I'm a P bass person. I haven't played a J bass per say, but I've played basses with PJ configurations. That's really not the same though, is it...
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Jazz or Precision? Lets hear it!
- Thread starter RayO5421
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it's quite a hard question to answer - on a j-bass, u just play different. it's easier to move around cause of the slim neck and the sound is slimmer too. a p-bass forces u to use a little less notes.
i figured a p-bass works better in rock bands and if you have more space and no distorted guitars to fight against (soundwise), a jazzbass works just as fine if not better. still, the p-bass has more power and more growl. and it's triggering my effects way cooler than my j. that's why i voted for p.
i figured a p-bass works better in rock bands and if you have more space and no distorted guitars to fight against (soundwise), a jazzbass works just as fine if not better. still, the p-bass has more power and more growl. and it's triggering my effects way cooler than my j. that's why i voted for p.
I have a Jazz, ACG Recurve 6 string and a KGB Status SII replica but my P bass does it all and with a sound that is so right.
Another P v. J thread. :scowl:
To the OP,
ARCHIVES!!!!!! <---Several hundred P v. J threads there.
Can we go one week w/out one of these regurgitations?
To the OP,
ARCHIVES!!!!!! <---Several hundred P v. J threads there.
Can we go one week w/out one of these regurgitations?
One of these days we just need to sticky no P vs. J debates, my gear is better than yours, lined vs. unlined, 4 vs. 5........
In defense of the OP it's not a thread of which is better it's a thread of which one do you chose...
see... Anyway when there is a thread like this the Jazz always wins the poll.. Don't believe me?? I dare you to find a thread where the P-Bass has won the poll..
I voted P-Bass.... I like the playability and sound out of my Hwy One P-Bass more then I do my Jazz Bass..
see... Anyway when there is a thread like this the Jazz always wins the poll.. Don't believe me?? I dare you to find a thread where the P-Bass has won the poll..
I voted P-Bass.... I like the playability and sound out of my Hwy One P-Bass more then I do my Jazz Bass..
'75 P modded in '80.
Duncan QuarterPounders. 3 stacked vol w/ tone ring.
All in one bass? Unpossible!
MMM I love the P with jazz neck. I have one of those too. In the lime green that the new chargers come in.
I had to go jazz though because those 5's just kick butt!
I had to go jazz though because those 5's just kick butt!
You forgot:
[G1] Unicron vs [the] Deathstar (TF fans will get this one)
And for Elric (Eternal Champion) fans:
Stormbringer vs Mournblade....
I can't vote on this at all. I learned on a Pneck, my bestest bass is P-like (T40) yet I love my VMJ and my Dyna (and my Cowpoke
and the rest I have)... I suppose from force of habit I'd lean toward P but I also like the more narrow J....I think it varies depending on what day it is really.... 
...maybe its a seasonal thing?I learned on a P bass, but my current lack of an operable P bass makes me lean toward my Jazz. VM Jazz + Fender Flats = . i do plan on requesting a nice P for graduation, however
once i have a P again, it'll probably depend on how i feel. If i want groove, i'll reach for a P. If i'm feelin' like Sheehan or victor, i'm goin for my J.
. i do plan on requesting a nice P for graduation, however once i have a P again, it'll probably depend on how i feel. If i want groove, i'll reach for a P. If i'm feelin' like Sheehan or victor, i'm goin for my J.
