I Gotta P

....Bass, that is:grin:

months ago i started a thread over in Bad Dog Cafe asking "how hard is it to play bass?"

now i'm finding out. a co-worker sold me his Squier P last week for $75:

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picked up this little amp yesterday:

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this guitar strummer is having lots of fun thumpin' out some groovy bass lines!

The best thing about playing bass is that when you've been playing for a few hours, and you decide to pick up a guitar again, your fingers feel so much stronger!

Well..you basically were given the guitar....so ya got that goin' fer ya.

be careful, you might end up liking it more!

i know i do :oops:

Welcome to the Deep End!!!

Cheers, Tim

Soon, you'll be addicted to thump!

a co-worker sold me his Squier P last week for $75

First off, let me say: Best Thread Title Ever!

Secondly: Great bass!!! My first bass was an Epiphone P-bass clone that looked just like yours (except different headstock shape). I loved that bass. I swapped the el-cheapo pickup for an EMG Select (still pretty cheap at $24). I went with flatwound strings for a big, beefy, Motown thump. It was great!

A bandmate who'd bought a new bass gave it to me. When I was moving last year (I'd already gotten myself a new 5-string), I passed it on to yet another bandmate. It's the bass that keeps on giving!

Play it. Love it. Feel the Groove. I highly recommend flatwound strings on a P-Bass. It's classic.

Best of luck!!

Welcome to the brotherhood, Chief! I like you better already. :grin:

... and, I believe that playing the bass can be as easy or as hard as you make it. :cool:

mud

Let's rock!

McCartney
Duck Dunn
Larry Taylor
Rocco

all you need now is a jazz, and you'll be done
mp

Congrats on such a deal!

all you need now is a jazz, and you'll be done
mp

done ? what is this done you speak of ?

Down the hall, last door on the right. :arrow:

Tell me about that Acoustic Bass amp. How's it sound. Those were pretty good amps for bass in their day.

Down the hall, last door on the right. :arrow:

Tell me about that Acoustic Bass amp. How's it sound. Those were pretty good amps for bass in their day.

Perfect little amp. this one's a 20. just right for home practice, very clean sound, even with the volume all the way up. it would probably work well for a semi-unplugged gig, too. it isn't powerful enough for a full rock band but as for what i got it for, it fits the bill (and for a good price).

Play it. Love it. Feel the Groove. I highly recommend flatwound strings on a P-Bass. It's classic.

Best of luck!!
Not wishing to hijack the thread but I am interested in flatwounds, are they much harder on fingers than round wounds? I am primarily a guitarist but love bass and turn the treble off to get what I like as a bass tone, I think flats would be a good move but these rounds seem easy on the fingers.
Clive

In my experience, flats are EASIER on the fingers...

Cheers, Tim

In my experience, flats are EASIER on the fingers...

Cheers, Tim

Thanks Tim, I'll get me a set, any brand that's outstanding or to stay away from?
Clive

I've tried a number of brands of flatwounds, and they're all different. Even when the gauges are the same, some brands are stiffer. Also, the different brands have different degrees of smoothness -- some are flatter than others!

The ones I really like are Ernie Ball Group III's. Very, very smooth, and flexible. And they sound good.

I run fender flatwounds on mine....but the bass player in our group prefers half rounds. A happy medium =]

I've been quite happy with GHS Precision Flatwounds...

Cheers, Tim

In my experience, flats are EASIER on the fingers...

Cheers, Tim

+1! And on the GHS strings, too.

mud

I run fender flatwounds on mine....but the bass player in our group prefers half rounds. A happy medium =]


I prefer the best of both (all??:lol: ) worlds when it comes to strings. I have 2 fretted basses with roundwounds (Optima Gold), a fretless with D'addario Chromes flats (Excellent strings! brighter than normal flats. :smile: ) and the new bass coming home next week is fretted with La Bella tapewounds. :cool:


But the unwritten rule of bassists is that a Precision must have flats. Put some D'addario Chromes on it. You should like them, easier on the fingers and turn the bass into a thump machine. :lol:

Congrats on the bass.

Here's a good online resource for the BASSics, Study Bass. (http://www.studybass.com)

If you need books, Ed Friedland (http://www.edfriedland.com) has got it covered.

jamie

Congrats on the bass.

Here's a good online resource for the BASSics, Study Bass. (http://www.studybass.com)

jamie

thanks for suggesting that site. it's very good, and i learned valuable stuff right away when i clicked over to it.

Excellent, now may I recommend some cool bass albums?

Bob Marley and the Wailers - Babylon by Bus (live exodus tour)
Jamiroquai - Traveling without moving
Peter Gabriel - Secret world (live album and incredible DVD)
Marcus Miller - Tales