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which one would you choose...

which one?

  • the precision

    Votes: 109 49.8%

  • the jazz

    Votes: 110 50.2%
  • Total voters
    219
  • Poll closed .
#41
When there are so many good instruments available these days I don’t have a problem with looks being part of your purchase choice. If you can afford the one you like the look of and it plays and sounds the way you want then why not. I own basses that I don’t care for the look of but were within my budget and play and sound as I want them to. Of the two you mention, I prefer the Precision over the Jazz. I don’t like offset bodies so I’ll never buy a Jazz type bass. I can get their versatility in other instruments.
 
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#42
As much as I want to say Jazz Bass , from the CBS Era, I’m going to say Precision Bass.

If you were asking about 70’s I would say Jazz Bass for sure !!

Get a 60’s Precision and a 70’s Jazz.
 
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#43
I play a '74 Precision and a Geddy Jazz. I'm glad I have them both, but prefer the tone of my Precision any day of the week. Even after tweaking the tone control on the Geddy, with the neck pup up full and the bridge pup off, I still can't get the fullness of my Precision. The Jazz does give me an array of tone, though, that the Precision can't touch. Both are great, and I find between the two of them I'm quite content.
 
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#46
I voted for the P.
I had a '65 JB for many years and played it exclusively. The tone was fine, but I fought that skinny neck all those years and hated it.
Fast forward and now I have a '62 1/2 slab board P and and absolutely love the tone and playability.
BTW, the bound / block inlay Jazz necks feel really funny to me.

I do have an extra '62 P neck and have thought about getting a loaded Jazz body for it.
 
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#50
You're asking "which one would I choose?" The P because I do not like the necks on a Jazz Bass. Also, I'm not a fan of the J Bass' off-set body.

I always wished that Fender would have made a P Bass with 2 J pickups as well as the traditional split coil. Use the P body for both a J and a P bass guitar.

The Jazz Bass is more versatile than the P Bass. It has 3 definite pickup selections + blending. Where as the P Bass is one pickup only and variations can only be achieved with different strings, pick or no pick, neck or bridge plucking and different amp settings.

Get 'em both!
 
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#51
The correct TB answer is both. Yet we all know this is THE answer

bon viesta said:
i don’t know guys i might be getting pulled into the dark side.....
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MTN.bass72 said:
What feels, sounds, and works best for you.. in your situation?
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the p bass i have sounds good sometimes, but i don’t think it’s anything to write home about. but like i’ve said in a previous post in this thread, it’s set up horribly. it’s a basement p bass, it was just sitting down somewhere for decades. it’s from the 90s. the neck can be troubling sometimes but really i’ve never thought much about it. it feels nice and meaty. the sound is good but my poor amp rattles on the g note if i turn it up too loud so i can’t tell you what this puppy sounds like cranked.
 
#55
I remember buying a Fender Jazz Deluxe 5 in the 90s. I had the chance to sit down for a couple of hours to try three of them, different finishes/boards. After playing them for quite a while I picked the one I liked the look of the least, in my opinion, it was the better sounding bass.
 
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#58
not sure if peter cetera has roundwounds or not, but that tone on greg lakes jazz sounds like a “rang”-ing metallic cacophony, in the best possible way!! i can play that song you know :cool: key of g baby
 
#59
21st century schizoid man sounds vaguely doomsday-ish, almost futuristic. especially with those compressed cymbal slices(?) making this robotic breathing or slicing sound in the background. it creates TENSION!! excellent. and i mean... what can i say about the chicago track? danny and peter are perhaps the perfect rhythm section. always loved early chicago, top tier music.
 

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