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The name Precision came from the first one because one could play it with "precision" because of the frets. Had nothing to do with the pickups. And the body shape is of a Precision, with the Precision pickups. Just has a Jazz bridge pickup added.
It's a PJ bass, like all the other PJ basses. And calling it a "precision bass" results in unwanted hits in internet searches.
What is a Precision bass with any other pickup added called then?
Very nice. I have one in sunburst and also it is heavier than I'd like. But I like the color. When I first got it I wasn't completely thrilled with the neck profile but it has grown on me. I also recently got a Bronco in ultraviolet which is a hoot!! IT was on sale at the manufacturer and I couldn't pass it up.
Even though I'm personally not crazy about the butterscotch finish and the weight of this Chinese 60's Precision, it's still my favorite Squier (of three),
Whoo-boy, this old saw?!
Turn them over and I'll tell you.Whoo-boy, this old saw?!
I've said it before, and it looks like it's gotta be said again; certainly, people can call their basses whatever they want...Precisions, Jazzes, Tom/Dick/Harry, hunks o' wood and metal what make tunes an' stuff, etc., etc., but the body-shape is the foundation and the starting point. Cut something into an offset, Jazzy shape, it's still a Jazz bass of some sort, regardless of what electronics are packed into it at a later date.
One doesn't have to believe me, just ask someone who cannot use this-or-that body shape because of it's ergonomics. You could cram the most expensive electronics from an Alembic, Kubicki or Wal into a Jazz body, but if a player doesn't feel comfortable with that body's shape, the control suite is completely irrelevant.
And, yes...I keep bringing up Jazz basses because of my personal preference, but it's also to make a point in the form of a rhetorical question; if the pickups determine an instrument's foundational nomenclature, then which one of these offset bodied, Fender-shaped basses of mine are or are not Jazz basses?
Yeah, no...partly 'cuz that'd be tellingTurn them over and I'll tell you.
...But if you decide to sell them one day and if you, for example, call a bass with P pickups a jazz bass, you'll need to point out that it's not what (almost?) everyone else calls a jazz bass.Yeah, no...partly 'cuz that'd be telling
...but mainly because nobody else, but me, tells me what my instruments are, nor what I should call them. I, alone, will call them Jazz basses by the objective fact that they have J-shaped, offset bodies. The pickups and necks are secondary and can be changed, but those body shapes are fundamentally immutable platforms.
Ahhh...so it's about selling stuff, then? Well, then all I will do is look at our respective feedback ratings and ask, "Do you really think I need any guidance when it comes to describing and selling gear?"
Does that feedback include everyone who said, "damn, that's not what I'm looking for"?
The only thing I loathe more than someone who's genuinely dim is someone pretending to be dim in an attempt to be snarky. You know you can read that information for yourself. It is public and right at your fingertips.
