I’m no boss, matter of fack, I ain’t even a walkin boss. I am however a pretty snappy hander and holder; but I leaves the big decides to them who find some measure of satisfaction in such lofty exercises of the imagination. Or something like that…?
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Why does TalkBass love the P Bass so much?
- Thread starter GwennyT
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I’m not sure when the change happened, but for a really long time I always thought of Talkbass as a Jazz bass site.
For me it’s the pickup position on a P that works. I’ve built a couple with different pickups but placed where the P pickup would be. They sound great. The bass below has a Nordstrand MM5.2 with series/parallel wiring. In parallel it is a monster P.
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I’ve already calculated it and it’s meaningless to anyone except physicists. Makes not a lick of difference tonally.
I love P’s for no other reason than they work on pretty much everything. But my main basses are PJ’s because even though I use the P by itself mostly, sometimes for the whole night, it’s cool to get that J bass vibe on certain songs. Is it exact? Don’t care.
I've entertained the idea of a single T-Bird pickup in the P position for an upcoming project.
That bass looks like a beast!
Do it! The T-bird pickups sound great. You won’t be disappointed.I've entertained the idea of a single T-Bird pickup in the P position for an upcoming project.
That bass looks like a beast!
Thanks for the nice comment. It is a beast.
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Groupthink requires individuals to avoid raising controversial issues or alternative solutions, and there is loss of individual creativity, uniqueness and independent thinking. The dysfunctional group dynamics of the "ingroup" produces an "illusion of invulnerability" (an inflated certainty that the right decision has been made). Thus the "ingroup" significantly overrates its own abilities in decision-making and significantly underrates the abilities of its opponents (the "outgroup").
Groupthink requires individuals to avoid raising controversial issues or alternative solutions, and there is loss of individual creativity, uniqueness and independent thinking. The dysfunctional group dynamics of the "ingroup" produces an "illusion of invulnerability" (an inflated certainty that the right decision has been made). Thus the "ingroup" significantly overrates its own abilities in decision-making and significantly underrates the abilities of its opponents (the "outgroup").
Q: Standard Fender P pickup position or Reversed?
There's a meaty point of contention for debate!
Please don't discuss...we all know the answer ..
P basses also eventually lead to highbrow discussions of science and the humanities.
Well...
First of all, I'm not going to wade through all the answers you've stirred up. For one, I don't want to. For another; I don't think I have to. I've been here on TB long enough, that I can imagine most of them. And, finally? I probably agree with at least 75% of them, anyway. So... here's my answer, for what it's worth;
- Can a Jazz Bass mimic the P tone? Which P-tone are you talking about? I'd bet a dollar to a donut that it can't mimic my P-Bass. Which is an "A-spec" necked '78, with a foam mute in the bridge cover; the pickup cover; and strung with GHS 3025 Precision Flats - the clones of the original Squier-made Fender Flats that it shipped from the factory with. That I've owned for 36 years, now. The tone? Pretty much the same tone that most of the '50s-'60s Rock; Rockabilly; R&B; and Blues was recorded with - or performed with, on stage. Sorry, but that's a tone you just cannot get from a Jazz Bass...
Why not something more versatile...? In my case, because I don't need my P-Bass to be versatile. I have 26 other basses; There's no need for my P-Bass to be versatile. Or any of my other basses, TBH - although some of them most certainly are...
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Well, to be honest, I have not read the entire thread. Once I saw the title and read through the first few posts, I knew it was going to be just a lot of P-dinkle.
I think it is a reflection of bassists loving the P-Bass in general.
Which is because it is a simple elegant powerful bass with a ton of practical application, utility, and recognition.
Which is because it is a simple elegant powerful bass with a ton of practical application, utility, and recognition.
Late to the discussion but I’ll throw this in.
The sound of the P-bass pretty much coincides with a huge chunk of recorded music history that happened to coincide with (don’t @ me, just speaking demographically), the Baby Boom generation and to sone degree Generation X.
The Boom generation’s taste in pop music dominated radio for a long time, and that included the P-Bass sound on thousands of hit records.
Growing up in the 80s, our local rock station wouldn’t play anything later than maybe 1978, except for a once-weekly “new music” alternative show, and whatever new music was being promoted / had to be played for CanCon reasons. So the Boomers cast a very long shadow. (Gen X had a bit of the 80s and 90s but we are too few in number to matter except in a sort of stealth way to later generations rediscovering “our” music and reinterpreting it as synthwave, etc)
Yeah, the P-bass has the sound you’ve heard on lots of your favorite records. It is not the only bass sound, but it’s the easiest way to get that sound. It does raise the question, when will its influence wane?
This week I was seriously considering a Squier 40th Anniversary P or one of the Paranormal 54 Js. The allure is hard to resist.
The sound of the P-bass pretty much coincides with a huge chunk of recorded music history that happened to coincide with (don’t @ me, just speaking demographically), the Baby Boom generation and to sone degree Generation X.
The Boom generation’s taste in pop music dominated radio for a long time, and that included the P-Bass sound on thousands of hit records.
Growing up in the 80s, our local rock station wouldn’t play anything later than maybe 1978, except for a once-weekly “new music” alternative show, and whatever new music was being promoted / had to be played for CanCon reasons. So the Boomers cast a very long shadow. (Gen X had a bit of the 80s and 90s but we are too few in number to matter except in a sort of stealth way to later generations rediscovering “our” music and reinterpreting it as synthwave, etc)
Yeah, the P-bass has the sound you’ve heard on lots of your favorite records. It is not the only bass sound, but it’s the easiest way to get that sound. It does raise the question, when will its influence wane?
This week I was seriously considering a Squier 40th Anniversary P or one of the Paranormal 54 Js. The allure is hard to resist.
Because " That " P vibe able well mix in any genre, from quite acoustic band to loud metal band.
Versatile J , PJ or active bass, just for full fill the market need and prove that brand/company able create something more complex than simple P bass.....
......i am P guy...
Versatile J , PJ or active bass, just for full fill the market need and prove that brand/company able create something more complex than simple P bass.....
......i am P guy...
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