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The Iconic P-Bass

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Burke Shelley(Budgie)
Greg Reeves(CSNY)
John Cale(Velvet Underground)
Tommy Cogbill(Memphis session great)
John Entwistle(primarily in the years 1966-1970)
Jim Fielder(BS&T)
Bruce Palmer & Jim Messina(Buffalo Springfield)
Bob Mosley(Moby Grape)
Jet Harris(The Shadows)
Bob Bogle/Nokie Edwards(The Ventures)
Rick Wills(Peter Frampton, David Gilmour, Roxy Music, Foreigner, etc)
Nick Simper(Johnny Kidd & the Pirates, Flower Pot Men, Deep Purple Mk I, Warhorse)
Dave Myers(one of, if not the first electric bass players of the Chicago blues scene of the 50’s)
Mack Thompson(Magic Sam)
Rick Laird(Mahavishnu Orchestra)
 
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Smooth_bass88 said:
It's literally the number electric bass on the planet. Theoretically, the list should be endless
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Arthur U. Poon said:
I’ve been thinking about how many of my favorite players have used the P-Bass, for a wide variety of styles. And each player got a tone that was entirely their own. So, here’s my list. Please feel free to join in, and add your favorite P-Bass players!

James Jamerson
Donald “Duck” Dunn
Bernard Edwards
John Wetton
Ray Shulman
Dave Hope
John Glascock
Geddy Lee (On the Rush’s debut album)
Tony Levin (Prior to his StingRay days)

I’ll most likely add to my list as I remember a few more.
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You have Duck. That’s my #1. Jameson next and I’m done here.
 
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dfp said:
T-Bone Wolk
Adam Clayton (80’s)
Kim Deal
Hutch Hutchinson
Leland Sklar
Donny Benet
Freebo (fretless P!)
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Well now, to be a stickler, if you mean Lee Sklar's famous Frankenbass, it is not a "regular" P nor does it sound like one. It has a P-shaped body but two active EMG reverse P pickups in the Jazzbass position. It's actually more an active J than P sonically.
 
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pbass2 said:
Well now, to be a stickler, if you mean Lee Sklar's famous Frankenbass, it is not a "regular" P nor does it sound like one. It has a P-shaped body but two active EMG reverse P pickups in the Jazzbass position. It's actually more an active J than P sonically.
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Lee Sklar himself talks about his 62 Jazz as the bass that defined his tone.
 
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pbass2 said:
Well now, to be a stickler, if you mean Lee Sklar's famous Frankenbass, it is not a "regular" P nor does it sound like one. It has a P-shaped body but two active EMG reverse P pickups in the Jazzbass position. It's actually more an active J than P sonically.
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True, he also cut classic JT tracks (Your Smiling Face era) on a early Yamaha P type, more P ish than his later Frankenstein.
 
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Arthur U. Poon said:
I’ve been thinking about how many of my favorite players have used the P-Bass, for a wide variety of styles. And each player got a tone that was entirely their own. So, here’s my list. Please feel free to join in, and add your favorite P-Bass players!

James Jamerson
Donald “Duck” Dunn
Bernard Edwards
John Wetton
Ray Shulman
Dave Hope
John Glascock
Geddy Lee (On the Rush’s debut album)
Tony Levin (Prior to his StingRay days)

I’ll most likely add to my list as I remember a few more.
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Chuck Panozzo of Styx. You can see him playing his P bass at 2:38 in this 1996 vid.....

 
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