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P/J Electronics Configuration?

TMart99

TMart99

Sep 22, 2010
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Rockwell, NC
#1
Forgive me, but my memory fails me on this.

I while back I was reading a thread where you guys were discussing P/J configurations. There was one member (can't recall his username) who said he had a long standing opinion on P/J configurations and he said something along the lines of...... that he felt the only possible good configuration was ....something like.....one volume, one tone and a three way toggle switch.

Now I may be incorrect about the actual configuration he was recommending.

I have tried the search function and I can't seem to find that thread. Nor can I remember the member.

Does anyone recall that thread and the member?

I have an opportunity with a PJ Bass and for very little money in, I can experiment. So I'd like to try his suggestions. But I don't recall all of his details.

So if you are that member, could you direct me to that thread, please? Or share that info/details, again?

Or if you're not that guy, but remember that thread, please direct me.

I've never been a fan of PJ basses and have never been satisfied with the way they sound. But this will be a very inexpensive experiment, so I want try it out.

Thanks.
 
#4
I have a PJ with vol, pan, bass, treble configuration on one of my basses. I recently removed the pan pot and put a three way toggle switch. It works as it should. The electronics are active, but I am sure it will work fine with passive with volume and tone.
 
#10
Both of my basses, a Fender P-Bass Special and Ibanez Roadstar RB650, are both P/J passive, with the aforementioned J-Bass wiring. I find that MOST times, I just have both pickups up full, and that blending them to vary degrees does absolutely nothing for me in terms of tone. I occasionally use the P or J pickups alone, and therefore, a switch would actually be a better choice for me.

Individual controls or panpots function better on active basses where the pickups are electronically isolated from each other and there is no loading between pickups, so you CAN effectively dial-in a little of one pickup as necessary.
 

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