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

#43
I'm just confused who the OP is referring the title of the thread at?
I don't recall anyone even mentioning getting a "jazz bass" tone from a PJ. It's usually the will my PJ sound like a P with the J rolled off debate.
I love my PJ bass, usually just as a P. Sometimes with the J rolled all the way up. I like that too.
I don't really care what anyone thinks it sounds like. If it sounds good, it's good.
Cheetr
 
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jellymax said:
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
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Tracing the history of the instruments in question may help to explain why there isn't much controversy. The P bass was first. Traditional bass tone machine. Jazz bass next. Brighter, more tonal options due to twice the number of pups. A decade or so later, the P/J comes along for P players to add the J bridge tone into the mix so they can get by bringing one bass into the studio (or to a gig). The P/J was never intended to compete with a J with the scooped "both on at full blast" sound. If that is one of its shortcomings, oh well. You knew when you bought an EB-O it wasn't going to cop that clanky Ric tone, either. There is a wide array of styles and designs of basses to choose from. It's up to you to pick the one that best suits your sonic needs. Discerning which bass delivers which tones is part of the homework you normally do before going out bass shopping. Unless it's Saturday morning at GC, then just hack away at full volume along with thirty other strangers doing the same thing. That's one good thing about quarantine. No more of that GC nonsense. :D
 
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jellymax said:
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
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Mine does. Yours just sucks, or you haven't figured out how to play it yet. Play more. You'll figure out how to make it do anything you want it to, in time. I can get a burly "wahy" sound out of it with just the split too. With both on, I can get get a quack burp. Or a bitey boomy scoop. I can also get that in straight P. I can also make it growl like a beast from either pickup. You'll figure it out. It really doesnt matter what you play. It matters how much you play it.
 
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jellymax said:
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.
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I think you have an excellent grasp on a problem that nobody has but you.

That's really remarkable!

I honestly don't know if we can get over this or not. It's a crazy world right now!
 
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jellymax said:
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
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Being a proud owner of a Fender PJ, I agree that getting a dead on copy of a PB with the J pick up rolled off is not going to happen. I suspect it had to do more with the capacitors used than the pickups. Keep in mind, it’s wired like a J (2 volumes one tone). The J only pickup will not give you a spot on copy of a JB either.

I’ll also agree with your statement that the bass has it’s own voicing, and it’s a great voice in it’s own right. 99% of the time I run mine will both pickup full open as well as the tone full open with round wounds. With a slight EQ adjustment it can go from punch you in the gut to a smooth orchestral voice. It’s extremely versatile and records exceptionally well.
 

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