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- Thread starter wimpie
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Flame-shield up, you may catch some flack for asking this.
I wondered a similar thing when I was newer at this, especially considering how many different replacement pickups there are for them, and how some of them claim to not sound like a traditional Pbass.
In my opinion and experience, it's pickup choice (for example a Fender 62 RI vs a Seymour Duncan Quarterpound), it's pickup location (nice and central, not too much neck-side boom or bridge-side twang), and the series humbucker wiring (increases output and pronounces the mids more).
You can argue body wood, neck wood, pots, caps and bloody paintjobs for days, but in my experience so far, those are the things that make a Pbass sounds like a Pbass.
(If this is some kind of troll thread, well, i still gave a good answer
)
I wondered a similar thing when I was newer at this, especially considering how many different replacement pickups there are for them, and how some of them claim to not sound like a traditional Pbass.
In my opinion and experience, it's pickup choice (for example a Fender 62 RI vs a Seymour Duncan Quarterpound), it's pickup location (nice and central, not too much neck-side boom or bridge-side twang), and the series humbucker wiring (increases output and pronounces the mids more).
You can argue body wood, neck wood, pots, caps and bloody paintjobs for days, but in my experience so far, those are the things that make a Pbass sounds like a Pbass.
(If this is some kind of troll thread, well, i still gave a good answer
)
Be nice to the new guy. I remember wondering this exact same thing; Pbasses having this mystique, but seeming to have so many different permutations like the PJ, some being active or having preamps, more modern sounding pickups. It's probably covered somewhere else, but it's a worthy question.
It's a good explanation of a pbass. A good starting point before opinions are presented. No smarmyness intended.
Worth checking out the history of the Precision since 1951. Once the 50's, 60's and 70's are understood you'll be in a good place.
Davo
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