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Ms. HaikuMs. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,297
edited September 2009 in The Porch
Within the Backspacer book the bandmembers are listed as follows:

pearl jam

jeff ament - p bass
matt cameron - drums, percussion
stone gossard - guitar
mike mccready - guitar
eddie vedder - guitar, vocal

What is a p bass? :?:
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  • SteveoSteveo Posts: 352
    phat bass
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  • hitmanhitman Posts: 469
    i saw that too... i assume it's supposed to mean "precision bass", or the fender model he plays.. i think they put that to indicate he doesn't use his stand-up bass on any songs on this album, and that he just uses the traditional bass guitar. i could be way, way wrong about that though....
  • Guitarhero27Guitarhero27 Posts: 2,146
    it's a type of bass. "Precision Bass"

    Most common model is Fender
    And many other companies make their own "P Bass" all modeled after the Fender
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  • alexross42alexross42 Posts: 374
    Could it be passive bass?
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  • decides2dreamdecides2dream Posts: 14,977
    Guitarhero27 wrote:
    it's a type of bass. "Precision Bass"

    Most common model is Fender
    And many other companies make their own "P Bass" all modeled after the Fender


    indeed, indeed.
    that and the jazz bass by fender....both beautiful, great sound!
    i love fender basses, just have a soft spot in my heart for em. my husband's very first bass was a fender jazz, 1965 i believe. sadly, he sold it. i am nostalgic, he is not. ;) however, he has since purchased both a p bass and a jazz bass once more amongst his collection. i *heart* them. 8-)


    for the record, fender basses have the sexiest headstocks imo. ;)
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  • VeddernarianVeddernarian Posts: 1,924
    Thanks for enlightening me. I thought someone forgot to hit the "Backspacer" and let a typo get onto the packaging.
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  • DPrival78DPrival78 CT Posts: 2,263
    phunky bass
    i'm more a fan of popular bands.. like the bee-gees, pearl jam
  • Ms. HaikuMs. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,297
    Veddernarian wrote:
    Thanks for enlightening me. I thought someone forgot to hit the "Backspacer" and let a typo get onto the packaging.
    Hahaha, me too! I wanted to get clarification in case my laughing at the assumed error was not appropriate.
    :D
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  • vedderoffdeadvedderoffdead Posts: 684
    I read somewhere that Jeff used his Olympic White P-bass exclusively on the record(it's either a '65 or a '66). He's had it since before his Mother Love Bone days. He pulled it out on Riot Act as well, but not for the whole record. Usually he uses multiple basses to record an album, as do most bass players(including myself), whether it's one of his Modulus Jazz basses, his '66 Fender Jazz, his electric upright, or any one of his dozens of basses. I caught that in the liner notes immediately, and I thought that was really a cool little nod to where he began, and where most bass players started out, on a Fender P-bass. :)
  • hitmanhitman Posts: 469
    vedderoffdead wrote:
    I read somewhere that Jeff used his Olympic White P-bass exclusively on the record(it's either a '65 or a '66). He's had it since before his Mother Love Bone days. He pulled it out on Riot Act as well, but not for the whole record. Usually he uses multiple basses to record an album, as do most bass players(including myself), whether it's one of his Modulus Jazz basses, his '66 Fender Jazz, his electric upright, or any one of his dozens of basses. I caught that in the liner notes immediately, and I thought that was really a cool little nod to where he began, and where most bass players started out, on a Fender P-bass. :)

    awesome! Thanks for sharing my friend!
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