Which is the P? Which is the J?

[Coelho]

Same song, 2 different basses... Which one is the J? Which one is the P?




bass1: http://twiturm.com/q4wn9

bass2: http://twiturm.com/is79k


So, what do you think?

 

[not_jason]

My guess: "bass1" is a Jazz and "bass2" is a P.

 

[CBgaragebassist]

Bass 1= Jazz
Bass 2= P

?

 

[Bassmickeyd]

The first sounds more like the original tone which was played on a 59 P-bass. .... So I'll say 1) P-bass 2) J-bass.

Good game.... do another one.

 

[Joe Nerve]

I'm gonna go with 1 - P, 2 - Jazz.

 

[not_jason]

My guess is based only on my own two P-basses and the two jazz basses I've owned. One sounds good and beefy, but it seems to have the mildness that I associate with a single-coil pickup soloed. The second has the same overall tone, but with just a smidge of growl thrown onto it, which is more in line with my experience playing Ps. (and of course, my experience could be totally atypical)

 

[Ric5]

When you roll off a little treble and play clean they both sound a lot alike.

 

[bossrhino44]

1 is the jazz

 

[Rocinante_x1]

Bass 2 is the Jazz. Bass 1 is the P. Bass 1 has a higher output and sounds beefier and more full.

 

[your idol]

im calling 1 a p bass.. it seems to have that boom with that hollow drone.

 

[Let It Fall]

My guess is based only on my own two P-basses and the two jazz basses I've owned. One sounds good and beefy, but it seems to have the mildness that I associate with a single-coil pickup soloed. The second has the same overall tone, but with just a smidge of growl thrown onto it, which is more in line with my experience playing Ps. (and of course, my experience could be totally atypical)

+1

 

[ryognbass]

i vote that 1 is the jazz and 2 is the p. the second has more woof persay...

 

[KrisH]

1 -- Jazz
2 -- P-bass

 

[rydogg_sc2]

1 = P
2 = Jazz

Both = awesome

 

[BillyC]

1=P
2=Jazz

 

[Coelho]

When you roll off a little treble and play clean they both sound a lot alike.

+1000

 

[bass4worship]

1-jazz
2-p
#2 Is deeper and darker

 

[Coelho]

This is a good game, isn't it?

both basses were recorded in exactly the same way, going flat, same levels, everything else the same. For the Jazz bass I soloed the neck pickup.

The strings on both are the same - Rotosound 66.

Both have Rosewood boards.

So, I tried to make "everything else" as equal as possible. It is interesting that although there is a difference, this difference is not as huge as people sell, specially in a musical contest.

 

[Bevo1995]

One of my favorite songs of all time. I just wish you'd gotten to the bridge!

 

[southshoreconor]

im saying the first one is the jazz, second is the P. i listened to it faded all the way to the left to cut out the guitar. the second one had more thump.

obviously there's less of a difference with the bridge pup all the way off. with a little EQ change and a hotter output from the jazz, i bet i couldnt tell a difference at all.