J-to-P Conversion? or New J Pickup?

[lolaviola]

What is the thoughts behind converting a Jazz bass to get more P sounds, via conversion... versus ...getting a more "P" sounding neck pickup for the Jazz?

[Empire Prod]

This is just my opinion, but to me the P-bass sound is the sum of it's parts. I am not sure that swapping out pickups will ever get you where you want to go. The good news is that Fender J's are awesome in their own right!

[akmusicfreak]

Easy solution= add series parallel switch to your Jazz bass.
Should give you a pbass-ish sound.

Hard solution=This is what I did. Buy special cut pickguard (Jazz guard with P pickups in neck). Buy some P pickups. Rout pickup cavity out for split coils. Swap out pickups.

Looking back, I don't think I would have gone through all the trouble of installing P pickups if I tried the Series/Parallel thing first.