Simple.
Effective.
Phat sounding.
That's P-bass.
Effective.
Phat sounding.
That's P-bass.
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I GET IT. P BASSES ARE AWESOME.
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I had so many extra parts from modding p basses over the years, I decided to build a bass. I did the body myself, but ordered a neck.
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I really dig em! Clean and punchy! I've owned just about everything out there or at least played through it. Now I want a bx500 for the big gigs.
Define ''cheap sound'' please, it is the first time I hear a bass can sound cheap.
Every time I do a session if I don't show up with a p bass I get sent home to get it.
^^^ This, all day long.
I mean, even Pete Wentz uses a P, because it's the same as the first letter of his name, so he doesn't get confused.
I mean, even Pete Wentz uses a P, because it's the same as the first letter of his name, so he doesn't get confused.
By cheap i mean this mid centered sound which sounds ok, i don't deny that sound.
I also mean this is the first sound you get with budget amps and basses. Cheap i think is a good word. Every one can have it right?
I have an example, Peter Steele from Type O Negative who was an awesome song writer used his Alembic bass to record every album.
Heard the same story about Flea from RHCP with also an Alembic or a boutique bass.
Mark King....
The Steinberger bass must come close with all this 80' electro music.
Rickenbacker, Gibson ... I think there is much diversity than most people think.
But Ok i know what you mean, P basses are the most recorded basses, P Basses are the most used and best sounding basses....... So please! Let's all have the same sound..... that is sad.
Is that swamp ash? The grain looks sick!
Thanks and yes it's ash.
I believe most if not all white blondes are cause of the grain that shows through.
The white is a Dee Dee Ramone sig, I'm guessing?
I really do like the black one.MIA Fender Ps are amazing. The neck on those are indescribable.
Is the white blondeone a cs closet classic?
Nobody is arguing that we all should use P basses. You seem to have a hard time making your point without taking knocks at them and the examples you posted are the exception more than they are the rule. That's fine that you like "not cheap bass sound", but the facts are the facts and really the P bass doesn't need to be defended by anyone on TB in order to maintain its standing in the professional world, despite what you describe its attributes to be. Have a listen to this and tell me how "cheap" it sounds:
So many pros in so many genres over so many decades...all wanting to sound cheap.
Those poor deluded souls and their cheap ass tones. :/
Those poor deluded souls and their cheap ass tones. :/
Naahhhh....i got the best pbass around here.... ALL your Pbass can go home!
hipshot ultralite tuner, hipshot a string bridge, Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounder Pickup
My very first bass,was a 1975 Precision,and the one when I started learning to play the bass. Then traded to a 1976 Jazz. Never could get the sound I wanted to hear. This particular post,is telling me,that you have to have all those effects pedals,to make it sound better? I have been playing bass for over 39years now. Never have turned back to a Precision. I went to the Stingray,and G&L L2000. Not trying to offend any loyal Precision owners. To each his own.
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I know from first-hand experience that's incorrect. As examples, World Coming Down was done with one of the three older Esh basses, and Life Is Killing Me basslines were recorded entirely with his custom Fernandes Tremor(s). In fact, by the time WCD was being written, he didn't even own the Alembic anymore.
I'm not trying to sound like a douche, I'm just setting the record straight. My source for the information is Peter, as he was a close friend of mine during the creations and recordings of the albums I've mentioned.
+ .5 ....Only because it isnt a "cheap sound", it is a good sound when utilized in the right context. Unfortunately, it doesn't do everything well like P-Basses lovers think hence the reason why see these "Go P-Bass Threads" all the time (because only P-Bass lovers think it can do everything.
)I had a similar discussion in the last "Yay for P-basses" Thread....the P-Bass argument of "most recorded" - if it can be ascertained - would only be true by the factor of time....I seriously doubt it being the most recorded bass in the past few decades. I, myself, had very few requests for that sound as a session player and had other basses ( such as my twin pickup G&L ASAT) that can get that sound if it was needed.
If I had to take an educated guess, both the Stingray and/or some type of Jazz-Bass-ish mid/bridge pickup configuration (including PJ) are probably vying for that "most recorded" slot in the past several decades based on what I remember when recording was a big part of my income
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I like a lot of different basses. One of my favorite things to do is go to GC after work (it's a few blocks away), and play all the different basses through all the different amps. Fun fact: my GC has a great selection and a wonderful staff. They know me by name. I really like active humbucker basses, like my new Ibby SR405EQM, but man... Those Ps!!! I didn't get it at first. At all. I thought active humbucker basses and jazz basses outstripped Ps by a mile. I own several P/J basses, and ALL of them have the P pups soloed. So here's to being happily wrong!!!
You kind of twisted what I was saying. The OP stated he didn't get the p-bass sound at first, but does now. I tried to offer a simple explanation as to why so many of us do "get" the p-bass sound.
I stated that the p-bass has been used more often than any other. I didn't say more than all others combined. I don't think too many people will argue that the p-bass was used on a vast amount of recordings in the 50's & 60's and is still widely used on many today.
If you know of one particular bass that has been used more, please enlighten me.
I also never said we should all play the same bass and have the same sound. I only tried explain why people gravitate to the p-bass..........it's has the sound we hear more often on recordings than any other.
