYC]

+1 on the TBX. It will make a very noticeable difference, and like someone said it's a stock Fender part. You will not have to invest weeks of time relearning your finger technique and right hand position as some have suggested. It came stock on my mid eighties jazz bass specials. I traded my first P bass for one of those bases and never looked back.

 

[LBS-bass]

As to more treble, I also concur that it will sound brighter if you turn the pickups all the way up and use controls on your amp to fine tune the sound. You'll have more signal to work with and that, in turn, will make everything sound better. Round wounds are a given if bright is what you want. Stay away from flats.

 

[mesaplayer83]

The reproducible EQ limits of the instrument are however not in your hands. Also, funnily enough, to get the brightest sound he can out of it, he shouldn’t use his fingers- he should use a pick

Lose the flats

+1 on all of the above...

 

[Stumbo]

Change the G string to half-round. Pickup an eq. pedal. Install a cap switch.

 

[Pbassmanca]

For the record....and FWIW, I normally hate most treble, and spend time trying to get rid of it......

 

[LBS-bass]

For the record....and FWIW, I normally hate most treble, and spend time trying to get rid of it......

I'm kind of with you on this. I want enough to have definition but that's about it. It's a BASS. I like it bassy. But there's a fine line between enough treble and too much.

 

[Stumbo]

I'm kind of with you on this. I want enough to have definition but that's about it. It's a BASS. I like it bassy. But there's a fine line between enough treble and too much.

That's why JimmyM uses an HPF/LPF.

It's finer control of the low and top end.

 

[LBS-bass]

That's why JimmyM uses an HPF/LPF.

It's finer control of the low and top end.

I've been thinking about this. Sounds like I need to do more than think.