Why?!?

[rllefebv]

The Blacktops are way nice!! That being said, maybe put away your MIA P for a bit and come back to it later... I often find myself really really liking my latest bass, nearly to the exclusion of my other axes. Typically the first to fall out of gig rotation is my '96 P... A month or so later, I'll take it out on a gig and be all "Oh yeah... THIS is what I've been missing!"... I know without a doubt which will be the last bass to leave my stable

-robert

 

[pudgychef]

I've always thought that a jazz was a way better bass than a P, sounds like those cat's hear the same as me!

but that Blacktop is not a J in anything except shape - those cats are hearing a double HB sound in a J shape....more P sounding than a typical J

 

[fenderhutz]

Completely agree with price doesn't equal quality (to a degree of course). My "go to" bass is a mid 90's USA Peavey Forum 5 (Swamp ash, micro tilt neck, 18v preamp) I sold on here in 2008 and recently got back. It just sounds good.

 

[awilkie84]

Ok, when I first started playing bass I bounced around a number if different ones trying to find my tone and my style. When I played my first real Fender P, I was hooked and I worked my way up to my dream bass an American Standard P which is beautiful and oh so comfortable to play.

Then I traded one of my Mexican P's for a Blacktop Jazz bass. I have never played or owned a jazz but the double P pickups looked very interesting and this bass SMOKES!. I have had so many compliments on the sound of this guitar and it has become my go to.

Last week I took my American P to band practice and as much as I enjoyed playing it, my bandmates commented on how the blacktop's tone was amazing the week before.

It annoys me that my entry level Blacktop seems to be out performing my Beautiful MIA. Could it be that I would be better suited with a Jazz?

The blacktop's hardly entry level. It's well built. Entry level would be Squier. Your blacktop is a mid-range bass.