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So, If I don't play a Precision, I'm not a real bass player?

#341
I played this today and it has a neck that suites me better - thinner from front to back - than a P and sounds like a fatter P - to me. More versatile than the P/J I played yesterday as well. I felt the "J" pup was more useful. I
SpazzTheBassist said:
Actually, there is a lot of indirect information in these 18 pages as well.... Go back and look at most of the responses, pictures, posts....Most of the responses here are from players associated with Rock stylings (and this includes all associated "Rock" genres, such as metal or punk) and reference great Rock players (that do or dont play P-Basses) or reference typical household name players of other genres (like Jaco for jazzers or Jamerson for 60s RnB) in typical Bass Mag fashion,........ as if great bass players that dont play rock-oriented genres or household-names of other genres stylings (like Mark Adams) don't exist because they arent household "Rock" or Household names.

This thread serves as a proof that Responses on TB are very "Rock" or Household biased......Players who play different genres or a wide variety of genres should keep this in mind when asking advice about basses, gear, and players here
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Interesting take.
 
#342
SteveC said:
Reading other threads spurred this. Many people seem to think that a Precision bass is the end all answer. Fits any genre, any gig. If you have one bass it should be a Precision. If you don't have one, get one at all costs. Some are partially sarcastic, but many seem real.

Are we still at this point? With all the different kinds of basses available to us, we still feel that it's a P bass or you're not worth my time?

I mean, I suppose I could get one and I'd get used to it after a while. I mean, after all, all the great recordings were made with one.

Why did anyone bother building anything else?
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Pops OB said:
Banned?! Without humor, what's the point? There are plenty of serious comments in almost all of the threads. Humor is substantially better than the threads where everybody is seriously insulting everybody else's equipment or style.
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I wasnt really serious about the banning. I like the humorous posts, its the pointless kvetching about basses other people like and you (not you personally Pops) dont. Or declaring what kind of music can or should be played with a particular bass.
 
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#345
Not only are you not a real bass player if you don't play a Precision, but also you're not a real man, or woman, or person, or animal, or vegetable, or mineral, or element, or organism, or object, or ...
 
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Mike in Chicago said:
If you play a Precision you're legit. If you refer to it as a "P bass" you might as well be using one of those goofy designer boutique models or, a Gibson. Or you can strum your "Rick" like Lemmy.
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Whatever. I prefer Ricks and Epis to P-basses.

jefff100 said:
No, you dont. The DB side of TB is very serious.

Once in a while we can get riled up discussing the merits of geman bow vs french bow. And then someone comes along and says that you just learn what your instructor taught and thats the way it is.

And you will be remanded to read the FAQ threads for noobs.

This thread is trivial fluff. Perfect entertainment on a snowed in Saturday afternoon.

Just reading the title you know what its going to turn into, and if you click on it, well then there shouldn't be any surprises.
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So... which do you play, then? French or German? Just out of curiosity.

RedVee said:
I'm waiting for the "but what is a P Bass" follow up thread.
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Good question.
 
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Kirk Bryant said:
The only reason I own 7 different Precision basses is because I read on That TallBass web site that I had to if I wanted anybody to take me serious. So I take two to every gig to make sure I got that covered. I try to get away with playing my 5'er as much as I can but they keep making me play those damn Precisions, I don't see why?
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I'm pretty sure that TallBass also requires a 40" neck, and that when being played, the pickups should never be higher than the middle of the bassist's thigh. ;)
 

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