PJ's do not bring a jazz bass tone. get over it

[jellymax]

a good set of jazz pickups delivers a burpy tone. a pj cannot deliver it.
i have 1 pj. when i use it, the bridge pick up is off, even though its a good
one it does not improve the sound or clarity. p only is a killer, usefull tone.
but the two are different. you cannot get a burpy jazz bass tone from a pj.

go ahead and bring the heat. i can take it lol

 

[fretter]

Why is that? I don't disagree.

 

[Chad Michael]

A PJ can sound terribly good, credit Pedulla / Bartolini / and, most of all, Doug.

 

[Killed_by_Death]

If your P-style pickup is wired in parallel or has a series/parallel switch, it can get closer.

 

[Fenwick]

i have 1 pj. when i use it, the bridge pick up is off, even though its a good
one it does not improve the sound or clarity.

Then why do you have a PJ? That poor single-coil is dying a lonely, quiet death.

My Warwick Streamer LX4 is a P(reversed)J and it sounds very burpy to my ears, I pretty much play it exclusively on the blend between the P and J.

 

[bikeplate]

Love my pj basses

 

[lowphatbass]

In agreement here...although a PJ does come closer to a straight J than a straight J comes to a straight P.

 

[FRoss6788]

a good set of jazz pickups delivers a burpy tone. a pj cannot deliver it.
i have 1 pj. when i use it, the bridge pick up is off, even though its a good
one it does not improve the sound or clarity. p only is a killer, usefull tone.
but the two are different. you cannot get a burpy jazz bass tone from a pj.

go ahead and bring the heat. i can take it lol

My guess is you don't have well matched pickups.
No, it's not going to sound just like a standard J, no surprise there, but a well matched PJ set has a lot of useful tones (including burpy) on tap.

 

[Dr. Cheese]

If you cannot get a burpy sound out a soloed J pickup on a PJ bass, your bass has issues. I have never had a trouble getting a burpy tone out of a soloed J pickup on a PJ bass.

 

[jellymax]

the clarity of a p is good. dulled by mixing in another pickup, not so much

 

[jellymax]

most pj's have the j pickup back further than i like lol. 60's location is more usable lol

 

[jellymax]

perhaps burpy is the wrong adjective. whats the sound of a J called?

 

[lowphatbass]

If you cannot get a burpy sound out a soloed J pickup on a PJ bass, your bass has issues. I have never had a trouble getting a burpy tone out of a siloed J pickup on a PJ bass.

I was thinking that “fat burp” that you only get with 2 singles.

 

[Dr. Cheese]

perhaps burpy is the wrong adjective. whats the sound of a J called?

Are you talking about the sound of a Jazz bridge pickup soloed or the sound of two Jazz pickups? A PJ will never get true Jazz Bass tone.

 

[Dr. Cheese]

I was thinking that “fat burp” that you only get with 2 singles.

Most people referred to the JJ tone as “scooped,” not burpy. Scoop refers to the relative lack of mids on a Jazz while the bass and treble are dominant. Any bass with a split pickup in the sweet spot with have lots of mids, especially slightly lower mids. That is why a Precision slap tone is totally unlike a Jazz.

 

[jellymax]

the sound of two together is what i am talking about

 

[Chad Michael]

Dr. Cheese, the voice of reason, has played a bass or two, or hundred... Listen to him <c:

 

[Inara]

I don't play a PJ to get a jazz tone. I play one to get broader tonal options, with the P pickup as the starting point. I've never liked the "both J pickups on full" sound anyway. If I did want that, though, yeah, I'd get a jazz. I don't think anyone really thinks they can get that scooped, thinner "both J's" sound from a PJ anyway though. A PJ is its own thing, with its own range of sounds. If they are sounds that work for you, cool. If not, cool.

 

[lowphatbass]

Most people referred to the JJ tone as “scooped,” not burpy. Scooo refers to the relative lacks of mids on a Jazz while the bass and treble are dominant. Any bass with a split pickup in the sweet spot with have lots of mids, especially slightly lower mids. That is why a Precision slap tone is totally unlike a Jazz.

I feel ya.
Both pickups on full, tone open and right hand over the bridge pup with some assertiveness....I say there’s something “burpy” there that you don’t get with a solo’d bridge pup.

 

[Dr. Cheese]

I feel ya.
Both pickups on full, tone open and right hand over the bridge pup with some assertiveness....I say there’s something “burpy” there that you don’t get with a solo’d bridge pup.

I think I know what you mean.