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Seriously, is there anything a Precision Bass Can't do?

#141
JimmyM said:
most of my basses are pj's, but i find myself using only the p pickup more and more. i do like being able to dial in some j tones when needed, but honestly i could be perfectly happy with a precision and no j pickup.
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+1

My roundwound/fretted bass is a PJ. Most of the time the J pup is rolled off.

As for slap, there have been a ton of P-bass slap tunes - predating Marcus of course. Another take on the gold-standard:

 
#145
JimmyM said:
the sound of a slapped precision made me like the slap sound again.
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I think there are a lot of guys who don't know slap PM (pre-Marcus). While I love Marcus, to me the scooped J-bass slap thing is way played out beyond a handful of guys who really make it work. I even like slapped fretless for the right tune. Then again I play a Rob Allen fretless on funk tunes so I'm fundamentally warped...
 
#147
chadds said:
It's not a fan boy thread. The OP asked a question inviting opinions. Hence some of us posted where and how the P doesn't make it for us.

I have a G&L L1000. Passive with ceramic pickups this thing has the output of an active bass and so many tonal options from one pickup.
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+1 Really two questions:

1) Is there anything (i.e., any type of gig or music) that a good player can't do with any bass, Precision or otherwise... answer: no.

2) Is there anything a P Bass can't do... answer: yes, it can't sound like a Jazz Bass.

:)
 
#150
You may have read this before but here goes.
I was working on a project in a studio. While listening to a mixdown I happened to have a Japanese '51 ri in my lap. If you know that bass the original pickup was trebly and weak. Something hit me while listening I lit up a track flipped the bass up and played along.
A while later a classically and Berkelee trained violinist comes in, hears the whole mix and asked me if I played upright on that track. So I think it's in the hands and Leo made that bass to be "able" to sound like an upright.
 
#152
chadds said:
You may have read this before but here goes.
I was working on a project in a studio. While listening to a mixdown I happened to have a Japanese '51 ri in my lap. If you know that bass the original pickup was trebly and weak. Something hit me while listening I lit up a track flipped the bass up and played along.
A while later a classically and Berkelee trained violinist comes in, hears the whole mix and asked me if I played upright on that track. So I think it's in the hands and Leo made that bass to be "able" to sound like an upright.
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What was it that hit you? What did you do to make it sound like an upright? I haven't heard this story before.
 
#153
nostatic said:
+1

My roundwound/fretted bass is a PJ. Most of the time the J pup is rolled off.
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I had a P-bass hot-rodded to PJ back in the late 70's... because it was the cool thing to do, honestly. After awhile I realized I didn't need the J.

Here are my current and incoming Sadowskys:

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