More than one P? J? Ray? Other?

[dabbler]

It's no secret around here that I have quite a few similar basses. But they have differences even if small like color. If I like a particular style of bass I will often get another: 4 string + 5 string (sometimes 6 too), maple + rosewood fretboards, ceramic + alnico pups, round + flat strings, fretted + fretless.

I like variety. It's the spice of life!

 

[bigdaddybass12]

Come on Ray owners! Let’s step up and vote!! Show them while you are at it!

 

[TeaTime]

1 P(reverse)+J
3 P+J
3 J
2 H
3 HH

But really with differences in brands of PU, active vs passive, etc., I'd say the only actual duplicate I have is a pair of MTD P+J.

 

[2F/2F]

I checked everything except Rick, Other, and Carrots.

 

[Admiral Chew]

Almost duplicates but slight variations:

2 x Jazz basses (one passive and one active)
2 x StingRay (one H and one HH)
2 x Dingwall ABIIs (one fretted and one fretless)
3 x Warwick Thumbs (one BO4, one BO5 and one neck-thru 5)

 

[SDC1-ClickClack]

More than one P? J? Ray? Other?

You can play a J,
or you can play a 'ray,
or you can play a PJ,
or you can play a P-ray,
or you can play a J-ray,
or you can play a 'ray-J,
but ya doesn't hafta play a Johnson.

(With apologies to the late Bill Saluga, a/k/a Raymond J. Johnson Jr.)

 

[TheNormieWeirdO]

Pness

 

[crazycloud]

I have basses with P configured PUs in soapbars (even my XL2s PUs are reverse P in guitar HB casings) such as my many basses with Bart MK1s in, but most are series wired parallel HBs so don't fit into any of the poll options except 'other'.

In may vast collection, I have 1 PJ and one P in my 'not getting sold' list.

 

[GIBrat51]

Do you have more than one copy of a particular type of bass? Maybe two PJ basses? Or perhaps a pair of J basses? I'm wondering if one type if bass is more likely to be duplicated in one's collection?

Let me know what other classes of basses to add to the poll.

Vote, then post a reply to give details to help us understand your crazy reasons for duplication

Well..
Currently, amongst my 30 basses, I have:
- 2 Ricks. A '73 4001, and an '01 COY 4003;
- 2 Basses with a split coil pickup; a '78 Fender P-Bass, and a 30" scale Warmoth Mini Precision that's a "Mini-Me" clone of the Fender;
- 2 Music man basses; a Sterling SubRay4H, and an EBMM 4HH Stingray Special; and, not on the list;
- 2 '98 Danelectro DC59 Pros...

 

[Plinkerton]

I have 2 split coil P’s

One flats, one rounds.

 

[blastoff]

7x Precisions. yes they all sound different. yes they spark joy

 

[Hot Rats]

I have 3 P type basses and 2 Jazz type basses. 2 Gibson basses and 1 EBMM SS Stingray. A Music-Yo Steinberger and an old Fernandes from the early 80's. 1 single coil P type Warmoth, 32" scale P type bass and some others I know I have forgotten about.

 

[Kerem Koseoglu]

I have a P (with flats) for a pillowy "back-end" sound, a Sadowsky M5-24 for a modern "front-end" sound, and a J for the middle ground. This trio is a complete toolkit for the music I'm playing.

 

[Clark W]

Do you have more than one copy of a particular type of bass? Maybe two PJ basses? Or perhaps a pair of J basses? I'm wondering if one type if bass is more likely to be duplicated in one's collection?

Let me know what other classes of basses to add to the poll.

Vote, then post a reply to give details to help us understand your crazy reasons for duplication

I voted Jazz because over the last 3 years...

Up until September 2025, I had 8 Fenders
1 Acoustic
1 Precision
1 Precision PJ5
3 Jazz
2 Jazz V

After September 2025
1 Acoustic
1 Precision
1 Precision PJ
1 Jazz V
1 Custom built bass, Precision body but J/HB pup setup.

So I've gone from duplicates with my Jazz basses to no duplicates in my collection. The dups just kind of happened. Back in 2021 I had the acoustic, the P, and the PJ, wanted a Jazz, got the blue flame top Player Jazz Fender did with GC. 3 months later they released a green one, so you know what had to happen there.

Then later I ran across a 2006 - 2008 CIJ Geddy Lee here on TB, wasn't even looking, but... two basses with one stone, a Geddy Lee and a Crafted In Japan. Then I went to buy a 5 string at a mom & pop shop and walked out with one 1997 Jazz V in my hand and a new 2022 Jazz V on layaway that I went back and grabbed 2 weeks later. I couldn't resist, I got both basses for a total of 1200 bucks out the door. I still have the 2022 Jazz V.

So the duplication wasn't planned. Just happened cause of opportunities that popped up. And the duplication, while it was fun, ended up not lasting. And I'm tempted to slim things down a little more and sell the P and the Jazz V

 

[neil|lien]

No duplicates in my low budget, limited space collection:
- Squier Affinity Jaguar H Black: so humbucker, 32", maple fretboard, D'Addario Chrome flatwound strings.
- Fazley Sunset Series Piranha Sky Blue: split coil, 34", "roasted maple" fretboard (but might really be just a stain on the whole neck), D'Addario Nylon Tapewound strings.

And incoming:
- Squier CV Mustang Olympic White: split coil mustang pick-up, 30", Indian laurel fretboard, Labella 760F-MUSflatwound strings.

What they have in common:
- all FSOs (not by design, just happened that way, beggars can't be choosers),
- one pick-up,
- two knobs,
- four strings

 

[Doctor Morbius]

Guilty!

 

[pepj]

Jazz with singles, different pre's.
1 Jazz with Soapbars. Its a great bass but it never gets on a gig.
My gigs are always Jazzes

 

[Marihino]

Until recently, I've had two Ps (rounds and flats), a jazz and an active 5 with humbs.

I swapped the rounds P for a Yamaha BB734a (so an active/passive PJ), I have a wider palette now. Having said that, any of those could work as my only bass anyway.

 

[GDUBS]

The closest I have is a Jazz, but one is fretless.

Same!

 

[ThaCoast]

Six split coil Pbasses, all with Rounds, different body woods, fretboards, hardware, pickups.

Three Grabber style basses: 1 home built, 1 70's Japanese copy (all maple), 1 genuine vintage 70's Gibson model (Alder body/maple board/neck).

I've got 4 LP style guitars too, another in the works of being built. Again, different woods, looks, pickups/electronics.