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Precision V any good?

#5
I like Warmoth 34"scale P5's better, the wood seems better. Really solid instruments. I had 2 Fender P5's and they were pretty good overall. I prefer Ash for a P bass. Fender's P5 are alder.
 
#6
I love mine. No complaints about the B string. I think you have to keep it in the context of it being a passive Fender Precision bass. If you try to compare its B with a boutique active 5, you’ll be disappointed. Here is a track I did with a country artist using my P5 strung with Chromes.

 
#8
punkrocko said:
I love mine. No complaints about the B string. I think you have to keep it in the context of it being a passive Fender Precision bass. If you try to compare its B with a boutique active 5, you’ll be disappointed. Here is a track I did with a country artist using my P5 strung with Chromes.

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I don't understand - the B string sounds fine to me here. Like a very deep P bass which is more or less what you want for C&W.

I played along with this just now with my Bunny 6 (basically a boutique B string). With the neck PU soloed your tone rivals the one from my Carvin no problemo.
Even, say, 10grand later for a boutique like a Fodera or other, I don't see a much better B string emerging from that?

JMO, of course, I wouldn't say it's a disappointment at all personally?

LS
 
#10
Joe Smithberger said:
Setup and String choice is a big deal on this bass. The balance of tone and clarity is great with the DAddario Balanced .145 XL set, I also like DR DDTs (.125), and Lakland Flats.
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What he said. I found that whatever Fender is using for strings sometimes compares less favorably and this is really evident on the B. I've had new Fender's comes out of the case sounding dull and like wet ropes trying emulate a B string.
 
#13
Baird6869 said:
Same as the 4 strng American Standard except for the added B string.

The B isn't terrible, but it isn't very good. A 34" B can be stellar but the P5 B is just ok IME.

Still a good bass, and even better if you don't often play below D on the B.
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cfsporn said:
Not bad per se, but you could do better for your money.
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+1

punkrocko said:
I think you have to keep it in the context of it being a passive Fender Precision bass. If you try to compare its B with a boutique active 5, you’ll be disappointed.
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I had a Fender P5 and as other said, it was OK but not great. Perfectly useable, but not magic and not much 'wow' other than the F word on the headstock for those who insist on that. It seems as if the B can vary from instrument to instrument, as I played a couple of Fender P5s at Guitar Center. One was great, one was just really not good. But I've certainly played worse.

I ended up selling mine and order a passive unrouted Carvin B50 that I had routed with a Pat Wilkins VR5P pickup. The neck is awesome and the B string is great. Plus, it was less money, despite being order to my specs and having a pickup installed.

If you can do 35" (I can't anymore), Lakland Skyline P5's are in the same price range as the Fender you likely will notice a difference.
 
#15
As I said, I love mine. To clarify my point, I think it’s not fair to compare its B to a Fodera, or Smith, or other high end active 5’s. It’s a P bass, and it does its thing. If that’s the tool you need, it does it very well. If anyone wants to unload their floppy B’d P5 on the cheap, let me know!!

Moreover to the OP’s original question of how they compare to the current Fender four string AS Precision basses: They are exactly the same.
 

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