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#221
meev992 said:
wow, those pole pieces are really high up! :eek: There's pickups like that? I've never seen that before.
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Yet another SX innovation. They don't sound amazing out of the box... but they're really not that bad. Someone did a blind comparison thread a while back between stock SX precision pups and an authentic '78 precision and it was a relatively even split as to people's favorites. That's gotta say something. :hiding:
 
#222
meev992 said:
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It has a badass bridge, hipshot tuners, hipshot tree, hipshot knobs, GHS tapewounds, Seymour duncan 1/4 pounder, and Dimarzio black pickguard screws.

...oh yes, and it's BEAD tuned, and the second knob is a villex passive rotary tone booster :cool:

Here's a sound-byte (I understand that the pictures my pocket PC takes, aren't very good. My sister broke the good camera). :bawl:

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Hey meev992 :) !

That sounds pretty sweet, man. Unmistakeably P Bass-like, but with a good dose of "upright twang" and a surprisingly "dark and sinister" side to it (unless that was just the effect of the riff that you were playing ;)).

Also, as I'm the only person here who's never heard Pete Wentz or his band play, I can't say that his name is much of a handicap for me :p.

I wonder what your bass would sound like with Rotosound rounds on, BTW :hmm:? Face-melting, is the term that springs to mind :D.

All the best,

Andy
 
#224
Fender32 said:
Hey meev992 :) !

That sounds pretty sweet, man. Unmistakeably P Bass-like, but with a good dose of "upright twang" and a surprisingly "dark and sinister" side to it (unless that was just the effect of the riff that you were playing ;)).

Also, as I'm the only person here who's never heard Pete Wentz or his band play, I can't say that his name is much of a handicap for me :p.

I wonder what your bass would sound like with Rotosound rounds on, BTW :hmm:? Face-melting, is the term that springs to mind :D.

All the best,

Andy
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hey, thanks so much for the review/critique! Tony, owner of the local shop, was surprised by the "upright" vibe that he felt. Especially with the low action, and thunderous B string.

Face-melting eh? I'll take your word for it...It's just that I have this Obsessive-compulsive thing about touching bare-metal bass strings :(
 
#226
Fender32 said:
They do give you finger cancer, that's true :hmm:.

;)

I like it the way it sounds now, anyway. It might be a bit "too much" with s/s strings on, I think.

The new photos are a big improvement too :smug:.
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hahha, i hate camera batteries, they never work when you need them the most!

And I also love the sound, as it is. Perhaps i'll take your rotosound recommendation, on my beater bass (as that will not have tapewounds, and is for my slapping).
 
#227
I think i just manage to squeeze in at the lower end of the P-bass scale with my new HW-one P.

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Fender Precision Custom shop LTD 58' Precision
Best P I've layed my hands on. I'm a believer in the one-piece maple neck, sans fretboard. The notes leap off the fretboard and the low Ab-low F range on the Estring has a lot more clarity than the rosewood P's I've owned. Next step is to add the TI jazz flats I have on the way!!!!! That and I might get a wild hare to drop a Nordstrand Pickup in there for kicks. Glad to be back in the club. Next step, Sadowsky P5!!!!
 
#234
bass_fish said:
yeah but in the world of bassplaying your still a right handed player....:confused:
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Not really, but whatever you want to believe :D

Like I said earlier, I'm not the only lefty who considers a right handed bass, in which the left hand is responsible for note choice and phrasing, to in fact be the best choice for a left-handed person. John Pattitucci and Sting are actually of the same opinion, as they have both stated in interviews. If you have some sort of consensus and/or access to the viewpoints of every breathing bassist on this planet, than I bow to that sort of power!! :D

Back to the pbasses!
 
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