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

[bongostealth]

What if I wear PJs while playing and drinking a soda? Will that give me a burpy tone???

 

[JeezyMcNuggles]

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

Sounds burpy to me. Also, sounds and looks exactly like a PJ.

 

[JeezyMcNuggles]

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.

Split and single on full, tone off and you get a nice wah wah effect where it delays your attack. Phasing rocks sometimes.

 

[mmbongo]

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

You've obviously never played a Roscoe!

 

[JeezyMcNuggles]

burpy was a bad description word. cancellationeee? anyways, i love the sound of my
p bass. just less character with the j pickup on as well. the p is a duncan pb1, the j is a
dimarzio model j noise cancelling

much love

You are right. There is much less character with the bridge single on. But, that's because it scoops out the character of your sound. Just like it does with two singles on full. Just like anything with two pickups on full. They phase each other out.

 

[Matty Koff]

I often play my P/J WHILE wearing PJs. Felt relevant.

 

[JimmyM]

I do have to give jellymax props for using the phrase "get over it" as a psychological ploy, meaning, "You can't argue with me, it's inferior, I'm right and you're wrong, and that's just how it is." Meanwhile, while my J is turned off most of the time, and in the last two bands I've been with, all of the time, it's close enough for when I need a similar sound to a J.

 

[tekhedd]

a good set of jazz pickups delivers a burpy tone. a pj cannot deliver it.

This is absolutely true.

I hate[*] that burpy tone, that's why I prefer a PJ. There's a sweet "P plus additional definition" thing you can really only get with a PJ or PP.

IOW: a pj delivers that sweet "P plus additional definition" tone, a set of good jazz pickups cannot deliver it.

* - "hate" is by way of making a colorful exaggeration here for comedic purposes. Actually I quite like J tone as long as it has some bottom end as well. See also Rio Grande.

 

[dkelley]

I agree PJ together isn't same as JJ together - but other than that, I far prefer PJ to JJ since J neck solo is kind gross, to me.

JJ tone is great, classic stuff, I love it!

PJ together is an INCREDIBLE tone, with the right pickups (some are really poorly matched....). PJ without ever having the J pickup turned on at all is sort of a waste of a PJ, although I agree using it to get a P tone when you want P tone is a great thing you can do with a PJ but can't do with a JJ.

hell, listen to GnR classic albums... that is all PJ. nothing like it - like a P with the funky top end of a J.

 

[Chicken Wing]

Leo is rolling in his grave

 

[rtslinger]

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

I had to read through a couple posts before I felt I could answer, I can agree that you can not get a two single coil jazz tone ( your words burpy) tone when you have both the P and the J working together. That being said I well say that the tone you do get, is a very workable tone that is a unique combination that is created by the PJ imo

 

[ruju]

Sometimes I roll off both pickup volumes together. Tone on full.
I haven't heard a tone I didn't like.

 

[Jack Butler]

Has anyone made/tried a JJP configuration before, or did that turn out to be a hodgepodge due to pup placement compromises? Just curious. Split P towards neck of course.

Not sure if it's what you mean, but I have a Kramer Pioneer, which has a P pickup in the standard position, and a double J in the bridge. It doesn't do a typical JJ sound. If that's what you want, you should get a Jazz bass. The Kramer I usually run with both pickups on full. It retains an element of the P, but way "thicker" or "beefier". It is my preferred sound about 90% of the time. Personal preference of course.

 

[TrevorG]

You've obviously never played a Roscoe!

Just when I thought my GAS was gone!!!!! (weeping)

 

[dkelley]

Leo is rolling in his grave

Why? He invented both concepts and has made pj models for a long time

 

[Chicken Wing]

Why? He invented both concepts and has made pj models for a long time

some of the comments and the pointed finger topic vs the instrument itself

 

[Mike Vee]

My P/J gets as burpy as I need it too, especially when put through the Cali76 compact bass.

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= HEAVENLY TONE, PUNCH AND FEEL.

 

[BEADG63]

 

[vvvmmm]

Sometimes I roll off both pickup volumes together. Tone on full.
I haven't heard a tone I didn't like.

My preferred tone for metal.

 

[JeezyMcNuggles]

Sometimes I roll off both pickup volumes together. Tone on full.
I haven't heard a tone I didn't like.

Yeah dude, who needs pickups when you have a beast tone knob?