What a P Bass Sounds Like...

[Grinderman]

Gonna be a long thread.

I love that video; I've watched/listened to it many times because the recording is fantastic.

"Well... After eating that chicken vindaloo, I wanna be well."

 

[SoulReflection]

Muddy, Just kidding, mine has active EMG pickups, it just does not sound good. Plan on swapping all electronics back to a factory passive style. I play new passive p basses at GC that sound better than mine. It is a little single-sounding compared to my active EQ basses. If you use a pedal to change the sound you defeat the purpose of playing a P bass. It is a classic sound.


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I have a set of passive EMG Geezers but since putting PV'63s on my P, I don't have the heart to change them out. They may have to go on one of my other basses.

 

[Killing Floor]

Jaco didn’t need to know what a P Bass sounds like…

 

[SoulReflection]

I love these types of threads because I always get introduced to great songs I have never heard before.

You and me both. I missed a lot by concentrating on my day job!

 

[onamission]

Rolly Salley of Chris Issacs band gets a great classic PBass tone on Wicked Game. One of my favorites anyway.

 

[Double E]

Chris Wood makes it sound like this...

 

[Grinderman]

Another great JJ Burnel P bass track.

 

[mikecd1]

I can still feel the Pbass just oozing through on Ace's "How Long" which was the biggest and best part of this huge hit for us low-enders.

 

[SoulReflection]

I can still feel the Pbass just oozing through on Ace's "How Long" which was the biggest and best part of this huge hit for us low-enders.

One of my favorites!

 

[funkinbottom]

 

[GretschWretch]

The ONLY P-bass tone that makes me salivate.

 

[DJ Bebop]

 

[DJ Bebop]

 

[GretschWretch]

The closest P-bass to a double bass sound I have yet to run across.

 

[DJ Bebop]

The closest P-bass to a double bass sound I have yet to run across.

Twin B-15s?
Cool!

 

[LetItGrowTone]

Not a computer simulation of paradise

 

[rodak]

Lots of great songs here. This is what I always think of when I think P-bass:

 

[LetItGrowTone]

Genius. Thank you.

 

[Plain Old Barry]

Let's not forget...

 

[Allotabass1]