P Bass..... it just works!

[EatS1stBassist]

The Precision Electric Bass! One of the first “Plug n Play” Creations!!

 

[TolerancEJ]

Except when you need a six string bass.

???? No one has yet made a 6 string P?

Peavey made the TL-6, a 2 "P" pickup bass. They can usually be found rather inexpensive on the after market.

 

[BAG]

i thought you had a beautiful fretless from a local cat and that you were gigging it? but if you like that ibanez = the confidence grows as the practice/playing goes --- i'd say get it...and go to town!

I do have a really nice fretless........ I'm just not confident enough to gig it.... or any other fretless. I've done so once and did well with it but the side dots disappear in low light and I still need them. I rarely play anything else at home so I'm hoping that in another couple of years I'll consider myself good enough to do a whole gig fretless. If I could bolt my fretless neck to a body like the SRH I'd probably have the neck feel and sound I'm looking for.

 

[dbsfgyd1]

Please do not think I believe Google just because I use it. I am in the habit of thinking things through by myself.

All the same, thanks for your concern.

And the same back at ya! Have a good one.

 

[Rib 13]

Regarding emulating an “upright tone” on a bass guitar: to begin with, whose upright tone? Eddie Gomez? Charles Mingus? Paul Chambers? Willie Dixon? Edgar Meyer? In case you haven’t noticed, the upright cats have been busy cultivating a wide array of upright tones for just a little while. An Eddie Gomez tone sounds almost nothing like a Willie Dixon tone. Just saying.

Its not specific...its a generality. A lot of us 80s Top 40 players used both "faux upright" and "faux fretless" techniques in songs (two seperate things). It was just part of the trade. I still do it today. As I said earlier, its an emulation - it doesnt sound like one by itself but works well within the context of a band (as does "faux fretless")....its supposed to emulate an upright bass tone without specifically being anybody's -- no different than the "Upright" patch on a keyboard is supposed to be player specific (unless otherwise noted)...call it 'generic'

 

[generalduncan]

I have put a Bartolini Classic P-J pickup set on my '95 Washburn XB-200. Do I qualify for having a P bass? It sounds like one to me.

 

[Anders Barfod]

My daughter asked me to do a bass line for her new original that she is recording for a school project. It's a very jazzy feel of a song so i thought I'd try it with my fretless jazz bass. Did one take with both pickups on full, then did a take with just the bridge pickup to try for that buurpy mwah tone. With both of these takes i tried quite a bit of eq-ing after the fact but they both disappeared in the mix with only an acoustic guitar and vocal track to compete with.

I grabbed my Pbass with flats and did a take with a pick and it is definitely the best of the three takes. Even sounds more like an upright tone on the walking line than the fretless.

Ok, I'm just a novice when it comes to recording and i love the sound of my fretless in the lounge room, but i was still surprised how much better the P sounded on the recording.

Both pickups full on gives you a scoooed tone. Great for slap or certain pop songs but can dissapear in a mix.. No 100% neck with very little blend 20% of the bridge pup seems better to my eaeørs