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The answer I always give to these sorts of threads is anything from the Ibanez SR series. The range covers every price bracket, from the dirt cheap through to the super expensive.
They're super comfortable to play, very versatile, built like tanks, and superb value for money (especially 2nd hand). Anything from the SR500 upward in the range, with the Bartolini pick ups and the active EQ, will serve as a very solid all-round gigging or recording bass.
That said, you can also use a Precision for absolutely any style of music and it will sound good. You can get a perfectly good P for not much more than a hundred quid really...
But that said, if you would prefer a 5-string I happen to be selling one of these .
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On the basis that I can't initially find a decent Rick for under the noted £2k...
Fender P - Mexican / USA ?....much difference,
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So I'd suggest a PJ
The current Fender Duff model is very nice, but there's also excellent models from Sandberg too.
For just a P or just a J - the Fender American Special models were a short run that are really worth looking for. They are a tiny bit thinner - so tend to be lighter in weight, and the P version has a slimmer neck profile. Very comfy to play.
They come up at about the £600 mark.
They have been described as USA basses with Mex hardware but aside from the tuning heads there's nothing inferior about any of it. a BBOT bridge is still a BBOT bridge, the stock pickup in the P is excellent (not tried the J).
Some, including me, don't like the Greasebucket tone control, but that's easy to put back to a trad control with 1 new capacitor and 10 mins work.
If you want more modern, then the Ibby Soundgear basses are very good and well worth trying out.
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I gravitate towards a J neck. Most of the best songs were likely recorded on a P, so is probably the sound you want.
Avoid Epiphones, but I haven't tried their Jack Cassidy yet and refuse to run them all down.
Almost always I use the P pickup but it's nice to have the J pickup for that Jaco/Dart sound.
Also I find I have more control and freedom with a 4 string. Stopping unplayed strings sounding is a right pig for me with a 5 string and I have to constantly think about it.
The nearest thing to a bass guitar for almost all occasions is the Fender Precision. It is by far the most recorded.
My suggestion is to buy a PJ bass and install an Oil City Pickups Overkill in the bridge/Treble position to provide the Brand R sounds.
THINKS: You must be within "travelling for exercise" distance of HarrySeven. He should have several items of interest. e.g. Eighties Brand R copies, Ibanez Studio Bass, Höfner JezWynd model et cetera.
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Lurking in the News section of the OCP website is a photograph of an Overkill pickup in '51P single coil format. I suspect that this is the unit built to order for this forum's very own @Bridgehouse. Perhaps, he can spare a moment to comment on how the pickup sounds?
https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/135815/51-p-bass-semi-acoustic-the-bass-fender-forgot-to-make#latest