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P-Bass Love
- Thread starter Fletz
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Actualyl I believe that's the Illudium PX-32 Atomic Space Modulator.
Or is it the Pew-38?
got the body and neck last night and made me own franken p bass. Twisted neck and all and i love it. Plays great other than about the last 5 frets on the E string
something about a p bass
oh and my customish one
+1 for your daughter's muppet sticker!I like the muppet face. My daughter put it on. It adds character.
Well, switching to Pbass is similar to double bass. When i switched to double bass, i felt so relieved - no electricity, no amp, no eq, no efx, just me and my bass
Honestly, most of Pbasses i tried have to wide a neck, but my noname pbass has perfect one.
But i do understand the need for bass with wider range of sounds - if i were a studio musician or would play in various situations, i would go for 5string with 2 pickups, piezo, eq, passive switch and more.
Honestly, most of Pbasses i tried have to wide a neck, but my noname pbass has perfect one.
But i do understand the need for bass with wider range of sounds - if i were a studio musician or would play in various situations, i would go for 5string with 2 pickups, piezo, eq, passive switch and more.
When you have one that "fits" you perfectly it will get better & better in time. If you enjoy having different basses I think its a great hobby and its fun to play a variety. My preference has been a P and/or J for many years, for me they suit my musical needs and I think their styling is the blueprint for all the others. Doc
I'm in on the P bass love -
I have had Rics, Jazzes, still have a couple of Spectors, but I always grab my P basses when it comes gig time. Maybe this seems silly to some, but when I plug in my P bass and flats, I seem to have a lot more confidence in my playing. I know it's gonna sound great (Thank you, Mr. Fralin), I don't have to mess with trying to blend or select pups, and I know I can get any tone I need depending on my hands and attack. It lets me focus more on the show and my vocals.
I have had Rics, Jazzes, still have a couple of Spectors, but I always grab my P basses when it comes gig time. Maybe this seems silly to some, but when I plug in my P bass and flats, I seem to have a lot more confidence in my playing. I know it's gonna sound great (Thank you, Mr. Fralin), I don't have to mess with trying to blend or select pups, and I know I can get any tone I need depending on my hands and attack. It lets me focus more on the show and my vocals.
Which Model P Bass is that? Is that a stock model? Very cool!
I've churned through a bunch of basses over the past 2 years as well. It has coincided with the busiest gigging stretch in a long, long time, so I can't attribute it to idle hands
After a decade plus of nothing but Zon 5-strings, it was a '10 AmStdP that got me back appreciating what a 4-string can do. While that bass was awesome, I want/need a bit more flexibility for my gigs and prefer active eq. Enter the new fav in the house. I have had a couple other basses come in and out of the house since this one showed up, and even today played a couple of Sadowskys and a pair of Fodera NYCs. I come back to this one and it feels like home. Perfect complement to my Rob Allens. My TF is cool, but this bass slays me - it is the only fretted bass I own now. Go figure...
Duplo42 said:
I'm a studio musician and session recording bass player for a wide range genre of music, I have only Fender Precision basses, and they're always the choice of bass to record among other basses in the studio. The other basses are fine basses, some has 5 string, 2 pickups, active circuit etc like you mention.
Its the little fuzzy headed guy thats giving it that extra tone you havent found on other P basses. Lol.
It gets me all the tones I need, the playability is fantastic, and the ladies love the FOLDING green.
Fixed.
I don't have a photo, for which I apologize. But I played a gig tonight with my '78 fretless P. It's kind of cream-colored with a tort guard, unlined rosewood neck.
This was a minor restaurant jazz gig using only a Genz Benz 3.0-8T for amplification. I rolled off the tone knob of the P about 75%. It's kind of a musician's hangout, this place, and one of our fellow bass players came up after and raved about the sound. Well, I played it OK too, but that's because I know what I've got.
That said, on Friday night I played a much larger country-rock gig with my '62 reissue J, and I love that baby too.
This was a minor restaurant jazz gig using only a Genz Benz 3.0-8T for amplification. I rolled off the tone knob of the P about 75%. It's kind of a musician's hangout, this place, and one of our fellow bass players came up after and raved about the sound. Well, I played it OK too, but that's because I know what I've got.
That said, on Friday night I played a much larger country-rock gig with my '62 reissue J, and I love that baby too.
