Can a Jazz Bass get me this tone?

There are about 1,000 talkbass threads on "precision sound from a jazz." The most common suggestions, in order of expense: roll off the bridge pickup volume, install a series/parallel switch for the pickups, convert JJ to PJ.

That being said, the best thing to do is watch that video carefully and pay attention to the player's technique. You'll notice how relaxed his right hand is. You could probably get a similiar sound on any bass with flatwounds and a light touch.

 

Well, you'd have to route the body for the P pu, install said pickup and obtain a Jazz pickguard with a P - sized hole. Probably a $200-300 operation if a luthier does it (?).

 

Depends how good you are with a router whether you pay just parts or parts+labor.

Or just go to Rondo Music website and get a P for $109 to see if you like it.

Anyway you NEED flatwounds to get the sound in that video, you won't get it by switching basses unless you have the right strings for the job.

 

Difficult, futile and expensive and destroys the value of the instrument.

If you must have a P/J just buy one.

If you want a Jazz to sound like a Precision, do the obvious:

Flats, neck pickup only, play between the neck and pickup, turn down the tone a bit.

It's what I do.

 

+1

 

If you want a P bass tone, get yourself a P bass.

 

The closest you could get with a jazz(without modifying it) would be soloing the neck pickup and rolling tone knob off a bit

 

no it'll be similar but the bottom on a j will never be that fat