Wednesday, December 4, 2024

20 thoughts on “The single coil P Bass tone is too good! Nothing like it! Perfection w/ flatwound strings.

  • Especially with the tone almost closed and flats these things THUMP! Jazz basses don’t thump. I always end up selling them ‘cause they don’t thump. Beautiful basses nonetheless.

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  • Or you could just turn one of the pickups off on a jazz bass and get the same tone, those do sound great though????

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  • Yeah, i was surprised how much i like the single coil.
    It has the punch of a P and the articulation of an active pickup.

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  • Spoiler alert. Jazz bass front pickup on every one ever produced is the exact same tone.

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  • I feel like the "front jazz bass sounds like a pbass" thing applies to these more than the split-coil ones. Particularly with the tone rolled back more than what you would do. Not 100% the same obvi as a 2 pickup instrument

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  • The relic thing cracks me up. I started playing in 1973 and music store racks were full of used Fender basses with worn or checked nitro finishes. Nobody wanted a worn out looking Bass back then. It was just shabby looking. Now it's $$$$.

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  • You can absolutely fake a P Bass tone with a Jazz bass. BUT! "Fake" is the operative word there lol

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  • How did I get there?

    Squier Classic Vibe ‘51 P Bass

    Replaced neck w/Fender 50s P Bass Neck (due to truss rod issue w/Squier neck)

    Fralin Hum-Cancelling Split Coil Pup

    GREAT sounding bass.

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  • The single coil in my 68-telecaster bass is way better than the sound of a split coil in my P bass. Yup.

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  • Was going to be sceptical but yes that has a solid flats tone. Id still rather have a '57

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