Have a E series Pbass that's been with me since new, almost 30 years now. It was my only bass for many years. Last year, after drooling over custom basses for years and having more money than sense, I finally pulled the trigger on two custom 5 strings. The P bass went to the back of the line being considered the dinosaur of the bunch.
After agonizing over gulit from neglecting the thing, I took it to church this morning. There was something very familiar about it. The feel of the neck, string spacing under the right hand, the way it sits on the body, all of them just right. There was no time needed to re-adapt to the way it played. It occured to me that even though it might not win the swimsuit competition, a Pbass, for me, is one of the friendliest basses around.
I know there are some that look at basses as being pieces of wood, plastic, and steel. But are there some of you out there that look at a bass as something more than an inanimate object? Something that you form an attachment to because you have mileage together?
After agonizing over gulit from neglecting the thing, I took it to church this morning. There was something very familiar about it. The feel of the neck, string spacing under the right hand, the way it sits on the body, all of them just right. There was no time needed to re-adapt to the way it played. It occured to me that even though it might not win the swimsuit competition, a Pbass, for me, is one of the friendliest basses around.
I know there are some that look at basses as being pieces of wood, plastic, and steel. But are there some of you out there that look at a bass as something more than an inanimate object? Something that you form an attachment to because you have mileage together?
Nice and simple.
