Does anyone only play their P PUP on their PJ?

[jdaunt]

I go from just P to the blend knob about halfway between just P and in the middle. I don't like it with both on full, but i sometimes like that little bit of extra life having a little J gives. Depends on the song usually.

 

[LadyLoveStingRay5]

I prefer my Precision bass and Jazz bass be separate . The combination of the 2 doesn't work for me.

I like my P with flats and rosewood board.

I like my J both pickups on full 70's position with rounds and a maple board.

If I had a P/J , I would only use the P.

 

[Johny Blade]

In my band setting, I use both pickups when playing finger-style and the P alone when I'm playing with a pick.

 

[GnarwhalNick]

When I see Double Precision basses, I want them:

I have always wanted to play a bass with these pickups to hear how the double P would sound

 

[GnarwhalNick]

I like to experience with my Jag. I love the sound of the two together, which is why I bought it in the first place, but every now and again I turn the J pickup off. the location of the Jag's pickup is in a different spot than the P-bass so it gives it such a cool sound. I sometimes do the same thing with just the J pickup because it's my first bass with that kind of pickup but I just love the sound of the P

 

[JRA]

i've enjoyed reading what some of you are doing with those pj set-ups. interesting, indeed!

me: playing three fretless pj's (one fretless jazz): i tend to use the jazz/bridge pickup, mostly, and then dial in the p/neck pickup for some 'bottom', or 'roundness' (or shear volume) when needed. it's rare that i would use the p-pup only. i actually try to avoid using it exclusively. on some gigs: i'm only using the jazz/bridge pickup. so i guess i'm the 'opposite' of several posters.

and i've been 'dialing in' this way for several (many?) years --- it's a habit for sure --- maybe it's time to reevaluate.....

of course there's no way to account for taste! i usually have PA support, so i'm mostly trying to get the rig heard by myself and my onstage bandmates.

 

[JimmyThunder]

The J pickup on my PJ serves primarily as a convenient thumbrest when I want more articulation. Now that I think of it the bridge pickup on my Jbasses, pretty much the same.

 

[SteveCS]

I can't say I favour one over the other - I mix and blend all the time for different tunes. That said, I suppose probably blends favouring the J, using the P plus a little J when I want a more 'woody' sound from the fretless.
Whan I first started with PJ back in the late 80s early 90s I used both flat out more than anything else, but these days I prefer more present mids over the scooped tone that was fashionable back then.

 

[khutch]

If you don't solo the P at least some of the time then you should have just gotten a Jazz. If you solo the P all of the time then you should have just gotten a Precision. I play mine with the P soloed about a quarter of the time and with both equal almost all the rest of the time. I rarely solo the J or finesse the blend. If you don't use the J pickup because it is noisy then you need to get a hum canceling J pickup!

 

[rodv66]

If you like the Jazz neck and just want to play the P pickup, go ahead, there is no law against it.

 

[Spirit of Ox]

70% of my songs have P pickup only. The others are both full on. When I'm jamming or trying to do Jaco'esque stuff than I solo the bridge pickup.

 

[Spirit of Ox]

I wired my pj stereo..... earth shattering.

This is something I would like to try. Can you ellaborate on that set up?

 

[holdfast]

I typically have my P up all the way then adjust my J until I like the tone (separate volume for both). I usually do this on all my basses, the neck pickup on full then add bridge until I like the sound. I should mention that I play Spectors almost exclusively and the have an active tone circuit. The one exception is my Fender USA Deluxe Jazz fretless. I do the same thing, but unlike most Fenders, it has an active tone circuit.

That is what I do too. Mostly P with some J added in until it sounds good.

 

[project_c]

After years of playing p's I just bought a Tony Franklin, mostly because i wanted a light precision with a fast neck, i wasn't really that fussed about the j pup but i'm actually loving the 2 pups together, on this bass the combination sounds great. Maybe it's just a novelty after so many years of playing a p, but i'm enjoying it.

 

[spiritbass]

I play a Dingwall, so there is no blend and no noise from the bridge pickup. I typically run the pickups in parallel with each other with the Glock pre activated but 'flat'. The bridge pickup is in the 'seventies' position and tames the precision pickup - they play very nicely together. The precision pickup solo'd is very punchy and beautiful.

 

[vegas532]

I have a customized American Standard Jaguar that I almost always use just the P pickup on.

 

[KickingBass]

I put both volumes on full and then dial back a bit on the jazz so as to remove much of the inherent midscoop. All the jazz pickup really does for me is tame the powerful clankiness of the P pickup, kinda like a throttle. Also even if I had the J pickup off I'd still prefer a PJ because the J pickup is typically where I anchor my thumb.

 

[HiEnd Basses]

No. In fact, I sold the only 2-pickup P bass I ever had to a friend because the P pickup was superfluous.[/QUOT
Interesting. More for aesthetic value perhaps.

 

[StraffordMike]

I just built this using an Affinity body, Geezer Butler EMG's, and the neck and bridge off my AM STD P.
I'm loving the growl the EMG's are giving me but I'll know more after I break it in at its first rehearsal tonite.
So far my "bedroom" mix is the neck full on and the bridge around 80%, tone about 80% off.

 

[desert_rain]

Me. For PJ, rarely J Pup is on. But I have also JJ basses and mostly and only bridge pup is on.