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Show your P/J Precision!

#61
Here's my new baby

Valenti VTJ5 although I like to refer to it as a VTPJ5.

The P pickup can be traditional or reverse.

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#62
do any of you struggle to get the two different pickups to blend together well? any volume imbalance between the two? i always wanted a PJ but upon further research heard about this issue. if for instance Fender got it right then why don't they always keep a standard PJ model around? maybe it's so people have to purchase a P and a J :)
 
#63
KeithKlaxwell said:
do any of you struggle to get the two different pickups to blend together well? any volume imbalance between the two? i always wanted a PJ but upon further research heard about this issue. if for instance Fender got it right then why don't they always keep a standard PJ model around? maybe it's so people have to purchase a P and a J :)
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It's important that the pickups on a PJ setup are meant to work together or you're going to be dissapointed with the way they blend, so throwing any J pickup to mix with the P isn't going to work. I love the Sadowsky PJ set on my bass, there are other matching sets available (Fralin, Aguilar has a new set).

Why is it that we have Js, Ps and PJs? Different strokes for different folks.:cool:

P vs. PJ:Some guys like the simplicity of a single pickup and doesn't want/need the additional tones that a J pickup on the bridge gives (that's cool with me). Others say that the extra wiring/magnetic pull from the J pickup messes with th P tone (I disagree with this theory).

JJ vs. PJ: A PJ with both pickups full on doesn't sound like a J. My PJ is my only electric bass since I sold my J. I sold it because I don't slap much anymore, but if there was a tone I couldn't get from my PJ that I got with my J (Sadowsky ash/maple with single coil pickups) was that amazing MM slap tone. For everything else, the PJ gives me a little extra something (that weight each note carries on the low mids due to the P pickup was the reason I kept the PJ and sold the J).
 
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Here's my Fender Aerodyne Jazz Bass with PJ pickups.

Never tend to use the jazzpickup that much though, I feel like I get more of a "growl" from using the P-pickup by itself. I do roll up the J-pickup about 80% occasionally though.
 
#68
dvlmusic said:
Yeah - I've never gotten to play a Dingwall (which I'm totally intrigued by) but I can't get over the look. Their own designs don't bother me, but I'm such a traditionalist that the slanted pickups on that throw me every time.

Anthony - I dig the tracks. Super-pro production, and the band is nice and tight. I also like the singer's take on Eight Days - I admire that he doesn't go for Macca's phrasing and just does his own thing.

And BTW - the bass sounds fantastic. One of these days I'll get my hands on one and try it out.
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Thanks for the kind words. Appreciate it.
 
#77
soong said:
I love everything about this thread...I'm GASing for a PJ right now, but the term 'p/j' is hard to search on the search function.

My budget is $1k, whats the best P/J new or used? Fender Am Dlx P? (costs a little more used I know)
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There a bunch of used ones on Guitar Center's Used Gear section on the website for under $1k. Try there....that's where I got mine. :D
 

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