I think I committed a Talkbass sin,

[bigdaddybass12]

I think I committed a Talkbass sin,
I don't like the sound of a P bass. Owned 2 Fender P basses, different strings, pickups, 3 different amps, angling the cab. It just does not have the sound I like. Wife said that it was muddy.
I played one at our gigs for a couple of years until I bought a active EQ bass. (another sin) I did not like it but it sound was great. Sold it, then I bought a Sterling Ray4 for $269 new as a beater because the joint we played at was pretty rough.
(here comes the next sin)
I sold the p bass, playing the Ray 4 at every gig. Thought I would try a Fender Jazz. Bought from GC, sounded good at store, played at my gig friday night. Again, not the sound I like. During the break I swapped back to the ray4, guitar player looks at me & said " I like the sound of that one better" Jazz was used, so its going back to GC.
Anyone else been down this road?
(No bashing please, just others who experienced the same thing or some humor)

 

[lug]

You have to play what works for you. That being said, yes you have Talkbass sinned and must pray for forgiveness.

 

[bholder]

utrage:

Seriously, whatever works for you, don't worry about what doesn't, some else has that covered.

 

[2saddleslab]

Yep, you my friend, are in deep doo doo.

Rock w/ what works for you!

 

[shaggy45]

As long as it's a Leo fender design you're good.

 

[wazzel]

I have never liked a P or a J enough to even walk out a store with one.

 

[bholder]

Me, I love me a P bass, but I'm kind of an annoying purist @$$ about it - I prefer the older single coil design like my brother's old '54. The two coil type just don't do it for me. So I had an expensive "open GAS slot" for a real vintage P for years, which I recently scratched for cheap when Sire came out with this:

Woo-hoo! Single coil format, sounds like it too, but inside split coils and hum-cancelling too! YAY SIRE! hehe

 

[two fingers]

No trouble at all. Like what you like. Make no apologies. I adore the sound of a good P bass. But I'm not a zealot about it. You do you.

 

[Samatza]

Different strokes man. Don't worry, play what you like.

I never gelled with a P until a few years ago I bought a Steve Harris, put in an EMG passive pickup and Chromes and that worked.

If I want a brighter tone though I often reach for another bass.

Is it a TB sin? If we all played P Basses we'd have two threads- tort or other and another on strings. Now that would be a sin.

 

[el murdoque]

IMHO the Precision bass is an acquired taste.

I've spent more than two decades without wanting one. I found them ugly and dull.

Now a P is one of my main basses.

 

[B-Mac]

I think I committed a Talkbass sin,
I don't like the sound of a P bass. Owned 2 Fender P basses, different strings, pickups, 3 different amps, angling the cab. It just does not have the sound I like. Wife said that it was muddy.
I played one at our gigs for a couple of years until I bought a active EQ bass. (another sin) I did not like it but it sound was great. Sold it, then I bought a Sterling Ray4 for $269 new as a beater because the joint we played at was pretty rough.
(here comes the next sin)
I sold the p bass, playing the Ray 4 at every gig. Thought I would try a Fender Jazz. Bought from GC, sounded good at store, played at my gig friday night. Again, not the sound I like. During the break I swapped back to the ray4, guitar player looks at me & said " I like the sound of that one better" Jazz was used, so its going back to GC.
Anyone else been down this road?
(No bashing please, just others who experienced the same thing or some humor)

Yes, you have sinned
Say one Our Father and three Hail Marys and keep playing what works for you!!!!

 

[sleddogn]

oh no, the "U" word

 

[FrenchBassQC]

If you have found what works for you, you should be fine. (For now anyway)

 

[2112]

If you ain't playing a tobacco sunburst P with a rosewood neck and a tort pickguard strung up with flats you're committing the largest possible TB sin.

Which is why I'm going straight to H. E. Double Hockey Sticks!

 

[Killing Floor]

Glad you found what works for you. Some people never find the right fit. Rock it.

 

[Snert]

I don't like the sound of a P bass.

Neither do I particularly, at least not the traditional ones.

However, I have been talking about building a bass and my first will be a dual reverse P with placement like Lee Sklar's. But that's not really a P. It's not gonna really look like one either.

As long as it's a Leo fender design you're good.

I don't like any of them, but the G&L pickups are pretty good.

 

[Scarey Larry]

Not a P guy either. Play what works for you, for me, I have committed more TB sins than I thought possible from Amps to Zealous not serving song busy playing.

 

[coy garcia]

I only own them for when one is requested by BL or engineer.

 

[DJ Bebop]

I think I committed a Talkbass sin,
I don't like the sound of a P bass. Owned 2 Fender P basses, different strings, pickups, 3 different amps, angling the cab. It just does not have the sound I like. Wife said that it was muddy.
I played one at our gigs for a couple of years until I bought a active EQ bass. (another sin) I did not like it but it sound was great. Sold it, then I bought a Sterling Ray4 for $269 new as a beater because the joint we played at was pretty rough.
(here comes the next sin)
I sold the p bass, playing the Ray 4 at every gig. Thought I would try a Fender Jazz. Bought from GC, sounded good at store, played at my gig friday night. Again, not the sound I like. During the break I swapped back to the ray4, guitar player looks at me & said " I like the sound of that one better" Jazz was used, so its going back to GC.
Anyone else been down this road?
(No bashing please, just others who experienced the same thing or some humor)

I'm the opposite, sort of, on Stingray.

I like the sound of other people playing them and listening to music that has them but, every time I play one I don't like how I sound on them

Had two, gave one to my son, sold the other.

But everyone else, keep playing them!!!

 

[Mrtoodamnsabre]

Ps are good and all but I Find it impossible to get rid of the tight low mids on them myself. There's a lot warmer and bigger sounding basses out there I think, also on a funny note I think the musicmaster might be the better bass too so take my opinion with a pile of salt. A microphone in a recording hears a bass different than it sounds in real life, and I think the p on particular sounds good in direct input and that's why it's the ubiquitous recording bass more than any other reason. But I think a lot of stuff sounds better than a p, especially when mic'd for recording and especially in person. Cause music is mostly written outside of a direct input recording situation.