What if Jaco played a Precision?

[Pocket4]

Without dwelling on Jaco and his choice of instrument, I think his influence even today steers Berklee-type students and a wide range of players toward the multitude of Jazz style pickup configurations. Not my thing personally so I guess I can try to rationalize the J style choices that are out there.

 

[Rayjay]

Yo gotta understand Jaco transcended the instrument. He would have been a noteworthy musician in any human era.

 

[Surely_Bassy]

Just wondering if it all would have worked out the same.

I guess he'd be Paco Jastorius, then.

 

[Bunk McNulty]

Just wondering if it all would have worked out the same.

It would be irresponsible not to speculate.

 

[JeezyMcNuggles]

Just wondering if it all would have worked out the same.

Then he would sound good

 

[MattZilla]

Would’ve been more palatable to a greater number of people than the number of people who’d have dismissed him for having an unremarkable sound of just using a fretless Precision into a 360/361 or whatever.

 

[Dasgre0g]

What if he played a Rickenbacker??

 

[LetItGrowTone]

He would have sounded exactly the same on a Ric.
Just like my Ric sounds exactly like my J, and my EB, etc.

And, oh yeah, an 8" sounds exactly like an 18".

 

[Klangfarbe]

Would have become this guy probably.

 

[Les Fret]

He could have played any bass and probably has played many different models. Probably also a P. But the jazz bass was the sound that he had in his head. So that became his main weapon of choice.

 

[esoxhntr]

We'd all be arguing about which Motown recordings he played on.

 

[GodPlayedBass]

He woulda dropped a bridge pickup in and soloed that too

I read somewhere he had a P neck for practicing on to build finger strength. Think that’s true?

He talks about it in the one interview

 

[Turn Em Loose]

I prefer not to live my life based on hypotheticals.

But what if you did?

 

[rashrader]

I bet he would’ve never done drugs if he played a P Bass…. Hypothetically of course.

 

[ahbradot]

Sales of Jazz basses would have been less over the years.

 

[WillyW]

Would I still have several fretless basses but none of them are of the “jazz” variety?

 

[Dasgre0g]

What if Jaco played a P bass ONE time, didn't die when he did, but instead lived just long enough to make one post on TalkBass... "The Fender Precision Bass is a one trick pony".

 

[Pings Bass]

If Grandma had 4 wheels she'd be a wagon

 

[Gbass75]

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[bobba66]

Jaco on a Precision would have melted the ice caps and flooded the planet.