I Like J Basses Better Than P Basses

[tb-player]

I Like J Basses Better Than P Basses
There, I said it

I like J better than P as well, yet I own more Ps than Js. They each serve a function.

That being said, is this a J? Or is it a PJ? It looks like a P and sounds like a P. Must be a P.
(maybe I'm a P guy... hmmm)

 

[Jay2U]

So?

 

[Dust2Dust]

yet I own more Ps than Js.

Same here

 

[VeryTallBassist]

I've owned a Stingray ever since I started playing in '86. Never owned a J until last year and still don't own a P. The J is nice, but it would be the first to go if I had to purge. I guess I'm just a Music Man and Spector guy.

 

[Auer]

I too like Bass and Jazz

 

[mcnach]

There, I said it

oh, you're so edgy

 

[MegaSwing]

Sometimes I do too.

 

[bradd]

Reported.

 

[Tubehed]

I had this conversation about a week ago. My non playing co-worker asked me what kind of bass I played and couldn't let go of why it was called a Jazz bass and why i would play it when i said i was not into jazz music. Lol.

I guess I shouldn't be allowed to play my Fender Jazzmaster, either. I don't play jazz and I'm not a master.

 

[Welshbass66]

For years I couldn't get on with J basses, then bought a Deluxe 5 a few months ago on a whim.... I'm converted, it's brilliant!

 

[ComesATime]

Huh? Pics please...

I always get questions about this bass.

The serial matches up to a Capri Orange Player Series, but I received it directly in a Fender box, so I'm not sure if T-Mobile had Fender finish it or if they outsourced it to a different company. I haven't taken off the pickguard to check what color might be under there, but the finish looks flawless and perfectly shiny (you can see it especially on the edge). The T-Mobile T is there under the clear coat.

 

[cymbop]

@Dust2Dust , you ignorant slut.

 

[sgiacomo]

Cool. I find the precision to be more… precise!

 

[Killing Floor]

I like brisket better than pulled pork.

I like Picanha better than fajitas.

There, I said it.

With feijoada, now we’re cooking. Start me with acarajé. Meet me in Maraú and then a side trip to Salvador. Mmmmm

 

[Killing Floor]

When playing slap, floating thumb muting is mostly out, so a Jazz is nice to wrap my fretting hand thumb over the top to sometimes mute the E and A.

Marcus Miller and Will Lee will tell you the Jazz was the (NYC) studio thing back in the day because the Jazz is more versatile.

And the Stingrays and Wals and Alembics account for a nearly third of the known P bass hits in the 70s-80s.
Let TB worry with it.

 

[rmayer]

Cool.

 

[Dust2Dust]

@Dust2Dust , you ignorant slut.

 

[SDC1-ClickClack]

"Well, art is art, isn't it? Still, on the other hand, water is water!
And east is east, and west is west — and if you take cranberries
and stew them like applesauce, they taste much more like prunes
than rhubarb does."
– Groucho Marx from ANIMAL CRACKERS (1930)

 

[DuluthDank]

As long as the J pickups are hum canceling I'll go either way. My current favorite is a PJ on a 3 way switch, hum canceling J, and a jazz nut width.

 

[GretschWretch]

There, I said it

Says the guy with a P-bass in his avatar.