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That '76 Ibanez is too cool. That model would pre-date the Roadster by about 3 years.
Thanks for sharing!
That '76 Ibanez is too cool. That model would pre-date the Roadster by about 3 years.
Thanks for sharing!
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who invented the P/J configuration?
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The first P/J was from the guy with the P-Bass who was too poor to afford a Jazz bass.
I've seen lots of crazy configurations of pickups from back then. The oddest, I think, its J/P/J
Chuck Rainy had added a J pickup to his 57 Fender P
I've seen lots of crazy configurations of pickups from back then. The oddest, I think, its J/P/J
Chuck Rainy had added a J pickup to his 57 Fender P
I got my first real bass in 1982, it was the MIJ Fender "P/J special" my bass teacher was so excited when I got it, he said he had been waiting for Fender or someone to come out with a bass like this. I remember thinking that maybe there is something to this whole P/J thing and companies are maybe taking it seriously? Although Im sure there where already being made by other guitar companies.
Sold that bass to my friend, i think im going over to his house for a beer and steal my bass back!
Sold that bass to my friend, i think im going over to his house for a beer and steal my bass back!
The first one I saw was Feebo's fretless. With Bonnie Raitt around 1973 or so.
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this is pretty informative, thanks y'all.
i figured it would be one of those things where a lot of players had the same idea at the same time, and it sort of is.
i figured it would be one of those things where a lot of players had the same idea at the same time, and it sort of is.
I have a method book from the early 70's that picture's the instructor and his bass with a P-J setup on what as an old precision This guy also had a 2-fret fingerboard extension for the d and g strings as well as a "old school cover the top horn pickguard."
I'll have to find the book.
I know that's the first time I saw one because it made an impression on me. Those early 70's Ibanez basses were just coming out and they had no crediblity then so I don't think they really set the trend.
I'll have to find the book.
I know that's the first time I saw one because it made an impression on me. Those early 70's Ibanez basses were just coming out and they had no crediblity then so I don't think they really set the trend.
I don't know who started it--as others said likely some unknown dude who'll never get credit. I'm just glad they did.
Fender did a fantastic job in late 1999 to early 2001 with the MIA Hot Rod then Hotrod (or something like that). The Jazz pup was slightly hotter to keep up with the P. This was done right! I love mine.
Fender did a fantastic job in late 1999 to early 2001 with the MIA Hot Rod then Hotrod (or something like that). The Jazz pup was slightly hotter to keep up with the P. This was done right! I love mine.
I don't know who started it--as others said likely some unknown dude who'll never get credit. I'm just glad they did.
Fender did a fantastic job in late 1999 to early 2001 with the MIA Hot Rod then Hotrod (or something like that). The Jazz pup was slightly hotter to keep up with the P. This was done right! I love mine.
that was the one Fender P/J bass that they made with an actual P neck, wasn't it? if so, i wish they still did.
Yes it was, and it plays wonderfully. Plays so good it makes me sound like......well I guess just me.
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I remember my old teacher telling me that some guys where doing this back in the early 70's.
Did Roger Sadowsky say that back in the mid-late 70's (I could be off time line wise) that guys would by stock fender of the shelf and take it right over to him to mod it, like from one door to the next type of deal?
What I recall from Sadowsky's comments are that he used to tell people to go buy a good used Jazz (when they were going for very little money to get a mid '60s) and he'd work on it. But when the old ones became "vintage" and worth too much money he started getting into building his own basses.
BTW, he went with active electronics because Tony Levin was tired of engineers telling him they couldn't get a good sound out of his StingRay, and blaming the preamp. So, Tony had Roger put a StingRay pre-amp into one of his Precisions. They could then get a "good sound" out of the pre-amp.
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I don't see anything in the linked article that indicates Leo ever considered putting a Jazz bass pickup in the bridge position of a P Bass. Could you be more specific in documenting your assertion that Leo "invented the P/J Bass"? Considering that the term "P/J" is most commonly agreed to be essentially a P bass with the Jazz bridge PUP, saying that Leo (and Freddi Tavares, et. al.) invented the Precision Bass and the Jazz Bass doesn't really mean they came up with and made the P/J.
jte
Sorry, wasn't paying attention. I thought we were talking about the "P" and "J" respectively.
Pardon.
Pardon.
Me too. I bet if there are any around they are worth a ton of money, that is, if you can convince the buyer it was a Fender option and not an aftermarket job.
