I bought the same blonde 50s P bass last year. I love the chunky neck, I’m not a fan of skinny necks and I love the single coil tone. More growl and maybe too bright. I strung it with flats and it now sounds pretty much perfect. I agree with the pickguard - I’m considering getting an gold anodised pickguard made for it.
A few people have told me that they e put flats on there. I’ll have to give it a go, in my head it sounds like a great idea. Gold on white blonde would be super slick! Thanks for watching
Earlier this evening I was watching a shootout of the 60s vs 70s so this makes a three-way. I listened mostly through headphones but interestingly through the cellphone speaker the 50s bass comes across better implying that the 70s has less upper-mids. The 60s definitely had the Jamerson vibe. Tough decision because I thought I needed the classic P bass sound to go along with my jazz basses but the 50s has so much character I think it's the one I would buy.
That's what I needed! I really would like to see 60's vs 70's comparison instead of Telly 70's Precision shoot out but still - this is a legit comparison.
Thanks Hubert! At the time of filming there wasn’t any 60’s CV basses available in Australia. Stocks starting to come back, so hopefully I can do something soon
Recently I started to learn bass and I was attracted to P-basses because of Queen. And then I found that Squier Classic Vibe 50/60/70s are cool for beginners, but I couldn’t recognise differences much. But this video helped me a lot to compare them. Thank you for your effort to make this good video. I think I’ll get one soon. 😊
Thanks for the kind words Jose! When I’m editing this video I always wonder if viewers will get annoyed at my weird accent one day. Thanks for watching!
Love the squier 50s p bass. I have the sunburst version. Its awesome !!! The pickup is still stock but sounds pretty good itself has an old vintage tone. Cool video. BTW!!!!
I’m a converted Pbass 51 dude now, I used the 57 P bass most of my music career till I got a 55 P bass and that was a now way back, all the clarity, brightness, rawness and bite that I was always trying to unveil from a 57 humbucker I got it in spades on a 55 single coil that I have to tame it, it easier to tame and cut trebles than get something that is not there by nature, the hum is manageable with proper wiring and shielding and good pickups like lindy fralins and if I want the low mids i just roll off the treble control and turn bass up on my amp, Love it love it love it my 51 and 55 P’s, now I almost used my 57-60s for deep sound with flats or tapes but for edgy roundwound tone the single coils is raw as F…
Great vid and comparison however I disagree with a couple things... I just bought a Sunburst CV 50 P and own several other p basses. Loved the tone comparison but disagree with the analysis. the single coil is a bit thinner and has more attack than the split coil which is fatter and smoother.. but you had nice sound samples that showed that... I find The split coil is also more versatile as it it more sensitive to where you pick or pluck, as in close to the neck or close to the bridge..Both great basses
That’s cool! I’m glad we can agree that they’re both awesome basses. Congratulations on the new purchase, I was really looking around for the Sunburst but its no surprise they were all sold out - they’re beautiful. Thanks for watching!
Hello! Do you think 50s P's single coil bass will suit in genres like a punk/pop-punk/punk-rock well? Mostly with a pick. I know this genres are about play with what you want but I don't see players use this type of bass...
Plenty of punk bassists have used the 50’s pbass in the past. The first that comes to mind is Scott Shriner from Weezer had a butterscotch one! Thanks for watching
I just got the `60`s and the `50`s model. Both are fantastic. I changed to flat strings though. The necks are very easy to adjust with the bridge. I like the tone about 75% to the treble side and it`s tits!
Yep it’s called a ‘tugger’. In the early days of the electric bass, many players would pluck with their thumb and rest their fingers underneath the plastic rest. *Almost* tugging with their fingers with every thumb pluck.
What is the little tug bar for? Is it purely for vintage aesthetic? And how is the player meant to rest their thumb without a pick-up placed further back toward the bridge? Is it meant to be plucked with a ‘freestyle’ right hand, not resting anywhere? Thanks
Originally we played with the thumb to get power u used the tug bar to pull from with the fingers, imagine monkey bars on the playground! 4 fingers on thumbs free!
Like the video. Maybe you should try a comparison with the Squire Jazz Basses. I have both the CV70's Jazz and P bass. The P bass neck is not nearly as thin as the Jazz. That 50's model must use a baseball bat.
I ordered a CV60’s Jazz Bass, and when it arrived the body had been cracked in transit unfortunately. I do plan on doing a Classic Vibe Jazz bass review and comparison, but it will rely on stock being available in Australia. The 50’s model has a thicker neck in comparison, but is much much thinner than an original. Thanks for watching!
I tried to get a 60’s CV P Bass for the channel last year but was waiting for stock to arrive in Australia. It’s been ordered, and should be here next month!
Hi Kenneth, my set up is a TC Electronic BAM200 through an Ampeg 2x10 sealed cab. What you’re hearing is a blend of DI and microphone. There’s no pedals or plugins. Hope that helps!
Word word! I knew I was hearing some processing on the bass and being that amp sim and cab sims being so popular I thought it was that. Turns out to be that I was hearing an actual amp and cab. Aight mah dude good video. Cheers.