As referenced in the GAS thread, I’ve grown dissatisfied with the sound of my other basses (active dual humbucker, passive j-bass) and after some due diligence came to the decision I needed a p-bass. I did some research and settled on the Schecter P-4. From the GAS thread:
It is an absolutely gorgeous instrument; the pics don’t do it justice. The more Schecter instruments I see, the more I am impressed with their stylings and craftsmanship. They’re definitely not, like, Kiesel levels of craftsmanship, but I’d put them up against any equivalent Fender or Ibanez.
It’s an alder body with a 3-tone sunburst finish. The body is thinner, lighter, and more defined than a Fender P. The neck is maple on maple, with a perfectly smooth satin finish on the back and a gloss finish on the fretboard. They call it a thin “C” neck, but it is not as thin as that on my Stiletto Custom which also says it has a thin “C” neck. It’s also not as… um… narrow (I suppose? There’s more height on the fretboard from under the G string to over the E string) as is the Stiletto Custom. The neck is really amazing, playing it is a dream.
Bridge and tuners are fairly generic. Schecter branded, I’d assume.
The pickup is a Schecter USA MonsterTone-P. It is booming. Very loud pickup. I had to lower it a great deal from how it was delivered, but once I got it to the correct height it sounds great.
My only complaints about this bass are that right near the base of the neck, where it contours into the neck mount, that… “line” is a little rough on the satin finish. And the shielding left a bit to be desired. The former is not bad enough I can’t live with it, and I’ve already fixed the latter.
Well. There it is.