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Poll: Jazz bass pickup location

What bridge pickup position do you prefer for a Jazz bass?

  • 60's position

    Votes: 112 54.6%

  • 70's position (bridge pickup about 3/8" closer to bridge)

    Votes: 93 45.4%
  • Total voters
    205
#121
I voted 70's but like having both which you can get if you use a JJ pickup. I also like having the neck pickup closer to the neck. I discovered these things with these basses, both of which I have since sold.

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#127
Nev375 said:
Allow me to explain. Some of us were raised in a time where an English teacher would whack our knuckles with a ruler if we answered incorrectly or were not paying attention. Beatings in hallways with wooden paddles with holes drilled in them to raise blisters on one's backside were also used. Basically, teachers were Nazis and your self-esteem didn't mean jack. There were no points for just showing up, You had to MEMORIZE what you learned well enough to pass a test at the end of the year, not merely a few hours or days later. FAILURE was a bad thing and if you WERE one, other kids would mock you for being an idiot and that was practically encouraged.

Therefore, Grammar became REALLY damn important for your well-being. Many of us who had to endure that took it to heart and passed the attitude down to our kids.

And it really IS important. Accurate communication is the foundation of good relationships with other people. If you say or write the wrong thing, you can easily cause confusion and misfortune for others. People could misinterpret what you say, become offended and punch you in the face and entire wars could be started over a typo in certain cultures. If we don't get serious about education and grammar, each generation will become dumber and lazier about it. Ever see the movie "Idiocracy"? It's supposed to be a comedy, but the premise of the movie is actually happening and it should scare the crap out of you.
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This is the root of a piss poor attitude. Not everybody has the ability to do well with spelling and grammar, so many in my family struggle with it but being amazing and advanced in math runs in the family. Not everyone has or will ever posses the same skills and being a jerk to someone with skills less then you is reprehensible, unless, of course, it comes to grammar? Than its fair game? I dont think so. Should you be ridiculed for skills you do not possess?

I bet you wouldn't like that one bit.
 
#128
True story. My sophomore year in high school (early 80's if you keep track of such things) I wrote a paper for English class. I used the word "bassist" in that paper and it was marked as incorrect. I should have used "bass player" instead. I appealed to the teacher and even brought in a copy of Bass Player magazine within which the word bassist was used extensively. She refused to rescore the paper which would have brought a B to an A according to the scoring criteria as there were only a few other corrections.
 
#129
DwaynieAD said:
This is the root of a piss poor attitude. Not everybody has the ability to do well with spelling and grammar, so many in my family struggle with it but being amazing and advanced in math runs in the family. Not everyone has or will ever posses the same skills and being a jerk to someone with skills less then you is reprehensible, unless, of course, it comes to grammar? Than its fair game? I dont think so. Should you be ridiculed for skills you do not possess?

I bet you wouldn't like that one bit.
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I got whooped with the paddle once or twice a week in 3rd grade math cause i did poorly.

Of course I hated it but the truth was I sucked at math and got failed accordingly. But that's the whole point of grades. To determine who is good at what subjects. An A ought to be damn difficult to achieve. So hard that its virtually impossible for any student to get straight As across the board.

As for the abuse. I definitely don't endorse it, however kids these days are so fragile because society won't teach discipline or fail kids for the sake of their self esteem. Schools are too focused on aquiring technology to keep up with other scools and getting kids to get good grades.

The grades are for the schools to measure themselves rather than the kids. They are meaningless anymore. They should focus on getting kids to actually know their stuff. And most importantly to value knowledge.
 
#131
jd56hawk said:
you'd think someone would come out with a Jazz bass with sliding pickups.
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A P/Double J would be great or even a J/JJ with the double J at the bridge. You could 3 way toggle is for front back or both. Or if you really wanted to go all in, Go single front/series/parallel/single back

As for the spacing, its too hard to decide, I mean i used to could but, i can't could anymore:laugh: Now that i haveone of each..i love both
 
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#134
Doner Designs said:
I voted 70's but like having both which you can get if you use a JJ pickup. I also like having the neck pickup closer to the neck. I discovered these things with these basses, both of which I have since sold.

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I am sure there must be space for a P in the standard spot in the top one.

I had a bass with a Model One in the neck position like that. Maybe I should have perservered with the electronics (tried 250k pots and a 0.1uF cap) but I didn't get the sounds I wanted with it paired with a MM.
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#140
I have one of each, so I can’t honestly prefer either spacing.

However, my 60s spaced Jazz is a fretless and my 70s spaced Jazz is fretted. I think in this respective setup, I prefer Fretless with 60’s position. With fretted, I can go either way. So in this poll, I chose 60s…

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