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The basic flaw in the p-bass
- Thread starter Ric5
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All that glassy top end is hurting my ears!!!
Yeah, I know. I shoulda used a low pass filter, right? I mean, come on. It's interfering with the guitar frequencies...
That was my sarcasm mode for today. I'll stop now.
It's the bass players that usually have the hang up with the P bass. I've never meet a engineer or producer that doesn't prefer them.. even over a Jazz.
I have a few serious record collectors/DJ friends. The P Bass clearly dominates collections of 5000+ records.
These discussions never resolve - instrumentalists are just fascinated by the detail of their instrument. I posted this over on the Telecaster forum, where similar discussions rage, but it applies here too.
Oh, and the P bass rules
Oh, and the P bass rules
These discussions never resolve - instrumentalists are just fascinated by the detail of their instrument. I posted this over on the Telecaster forum, where similar discussions rage, but it applies here too.
Oh, and the P bass rules
Great chart. Still, for a Fender Precision bass, "Playing style" needs to be 1% larger, "Wood" needs to be 1% smaller, and "Underpants" needs to be relabeled "Hat."
The main part of what you perceive as low-end is actually an upper-bass/lower-midrange fundamental!
Are we alone on Talkbass?
Why defend the P?
If you do, perhaps you know it's limitations.
I know you all crank your amps eq. to deal. It's really okay. Those active folks don't but dial it strong on their bass.
So who cares? The music is all. Bring what it needs & stop hating.
I had a listen to Working Man and I concluded that Geddy really should have played the Rickenbacker if he wanted to sound like Geddy Lee.
His tone stopped having those lows in it altogether when he went for the Jazz, it's a pretty basic product of his instrument and style. Not too complex.
There's a strange justification syndrome on TalkBass. Every time someone asks "what kind of bass should I get" - you usually will find responses like, "play a few and see what feels/sounds best to you". Okay, that's pretty much how it goes - until it comes to a P bass. Apparently there are things wrong with people who don't get the P bass. As if there is anything to 'get'. There is no one way to play bass, record bass, engineer bass, buy a bass, look at a bass, smile at a bass. 'Midscoop' is bad. What the heck is 'glassy'? 'Shake head emoticon'. I don't mean to indirectly single you guys out, but could you be more helpful and less snarky? Civility goes a long way.
The clean P bass tone is too honky for me. (insert justification here)
But I do like the warm and round sound with the tone turned down. I use it (selecting the P on my P/J) on certain songs - because it sounds great. It doesn't work for every song. (insert justification here). And, at the end of the day - who cares but us bassists?
The clean P bass tone is too honky for me. (insert justification here)
But I do like the warm and round sound with the tone turned down. I use it (selecting the P on my P/J) on certain songs - because it sounds great. It doesn't work for every song. (insert justification here). And, at the end of the day - who cares but us bassists?
GREAT chart, but the corresponding chart covering things that get talkbassers pissy and in a tizzy has a much higher percentage for underpants.
The problem with the P bass is the baggage it carries, see this thread.
It is hard to be a P bass player and not be seen a certain way, and it is even harder to say you are not a P bass player without being judged.
It is hard to be a P bass player and not be seen a certain way, and it is even harder to say you are not a P bass player without being judged.
