Earliest Known P/J?

[LUCE]

Hey Doc: Wiki acknowledges that Rob Grange was one of the first to mod a P into a P/J -- 1973.

 

[SanDiegoHarry]

I am old enough to remember when PJ basses were pretty new. Either the Yamaha BB2000/3000 were the first I remember, the Fender Jazz Specials, Kramer, or maybe the Spector NS-2.

I wonder what the earliest concert or album picture with a PJ is?

Well, like I said - my Kramer was a 1980 - and it was one of the first PJs I ever saw. But I'm sure some came before that.

 

[jaybones]

@Tanner5382 I think he's a good guitar player, but don't care a lot for his Motor City Madman shtick.

I get it. You hunt, you eat meat, you don't have to be such an a$$ about it.

 

[Nickweissmusic]

This

My apologies.

 

[Tanner5382]

@Tanner5382 I think he's a good guitar player, but don't care a lot for his Motor City Madman shtick.

I get it. You hunt, you eat meat, you don't have to be such an a$$ about it.

Fair enough, but irrelevant to Rog Grange's early (perhaps first?) use of a PJ.

 

[Dr. Cheese]

@Tanner5382 I think he's a good guitar player, but don't care a lot for his Motor City Madman shtick.

I get it. You hunt, you eat meat, you don't have to be such an a$$ about it.

Please, this thread is not about Nugent. He is not even a bassist.

 

[fnordlyone]

What would John Paul Jones do? prob... stick with his jazz-- dude rules
I have one p/j, an active pair from EMG on my Squire 1989 Heavy Metal 5 banger. It sounds good.
f!

 

[Daveypoo]

Hmmm - I'm interested to know if there was a PJ sighting pre Rob Grange.

Jimmy usually chimes in about now...

 

[Gianni "Orlandez" Orlati]

However it would be more interesting to find out which was the earliest standard production model which was introduced on the market after the mods of plus or minus famous players ...

 

[Dr. Cheese]

However it would be more interesting to find out which was the earliest standard production model which was introduced on the market after the mods of plus or minus famous players ...

I asked that question in my first post.

 

[hypercarrots]

Ibanez 1979

 

[hypercarrots]

Fender Japan 1983

 

[Dr. Cheese]

Ibanez 1979

Nice!

 

[Dr. Cheese]

Fender Japan 1983

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I'm expected Fender to end up playing catch up.

 

[hypercarrots]

You were right about the bb2000 dr cheese

Yamaha 1979

 

[MobileHolmes]

The Yamaha BB was my understanding, but it looks like a tie with the Ibanez more or less.

 

[hypercarrots]

1979 Kramer

 

[hypercarrots]

The Yamaha BB was my understanding, but it looks like a tie with the Ibanez more or less.

BB2000 released dec 78

 

[MobileHolmes]

BB2000 released dec 78

Gotcha. I was just looking at the 1979 catalog date. I suppose somebody must have won by a little though it looks like Yamaha, Ibanez, and Kramer all got there in pretty quick succession.

 

[hypercarrots]

Not sure when the others were first released. Takes more internet searching. It's eating into my "squier" and "you're" correction time.