Fender Jazz , Fender Precision

there both non-Spector basses,your request does not compute

 

The j bass has a slimmer neck for faster playing and with the 2 pickups there are a volume for each pickup and there are 1 tone control. So you can get a wider variety of sounds. P bass 1 volume 1 tone more bottom. But for my J bass it has enough bottom.

Steve

 

As far as playability, the P neck is wider - good if you have thick fingers. The J neck is narrower - better for faster playing. As far as tone, the J is growlier (more mids) and the P is thumpier (more lows). In terms of looks, they have different bodies and it's just a matteer of personal preference. The J is kinda unique. The P looks like a large Strat.

 

Geez, flipperwhite... who appointed you the Spector Messiah?

I saw your little comments at the end of my post in the "For Sale" area..

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=27671

Let us have our fun with fenders!


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Fender Precision Bass:



Fender Jazz Bass:




The differences between the p and the j are in the neck, the body, and the pickups. everything else is pretty much the same.

The Precision Bass was the first ever electric bass guitar. The Fender Stratocaster was modeled after the body design of the P Bass! Just a little trivia... The P Bass has a wider neck than the J around the first few frets and the nut. It also has a single humbucking "split coil" pickup that produces deep, punchy tones.

The Jazz bass was made many years later than the P Bass and has a thinner neck and 2 single coil pickups. These pickups will hum if you solo them, because they arent wired as humbucking pickups. (but noiseless J Bass pups are available) You have to turn them both on to cancel out the 60 cycle hum. The J Bass is known for its smooth "growly" and more midrangey sound. It also has a different body shape, with an "offset waist"

that is everything you ever wanted to know about Fender Basses

 

ok,but just this once.....hum Spector messiah?.I kinda like that

 

Funny,i thought a p was more midrangey than a jazz.seeing as how the pickup is a spilt humbucker, and the fact that i can get more midrange out of it than a jazz, huh, maybe i did something wrong, anway. a jazz can get more diffrent tones than a P-Bass, the neck is thinner on a jazz bass. But even so, ill take a p over a jazz, very good picking sound. and in my experince, the p-bass is a little tougher than a jazz bass, as far as beating the crap out of it at every gig.

 

<marquee><font size=7 color=red>......I AM THE SPECTOR MESSIAH.............................BOW TO SPECTOR MESSAIH.............</font></marquee>

I'm so full of SH!T. LOL

 

bump

 

Hey Nino, I might bow to you if you could spell "Messiah" correctly... Right now your just a cool dude with too many basses that I am envious of....

]<marquee><font size=7 color=red>NO KUDOS FOR NINO, YOU HAVE THE MARKET ON SADOWSKYS, FLIPPERWHITE IS SPECTOR MESSIAH...</font></marquee>




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this is so cool,I am e-mailing Sir Stewart right now.

 

which is better of those two is better for punk?

 

You're very welcome.

 

Probably a P Bass... but theres no real answer to that. Either your a P Bass guy or a J Bass guy (or you hate Fenders)

 

Thats like the chicken and the egg question. Its up to your ears though.

In mine the Jazz is better.

 

Fender Precision:
Model Numbers: 019-3200 (rosewood)
019-3202 (maple)
Body: Non veneered alder or ash
Neck: Graphite reinforced maple
Fingerboard: Rosewood or maple (9.5" Radius/241 mm)
Scale Length: 34" (864 mm)
Frets: 20 medium-jumbo
Width at Nut: 1.625" (41.3 mm)
Tuning Machines: Deluxe cast/open back
Pickups: 1 American split-coil/bi-pole
Controls: Volume, tone
Pickguard: 3-ply parchment
Bridge: String-through-body
Unique Features Hand rolled fingerboard edges; highly detailed fret and nut treatment; straplock buttons
Strings: Fender Super Bass 8250M PN# 073-8250-006 NPS .045, .065, .085, .110TW (taper-wound E)
Accessories: Hard shell case, cable, strap, straplocks, polishing cloth; truss rod adjustment "T" wrench PN# 004-8693-000 (3/16" hex), saddle height adjustment wrench pn# 002-1109-000 (1/16" hex)

Fender Jazz:
Model Numbers: 019-3400 (rosewood)
019-3402 (maple)
Body: Non veneered alder or ash
Neck: Graphite reinforced maple
Fingerboard: Rosewood or maple (9.5" Radius/241 mm)
Scale Length: 34" (864 mm)
Frets: 20 medium-jumbo
Width at Nut: 1.500" (38 mm)
Tuning Machines: Deluxe cast/open back
Pickups: 2 American single-coil/bi-pole
Controls: Volume, volume, tone
Pickguard: 3-ply parchment
Bridge: String-through-body
Unique Features Hand rolled fingerboard edges; highly detailed fret and nut treatment; straplock buttons
Strings: Fender Super Bass 8250M PN# 073-8250-006 NPS .045, .065, .085, .110TW (taper-wound E)
Accessories: Hard shell case, cable, strap, straplocks, polishing cloth; truss rod adjustment "T" wrench PN# 004-8693-000 (3/16" hex), saddle height adjustment wrench pn# 002-1109-000 (1/16" hex)



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