I have no trouble making my jazz punchy. I play aggressively and also using a sans amp rbi, a crown 1500 power amplifier thru a swr Goliath 4x10. It's all in your hands and amp to me personally
Ernie Ball regular slinky's are my favs hands down on all my jazz basses and the Ernie Ball regular slinky flatwounds. I'm still trying to find a good acoustic string I can feel the same about. I'm currently using D'addario phosphor bronze strings on my Fender Kingsman. They're ok but I would...