Your Dream P Bass?

[Bikeguy57]

It's (hopefully!) this one...arriving tomorrow...Custom Shop '61 P Bass in Sherwood Green.

View attachment 4941292

Oh baby! Nice!

 

[J-Mags]

I don't think P-Bass as a concept is about "dream basses"; it's about cool basses mass produced from interchangeable parts. My "dream P-Bass" would be a white PJ that's a lot like my modded black Fernandes PJ, only with the back of the neck unpainted with a thin matte finish. My other dream P is a mid-50s style. And my 3rd "dream" P has a jazz neck and a lightweight ash body that's only finished enough to keep the wood stable.

I could keep inventing dream ps all day long.

 

[drumvsbass]

Warmoth Build FSO, Some kinda fancy shmancy lookin body, Maple neck and FB, Bad Ass (or clone) bridge, Schaller Pegs, Hipshot on the E. Pickups if it was just a P probably Quarter Pounders, If it were truly my dream P it would be a PJ with Dimarzio Model PJ's... or maybe Geezers... But then Possibly active... and then maybe fretted and fretless with the fretless being Rosewood... Preposterous. Only if these two were lost.

 

[SteveHeissner]

A new Squier. Maybe mod it, maybe not.

 

[2112]

Already got it:

MIM Geddy neck. Hipshot detuner. Dunlop straplocks. D'Addario EXL170 strings. Plays like butter and brings the articulate thunder... its my #1 gigging bass and will be for a very long time.

 

[sgiacomo]

Just got my 2020 Fender American Ultra Precision. Love it!

 

[mmbongo]

 

[DJ Bebop]

You set out to build/buy one P Bass to be your main player for years to come. What are you getting?

It was this...


Hey, it was the 70s

 

[groovepump]

I did just that very thing last year.
View attachment 4941223

Very nice looking bass . . .

 

[DJ Bebop]

A new Squier. Maybe mod it, maybe not.

View attachment 4941316

 

[Pings Bass]

It turns out my dream p is a stingray.

 

[BassyBill]

My Tony Franklin - and slso, when I put it together, this one…

 

[pbass2]

Lucky for me, I own mine. 2004 USA Lakland Glaub. Oly white w/tort, maple neck, Lindy's. Done.

 

[micguy]

This is what I play in lieu of a P bass - when it comes to which strings should have their pickup closer to the neck, I say all of them. It's 7.2 pounds, and hangs beautifully on a strap:

 

[groovepump]

5 string Jazz basses are my main players now, so I would use the P-bass primarily for my own private practice or specific songs. It would be a passive 5 string Squier, fretless, olympic white, with ebony fingerboard and La Bella flats. I'm already thinking about buying an affinity 5 string from Sweetwater and de-fretting it to get close to this goal. I could forget about the ebony fingerboard.

 

[350125g0]

it changes constantly, but right now, it would be a candy purple Peter Hook sig Yamaha BB, but with a 32" neck.

If it needs to be a Fender, then a shell pink Mark Hoppus sig with a Robot Graves aluminum neck.

 

[kustomculture]

i have more than i need but i built this one and its probably my fave. feeling, playing, sounding, lookin... yup

 

[rmayer]

A G&L LB100, U.S.A. MADE, custom shop. Empress wood body, maple neck, rosewood board and a 1 1/2” nut width. Came in at 6.7 pounds! In a lovely Shoreline Gold with matching headstock and a Tort guard.
Of course GAS being what it is, I sold it to fund a Sadowsky NYC P/J. Very happy with that purchase but this was probably the nicest P I’ll ever own.

 

[Chickenwheels]

Happy with my ‘75. It’s been with me all over the world for many years.
I do miss the ‘65-66 a used briefly. I think it was all-round a better P.
The best sounding Precision I’ve ever played was a ‘59-60 slab board that had had some unfortunate modifications (bad refinish and pick guard, weird tuners). I did an A-B test against my ‘75 and it sounded amazing.

 

[cxcxcx]

I'd probably end up with a slightly tweaked Warmoth parts bass. I play an American 60's RI that I'm fairly happy with, but it needs some help too. I find myself in positions where a P is pretty much a strong suggestion, if not a requirement.

I've tried to find a more boutique-build P Bass, but the simple specs I have aren't offered (Sadowsky) or the instruments aren't executed and/or designed to a standard that I'd pay 3-5 k for (all the rest).