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Which Precision do you prefer?

Which Precision bass is your favourite?

  • 51 Precision w/single coil

    Votes: 20 9.1%

  • Standard Precision

    Votes: 135 61.6%

  • Cabronita Precision

    Votes: 6 2.7%

  • Some other Precision spin-off

    Votes: 43 19.6%

  • Not Precision at all...

    Votes: 15 6.8%
  • Total voters
    219
  • Poll closed .
MrWalker

MrWalker

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#1
I'm going through a Precision period right now. It is the instrument I started out on back in the early 80s, but I've been playing other instruments for the most part over the last 30 years. But recently I've been getting more fascinated with the Precision again. And I'm a little curious... there are a few different models around these days, mainly the "standard" P, the 51 P with the single coil (Telecaster), and the recently added Cabronita version as well.
However, the only one I've got any experience with, it the standard P with the split pickup.

And there are some Precision spin-offs, such as Billy Sheehan's Yamaha Attitude, and the other Telecasters.

Which is your favourite, and why? :-)

1) The 51 P bass single coil pickup
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2) The "standard" Precision bass
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3) The Cabronita with the Fidelitron pickup
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4) Some other strange P variation :)
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5) Some other bass all together :D
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#5
2 or 4. I like a regular ol' P, but I also like the ATT-LTD II quite a bit. I own both of them. I gig the regular P's a lot. It's hard to get a bad sound out of them and they are so simple.

If I owned no P basses right now, I'd be looking at a Lakland or Lull. Nothing wrong with Fender, I just prefer the neck on a Lakland by a mile.
 
#8
I have two 60th Anniversary Precisions and a 72 Tele. (Which I would call a variant.)

I voted P bass variant.

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I forgot the why.

My 60th Anniversary Ps are may favorites. I really like the American Standard, but also want something that is slightly different. These fill that for me.
 
#11
I played a Cabronita at my local guitar shop. I found it very comfortable to play and it had a nice warm tone. However I prefer it over the traditional p bass mostly because of the look. I love the headstock, pickguard and I prefer the mini humbucker look over the split coil. It's a cool solid little bass if you can get it on sale.
 
#17
I have a '51 RI, a Classic '50s and an AVRI '57. I gigged for several years with the '50s, but currently the '51 has won my heart. I'm playing in a small combo, not very loudly, with two sisters who sing, my lady friend on percussion and a good friend playing a Carvin SH550 with single-coil pickups. This is a sweet-sounding ensemble.

If we were playing louder, more rock-style, I'd go back to the '50s.:bassist:
 
#19
The single-coil precision pickups have a beautiful sound, but I prefer the split-p. I think the reason is that I like the inherent peaks in its response. I can hear the split-p better in a mix. I voted for 'precision spin-off' because my favorites are made in-house at the Dingwall shop.

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#20
I play these two pbasses with great frequency. It's a 2007 Highway One with the neck from a 2011 MIJ 70s P and vice versa. (but now theres a tort pg and ashtrays on the SB). does that count as standard?
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