I love my set of Wunkays.
Aside from the different woods, they also utilize different coils for SCM.
'81 is rear, '14 is front.
Still gets me that awesome, clear, punchy SCPB tone.
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Your Pbass that isn't a Pbass.
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Aside from the different woods, they also utilize different coils for SCM.
'81 is rear, '14 is front.
Still gets me that awesome, clear, punchy SCPB tone.
Also,
If experimented with "extreme" pickup adjustments.
Mainly,
Lowering overall pickup height, removing the pole pieces in a P/reverse P orientation, then raising the remaining pole pieces.
To my ears, it definitely gets close to that sound, by emphasizing the strings at different locations.
I bought this but had to send it back because the neck was just too thick for my hand. It was real beauty in looks and sound.
Love the Andromeda finish.
Every now and then, one of the dozen or so L-1005s pops up, which was from a special run by @RocketMusic back in '14-'15
Not sure how the necks would fare for you, and they also had the narrower spacing and 3+2 headstocks.
Not sure if she's still around, but I remember @audreycashin ordering one of the most tricked out ones.
Another Yamaha recommendation. Used my BBP35 with the front pickup soloed for a food bank benefit last night. Great P tone that another player doing upright described as “amazingly punchy”.
Which P-bass tone you ask … well it channels several, the original single coil if you want, or a fat or leaner split coil. It replaced a 1968 precision I owned for 25 years.
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+1 Yup...the exact reason I bought my T-45 wasnt to match my T-40 but to have a very P-Bass-ish bass that can dial in a lot of various P-Flavors all on one instrument.......I did a video review of the T-45 on my YouTube Channel if anyone wants to hear it. Click here: Rib13 Bass (and Weirdness) YouTube Channel
My Serek Armitage w/ a Serek B90 pickup.
If they ever made these lefty, I would've owned one by now.
Super cool basses.
"...Sometimes you feel like a P..."
My range of options are few but varied, and offer 2 paths to P-ness.
My range of options are few but varied, and offer 2 paths to P-ness.
I have a white BB3000s and I can't put it down. I've had a set of Chromes on it for some years and they still punch.
Meanwhile my P-Bass-ish entry is my No.1, a Warmoth Dinky P.
Fralin P, SDCS MM, OBP-3. I am very happy.
I have 3 that will do a P-bass tone.
1. 1987 Peavey Foundation S. It generally wears rounds and sounds at least as much like a P-bass as a P-bass.
2. 1991? Peavey Fury. This bass has had rounds and flats on it. It sounds more like an old P-Bass than an old P-bass. I’d play it more often if it didn’t weigh 13 lbs.
3. Parts bass - it has a $35 Walmart.com body that weighs 4.3 lbs and a Fender MIM Jazz neck with Gotoh ultralight tuners. It also has a Seymour Duncan Antiquity II pickup. This bass wears Ernie Ball Cobalt flats and sounds great. It also weighs about 6.5 lbs total. I guess it’s close to being a P-bass since it has a Fender neck.
The fender American Deluxe 5 string Precision I had just did not win my affection. It sounded good but the neck and string spacing were very wide. I decided to make my own. I’ve made two now and they are just about all I’m going to need for the rest of my playing life.
Both with Norstrand pickups that sound fantastic. I’ve recorded and gigged with both and they do the job beautifully.
Both with Norstrand pickups that sound fantastic. I’ve recorded and gigged with both and they do the job beautifully.
The ultimate P bass that's not a P bass 81' Wunkay...P bass 2.0..
Agreed. The position is equally or more important than the pickup style. See post #55. It doesn’t take much to get P sounds out of both of these pickups. One is split of course, the Big Split but the other is a Music Man style set in the Precision location and can sound like one without much tweaking.
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My Carvin PB5 and my parts bass I built up. The parts bass with Bart's and Kellingsound varitone selector is an absolute BEAST!! Selling off everything else and keeping it and 2 Carvin fiver's!
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