Jazz or Precision? Lets hear it!

[ROON]

I love both but I say the Jazz bass is better because it seems to fit in EVERYWHERE.
Precisions manage well everywhere too but I think the Jazz is more versatile.

 

[Hella]

carrots

 

[fr3tl3ssjunki3]

I use 'em both, and honestly, I end up using one half with the other . Usually it's a Precision with the Jazz bridge p'up and neck.

 

[Ian Perge]

Thats a no brainer.....Spector!

*Runs and hides*

But even the Spector's Lifetime Love Partner, EMGs, come in various pickup variations underneath it's Soapbar shells... Ps, Js, P/J sets in 4 & 5-strings versions, "Vintage" J's, "Extended Series" Soapbar-length with parallel placed coils in both the steel loaded CS and the ceramic loaded DC, the Dual/Single Coil TWs, and the MusicMan shape in ceramic as well as the Single Coil/Dual Coil "Twin" as well...

...but seriously, Spectors are clearly a staple of Rock, Jazz, and most recording studios, sessions, and genre. But I can understand keeping this a Fender vs Fender study, or else you'd have to include MusicMan as well as most of the J-clones.

Why isn't there a third option?

This is my method of thinking, and how I've gotten the Significant Other to agree to so many nice basses ... "I've done this for a living, and you don't see a carpenter bring simply a hammer to a job site, do you?" I've tamed back my collection in the past several years but since I've been lucky enough to have it, my Mike Lull Modern 5 or any other decent Jazz a player could get their hands on would be my answer. I've found that you can do a great deal more, and come far closer to comping a Precision tone with one (especially a J-clone with modern active electronics) then you can with a passive Precision (with the new Fender American Series passive 4 & 5s) trying to get the reverse.

However, this would be my choice is a producer said "Now let's see how it sound with a P" when I was informed to bring my Lulls, a Spector, and perhaps Sterling. If I knew in advance a Precision would be needed, I'd be borrowing one from a friend, plugging it in, and keeping my damn fool mouth shut in front of people who prefer the "P"-tone and that I' like to continue to work with in the future...

 

[jinithith2]

precision... preferably with flats and foam mutes...
MMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmm.......

 

[bobbth]

P- because it has 1 pickup in TWO peices.... WAYYY cooler than two pickups

 

[Qvist]

Uhm... Seriously, can't you get the same sound with both of them by EQ? I'm sorry if I'm wrong, but I normally go for basses by the looks. I really think I can EQ any sound I will from any amp that I like.

 

[PilbaraBass]

1 jazz
1 P
1 MM
1 P/J
1 J/MM
1 MM/MM

that'll be a start

 

[no-logic]

Jazz all the way. I tried P's but didn't like the way they sit in the mix. A jazz seems to have more bite.

 

[gmstudio99]

I've had major P GAS pains for many months now, but after long consideration, I really am a J guy and will probably end up passing on getting a new 08 P "just to have one."

 

[bobba66]

P-body, J-neck, P/J PU.

 

[PilbaraBass]

If I were from Florida, I'd vote twice

but, I'm not...so I'm not voting

 

[mongo2]

Telecaster

 

[PilbaraBass]

Telecaster

stratocaster

 

[gmstudio99]

Maple!

 

[nohbudi]

Love the P tone, Love the J growl.... Groves are better on a thick P neck, but beating down a guitard on stage is best done with a J neck..... P/J setups end up too fat on the low with the P pickup, and the J has always just sounded thin or shrill.... Pass on that action. Guess I will just need a Warmoth J to go with my P.

 

[Linkert]

I voted Jazz because i have yet to play a P-bass with flats on.

 

[mongo2]

stratocaster

Just to be clear I was referring to the Telecaster Bass, the single coil version.

 

[nohbudi]

Just to be clear I was referring to the Telecaster Bass.

Should have said Tele-P than. More importantly, are we talking a 50's single coil P with a Tele neck, or a Warmoth Tele body with a T neck?

 

[joebingo]

it depends on my mood, so both.

holdin' my trusty J 24 right now as it happens