Who makes the best passive PJ four string? I would require a J neck. Ok, there is no best anything, but let's hear some opinions. I tried a G&L SB2 but didn't love it. I am expecting to hear Lull, Nordy, Sadowsky...
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Best Passive PJ4
- Thread starter adivin
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ESP Vintage 4. Or ESP/LTD Vintage 204 with '62 p/Seymour Duncan Vintage J,Wilkinson Bridge,electro socket jack upgrades, like mine.Neck is actually Fender B neck size, 1.62".I'm died in the wool Fender guy and I love this bass.
Passive only? And does it have to be a 1.5" nut? If not, the AmDlxP is a very nice bass - on par with the boutiques imho.
1.5 at the nut is a must, I would prefer passive, but active would not be a deal breaker depending...
PJ is a set up that I'm the least familiar with but am recently intrigued by. From my limited experience, I really wouldn't expect it to be two basses in one. You can pull off an authentic P tone, but I wouldn't expect you could get a good J tone. Probably more of a P bass with the ability to add some bite from the bridge J pickup. Is the attraction of a PJ the versatility or is a unique tone distinct to itself that people dig?
I went with the Fender aerodyne jazz..... dont sound like a P or a J just has its own tone and its like its built to have the crap mod'd out of it.....which i did lol... but all in all for the price and the quality of build thats my pick for a PJ with J neck even thought about buyin another to mod further.
StrangerDanger said:
That's sweet! I wonder what it weighs in at? Custom Shop gets mixed reviews here on TB. Lull deserves serious consideration but I don't know if they do a J neck on a PJ?
adivin said:
Mixed reviews? Is there really a CS bashing thread?
I guess anything is possible on TB but the few CS basses I have played were the sickness.
I've seen Lull PJ's advertised with jazz necks in the past. I'm pretty sure they'll do what ever you want.
I have a Lull PJ4 with a jazz neck. While neither pickup solo'ed sounds exactly like a traditional P or J, it's pretty close IMO, and more importantly just sounds great in its own right. The P pickup solo'ed in particular has a nice cutting mid presence when you get more aggresive, but still retains nice lows. For the record, mine has Fralins in it, and I have no desire to switch them out.
Lull 4-string is 1.5" stock. A PJ imho is not the same as a P bass and a J bass. You can get a very good P tone (in a mix, equivalent to a true P-bass, though some will argue about small differences). You can get a solo'd bridge J tone as well. But you do NOT get a JJ tone. The PJ 50/50 is different than the JJ 50/50. I prefer the PJ to JJ as I think it has more low mid presence, but if you're looking for a classic JJ tone you won't really find it in a PJ.
I don't think that's true. The 4-string Lull precisions are [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]. I know that bgotoh has a nice collection of Lull P-basses, at least one of which has a 1.5" nut. So they're out there, and you can obviously get it if you order a new bass.
I play a PJ5 that I bought from nostatic a while back that is a killer P bass. I've had an SB-1, the SB-2's I've played had a lot of body, but no sizzle from the bridge pup and IMO the G&L's are no match for the Lull in weight/comfort/finish. I also had an '08 Am Std P5, which sounded great, but I didn't like how fat the neck was. I much prefer the Lull neck. One of these days, I'd really like to have some 4-string counterparts to my PJ5 and M5V.
So I can relate the relative comparison, if a PJ has more low mids, how would you characterize the JJ tone? More lows?
adivin said:
Just my opinion but I'd say more highs and lows. And lacking in the midrange (esp low mid) punch that p-basses are famous for.
Yes, more lows with the JJ. High mids and highs come from the bridge Pup. I find that my jazz basses can get muddier than the Ps because of this and I need to watch the EQ.
BTW - I'd say that the reason that P/Js cannot sound like a P is that the J pup and pot are always loading the P Pup - changing the frequency response a bit. Perhaps with a 3-way switch it could be a true P.
BTW - I'd say that the reason that P/Js cannot sound like a P is that the J pup and pot are always loading the P Pup - changing the frequency response a bit. Perhaps with a 3-way switch it could be a true P.
a MIM Reggie Hamilton in the passive mode is THE best bang per buck, IMHO!!!
it has EVERYTHING you want, except a passive tone control, which is an easy mod. gl.
it has EVERYTHING you want, except a passive tone control, which is an easy mod. gl.
