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Proof that P is better than J?

#64
travhop42 said:
Ok maybe I was misunderstood here.

This is my point:
If there are a lot more J basses than P's on the used market, what does this say about these 2 mainstream basses. Why do so many trade in their J basses? What is it they don't like. Is the build quality different? Or is it that it has design flaws? Or is it that 3 times as many are sold? I dabble in bass collecting / flipping etc...
I love my J and my P bass. The P bass seems to be my favorite though and I never see any good ones on the used market around here but J basses are a dime a dozen.

No offense meant by my earlier sarcastic remark.
haha
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That's cool -

And to get real numbers, maybe there is a way to find out how many P vs J for sale on e-bay?

It is actually an interesting question when you put it like that.
 
#66
SolarMan said:
That's cool -

And to get real numbers, maybe there is a way to find out how many P vs J for sale on e-bay?

It is actually an interesting question when you put it like that.
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To get an accurate representation you would also need to see how many new basses are being sold, J vs. P. Estimating used sales figures only represents one piece of a much larger market place. Plus your numbers can shift dramatically day to day - the sales market is a very fluid environment... Outside the TB community, whose bass flavors seem to shift every few months/years, I would say that jazz basses, as a whole, seem to still be a bit more “popular.”
 
#67
travhop42 said:
Is it just me or are there way more used Jazz basses than Precision basses for sale? Look at GC and Craigslist.
Why is this? Does this mean P basses are more popular or better?
Personally I own both.
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It's because of people like me who buy J's every few months because they look cool, then turn around and sell them for a loss a few months later after realizing, once again, they still don't cut the mustard with a live band. (To clarify, Jazz basses don't work for me, but they sound absolutely wonderful when many others play them. There is no "better")
 
#68
MikeyThrottler said:
It's because of people like me who buy J's every few months because they look cool, then turn around and sell them for a loss a few months later after realizing, once again, they still don't cut the mustard with a live band. (To clarify, Jazz basses don't work for me, but they sound absolutely wonderful when many others play them. There is no "better")
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Good point. If all bass players were blind the sale of Fender Bass guitars would likely be reduced considerably.
 
#70
travhop42 said:
Ok maybe I was misunderstood here.

I dabble in bass collecting / flipping etc...
I love my J and my P bass. The P bass seems to be my favorite though and I never see any good ones on the used market around here but J basses are a dime a dozen.

No offense meant by my earlier sarcastic remark.
haha
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So it's the used market "around here" that we're looking at. Whether that means your local Craigslist or TB neither is necessarily a representative sample. Data is not the plural of anecdote.
 
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#75
As an owner of a '74 J bass and a Lakland P...they're both great instruments.While it's cool to have discussions about what bass is better(we're all entitled to our opinions),the truth remains that it's NEVER the bass,it's all about the PLAYER!

I personally think what basses show up for sale has nothing to do with what's better...I think it's more of the players not knowing what sound they're looking for in the 1st place...it would be a great idea to do some research before buying instruments instead playing what all the "popular" players are using.
 
#76
P is better than J because it appears later in the alphabet.
Or is it J is better than P because it comes earlier?
Hmmm...
Both take two pen strokes in their capital form, yet the j only takes one in lower case while p still takes two....
Therefore j is better than p, while P is equal to J.

How's that? :)
 
#77
MikeyThrottler said:
It's because of people like me who buy J's every few months because they look cool, then turn around and sell them for a loss a few months later after realizing, once again, they still don't cut the mustard with a live band. (To clarify, Jazz basses don't work for me, but they sound absolutely wonderful when many others play them. There is no "better")
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Just out of curiosity,I understand they may not work for you but,what do you mean they don't cut the mustard with a live band? Or do you mean YOUR live band in particular.

And you should never buy a bass because of how they look...imagine how many dollars we'd both spend? haha

Peace!
 
#78
kcole4001 said:
P is better than J because it appears later in the alphabet.
Or is it J is better than P because it comes earlier?
Hmmm...
Both take two pen strokes in their capital form, yet the j only takes one in lower case while p still takes two....
Therefore j is better than p, while P is equal to J.

How's that? :)
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Now THAT was funny!! hahahahaha
 
#80
kcole4001 said:
P is better than J because it appears later in the alphabet.
Or is it J is better than P because it comes earlier?
Hmmm...
Both take two pen strokes in their capital form, yet the j only takes one in lower case while p still takes two....
Therefore j is better than p, while P is equal to J.

How's that? :)
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This is a flawed argument, as the lower case j needs a second stroke to apply the dot.

A J Scrabble tile is worth more than a P points-wise, yet the P can be used in far more words.
 

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