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Precision "upgrades" that should be stock on new model - poll

Select a max of 3 that you think could/should be stock on a Pbass.

  • 21 (or more) fret neck

    Votes: 70 26.9%

  • Truss rod wheel at heel

    Votes: 122 46.9%

  • Drop tuner on E string

    Votes: 40 15.4%

  • Reverse P pickup option

    Votes: 67 25.8%

  • Better string tree for ADG strings

    Votes: 79 30.4%

  • Upgraded nut material

    Votes: 76 29.2%

  • Make Jazz profile necks optional

    Votes: 128 49.2%

  • 2 Jazz pickups on the P body

    Votes: 19 7.3%

  • A bound Aerodyne style P

    Votes: 15 5.8%

  • Put the jack on the side of the body

    Votes: 63 24.2%
  • Total voters
    260
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#1
Before I ask this question, I know there is a large number of people that wouldn't upgrade a thing - the P bass is perfect as it is to many - but I'm wondering if you were going to put together your ideal P bass to make it a production model for Fender (or someone else), which mods or upgrades do you think you would want most to be included?

I'm just going to rhyme off a few things I've seen mentioned around here and see what people think.
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It can't be entirely silly if you feel that strongly about one of the options. This is a little different than the "build your dream bass" threads, in that it's asking for specific things that people think should be available on a production model.
 
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Noot said:
The 21 fret neck is also silly, 24 would be better. :) I'm bummed I can't play Orion on my P
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Hah. It's 21 (or more), but I can't see that body style making sense with a full 24 frets, even with a modified shortened lower horn.

I've learned many parts of Orion, but don't recall where it goes to the 24th fret?
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M0ses said:
Silly thread, except for the reverse P. I can't for the life of me understand why "reverse" hasn't always been the standard from the start. Leo's one big mistake, if you ask me.
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It really depends on your playing style. For someone like me who favors the lower 2 strings, this layout works fine. I get my thumpy grind and then when I do go up to the others a bit I get a nice bite for the faster lines I tend to play on them.
 
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awilkie84 said:
You don't shorten the lower horn. You deepen the cutout.
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I guess I wasn't entirely clear. You have to both deepen the cutout and shorten the horn at the same time, otherwise a longer lower horn stretching past a deeper cutout looks kind of stupid. I have a Power Jazz Special which has a 22 fret neck, and has this exact body change - the cutout is deeper and the horn has been moved back accordingly. Coincidentally, this bass also has a reverse P and side jack, killing a few birds with one stone.


Stealth Fighter said:
The whole poll is silly without a none of the above category. At least give me carrots.
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I ran out of options as it was, I wasn't going to waste one on "none of the above" :P
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My options aren't up there:

1. Truss rod adjustment at the headstock, where it belongs (yeah, some have it there, but they all should)
2. V-shaped neck profile or baseball bat profile in lieu of the flattened out road-kill profile Fender has settled on since 1958 or so.

If Fender sold a neck with those improvements (according to me), and it had small frets and the worn in feeling my RW has now, I would swap out the necks in about a minute and a quarter. The quarter is because I'm a little slow. Then my P would be the perfect P.
 
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Malak the Mad said:
The only thing I can think you left out was a Precision/Jazz option. <sniff> No love for the P/J config? :crying:
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The PJ already exists with both P and J bodies. You can get PP pups on a Jazz body, but there no JJ option on the P, which I always thought would be a way to offer the tonal range of a J to people who may prefer the Precision body.
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DiabolusInMusic said:
Could? All of them.

Should? None of them. (Well... maybe an A string retainer)
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Of course. It's not that this should be applied to any existing Precision models - they should stay as they are - but rather than come out with all these Signature bass models, I think having a "2015" model with bunch of common aftermarket tweaks or upgrades from this century makes some sense. The Modern Player line does some of these things, but they don't have a Precision in the offering. It's either Jazzes or Dimensions.
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awilkie84 said:
It really depends on your playing style. For someone like me who favors the lower 2 strings, this layout works fine. I get my thumpy grind and then when I do go up to the others a bit I get a nice bite for the faster lines I tend to play on them.
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I mean, I guess you can do what you want, but for me, I want all four of my strings to sound the same. I've never met a G strings that I actually liked playing on. And that's a problem with strings, mostly, but it's exacerbated by the pup placement. Doesn't make any sense when it would be so easy to turn around and make the problem better.
 

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