I'm really amused at how threads like this keep popping up and still have an amazing ability to draw so much attention.
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Jazz or Precision? Lets hear it!
- Thread starter RayO5421
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This is, as some already has said, an epic strugle, and always a matter of feel and taste.
Me, I chose the Jazz Bass. It's more versatile, and responds to me playing different genres.
Sice I also have short fingers, the Jazz Bass neck suits me well
Me, I chose the Jazz Bass. It's more versatile, and responds to me playing different genres.
Sice I also have short fingers, the Jazz Bass neck suits me well
I have one of each and that's like asking me to choose between a blond and a brunette. Depends on the day brother, depends on the day. Today, I voted blond...
I'm feeling the need for a redhead
Then what's the point of having a discussion forum?
They're not real discussions. It's the equivalent of "what's better.....red or blue?"
Well, if you take a look at the OP, this thread really was meant to foster discussion, not to determine which is "better":
I said that back on page five hopfuly more people will see yours.. I guess they didn't see my post...
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It's a tough call for me; I've owned MIM Jazz 4 and 5-strings, a MIM P-bass, and an '06 American P-bass. Of all those, I still only have the Jazz 4-string.
I desperately love both basses, and wish I could simply own one nice P and a nice J. However, it depends on the actual instrument, as well. After the first month of owning it, I hated my American Precision. The neck dove, it sounded thin and weak, the S1 switch was terrible, and the neck was poorly shaped. However, it was worth it as I later traded it for my beloved Warwick Flashback.
It really depends on what I'm playing, though. When I want smooove tones, the Jazz won't cut it. I really, really need a P-bass for the sexy tones. For rock and metal, though, nothing beats a Jazz strung with rounds and picked. Even my mostly-stock MIM Jazz sounds excellent.
As far as looks, I'd say the Jazz wins. Both are good-looking instruments, but for those of us who hold our axes way up high, the Jazz just fits. My P-bass looked dorky as hell and was pretty hard to play when I held it up at my normal playing height!
So, in all, I voted for Jazz basses. It's all pretty irrelevant though, because I'm mostly a Warwick and MusicMan guy. But Fenders will always have room in my stable; if I had more $$ to work with, I'd most certainly own one of each. But if I could only have one, it would be my MIM Jazz. I own three wenge-necked Warwicks and a vintage Stingray, and my little MIM still gets played almost on a daily basis. It's a great bass.
I desperately love both basses, and wish I could simply own one nice P and a nice J. However, it depends on the actual instrument, as well. After the first month of owning it, I hated my American Precision. The neck dove, it sounded thin and weak, the S1 switch was terrible, and the neck was poorly shaped. However, it was worth it as I later traded it for my beloved Warwick Flashback.
It really depends on what I'm playing, though. When I want smooove tones, the Jazz won't cut it. I really, really need a P-bass for the sexy tones. For rock and metal, though, nothing beats a Jazz strung with rounds and picked. Even my mostly-stock MIM Jazz sounds excellent.
As far as looks, I'd say the Jazz wins. Both are good-looking instruments, but for those of us who hold our axes way up high, the Jazz just fits. My P-bass looked dorky as hell and was pretty hard to play when I held it up at my normal playing height!
So, in all, I voted for Jazz basses. It's all pretty irrelevant though, because I'm mostly a Warwick and MusicMan guy. But Fenders will always have room in my stable; if I had more $$ to work with, I'd most certainly own one of each. But if I could only have one, it would be my MIM Jazz. I own three wenge-necked Warwicks and a vintage Stingray, and my little MIM still gets played almost on a daily basis. It's a great bass.
I like that the P body is shaped that you can lean it against the amp with less chance of it falling over than the angled Jazz body on the butt end.
P-Bass for me.
KO
P-Bass for me.
KO
There you go.
My two tones.
A P-bass with flats.
A J-bass with rounds.
Double gig bag.
Bring both to a gig.
Case closed.
