Yeah no overkill here on TB!Plus, what is this overkill the original poster speaks of?
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Who has a P, J AND a P/J?
- Thread starter FishDub
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With this pink J, (GFS Paulownia body)
I sunk the neck pocket farther into the body to get the top horn closer to the 12 fret. For balance, the neck even with ultralites! Weighs more than the assembled body, sans pickups This 5 string is less than 8lbs ! (Also it's a Squier VM Jazz 20 fret neck now , originally routed for a 21 fret G&L L2500 tribute neck)
This necessitated a move of the bridge @ an inch back which relationally moved the bridge pickup toward the neck.
This places it at 31.5" from the nut.
And the neck pup is 27 3/4" from the nut.
Net effect , is both pickups (Warwick Silver passive) are sweeter and rounder.
The neck soloed is very usable.
Has a Stingray flavor , but I can hear the G string (hiding)
Blended it's big, fat, and defined. Even at 34" the B is deadly.
Point being that there's more to this than the pickup shape, type, number of pickups etc. All contribute to the (pness Jness)
The blue bass I posted earlier has EMG set with VVT controls.
The balance of output with those is equal so when mixed it's very usable .
The pickups being an active electronic, this eliminates the both volumes dimed volume drop, I can have a true blend of the signals.
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Damn, that is a fine lookin PJ, love everything about it. Matches my 66 F100View attachment 3972913 I'm basically a jazzbass person but lately I've been playing more and more P-bass... I guess it's an age thing
So now I also have a couple of PJs and, as been stated, it can never sound like a jazz both pickups full but it's a nice thing to have the J-pickup there to add some extra definition in the higher mids. As far as the J-pickup having any impact on the P-pickup I think that's not an issue at all. If anyone hears any difference from the P-pickup on a PJ compared to a regular standard P I think they're just trying to hear a difference. This has been debated over and over and myself I just think it's a non issue. P-basses individually sound very different from one ex to another anyway so that would be a much bigger reason for the varied sound.
A PJ is nice to have but it's not like a J-bass, it's a P-bass with an extra option.
What maybe would bother me on the other hand would be the esthetics. A P-bass looks very cool in its simplicity but other than that...
Yes. Agreed. There are no standard brands/scales/placements/numbers. So comparison is impossible. I thought we were comparing like/like instruments (which is the only way this thread has any meaning).
to me, the best P/J on the market (for me and my needs) is a Sadowsky Verdine White.
I own a 4 and 5 in this bass (I love it so much).
But, since I'm a gear addict, I do also own a P (in this case, a G&L SB-1)
and a J (Fender MIJ 62 reissue)
I own a 4 and 5 in this bass (I love it so much).
But, since I'm a gear addict, I do also own a P (in this case, a G&L SB-1)
and a J (Fender MIJ 62 reissue)
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Our fretless Glarry aficionado @JRA will appreciate this!
Though he's more of a fretless P/J player
You need to stop in here and join the craz....er, uh, fun!
Official Exquisite/Glarry/Burning Fire Bass Club?
Yes, here are mine. The Sadowsky PJ sounds amazing with TI flats and is very versatile (but I'd prefer a J neck), the 2012 Jazz has an Audere preamp and Nordstrand pickups (but is a bit heavy for me now) and the 2010 Precision has been relegated by the Sadowsky (no surprise). Oddly enough I spend more of my time now with my Ibanez SR500EZW since it's so light and playable.
My dream bass, from Maruszczyk, 34" scale, passive, "Mopped B". Also a P/J but with a humbucker in the bridge spot that can be ran in series, parallel or as a single coil. And the controls are stacked V/T for neck, V/T for bridge If I ever manage to get it, it will probably be the last "new" bass I will ever buy.
Well thank you sir, not sure how to check in but would, also saw somthin about a number on a post months ago? If I was deemed worthy of a number how would I get one AND what do I do with it? Really forums all new to me...Thanks for the good words.
C Stone is on fire! he needs to check into the club and show off his great stuff!
I have 1 P, 1 PJ, & a few J-style.
...this was a Schecter P-bass. I bought it new around 1978, a few months after I bought my MM Stingray. Both were to retire my '64 Fender P.
I played the Schecter in a 10-piece horn band in the '80s. Somewhere in this time frame, I had the guitar tech at a local store install the Bridge pickup. At the time, I used Seymour Duncans (Quarter Pounder & a Hot Stack). Never had/heard a complaint about its tone. You did not see many PJ basses around here at that time. Lotta compliments, TBH.
Eventually, went with (active) EMGs, Bartolinis, DiMarzios, etc.
Lane Poors have been in it since the '90s. It's a Warmoth Jazz neck, too.
...this was a Schecter P-bass. I bought it new around 1978, a few months after I bought my MM Stingray. Both were to retire my '64 Fender P.
I played the Schecter in a 10-piece horn band in the '80s. Somewhere in this time frame, I had the guitar tech at a local store install the Bridge pickup. At the time, I used Seymour Duncans (Quarter Pounder & a Hot Stack). Never had/heard a complaint about its tone. You did not see many PJ basses around here at that time. Lotta compliments, TBH.
Eventually, went with (active) EMGs, Bartolinis, DiMarzios, etc.
Lane Poors have been in it since the '90s. It's a Warmoth Jazz neck, too.
I'm not even a big fan of Victor Wooten's Fodera bass with the EMG PJs! I do like Duff Mckagen's tone with the Jazz bass special.
I have one of each, but my Jazz is fretless. I've found that soloing the P pickup on the P/J gives a close enough P sound & I use the J p'up for some clarity & bite when needed. Also, cranking both p'ups then backing off slightly on the P with the tone knob rolled back gives me a fairly decent deep-ish J bass tone, if that makes any sense...
This pretty well sums it up for me as well...
The "P" and the "J" get used a lot in the studio but on stage 99% of the time its a "P/J" that gets the love...I find they sit well in the mix with a little more individual note articulation than a standard "P" but without the nasal honk on the standard "J"
YMMV...
