P basses

[jaypee]

Does anyone else think the Ampeg B-15, (or for that matter the Hammond B3/Leslie 122) are over rated?

(Only asking, because I own both, and find them to be unmatched by anything made today).

Yes. They are anachronistic and outdated technology. With modeling and digital sampling they have no place in today's gearlists. You should just let me have them so you won't have to bear the embarrassment.

 

[P. Aaron]

Fender's been making those ugly things and selling them to a gullible public for some 60+ years now.

We don't know any better.

 

[bassdog]

A P bass is a most perfect thing, period.

 

[Phalex]

Until you've played a P bass in a gig situation on a really big PA system, you should reserve judgement. A P bass pushing 50KW worth of subs is...... Well, I can't post what I think here, but it's pretty darn cool.

 

[P. Aaron]

Yes. They are anachronistic and outdated technology. With modeling and digital sampling they have no place in today's gearlists. You should just let me have them so you won't have to bear the embarrassment.

Tone is overrated. Bang pots & pans, rub two sticks together.

 

[Kukulkan61]

WOW!!! They are so boring that a lot of the other major Brands out there have made their versions of it...

 

[jaypee]

They are sooooooo boring I'm gonna attempt to put y'alls to sleep.....

C'mon boys let's see em!.......

 

[Robert Strickland]

Boring? Definitely not. P basses are dead sexy to me. Perfect. Are they fancy? Have woods I can't pronounce? Gold hardware? 500 dollar electronics? Nope. Thats just the way I like it too.

Simplicity is elegance.

Over rated body shape? Millions of P bass owners over the past 50 years would beg to differ.

That's the ticket.

 

[P. Aaron]

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They are sooooooo boring I'm gonna attempt to put y'alls to sleep.....

C'mon boys let's see em!.......

I am getting sleeeeeeeeeepy! Can't keep my eyes open....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

 

[P_bass]

Yea, Boring... If everyone would stop buying them it would make my purchases much more affordable.

 

[Ric5]

Does anyone else think P basses are a bit boring looking?
I love the sound but I have to say the body shape is a bit over rated in my opinion.

This here is one pretty bass ...

 

[P. Aaron]

Yea, Boring... If everyone would stop buying them it would make my purchases much more affordable.

I have a couple boring P-Basses. They're like belly buttons, everyone has one!

The Precision is perfect for a dull and unimaginative person like myself. Just sit in the mix, don't bump out any other tones, make the music work and try not to wreck the damn song.

 

[Rip Topaz]

When I first started, I stayed away from P's. Now I own 4. I seem to have found my sound. Pretty cool that it's so many other people's sound, too.

 

[philvanv]

Here is Thunder

 

[RC52]

P=Awesome !!!!

 

[jaypee]

This here is one pretty bass ...

If I only had $699.00 mmmmmmm.......
Happy President's Day!

 

[jaypee]

Here is Thunder
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I dig the matching headstock.....
That's P enuff fo' sho'!!!

 

[electracoyote]

Some threads are started out of ignorance, others out of stupidity others still to be provocative. This one is just a bit boring looking, IMO.

Oh, the irony.

Boring thread accuses a bass of being boring.

 

[Lowbrow]

You could just Bedazzle the P-Bass. Then it would not bore you so.

 

[JH Statts]

But I am extremely against boutique and coffee table looking basses, or anything exotic looking in general. The P bass sounds great and has the classic look.

Agreed 100%. Boutique basses can be extremely unfortunate looking a lot of the time. Some are downright ugly. But to each his own.

P-Basses are timeless, but that's like, my opinion, man.