pj or j with serial mod?

[fourmations]

hi all

first post!

i have done as much searching and reading as i can

i am about to buy the sx p/j ash (the j body one)
but came accross a post about the serial mod
on a j giving better tone options than a pj

on looks, i prefer the maple/ash sx j bass with the blocks
but like the idea of pj versatility

does the serial mod give a decent p sound
if it does ai suppose i have a full j with a P option
whereas the pj loses the neck j pup altogether

can this be doen with a push/pul pot?

any advice welcome

i know most will say get a p and a j
but, i am a guitarist primarily and this
is my first a possibly last bass

kind regards

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[EagleMoon]

Get the PJ. The SX P pickups are really nice. The J pickups on their own sound a bit thin to me.

 

[Jim Carr]

Get the PJ. The SX P pickups are really nice. The J pickups on their own sound a bit thin to me.

+1

EagleMoon is wise. The parallel/serial option on a Jazz makes way less difference than the P/J. P/J's have more body/lower mids, IMHO.

A Jazz with the bridge pick-up favored is one of the important signature sounds of a Jazz, and a P/J does that very well. In addition, a P/J does P perfectly, but more important, it does P/J!

Welcome to TB!!!

 

[fourmations]

thanks guys

you know how it is when you read too much on the web...

i have totally made up my mind on which model
about a million times, only to read something else
and start doubting, thinking and then more reading...

i do prefer the blocked neck on the ash jazz
(the offset dots on the pj ash are a bit urgh)
but the sound is more important that the aesthetics

thanks and regards

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[dabbler]

+1

EagleMoon is wise. The parallel/serial option on a Jazz makes way less difference than the P/J. P/J's have more body/lower mids, IMHO.

A Jazz with the bridge pick-up favored is one of the important signature sounds of a Jazz, and a P/J does that very well. In addition, a P/J does P perfectly, but more important, it does P/J!

Welcome to TB!!!

Well, I soooo disagree. I have a few SJBs and I have an SPB (PJ style). My SJBs with series mod do a P sound way better than my SPB does ANY of the J sounds with the exception of the bridge only.

Were you comparing SX SPBs and SX SJBs? Both with stock pups? Well, anyway YMMV.

 

[BassBob185]

+1

EagleMoon is wise. The parallel/serial option on a Jazz makes way less difference than the P/J. P/J's have more body/lower mids, IMHO.

A Jazz with the bridge pick-up favored is one of the important signature sounds of a Jazz, and a P/J does that very well. In addition, a P/J does P perfectly, but more important, it does P/J!

Welcome to TB!!!

Well written and right on the point!

 

[SpamBot]

It's not a "serial" mod, it's a "series" mod. You can put pickups in series, where one's - goes to the other's +, or you can put puckups in parallel, where the +s go together, as do the -s. There is no such thing as "serial".

 

[fourmations]

It's not a "serial" mod, it's a "series" mod. You can put pickups in series, where one's - goes to the other's +, or you can put puckups in parallel, where the +s go together, as do the -s. There is no such thing as "serial".

thanks all, i have ordered the spj ash, done deal!
i might mention that im in ireland so its a bigger decision
as the postage is 70bucks and i cant really return it

spambot, thanks for the correction,
i should remember "series"...
i wired my les paul with the 21 position jimmy page mods!
including series/parallel amongst many others!

rgds

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