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Jazz or Precision Bass

Jazz or Precision Bass

  • Jazz Bass

    Votes: 243 57.7%

  • Precision Bass

    Votes: 178 42.3%
  • Total voters
    421
#81
I dont think a PJ is the best of both worlds IMO

All fender pj's have jazz width necks..........i hate jazz necks.

I like both the tones a P and J have Thus i would want a P bass with a P neck and a jazz bass with a P neck, if i had both those i would be happy for my fender wants.
 
#82
I voted P, but this is what does it for me most of the time....
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#83
fuzz_factor said:
For all you P/J guys: Does anyone currently make a passive P/J with a Jazz neck? Or, did Fender make any nice passive P/J's in the past.

I think my ultimate bass would be a Black '08/09 P with and '08/09 maple Jazz neck.
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I am sure that I am going to get this wrong, just as I am sure that someone will correct me.... but I think Fender made a Jazz Special (P/J) in the early to mid 90's that had passive pups on it....
 
#87
RFord04 said:
IMO, A P/J hybrid isn't the best of both worlds... You don't quite get either a Jazz or P tone, it's something in the middle, even with the pickups solo'd. I've owned a hybrid, and it just didn't do it for me. I prefer a Jazz though, because you can get the full on growl with it that I love, and with the right tweaking, you can pull off a cheap imitation of a P-bass with the neck Jazz pickup, eq'd right. Both are awesome though...

Also, I prefer flats on a P-Bass and roundwonds on a Jazz.
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Not getting the true Jazz tone is understandable, because you only have the bridge pickup, and most people would think of a Jazz as both pickups together in parallel, however, there is no reason that you should not be able to achieve the true P tone.

When you soloed the P pickup, did you use a pickup selector switch to remove the Jazz pickups volume pot from the circuit?
Having the extra pot parallel to the first volume pot decreases the resistance from signal to ground with reduces the output and treble.

Did you use a matched PJ set where the P pickup might have been underwound or wound differently to better blend with the Jazz pickup?

Were the pickups located in their traditional locations?
Sometimes PJ basses have pickups spaced further apart to better blend together, which would compromise the tone of either pickup being soloed.
 
#91
I like the sound of both but for me it would be a Jazz. I find the jazz much more versatile and the sound fits in more varieties of music. I love the growl and tone of the Jazz more. Also when in need for the occasional slap line, there is nothing like a Jazz basses slap tone. I don't care much for a P's slap sound. J-bass ftw
 
#93
I prefer the Jazz - I have small hands and do better with the neck.
I like the flexibility that I get out of the Jazz compared to the P.

On the other hand, one of my favorite bass sounds is Percy Jones in his fretless P-bass days with early Brand X and Brian Eno.
My next bass may have to be a fretless P/J!
 

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