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Sadowsky P-J Configuration

RunngDog

RunngDog

Jan 22, 2003
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#1
Just sort of curious. Nearly every P-J bass I've ever seen is a essentially a P-bass (i.e., P body and neck) with a J bridge pickup added. The big exception is Sadowskys, where the norm seems to be a J-bass with a split P pickup in place of the neck jazz pickup.

Any reason that anyone knows of for this? Or is it just my imagination?
 
#2
RunngDog said:
Just sort of curious. Nearly every P-J bass I've ever seen is a essentially a P-bass (i.e., P body and neck) with a J bridge pickup added. The big exception is Sadowskys, where the norm seems to be a J-bass with a split P pickup in place of the neck jazz pickup.

Any reason that anyone knows of for this? Or is it just my imagination?
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Funny you should bring this up. i figured if you had a J body, it should be called a j-p bass instead of a p-j....but that's neither here nor there.

i don't he's the only one. i'm pretty sure lull does it too, i know some people have issues with Ps on J bodies. I do and so does nino. (which is why i'm getting a bell cover over mine ;) )
 
#11
basadam said:
I believe (though I'm no expert) Fender did that first with JP-90. The current Aerodyne series have J-body and P/J setup.
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Fender's also doing the P/J thing on J bodies with the Reggie Hamilton Signature and upcoming Frank Bello Signature models. I prefer P/J pickups on a P body, but these (and the Sadowsky of course) look good to me.
 
#17
Anyone have experience with the Sadowsky P/J's with the reversed P pickup? The bass coil is closer to the bridge and the treble coil is closer to the neck. It makes total sense to me, especially for a 5ver, and especially mixed with a J.
I'm just wondering if it still has the classic P bass tone when you solo the P pickup. Any users out there?
 
#20
edfriedland said:
Anyone have experience with the Sadowsky P/J's with the reversed P pickup? The bass coil is closer to the bridge and the treble coil is closer to the neck. It makes total sense to me, especially for a 5ver, and especially mixed with a J.
I'm just wondering if it still has the classic P bass tone when you solo the P pickup. Any users out there?
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I can't speak to the Sadowsky specifically, but my experience with reversed P P/J setups is that they don't do the classic P-bass tone very well. The reversed P generally has better string-to-string balance... which is a good thing if you're looking for that. But the beauty of the classic P pup IMO is having a sweet singing tone on the D-G strings and fatter tone down low.

I agree with you that the advantage to reverse P/J is when both pups are used together, especially when slapping: you get more growl on the low strings and better 'pop' on the D and G. But some players (Vic Wooten) prefer standard P/J for all styles.
 

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