I've been tone chasing the Precision gutteral 'clank' for years....

[tim gueguen]

Funny to see Sons of Freedom of all people turn up on a thread here.

John Wetton's P Bass was a '60s model(old thread on here says '61) with a rosewood fretboard, and I've seen pictures of him playing it into at least the second Asia tour. On the other hand there's live footage of the Wetton/Jobson/Bozzio lineup of UK on YouTube where he's playing a maple fretboard Ibanez Roadster. And the promo video for "Nothing to Lose" shows him playing a maple fretboard with black blocks Jazz Bass, so who knows what he used on the second UK album.

 

[garciawork]

This thread has amped my GAS into overdrive... never payed too much attention in the past to what bass was being played on most songs (started as a guitarist, moved towards bass mainly as of the last few years) but some of the examples posted have led me to believe the P tone is what I am truly after (not necessarily the clank being discussed, just the general tone). Now to find a lefty I can afford!