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For me it came down to comfort. When I took up DB I had a rental bass for 6 months trial before I committed to the instrument. It came with a french bow, so my instructor taught the Simandal method and the "proper" french bow grip.
After about 5 or 6 weeks of lessons I was getting cramps in my right hand from the bow hold. My instructor's personal preference for himself was German bow however, so he let me try his bow. It was an epiphany of sorts, and that night after the lesson I orederd the basic Gollihur rosewood German bow. No more hand cramps.
Pretty sure no matter what bass I play, I won't be a real bassist 
You'll never get a gig without a P bass.
The odd thing is that the times I used a Fender, I thought I nailed the audition and someone else showed up with a borrowed bass and got the gig.
The odd thing is that the times I used a Fender, I thought I nailed the audition and someone else showed up with a borrowed bass and got the gig.
What happens with excessive finger exercises... Your little finger ends up larger than your middle finger!
A p bass certainly has 'a' sound that suits certain genres of music very well ( because they were recorded using p basses). To say it's a one-stop-shop is ridiculous.
Makes sense. When I did the bass viol recording for my band, my hand was cramping like crazy by the end of the session and partially numb.
I started thinking about switching because, looking at hand position of French and German bow styles, it occurred to me that German bow hand position is almost like a pistol grip, which I suspected might cause less fatigue than French style.
I think I'm definitely going to switch, now. Thanks for the info.
I don't own a P-bass and I play in three bands.You'll never get a gig without a P bass.
The odd thing is that the times I used a Fender, I thought I nailed the audition and someone else showed up with a borrowed bass and got the gig.
Yes Yes !! its true....its all true, you cant OK, that's just how it is, suck it up and go get a P bass. It only hurts for a little while and than your a real bass player. You'll get the wallet size ID card, decoder ring , Aaand ...you learn the super secret handshake. How cool is that ?
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Love em or hate em, a P will get it done. There is no law that you must, but if you do, it'll get anything you need done.
Nothing else need be said.
Nothing else need be said.
