Poll: Jazz bass pickup location

[barebones]

Not without regard to the poll question, I voted 70s.

 

[Stranger Danger]

Or when people write THEN when they mean THAN.

Gibson are much better then gibson.

...when?

Or "you should of" instead of "you should have". Drives me nucking futs.

 

[4andnomore]

I vote carrots.

 

[Stranger Danger]

From The Chicago Manual of Style

When a word’s usage becomes uncontroversial or is recognized as standard by dictionaries, Chicago editors come around to accepting it. For instance, many of us have stopped slashing through the disjunctive adverbs “more importantly” and “hopefully.” At the moment, however, there’s no reason to change a perfectly good word like “regardless” to one that is bound to raise the hackles of many readers.

If anyone has to ask what CSM is, stick to playing bass!

They put tomatoes on hot dogs so what do they know?

 

[Flaked Beans]

I prefer them both, '60

They put tomatoes on hot dogs so what do they know?

I put tomatoes on my hot dogs as well!
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I prefer '60s for fingerstyle and '70s for slap.

 

[7dollarbologna]

I prefer the position of the split-coil pickup on this Jazz Bass (and it is one of the stock Jazz Bass models from Fender as per the headstock).

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That's how I'm doing my P-bass, jazz p'up - 70's style!

 

[-Asdfgh-]

I would prefer a world without it. Maybe I could move to Mars. I wonder if they have jazz basses on Mars.

Frank Black informs me it is the planet of sound, so possibly

 

[JimmyM]

Yay, I'm winning!

 

[High Camp]

I never really used to use the word "usage", but after seeing the usage of "usage" here on Talkbass so commonly, I will be using that word more often and eventually, it will become a usage for me too.
I don't have a preference regarding the pickups.

 

[Funkmabassup]

70s, sounds more badass for both fingersyle, pick and particulary slap.

 

[40Hz]

I have both pickup spacings and hands down, prefer the 70s over the 60s, regardless of what anyone else thinks.

I expect most here would think "good for you" regardless (or possibly irregardless?) of what our own preference may be.

 

[howlin]

'Ain't' ain't a word neither. But then again...

Actually, it is . . .

 

[40Hz]

That's how I'm doing my P-bass, jazz p'up - 70's style!

Interesting...

Because I was thinking of doing up a J-Bass, with a single P-Bass pickup. (Would that end up with us both getting the same sound?)

 

[jd56hawk]

I prefer them both, '60


I put tomatoes on my hot dogs as well!
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I prefer '60s for fingerstyle and '70s for slap.

Hey, where I come from we put sliced tomatoes on our Rice Krispies and Corn Flakes! They're great on ice cream sundaes, too.
Other than that, you'd think someone would come out with a Jazz bass with sliding pickups.

 

[EmptyCup]

Other than that, you'd think someone would come out with a Jazz bass with sliding pickups.

That's not a bad idea!






I apologize for the use of any improper grammar in this post

 

[40Hz]

Hey, where I come from we put sliced tomatoes on our Rice Krispies and Corn Flakes! They're great on ice cream sundaes, too.
Other than that, you'd think someone would come out with a Jazz bass with sliding pickups.

This! - and why not? (The sliding pickup part, not the tomato bit - although I'm definitely going to try it. I'm buried in tomatoes every summer. So thx JD! )

It was done with good effect on the Gibson Grabber. It was amazing the effect that even relatively minor pickup positional changes had on tone and response with that bass. And Jazz bass pickups (really almost any pickup today) are hotter and more sensitive than what Gibson was using back then. So I'd expect the changes would be even more dramatic with today's pickup choices and string formulations.

Anybody "good with tools" (as we used to say) who's up for trying it?

 

[Nev375]

i think they recently made it a word because they caved in to the idiots who kept using it all the time

This is why I am a grammar Nazi. Not because I'm infallible nor because i need to feel superior. But because we cannot let the idiots keep winning. And boy are they winning these days.

 

[Bill Whitehurst]

yaknowwhatreallytorquesmeoffisthepeoplewhomakenoeffortatalltofollownormalwritingconventions

60s, in general, but I can see where 70s on an ash bodied J could add some extra bite.

 

[Doner Designs]

This! - and why not? (The sliding pickup part, not the tomato bit - although I'm definitely going to try it. I'm buried in tomatoes every summer. So thx JD! )

It was done with good effect on the Gibson Grabber. It was amazing the effect that even relatively minor pickup positional changes had on tone and response with that bass. And Jazz bass pickups (really almost any pickup today) are hotter and more sensitive than what Gibson was using back then. So I'd expect the changes would be even more dramatic with today's pickup choices and string formulations.

Anybody "good with tools" (as we used to say) who's up for trying it?

It's out there, but not on a mass production bass.

 

[Marko 1]

I think the problem that some people are mentioning is that if one interprets the word precisely as written it conveys the opposite of the user's intended meaning, kind of like employing a double negative. As a practical matter in casual conversation, like here for example, it's not a problem, as everybody knows what the writer means. Some people are very closely attuned to the precise use of words in language and probably are the people who like to become editors. Most of us, myself included, are more casual in the use of language. I once had a Japanese girlfriend who was a genius and had a far better vocabulary and command of English grammar than 99.9% of Americans. She corrected my usage on a few occasions but in a good-natured way, not to humiliate me but out of genuine curiosity as to what was correct. People that notice these things are probably more than likely thinking out loud in satisfying their natures. I always liked associating with people who were better and smarter than I was because I was hopeful that the exposure would help to make me a better person. It's one of the reasons that I like this site so much, as I am always learning something interesting and useful from people who know far more than I on a subject I know so little about.

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