New club - The "I Should Have Just Bought a P-Bass and Stopped" Club

[lpdeluxe]

I started playing Jazz basses because, coming from a guitar background, I thought you **had** to have two pickups. Then I got a Carvin LB20, still two pickups, then a G&L Tribute L2000 (yeah, two pickups) and finally I landed a '51 P RI and a Classic '50s P. End of story (except that I also have an AVRI '57 P, a Godin A5 fretless and a MM SR5 -- all with single pickups).

Right now I am playing my '51 relentlessly and I couldn't be happier.

 

[Asher S]

I don't usually "get" clubs but this one makes sense... It took me about 35 years of being an anti-Precision "snob" before I realized the simple, minimalist genius of the design and the awesome tone with flatwounds.

Not asking to join, just applauding the idea.

Photo below: gigging with my 2012 American Special Precision last weekend.

 

[Mr. Sound]

I would love to join, only two of my basses are Ps, and I only play one at a time!

 

[Mr. Sound]

Oh.. and...

 

[maestrovert]

Yep, i'm in...my P with Chromes puts me in the zone (an' it's just a cheap(er) Squier):

 

[LeonD]

I'm in.

While I have a few nice basses, when it's time to gig, especially if I know it's going to be a tough mix, the bass I want is my P bass. While not a Fender, it's about as P bass as a P bass can be.

I truly believe my P could cover any type of music I want to play.

 

[west al]

I'd like a number for my "Ice Angel" Precision.

 

[drummer5359]

Yup, a P-bass with flats fills my needs. To me, THAT is what bass is supposed to sound like.

 

[bluesblaster]

I was just about to post the same video. Very cool. It's amazing how the subtle differences that we all spend so much time discussing and arguing about really end up making little difference in the full mix. Here's the version he did with the bass(es) isolated, where the differences are much more apparent:

It would seem to me that the P bass pickup is the great equalizer, the round wound strings are slightly more defined but its subtle at best, in a live setting you probably wouldnt notice much difference. My favorite was the 73 P with 17 year old labella flats.

 

[drummer5359]

I guess I don't belong here.

Have three P Basses, sorry, you aren't prying any of them out of my hands as long as I am breathing!

Certainly an integral part of my 16 bass studio arsenal.

BassHappy

All three basses are beautiful, but that top one... oh my!

 

[BassHappy]

All three basses are beautiful, but that top one... oh my!

Thanks for the kind words Mr. Drummer!

BassHappy
www.innertainment.net

 

[bobba66]

Heard you knockin' at my cellar door,
Got a Precision and I want some more.......

 

[Freddels]

I'm in!!!

 

[soflbass]

I have two P basses and two jazz basses. Like having both, but I could live with just a P. Guess I'm "one of those".

 

[buldog5151bass]

Put me in. Most of my playing is on my Lull P4, and I am building a '51 P clone.

 

[MultiScaleMale]

I have two P basses and two jazz basses. Like having both, but I could live with just a P. Guess I'm "one of those".

That sounds like "I'm in". Believe me, I have way more than just a P bass, but I really could have started with a P and stopped with a P and been completely happy.

 

[Mike Sorr]

I'm in. What number am i?

 

[monsterthompson]

My Nash PB 63 is my go-to. I could live with it alone and be very happy.

 

[MultiScaleMale]

I'm in. What number am i?

34

 

[soflbass]

That sounds like "I'm in". Believe me, I have way more than just a P bass, but I really could have started with a P and stopped with a P and been completely happy.

I was being coy. You're right, I'm in. Now that I think about it, I could have stopped too...the Fender P was my second buy.
Still love my jazz though!