Precision is a Chevy, Jazz is a Ferrari

[Black Out Jazz]

If a Fender P is a Chevy then a Fender J is a Ford.

Well. That's harsh.

 

[JeezyMcNuggles]

You couldn't pay me to put up with owning a Ferrari. However, although a Jazz bass is not my first-call instrument, if you own more than 3 basses, one should be a Jazz.

If you own more than one bass, one should be a jazz bass.

 

[jamro217]

The Jazz Bass: Best looking bass on the side of the road.

 

[JeezyMcNuggles]

Well. That's harsh.

Same thing.

Except the Chevy turns better.

 

[JeezyMcNuggles]

Leo Fender himself said so.

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"By the end of the 1950s though it was time to expand the Fender bass category and Leo Fender and his staff turned their attention to a new “deluxe” bass guitar design in 1959. And just as the Stratocaster expanded on the Telecaster rather than supplanting it, this new bass would complement the Precision by offering great tonal versatility and a design that went beyond the utilitarian to the realm of the sleekly stylish. If the Precision was a Chevy, the new deluxe model would be a Ferrari."

You need to dye your neck black.

 

[Black Out Jazz]

You need to dye your neck black.

I have entertained getting the headstock painted.

 

[2F/2F]

Pfft. If the P is a Chevy, the J is merely a Pontiac.

 

[BlueTalon]

I live in Queens New York and the roads are made of some kind of material that falls apart in big sharp chunks if you look at it wrong. I see a Ferrari or Lamborghini several times a week, driving five miles an hour to avoid what I’m guessing is thousands of dollars of body shop work for every dent. I don’t see the point.

I once drove across Ukraine in a Skoda. Some of the roads were so bad that it reminded me of a war zone, with mortar craters all over the place. (They weren't really mortar craters.) The experience left me with a lot of healthy respect for the Skoda's suspension, to the point that when I got back to the US, I tried to find out if Skodas are available in the US (they aren't).

If the P is a pickup, it's an old Studebaker. If the J is a pickup, it's an F150.

 

[Kipp Harrington]

I've never really liked European sports cars. I'm a muscle car kind of guy.

 

[Knavery]

I own a P-bass, a Jazz, AND a Stingray, so regardless of whether a Chevy or Ferrari, I own them all.

 

[Gorn]

I once drove across Ukraine in a Skoda. Some of the roads were so bad that it reminded me of a war zone, with mortar craters all over the place. (They weren't really mortar craters.) The experience left me with a lot of healthy respect for the Skoda's suspension, to the point that when I got back to the US, I tried to find out if Skodas are available in the US (they aren't).

If the P is a pickup, it's an old Studebaker. If the J is a pickup, it's an F150.

There are pot holes here that can bust the axle of the tallest pickups and some people still insist on driving Ferraris. Not only are the roads bad but all of nyc now has a 25mph speed limit with cameras everywhere. If you own a fast car and take it to the track I understand, but driving it from a to b makes no sense to me.

 

[Ric Vice]

I drive a Subaru Forrester. One of my basses is considered to be a a classic. Apples to Oranges.

 

[BlueTalon]

There are pot holes here that can bust the axle of the tallest pickups and some people still insist on driving Ferraris. Not only are the roads bad but all of nyc now has a 25mph speed limit with cameras everywhere. If you own a fast car and take it to the track I understand, but driving it from a to b makes no sense to me.

NYC is awfully damn big to have a 25mph limit everywhere. I'm sure there are other reasons to want to live there, but I can't think of what they might be. (More power to those who do).

 

[JeezyMcNuggles]

I have entertained getting the headstock painted.

Whole thing. Finger board and all.

Black Out Jazz

 

[Black Out Jazz]

Whole thing. Finger board and all.

Black Out Jazz

Nah, not trashing this MIA Geddy neck.

 

[JeezyMcNuggles]

Nah, not trashing this MIA Geddy neck.

I doubt Geddy would mind much.

 

[Passinwind]

Enzo Ferrari never done it like that.

 

[MisticoRitualista]

For those hating on the P bass, I have a two word rebuttal:

James Jamerson

 

[BlueTalon]

For those hating on the P bass, I have a two word rebuttal:

James Jamerson

Do you seriously think that if James Jamerson had all the equipment available to him then that exists today, that he would have chosen all the same gear he chose then?

 

[Jack Butler]

That’s a lot better analogy. The Chevy/Ferrari was not accurate at all.

In a Guitar Player magazine interview years later, he said, “Well, it’s like a car, you know—you come out with a standard model, then you have a deluxe model—a Cadillac version.”