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Lord Purple
Mar 7, 2006

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I have been looking to buy a Precision style bass for some time now and I was wondering what people think the best P bass in the $300-$500 price range. I am thinking about just buying the standard Fender P Bass but I figure it would be good to know what else is available before I purchase it. I saw the Peavey Fury on the first page and it sounded promising but I haven't been able to find any so far.

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Lord Purple
Mar 7, 2006

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Tehdude posted:

While a fretless is good for jazz and maybe funk (I wouldn't know), it would pretty much completely close off metal to you. I don't know much about five-stringers, someone else here can help you out there, but I just thought I'd point that out.

That's not completely true; some metal musicians have used the fretless bass to great success like Steve DiGiorgio and Tony Franklin.

Lord Purple
Mar 7, 2006

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Schatten posted:

Depends what you are playing through. At this point, strings and a pick.
Dave Ellefson has some great chops.

http://www.youtube.com/user/davidellefson
http://mrlamius.blogspot.com/2009/06/bass-interview-with-dave-ellefson.html

Yeah if you want to see what using a pick can do for your tone, just look at the difference between Megadeth's first album and Peace Sells. I am pretty sure it is the same bass and amp because the band was too poor from drugs to get vastly different equipment back then.

Lord Purple
Mar 7, 2006

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I've been meaning to replace the pickups that came on my Mexican P-bass for a while now and I think I am finally up to it. Anyone got any recommendations for what I should replace them with? I kind of want to retain a P-bass like sound but I am really up for any suggestions that my work.

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