NBD: Its Not That I Don't Like P-Basses.......

[Fuzzbass]

....I just prefer basses that have two pickups, even if it says "Precision" on the headstock
Found this today in a local Pawn Shop, 2018 Fender American Performer Precision with Fender Hard/Flite case. It is now my second PJ that I own ....Im thinking about a Tort pickguard for it

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Tort? Oof. I'm with those who have said "don't go there"... but I'm also with those who have said "you do you".


I totally get wanting two pickups, and (boomer alert) I modded a bunch of P-basses to PJ starting in the late 70s way before OEM PJs were available. These days however I've gone to P-only. With PJ I liked the growl on the low strings, but didn't care for the twang on the D and G strings, so I was constantly tweaking the J volume to find the goldilocks zone and rarely finding it. Others can get great PJ tones across all strings, so the problem is me and not the pickup config.

Bottom line: I'm the oddball, not you. Beautiful bass, enjoy!

 

[DJ Dru]

....I just prefer basses that have two pickups, even if it says "Precision" on the headstock
Found this today in a local Pawn Shop, 2018 Fender American Performer Precision with Fender Hard/Flite case. It is now my second PJ that I own ....Im thinking about a Tort pickguard for it

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I have mine that's set up with a P and J pickups ... It's called a Jazz special ... go figure

 

[DECEMBER]

I don't understand guitars with one pickup. Especially expensive ones. There's room for another. And it wouldn't add much more to the price. Why not have it there? You never have to use them both, but maybe someday you'll have a reason, or you'll want to sell it one day.
There is an extreme tone difference between neck and bridge pickups, how can you be limited to just one? Because 2 pickups gives you THREE tone options.
Several guitars/basses I considered were no deal because of single pickup.

 

[nnnnnn]

I don't understand guitars with one pickup. Especially expensive ones. There's room for another. And it wouldn't add much more to the price. Why not have it there? You never have to use them both, but maybe someday you'll have a reason, or you'll want to sell it one day.

I'm a two-pickup guy myself, but one-pickup Precision basses sell just fine new and used. So do one pickup Stingrays.

(And despite describing myself as a two-pickup guy I do own a one-pickup Stingray 5 and actually prefer the one-pickup model to the two-pickup model.)