NEED ADVICE, P BASS OR STINGRAY?

[Home-Bass]

Here's a video that compares the two. Hope it helps. Also includes a jazz bass.

 

[Rib 13]

I play mostly funk, jazz, blues, and reggae. I pritty much just jam.

Classic Funk slap bass (Dayton Ohio sound - bands like Lakeside, Slave, Pleasure - who was from Portland, Or but had the Dayton sound, etc) late 70s - Fender Jazz (mostly), some P-Basses, a few Alembics, a few outlyers
Classic Funk slap bass (Dayton Ohio sound) early 80s - Fender Jazz (mostly), Stingray, some P-Basses, a few outlyers

Classic Funk fingers or slap bass ( 70s/80s NY sound or Philly Sound - bands like Fatback, Tower of Power, Meters, etc) - P-Basses mostly, some Jazz Basses, a few outlyers)

80s Funk Minneapolis Sound and similar ( Jazz Bass/similar and Stingrays mostly, a lot of synth basses, a few outlyers including Ps)

DC Go-Go Funk (late 80s): Jazz and Jazz-ish basses as well as Stingrays mostly, a P here and there, a few outlyers)

70s/80s Session players on Funk, Soul Records: Jazz mostly but there were a LOT of P basses too, a few Stingrays, many outlyers

late 80s/90s Alt Funk Rock: Stingrays, Warwicks, a Jazz here and there, a P here and there, a whole assortment of other basses including Ibanez)

Classic Blues - P-Bass or Jazz Bass, a few Gibsons and Epiphones, a few other oddballs and upright bass

Modern Blues - P-Bass, J-Bass, and a whole wide assortment of Boutique basses and Retro oddball stuff and upright bass


The moral of this story? The above is a rough-sketch just for funk and blues alone, so it depends which era of funk or blues you are mostly trying to emulate so, personally , debating a P versus a Stingray is really Apples and Oranges......If you are really microscoping tones and want to cover everything, the Jazz bass is the most versatile of all those and will at least get you in the ballpark of all those eras as well as all the genres mentioned, even if it isnt the "best" for each one...

If you aren't microscoping it, pick any bass you want that feels and sounds great to you and run with it

- - IMHO $.02 YMMV ---Good Luck

 

[snarebear]

Let the games begin.