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Who has a P, J AND a P/J?
- Thread starter FishDub
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I want to try one of those..nobody has them around here..I wonder if people play them for all genres, and not just the rock/metal thing..mmm. You?Of course, the question could be asked,
if you have a Thunderbird, what would you ever need a P for??
I had a 2000 TBird for a while and it was very versatile. I liked bringing it to weddings and being able to play any standards, big band, ballads etc and it sounded great. Unless they change the pickups the TBPlus are excellent and have a broad tonal palette.
They are their own beasts . The p/j was confusing to me for a long time because Imma P man . What I do is pretty much treat it like a P and roll in the J for different parts of a tune or anytime you want to add some different color . I love my Roscoe classic p/j though , it's simply amazing. I added Aero's and a Hi-mass ...Aero's man if you've never tried them I recommend them for anyone that loves good 'ole classic p/u's .
I didn't read the entire thread, but my advice is if you already have a P and a J, yes a third PJ configuration is overkill. If you like the ones you have, you are done.
Thinking you need more tone options leads to wasting time thinking more about gear. Eventually wasted money then obviously the dark side is not far behind.Just play the P and switch to the J when the honky mids get tiring to your ears. Or play the J and switch to the P when you need mids again.
Digging that bass, but I find your lack of tort most disturbing. I love the PJ especially when I have a toggle. It's own thing with both pickups on. I think it can work well for me as a backup for a J or P on a gig. I've been curious about the Aeros for a long time, but I think the Roscoe necks are some of the most comfy around.
By your reasoning, the modern Mustang bass which a PJ with a toggle fits the bill
My set. I love all three but the PJ would probably be the first to go if I was forced to sell one but would most likely be the one I kept if I could only have just one bass. 
IMO, the single coil belongs up by the neck, not in back by the bridge.
I think so, Is that the short scale? I wire my Basses like the tony franklin. Very simple and easy to use but still effective for getting multiple tones out of the bass. My Basses are passive though, so If I was running preamps then I would probably say differently.
Nice, Is that CAR a Duck Dunn?My set. I love all three but the PJ would probably be the first to go if I was forced to sell one but would most likely be the one I kept if I could only have just one bass.
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Something that has been rolling around my mind for awhile is that both the Precision style and Jazz Bass style as well as the P/J style are all Fender creations. I have been trying to think of how many schools of pickup design there are in the world of bass. Obviously there are the big Gibson humbuckers like on the EB-O, EB-1, EB-2 and the EB-e as well as on some of the Les Paul basses. Then there are weird outliers like the original Mustang oval Precision style pickups that appears to have come from the Fender electric 12 string basses' bass pick ups. Then there are the lipstick pickups from Danelectro. Then there are the very particular kind of pickups on Rickenbacker. And the soap bar humbuckers on the Thunderbird. Haagstom has its own pickup design as well. Where else do we go with pickup design. What I find interesting is that so many manufacturers have taken on the general P, J, and P/J design pioneered by Fender. To my untrained eye many basses pictured in magazines look like a Fender / Squier model until you look closely to see that the bass you are looking at may use P/J/PJ
styule pickups, are shaped like a Fewnder and in fact often their headstock looks like a Fender.
styule pickups, are shaped like a Fewnder and in fact often their headstock looks like a Fender.
I like tort but only real tort . No printed pizza for me Thanks
Spitfire dark
That is the only tort in the house though . I'm a mint lover when it comes to p/g's or black
or mirror
Oh yeah you're raising the roof with Spitfire tort. If you can afford it, that's the way to go
For the special instruments yeah . That is a Wilkins and it's out of this world . I have had a few Sptifires , most bought used here at TB . You can really save a chunk going used if you see one snatch it up . This is a Spitfire mint , those run about 80 bucks new iirc . That tort I ordered direct though , it was not cheap but not outrageous either . He is not nearly as crazy to deal with as the stories make it seem . So pony up !
When I first read that, my mind twisted it & mentally put a single jazz p'up up top and the twin P's down below...wonder how that would sound??
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There was a period of maybe 3 or 4 years way back in the early 1990s when I owned
- a 1984 Fender Elite Precision II (that's the P)
- a ~1985 Schecter Venus B/4 (that's the J)
- a 1989 Peavey Unity (that's the PJ)
I still own the Schecter and I have a Warmoth P now that's actually more P-like than that Fender ever was (!), but I sold the Peavey and, unless a mint Pedulla MVP/Buzz makes it's way into my grubby little hands I don't foresee myself ever buying another bass with the PJ pickup arrangement.
- a 1984 Fender Elite Precision II (that's the P)
- a ~1985 Schecter Venus B/4 (that's the J)
- a 1989 Peavey Unity (that's the PJ)
I still own the Schecter and I have a Warmoth P now that's actually more P-like than that Fender ever was (!), but I sold the Peavey and, unless a mint Pedulla MVP/Buzz makes it's way into my grubby little hands I don't foresee myself ever buying another bass with the PJ pickup arrangement.
I dont know that I've seen that combo before, I meant just take the single coil up front and leave P where it normally would be. I think that lends a fatter sound.
Good advice, which is what I mainly do currently;-) Actually I almost pulled the trigger on a Squier P/J the other day but put the brakes on lol..I didn't read the entire thread, but my advice is if you already have a P and a J, yes a third PJ configuration is overkill. If you like the ones you have, you are done.
Just play the P and switch to the J when the honky mids get tiring to your ears. Or play the J and switch to the P when you need mids again.
