Blog: Jazz Bass vs. P-Bass
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Falloffthebonetone
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Pjs are the only way to roll. You get the growl and honk of the jazz and the warmth and punch of the precision and more versatility than either. Plus it looks cooler.
Pjs are the only way to roll. You get the growl and honk of the jazz and the warmth and punch of the precision and more versatility than either. Plus it looks cooler.
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Funkfingers
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I disagree. Two different rides. Two different sound palettes. All the excuse we need to have several of each.
I disagree. Two different rides. Two different sound palettes. All the excuse we need to have several of each.
ItsaBass
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I don't mind the Jazz Bass body shape. That's kind of cool, in a sissy/girly sort of way (like a Jaguar). But I just can't hang with Jazz bass necks or pickups. They just aren't for me. They feel like playing a toothpick, and this is coming from someone who has small hands. The pickups just sound too thin for me, and the treble pickup is completely useless to me. The only tone on the entire bass that sounds kind of good to me is when the treble pickup is completely off. The treble pickup alone, or any of the "mixed" settings sound useless to me.
To me, P/J is a great way to ruin the absolute perfection that is a P-Bass, all for the sake of giving you nothing that is good about a J-Bass.
P Basses just nail it. I even like the early ones better than Jazz Basses.
One day, I hope to make a hybrid that is a Jazz Bass body, but with a P Bass neck and electronics (no treble pickup). I might also combine the pickguard and control plate into one plastic piece, like on a P-Bass.
I don't mind the Jazz Bass body shape. That's kind of cool, in a sissy/girly sort of way (like a Jaguar). But I just can't hang with Jazz bass necks or pickups. They just aren't for me. They feel like playing a toothpick, and this is coming from someone who has small hands. The pickups just sound too thin for me, and the treble pickup is completely useless to me. The only tone on the entire bass that sounds kind of good to me is when the treble pickup is completely off. The treble pickup alone, or any of the "mixed" settings sound useless to me.
To me, P/J is a great way to ruin the absolute perfection that is a P-Bass, all for the sake of giving you nothing that is good about a J-Bass.
P Basses just nail it. I even like the early ones better than Jazz Basses.
One day, I hope to make a hybrid that is a Jazz Bass body, but with a P Bass neck and electronics (no treble pickup). I might also combine the pickguard and control plate into one plastic piece, like on a P-Bass.
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Falloffthebonetone
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Would I be committing Steve Heresy?
So if I were to play Iron Maiden with a PJ
Would I be committing Steve Heresy?
blueman335
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Because you want the 'sissy' look? ('the Jazz Bass body shape. That's kind of cool, in a sissy/girly sort of way').
Because you want the 'sissy' look? ('the Jazz Bass body shape. That's kind of cool, in a sissy/girly sort of way').
uOpt
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dg27
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ginormous
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There's people who'd disagree with the J being a "sissy/girly" bass... Marcus Miller, for example.
There's others who would have eaten a Precision for breakfast, and spit out toothpicks:
Horses for courses, ladies and gentlemen. Rivalries abound, but instruments exist for every pair of hands.
As for me: 5-string fretless P, 4-string J with Duncans, and a Les Paul Triumph.
There's people who'd disagree with the J being a "sissy/girly" bass... Marcus Miller, for example.
There's others who would have eaten a Precision for breakfast, and spit out toothpicks:
Horses for courses, ladies and gentlemen. Rivalries abound, but instruments exist for every pair of hands.
As for me: 5-string fretless P, 4-string J with Duncans, and a Les Paul Triumph.
Falloffthebonetone
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I can't help but think this guy looks like a complete sissy little girl with that bass in his hands...
If ONLY he played something slightly more ordinary shaped...
You guys are totally right too, the jazz bridge pickup is useless. I wonder if anyone will ever make good use of it...
Probably not nooooo.
I can't help but think this guy looks like a complete sissy little girl with that bass in his hands...
If ONLY he played something slightly more ordinary shaped...
You guys are totally right too, the jazz bridge pickup is useless. I wonder if anyone will ever make good use of it...
Probably not nooooo.
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Chickenwings
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Chickenwings
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or you can do it this way:
The pickups in this bass are double coil humcancelling just like P-bass pickups, but housed in the smaller j-bass style covers.
or you can do it this way:
The pickups in this bass are double coil humcancelling just like P-bass pickups, but housed in the smaller j-bass style covers.
uOpt
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ginormous
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ItsaBass
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Re: Blog: Jazz Bass vs. P-Bass
There's nothing necessarily wrong with sissy/girly, and I never stated so. In fact, I said it's kind of cool, and that I don't mind the jazz bass body shape. Pretty much any Fender but a Tele is at least somewhat sissy/girly to me. That doesn't mean it can't be badass, awesome, etc. It's just a fundamental stylistic characteristic, not a bad feature.
Nor did I say that there is no use for a Jazz Bass treble pickup, or knock anyone for using one. I said they are useless to me; that's all. I don't need rock stars to tell me what's okay to like and what's not.
There's nothing necessarily wrong with sissy/girly, and I never stated so. In fact, I said it's kind of cool, and that I don't mind the jazz bass body shape. Pretty much any Fender but a Tele is at least somewhat sissy/girly to me. That doesn't mean it can't be badass, awesome, etc. It's just a fundamental stylistic characteristic, not a bad feature.
Nor did I say that there is no use for a Jazz Bass treble pickup, or knock anyone for using one. I said they are useless to me; that's all. I don't need rock stars to tell me what's okay to like and what's not.
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dg27
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Funkfingers
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Is Purity a previously unknown sub-genre of Metal? :scratchch
Is Purity a previously unknown sub-genre of Metal? :scratchch
