Why the Jazz Bass CRUSHES everything :)

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I didn't read all 9 previous pages, so remind me what the controversy is??
The Jazz bass is good; No it's not?? Something like that?

Well, anyway, I have (3)- Not Fenders, all Japanese builds as it were. (1) passive, (2) active w/ 2 & 3 band eq's respectively.
They're all built like most high-end small batch Japanese basses- really well.

I have no lack of tone, punch, or anything else with a J-Bass. I have great amps & a simple signal chain.

If someone prefers a simple P-Bass or a complex Alembic, or an ultra-build like Fodera or Ritter, I have no quarrel whatsoever.
You can buy a Jazz Bass anywhere from what, $150 to VERY high dollar yet traditional versions from Lull, Suhr, Sadowsky, Olinto, and so many more.

A (Jazz) Bass for the People! What's not to like??

Too "burpy"? Hint: Turn down the neck pup.

If I turned down the neck pickup I'd be very quiet as I don't use that bridge thumb rest much.

 

[squeally dan]

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Love my jazz bass so much. Gonna assemble another one soon

What’s the story behind this bass? That is beautiful.

 

[Lowbassman]

If I turned down the neck pickup I'd be very quiet as I don't use that bridge thumb rest much.

Not sure I see how that figures into it (seeing as I don;t have a thumb rest of any of my Jazzes), but...
OK then.

 

[Michael135]

Idk. Love the J neck but not the electronics. Too many dials. I prefer the simplicity of the P-bass. Plus I just cannot reproduce the punchy P sound on a J. Or anything. But no question, the J has a faster neck.

 

[MisticoRitualista]

What’s the story behind this bass? That is beautiful.

Thanks, its just put together from parts. I had an old no name jazz body w/ a terrible paint job so I sanded it down, drilled out a truss rod access that connects to the neck pocket, stained & finished it w/ tung oil. The pickup cavities aren't exactly aligned w/ the neck pocket so I had to play around w/ the bridge placement & how the strings lay luckily the Schaller bridge I got made that easy w/ the rollers it has. I put a 920D control plate in it & wired in some Bartolini pickups. I found the Warmoth neck second hand & put in some Schaller tuners to match the bridge. It was my first time assembling a bass & I really enjoyed it. I have two more projects in the works but it's slow as I can only afford the parts little by little.

I have a roasted swamp ash Warmoth P bass that came w/ a padouk & ebony fretless neck but I just found a bubinga neck w/ ziricote fretboard that matches it really well so swapped it out & also upgraded the pickups from DiMarzios to Bartolinis.

Really happy w/ this one. It sounds so different w/ this new neck & has become my favorite bass. Im normally a jazz guy but this p bass made me a believer.

I plan on putting the fretless neck on a darkburst jazz body probably w/ a black hardware So I'll have both a fretted & fretless jazz

 

[MisticoRitualista]

Idk. Love the J neck but not the electronics. Too many dials. I prefer the simplicity of the P-bass. Plus I just cannot reproduce the punchy P sound on a J. Or anything. But no question, the J has a faster neck.

P bass w/ jazz neck is my favorite bass currently

 

[Yahboy]

Without series/ parallel switch, Jazz bass can't crashed anything.

 

[Lowbassman]

I don't want my basses Crushed, I'd prefer them blended.
Jk.

Why does one model of an instrument need to out-do another??
If you got chops, you can funk, rock, jazz, and crush on any well-set up instrument.

 

[jd56hawk]

Without series/ parallel switch, Jazz bass can't crashed anything.

True, that's what I said earlier.

 

[Neon Blues]

As a mostly Blues and Soul guy, I was always a P Bass guy. It was THE sound.

I hated roundwounds. Flats and Ps were my jam. Then I wanted to learn to slap properly. A Jazz was really the sound I was always after now I would never use something else. Or at least move from the pickup combination.

 

[butterfingers1]

3P 1J all flatwounds. Precisions always sound good, jazz rarely does, but I find with enough drive, dirt, and darkness a jazz bass can come alive with both pickups open. Right now I use mine with the Fairfield Accountant and Barbershop pedals, and it sounds like Geddy Lee and other hard rock jazz bass recordings.