P J bass

[joeturbodiesel@]

Ok, here's the story. I was listening to some old nitty gritty dirt band and am super digging the sound and I find out they use a fender precision in their recordings. So I get the hots to have a precision but want a five string. I go down to my favorite music shop and put my hands on one and it just doesn't feel right on the neck. I currently play a Fender jazz 4 string and a carving 5 string. Those two necks feel perfect to me because they are narrow and my fingers are short and am very disappointed in my test drive on the precision. Now my question, does someone make a professional , not uber expensive, precision bass with a jazz type neck?

 

[-=DanAtkinson=-]

There are several guys who do custom Fender style basses (I'm not plugging myself). Do some searches. Or, if you're confident in your assembly/wiring/setup skills, you could build one yourself using custom parts from USACG. They'll make you a neck with whatever specs you want.

 

[joeturbodiesel@]

So no then? Dang, there were 20 new threads in a couple of hours and no one even looked at the thread.

 

[joeturbodiesel@]

Oops sorry Dan, my phone hadn't refreshed the page to see your post. Thanks for the reply! I've seen basses that have what looks like a jazz with a precision neck pickup. sure would Luke something like that. Will a jazz neck bolt up to a precision body?

 

[arsie]

Might be cheaper for you to buy a P bass and a seperate J neck than to have a complete Warmoth project or get it custom built.

 

[joeturbodiesel@]

Thanks guys.

 

[JTE]

So no then? Dang, there were 20 new threads in a couple of hours and no one even looked at the thread.

Probably because the title is misleading. "PJ" means a bass with a Precision pickup in the normal location and a Jazz bridge PUP. You seem to be after a P with a J neck. There are a lot of basses modded to that. Also Fender's MIJ Jazz Bass Special from the late '80s is a PJ with a Jazz-style neck (at least the later ones; the very first ones had bigger, clubbier necks). Fender also had a Precision Special with a J-style neck. The original version was the California series. Later the production was moved to Mexico and they added active electronics.

Lakland's Duck Dunn model (44-64 Custom now) is a P with a J-style neck with blocks & binding.

John

 

[Aspidites]

Fender Aerodyne.

 

[atomicdog]

Can't recommend this highly enough: Squier 1960s Classic Vibe P-Bass, with a 1.5-inch nut, same width as the J-bass neck. $350. Great construction, great neck, great Pups. Well worth checking out. It's my favorite and I own a Geddy Jazz with the ultra thin neck.

 

[Jason_A]

Fender has made several versions with a P-bass body and J-bass neck, with P/J pickups. They've been named different things, but it's usually P-bass Special or something similar (the current one is the Deluxe P-bass Special):

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[Catbuster]

Fender Aerodyne.

+1

 

[joeturbodiesel@]

To be honest, I would like either one. A precision with a jazz neck or a jazz with a precision neck pup. That Deluxe looks interesting though. Do you know if it comes in a 5 string version?

 

[Batmensch]

Can't recommend this highly enough: Squier 1960s Classic Vibe P-Bass, with a 1.5-inch nut, same width as the J-bass neck. $350. Great construction, great neck, great Pups. Well worth checking out. It's my favorite and I own a Geddy Jazz with the ultra thin neck.

That is incorrect. Nut width on a Squier Classic Vibe 60's P-bass is 1.65", (42mm.) or about 1 and 5/8".

 

[zzzfarcry]

what about an aerodyne jazz bass, it has a jazz neck and a p pickup and cost about the same as as mexican I think[?] but made in japan

 

[Motasimo]

Just get a new fender blacktop Jazz bass with dual P pups! That is what I would do.

 

[DylanB]

In terms of production 5-string PJ basses, Fender doesn't do them anymore. They used to do the American Deluxe Precision which had a big fat humbucker in the bridge position, they come up every now and then in the classifieds.

I bought one of the American Standard Precision 5-strings, and put a J pickup in the bridge.

Outside of Fender, I would look at the Sadowsky Metros if it's in your budget range...

 

[hrodbert696]

What's your budget? Hard to answer without knowing that, when you say "not uber expensive" I don't know if you mean you can spend less than $1000 or less than $5000. Five-string P-bass options are really limited, especially if you're talking about spending less than $1200 or so, and with a jazz neck more limited still. If you can afford it, look into a custom job.

 

[Kaa]

Hmmm. You play a 5'er, and the P bass neck feels too wide? Or is the P bass too thick front to back?

As to the original question, are yoyu looking for a 4 or a 5 string? If a 4, check out a Fender P bass lyte. Narrow nut, fairly round contour P/J pickups.

 

[joeturbodiesel@]

Budget $1500 or so and less. And the precision 5r felt too wide.

 

[KingRazor]

Warmoth offers 5-string necks with 1 3/4" nut width.