Your pick for best PJ under $1000

[J Mon]

I”m looking for recommendations on a good all around PJ but don’t want to go over 1000 dollars. I really like the sounds I can get from a PJ pickup configuration. I also would like a thinner, Jazz-like neck profile and 4 strings. which one is the best in this price range?

 

[Bass V]

I'd recommend 2 that cost way less of your 1K, an '80s Ibanez RB-650 or similar family, and the Peavey Zodiac BXP of which mine sports a pair of EMG HZs. both necks are slim with the BXP being the most narrow of any bass I've tried, and it gives a great vintage (IME) sound off either PU. these are each so inexpensive that if you weren't satisfied you can give it away to some deserving kid without taking much of a hit, but I'd bet you'd like'm as I do. good luck with your quest.

 

[sikamikanico]

Yamaha BB series. Personally, I’d look for an old Japanese one, with a reversed P pickup.

For a traditional P, I’d try to find a Lakeland skyline glaub PJ.

Edit: just saw the Jazz neck preference. Lakland Dunn (or whatever they call them these days) then...

 

[B-Mac]

I”m looking for recommendations on a good all around PJ but don’t want to go over 1000 dollars. I really like the sounds I can get from a PJ pickup configuration. I also would like a thinner, Jazz-like neck profile and 4 strings. which one is the best in this price range?

I’m no expert but I really like my Retrovibe by Chowny Volante P/J

2Vol/2Ton and a Series switch which adds some real ‘ooomph’. Passive

Read more here:
NBD Retrovibe by Chowny Retrovibe

 

[Solude]

Personally ended my search with a Yamaha BB734A. More or less a Fender American Elite for a third the price.

 

[Col Pruse]

Lakland 44-64 custom b stock.

These sell regularly for $1300 but Lakland sells the b stock for $895. Just get on their email list.

 

[Picton]

Fender JP90.

You can get two of them for your $1000.

 

[nostatic]

Fender Player Series P, add your favorite J (or MM) pickup after purchase.

 

[Dr. Cheese]

My favorites are the Ibanez SR665 and TMB605, both with Nordstrand pickups.

 

[Killed_by_Death]

Invalid Link Removed

 

[levis76]

P/J, slim neck, won’t break the bank? Sounds like Ibanez all the way. Lower end models may need a p’up and electronics swap but they cost a lot less than your $1K limit and more importantly they can be found literally everywhere. I see a lot of good recommendations above but a lot of them are not easy to find these days.

 

[GeorgeBassPlay]

I recommend you check this one out
Invalid Link Removed

 

[Katthestar]

You can get a used Guild Pilot for around $500-$700, or less. American made, kind of 80’s ish, but the thinnest neck I’ve ever touched and great EMG pickups.

 

[secondbestcody]

Fender deluxe active PJ special. I’ve got one, it’s cool but not my thing. I like a thicker neck. I do like that it has an active/passive switch as well.

 

[Katthestar]

Here’s a couple pictures of mine.

 

[mdogs]

15 posts and no one has said Sire?

 

[Plectrum72]

80s Fender Jazz Bass Special: P/J pickup configuration, jazz neck, p body, tbx tone control.

 

[DJ Bebop]

SX Ursa 3 MN Ash NA

 

[DJ Bebop]

15 posts and no one has said Sire?

 

[mcrawfordmusic]

SIRE.