P vs Reverse P, what’s better?

[Marihino]

 

[tvbop]

Flipped sounds scooped and nasaly. Im sticking with standard. Seems Leo really knew what he was doin.

 

[ctmullins]

Flipped shouldn’t sound any more “scooped and nasally” than standard, if the distance between the two pickups is the same.

The difference, as you and I have stated many times already, is that standard (over)emphasizes lows and highs, and flipped evens them out.

 

[morebass!]

Does he even play the D or G?

 

[canapjbeanmm]

If you play with your 1st or 2nd finger on the root and your 4th finger on the octave, then standard P will be perfect for you. It will give you even sound between the root and the octave.

If on the other hand you prefer to play with your 4th finger on the root and your 1st finger on the octave, then reverse P might give you a more even sound between the root and octave.

How do you arrange your left hand to put your pinky on the root and your index on the octave? That's quite the awkward grip...

 

[Ricky Rioli]

sooner or later I'll reverse the P on my LB-100.

Heaven knows how long I'll spend deciding whether to swap the halves, or simply shunt the treble half to the neck side of the bass half....

8 months and counting, it seems, so far