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P vs. J bass?

#42
Both "cut through" really well. P's feel a little thicker and sound a tad thicker to me. I like the body contour on the P as well. The J sounds a tad twangier but may be more versatile if you are into changing tones. Both are like sacred, so definitely play them before choosing.
 
#43
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I forget who said this, so no royalty check, but.
P Bass go thump
J Bass go grrrr

Thank you
 
#46
Stickk said:
Buy a jazz and wire a series/parallel switch on it. Problem solved!
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:hmm: I had a 05 jazz with the S1 switch and a P bass I A/B'd them many times and the jazz although beefier with the switch did not sound anywhere as nice as the P.That switch will beef up the jazz but it's not a P tone to be sure. I actually took that switch out of my jazz bass and put in a stock volume pot. Nothing can duplicate a P not even my Lakland.
 
#48
Dude!!

It does not matter if it's j or p. It just has to be vintage. The best Fenders were made in x-15 (where x equals the year of the bass you are trying to buy between now and 1966. you can't find a fender bass older than 51.) and nothing even remotely worthwhile has ever been conceived, much less produced along the lines of a bass guitar since.

Don't even get me started about amps. Three letters. S.V.T.




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#49
This is a very valuable fact of knowledge that I learned when I first became a member of this site; "THE real main difference in a P and a J is that if you stand them both up against your amp, one will fall over."
 
#52
jtc_hunter said:
This is a very valuable fact of knowledge that I learned when I first became a member of this site; "THE real main difference in a P and a J is that if you stand them both up against your amp, one will fall over."
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well it's not as much the jazz falls over as it's trying to commit suicide when being near a P. Haven't you ever seen a jazz leap out of it's stand and try to kill itself.
 
#54
#1... PLAY AS MANY BASSES AS YOU CAN. THE ONE THAT FEELS BEST IN YOUR HANDS, IS THE ONE TO BEGIN WITH. THE MIM (MADE IN MEXICO) FENDER BASSES ARE A GOOD VALUE. THE J PASS HAS A FASTER NECK (LESS WIDE; FRET DISTANCE ON A
34" SCALE IS THE SAME) THE P-BASS A LITTLE MORE ROOM FOR SLAPPING AND POPPING (YUCK, I ENJOY VICTOR WOOTEN, BUT I BOW IN REVERENCE TO JAMERSON AND DUNN... YOU'LL LEARN). I AM AN OLD, AND I MEAN OLD BLUES PLAYER. MUCH DEPENDS UPON YOUR GENRE OF MUSIC.

BEAR IN MIND, YOU CAN SPEND $300-$400 ON A USED MIM OR $3000- $4000 ON AN ALEMBIC.... , INVEST PROPERLY IN YOUR AMPLIFICATION. IT IS THE SPEAKERS THAT REPRODUCE YOUR SOUND. AMPEG CABINETS ARE THE BEST (IN THIS MAN'S OPINION), IF YOU CAN FIND USA MADE UNITS. I HAVE PLAYED THEM FOR 30+ YEARS.. ONLY ONCE HAVE A BLOWN OUT AN EMMINENCE SPEAKER. I STILL HAVE MY ORIGINAL 1967 SVT 8 X 10 REFRIDGERATORS AND PLAY THEM REGULARLY. I ALSO HAVE SIX (6) 4 X10 AMPEG CABINETS.....SVT410 HLF'S, TWO OF THOSE, LOW END MONSTERS, ALSO HAS BALLSEY AS MY REFRIDGERATORS. SVT410HE'S FOUR OF THOSE . THE LATTER HAS A CONTROLLABLE HORN DEVICE IN THE BACK OF THE CABINET; VERY VERSATILE. TRIED OTHER CABINETS, HARTKE, AQUILAR, ASHDOWN, MARK, FENDER, EDEN, PEAVEY BUT NOTHING, AGAIN IN THIS MAN'S OPINION, HANDLES IT LIKE AN AMPEG. WATCH PLAYERS ON VIDEO OR TV AND LOOK AT THE BASS PLAYER.. BEHIND HIM I'D SAY 8 TIMES OUT OF TEN THERE IS AN AMPEG RIG BEHIND HIM.

A GREAT RIG CAN MAKE A CORT OR HONDO SOUND DECENT. TALK TO OTHER BASSSISTS PLAYING YOUR STYLE OF MUSIC, WHAT WORKS FOR THEM? LISTEN, STUDY AND THEN MAKE YOUR DECISION.

GOOD LUCK BUY AMERICAN.. TO HELL WITH THIS JAPANSE, CHINESE, VIETNAM CRAP.

JIMM



HENCE, BUY QUALITY DON'T GET CHEAP. IF YOU HAVE TO, SAVE TO GET THE RIGHT GEAR, IT WILL BE WORTH THE WAIT.
 

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