Oh jeez not another P vs J thread!

[John Wentzien]

What's happening with your knob situation?

I always play with the knobs wide open...so I took them out. I was always reaching down to make sure they were full-up.

 

[BassLover668]

Whats better camaro or mustang?
Coffe or tea?
Ps3 or xbox?
Cocacola or pepsi?

Play what you want
I say Fender

 

[BassLover668]

Glad I saw this. I was about to start yet another P J thread. I play 70s-present covers, rock and country. I'm looking for that old Motown sound inside my head. So, P or J????

PPPPP
PPPPPP
PPPPP
P
P

 

[njones89]

J neck, P body, MM pickup > all

Mazzision bass

 

[Stranger Danger]

I always play with the knobs wide open...so I took them out. I was always reaching down to make sure they were full-up.

Did you seek counseling or medication before the knobectomy?

 

[Stranger Danger]

Whats better camaro or mustang?
Coffe or tea?
Ps3 or xbox?
Cocacola or pepsi?

Play what you want
I say Fender

The answers are

BMW
Coffee
Who cares?
Coke

 

[billiam5billion]

TalkBass: where the most tired, redundant thread topics get six pages of responses. TalkBass, you my only friend.

 

[BillyH]

J neck, P body, MM pickup > all

Mazzision bass

THATS the bass I'd like. J neck P bass...

 

[faceless_master]

Hello Fender, my old friend
I've come to discuss you again
Because a noob posted a thread
We'll beat this topic until it's dead
And the question planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of P-Bass...

 

[billiam5billion]

Hello Fender, my old friend
I've come to discuss you again
Because a noob posted a thread
We'll beat this topic until it's dead
And the question planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of P-Bass...

I'm the noob. Sure. Join date earlier this month.

 

[Need Gigs]

Oh jeez oh jeez oh jeez

 

[GIBrat51]

Hear me out!

I saw someone mention in another thread that a Jazz-style configuration has more "tonal options" than a traditional Precision, split-coil does.

I'm not so sure. The jazz has more knobs, and more separate pickups, but I find that the onboard controls of a P create a huge swing in tone shapes, and that my P is much more responsive to amp eq and pedal chain than my J. Where did the idea of the jazz being more versatile than the p come from, do you believe it or not, and why?

Okay...
- The idea comes from the fact that a Jazz bass has 2 pickups; without touching a tone control, one can get a different tone from; the bridge pickup only; the neck pickup only; or both together. A P-Bass needs the tone control, and/or playing at different places above or below the pickup, to get different tones. All of which can be done with a Jazz Bass, too. So, sorry; it's still ahead in the versatile contest...
- Do I believe it? It's a demonstrative fact. Doesn't matter whether I believe it or not.
-Why do I believe it? See answer ^^above^^ However...
The real question - AFAIC- is "Do I like the tones I get from a Jazz Bass, or do I like the tones I get from a P-Bass; or do I like them both? And, AFAIC the answer is...
I like some of the tones I can get from a Jazz Bass. What I don't like is the Jazz Bass itself. Happily, I can get those tones from basses I do like (and own), so I don't have to suffer a bass I don't care for. As for a P-Bass? I like and use every tone I'm able to coax out of my A-spec necked '78 P-Bass. The one I've owned and played for 33 years, now...

 

[jd56hawk]

My acoustic bass has more tonal options than most Precision and Jazz basses, but some simply can't deal with acoustic basses for more than an hour, so...