P vs. J …. The final countdown

[SixtyCycleHum]

I won't vote because I call them Precision and Jazz

So Precision with rounds
Jazz with rounds

We found the most fun guy in the room, folks..

 

[Smith357]

P with tapes
P with flats
P fretless with flats
2 PJs with tapes

 

[ThudThudThud]

Pre-fire I had:
J with rounds (NPS)
J (but P body and neck) with flats (Chromes)
P with flats (Chromes)
P with rounds (NPS)
PJ with rounds (NPS)
PJ fretless with rounds (SS)
ABG with tapes

Now I have:
J with rounds (NPS)
PJ with rounds (NPS)

 

[micguy]

OK, let’s solve this thing democratically. Also, I included the string thing because I can’t just focus on one thing. Check all that apply, like which do you use, etc.

This is a topic that will never be "solved" - democratically or otherwise. At the current time, I have a bass that has one neck pickup, but it isn't a P, I have a thing that looks kinda like a J, but the way the pickups are combined, it doesn't sound like one, and a couple other basses with non-Fenderish pickup configurations.

I have, through a lot of experimentation, concluded that, while Leo did a lot of things right (a 34 inch scale works fine), neither P or a J is optimal for me. I will, however, come down decisively on the side of rounds for everything - one more detail where I disagree with Leo.

 

[Relsom]

There needs to be an "All Of The Above" button. I think I sprained my thumb on all those buttons. I will say that I have a J with flats...... but the jury is still out on it.

 

[tvbop]

Without a 'Dead Flats' category this quiz is null and void.

 

[Aussie Player]

OK, let’s solve this thing democratically. Also, I included the string thing because I can’t just focus on one thing. Check all that apply, like which do you use, etc.

Democracy only requires 51% so the other 49%, almost half, creates a divide that cannot be closed.

 

[Pings Bass]

Fretless 6 with flats
PJ fretless with flats
P with rounds
J with rounds
Ray with rounds
L2K with rounds
DB with flats
Alto sax with Rico LaVoz Medium
Alpine skis with spring wax
2-year-old tortoise shell with attachment anxiety
5-year-old tabby with feeding anxiety

 

[bigdaddybass12]

Without a 'Dead Flats' category this quiz is null and void.

Plus a TORT PICKGUARD has to be a choice! Tort makes any bass sound better !! !

 

[bigdaddybass12]

Pre-fire I had:
J with rounds (NPS)
J (but P body and neck) with flats (Chromes)
P with flats (Chromes)
P with rounds (NPS)
PJ with rounds (NPS)
PJ fretless with rounds (SS)
ABG with tapes

Now I have:
J with rounds (NPS)
PJ with rounds (NPS)

Sorry about the fire...

 

[GregC]

Oh good, the second "final" P vs. J thread in a week.

 

[DJ Bebop]

P vs. J …. The final countdown

 

[bigjames]

I am actually interested in the outcome here, but expect it will come out almost equal on all with MAYBE a slightly higher number for the rounds (only because that is what basses tend to ship with)...we shall see.

 

[ThudThudThud]

Sorry about the fire...

Four years ago, so we're over the sad. Thank you, though.

 

[BlueTalon]

To those for whom the shoe fits:

What the flip? Do you people have no imagination at all? You talk and act as if the entire bass world consists of Ps and Js. I don't want to live in that boring world. If I was faced with the choice of playing only Ps and Js, or playing anything but Ps and Js, I'd take all my FSOs to the band saw and make pieces of firewood out of them. Or make some suppositories for those of you who need them.

Get off my lawn!

 

[Smooth_bass88]

enough already

 

[Rocket Queen]

OK, let’s solve this thing democratically. Also, I included the string thing because I can’t just focus on one thing. Check all that apply, like which do you use, etc.

You left out tapes.

 

[SixtyCycleHum]

To those for whom the shoe fits:

What the flip? Do you people have no imagination at all? You talk and act as if the entire bass world consists of Ps and Js. I don't want to live in that boring world. If I was faced with the choice of playing only Ps and Js, or playing anything but Ps and Js, I'd take all my FSOs to the band saw and make pieces of firewood out of them. Or make some suppositories for those of you who need them.

Get off my lawn!

This is an A post. I'm subtracting half a mark because you could have said "What the funk"

 

[PJ Muzikmansky]

 

[2cooltoolz]

I checked all but "Jazz with flats." Tried it. It sucked.