How can I make my P bass sound like a jazz bass.

I'm really dont think its possible. You can add a jazz bass pickup in the bridge position, but it still one sound exact and it's risky doing something like that unless its professionally done.

 

Get a set of jazz pickups.. a soldering iron and a router.. and don't mess up.

 

HI

U cant Buy a jazz and have both tones

Rob

 

buy a jazz

 

+ 1

 

What's wrong with the P sound?

 

Even though you did say, "without buying a jazz bass", it's hard to do it without the jazz. The high notes, especially, sound completely different. You could try a Standard Jazz bass, those can be had for under $500

 

go Stu Hamm on it. Pop in j pickups on opposite sides of the p.

 

well...that S1 switch of the american P gives a "jazzy" tone...right?

 

Not so sure about that... I think the jazz w/ S-1 cops a good P tone, but not the other way around (IME anyway)

 

Slap a Jazz pickup at the bridge and put a Jazz neck on it.
The money it will cost you to do that, you could just go buy a Jazz bass.
A Precision is a Precision and a Jazz is a Jazz. You can't make one sound like the other. Manufacturers have been trying for years and they still can't get it.
Only G&L did and thats because Leo Fender started G&L. But even those aren't exact.
Hey, rondomusic.net has Jazz basses for $99.00, $109.00, and $139.00.
It will satisfy your Jazz Itch and wont break the bank.

 

Well, sort of, and I was going to suggest installing a series/parallel switch like the S-1 for the P pickup, and installing a true J pickup at the bridge. That's about as close to a J as you could get while retaining the P pickup -- but it still won't sound just like a J.

I guess the Stu Hamm sig approach could work too, but I don't know whether the pickup spacing of the J and P pickups replicates their spacing on J and P basses. If not, that won't do the trick, but it is pretty cool. Maybe even cooler if the P pickup and J pickups were wired to separate jacks for stereo output.