maple board Precisions

[eb2]

I have a preference for neither.  I like a nice P and have found that while there is a difference in the feel/vibe of the two boards, a nice one is just that.  I tend to prefer the older C necks, and the post-82 necks more than the 70s B necks.  As far as the tone of either the Ramones or the Jam, I would say that clanky roundwound and pick tone would be not much different if either were using rosewood board basses.  They just honked up the knobs on the basses and amps.  As of now I have owned I think 8 Ps, and 2 Tele basses.

[Pilgrim]

I can't say that I know the difference.

I have a '63 P with a '72 neck that's rosewood.

About a year ago I got a Turser JTB-401 copy of a '54 P with the single coil pickup and maple board. It's the only thing I have with a maple board, but the pickup is too different from my other basses to make any judgments.

How does one compare a split-pickup P with a single coil P?  As far as I can tell, they both sound like basses, and I like the way they sound. I guess that works for me.

[Tyrellp34]

Hi there,

I want to write an article about Precisions with maple fingerboards. Of course the sound's very spikey and I guess that's the reason they're used by bands like The Ramones, The Who and The Jam. What's your opinion about maple vs. rosewood and the artists playing them?

I 'am more of a Gibson man, but strangly enough I 'am definitively a maple fan. (Just received a maple '73 P-neck for my Fenderbird project, really looking forward to getting it togheter). Also three of my favourite bass players use/used the Fender P with maple neck, John Entwistle, Steve Harris and Phil Lynott.

[ilan]

I've read somewhere that Leo first made the Broadcaster with a maple board to complete the all-blonde look, as blonde was a popular finish then. It wasn't the sound.

A bit like the Marshall slant cabinets, Jim Marshall did that because the amp head didn't look right standing on top of a deeper straight cab. Years later all the sound theorists started speculating about sound projection. But Jim did it just for looks.

[Chris P.]

I just read the Jim Marshall story and that's true. But they did found out soon that it had a better spreading of sound, but that was sheer coincidence.

[chromium]

Why can't weeee be friends...

[ack1961]

This Fury has become a real favorite of mine. Thanks Scott!

[Dave W]

Zombie thread!

[Pilgrim]

Zombie thread!

Do zombie threads want to eat your tuner?

[Droombolus]

Zombie this ....... 

[chromium]

[Hornisse]

[ack1961]

OK, somebody please clue this old man in...What is a "Zombie Thread"?
One that won't die or something?

[chromium]

OK, somebody please clue this old man in...What is a "Zombie Thread"?
One that won't die or something?

One that gets dug up after years of inactivity... or never dies....

Its the thread equivalent of Jethro Tull.

[ack1961]

Its the thread equivalent of Jethro Tull.

Yikes...say no more.

Thanks.