Feel like I need a P/J fiver

[Maxdusty]

I'm not married to that J pickup; I really want the P split coil sound and what's at the bridge is probably optional, though I am very fond of my two jazz basses and am quite happy to dig gnarly tone out of the bridge pickup when it suits me. I just sold a MusicMan Caprice which is a P/J with humbuckers because I couldn't get what I wanted from them. The niche for this new bass will primarily be Country/New Country style cover material, which is why I want 5 strings with a P pickup. The rest is negotiable as far as I'm concerned.

I agree with you on this, I love jazz basses for what they are and play them accordingly, much like I love basses with humbucker pickups but when I have that hankering to use a PJ bass, to me it should first and foremost sound like a P bass with that single coil as an extra option for versatility. I often have the single coil on just a tad for this reason or sometimes don't even use it at all- so a bridge humbucker on a PJ seems a little bit of overkill imo.
Sire doesn't make a P bass, but their PJ isn't a bad option at all - the important thing with the Sire is the versatility and quality the heritage preamp has to offer on top of an already good quality bass. For the money, it's definitely one of the best options out there.

 

[fhm555]

Fender noiseless (and similar designs from other manufacturers) do buck hum in a literal sense, but they're in a different category to "humbuckers" because they are designed to sound like traditional single coil pickups, whereas a traditional "humbucker" has a different tone.

I don't pretend to understand the fine details of the physics involved, but some noise cancelling pickups make use of a dummy coil, which as I understand it means the signal that you actually want is generated from the non-dummy coil in the setup, whereas a traditional humbucker is generating signal from both coils.

I always thought if two coils were used to cancel hum it was a humbucking pickup. I understand the wiring difference between a humbucker capable of tapping each coil individually and one that is a full time humbucker but even if it’s a dummy coil it’s still twin coil design and it’s still a humbucker. I’ve got an Ibanez Jet King and it’s got twin coil pickups with only two hookup wires and i’ve always thought of them as humbucking as that is what a twin coil design is specifically intended to do. I’ve also got some Dimarzio twin coil pickups and AFAIK they are commonly referred to as humbuckers. So is it just terminology i’m missing here, a matter of semantics. Is it that non tappable twin coils are known by a different name? Every set of noiseless Fender pickups i’ve sold i listed as humbuckers and to date no one has attempted to correct me or say i’m misrepresenting my offerings.
I learn something new every day.

 

[LBS-bass]

It is done. Thank you all

 

[nnnnnn]

It is done. Thank you all

And...what was the decision?

 

[LBS-bass]

Sorry, I am not awake yet, even though it's late morning. I just posted about this order but it turns out I was looking at the wrong model and the pricing hasn't changed, so if anyone saw that, it was a mistake on my part.

Here's what I have on order: [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]

I ordered it in the transparent white:

 

[Hunter Erwin]

I have been enjoying the p7 5 string
What a great playing machine