P Bass Vs J Bass (the ultimate battle)
Leo Fender was an absolute genius. Having changed the world with the Precision Bass in 1951, Leo unleashed the Jazz Bass in 1960. But which one is the right one for you?
In today’s new video I’m going to talk you through the differences between these two iconic instruments. If you think they sound the same, you’re wrong. They probably feel the same to play? Try again. It’s time to settle the P Bass vs Jazz Bass debate once and for all!
As always, see you in the shed…
Scott 🙂
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pp bass all the way ????
Today i bought jazz one. Love it❤❤❤
I just realized, split coil sounds good on string 4, tuning E. while on the B tuned 5 string, the single coil sounds good.
If you like the precision neck , got yourself a P with PJ pickups , if you like the jazz bass neck got yourself a jazz bass with JP pickups , problem solved , you're welcome
Work with a P…..show off with a J
P-bass player..play mostly with tone all the way up and daily in with an eq..also play flat wounds.
Buenas Jazz Bass es mi amor ❤
Definitely a P-Bass guy. I like the sound much better.
Which one cuts better through the mix?
P bass in the middle sounded the best to me
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If it was a desert island scenario, then it would have to be the Precision. I could make a canoe out of the neck.
Having a bass you enjoy the way it looks and feels and makes you wanna pick it up and play it all the time is truly what matters most! Thats the only true pick up that matters!
I have P basses and J basses. I gig with a PJ bass.
I would Prüfer the Jazz Bass❤
Jazz Bass only 🙂
Try putting rounds on the P and flats on the J, then remake the video.
I have a Vintera’60s Jazz Bass with Ernie Ball Cobalt flats on it, and I absolutely love the tone. I don’t get why you “have to” play a P bass, nor why you “have to” run rounds on a J bass.
Easy, P-Bass!! ❤️
Great video as always, Scott. I'm P-bass all day long. I love to listen to Jazz – but I love to PLAY the music better suited for the P-bazz. Fat tone – love it!
On the P-bass, full-on tone sounds best. Half-down sounds half as good, and tone all the way off is terrible.
Started playing bass in 1965 with a piece of crap Japanese bass before Japan figured out how to make good basses. Then in 1966 I bought a 1965 Jazz Bass. Played it throughout high school, some college, and toured with it for 3-years in the early 70's. Was stolen along with all my touring gear in 1976. Finally found another jazz in 1985 that had the same neck shape, profile, and radius used on my '65 and I bought it. I've played that bass for close to 40-years now. No comparison for me – Jazz is it.
I've recorded with both. Recorded my '65 on tape in 1972 at a Hollywood studio and digitally in a pro-studio in Seattle in 2019. My current bass was the hands-down winner. It's a little brighter than my '65 because it uses the 70's era pickup spacing of 4"center to center, which puts the bridge pickup almost 1/2" closer to the bridge than my '65, which had (and is the 60's and current standard 3.6" center to center). Also has far better sustain than my '65 probably because of its all-maple neck. At end of 3-hour session sound engineer and the owner of the studio came out to see what I was using. I used an Eden WTDI (DI with built-in Eden WT preamp) set flat except for a boost to about 1:30 in the low mids at 500Hz. Sounded so good on the pre-production takes that they didn't touch the EQ or add any compression (certainly compression was used in final mix down with rest of the instruments and vocals). The raw takes were phenomenal.
Another big advantage that they Jazz has over the P-bass is the fact that with 2 pickups you can change the sound of your bass to warmer/smoother or brighter/more percussive, by just changing the string-plucking position away from your default position. A movement of 1" will make a discernible difference in the sound and can easily be done on the fly without twisting any knobs.
Biggest thing for me between the Jazz and the P-Bass is the neck. The P-bass neck has always felt like trying to play bass on the fat end of a baseball bat. Only one I ever played that I could feel fairly comfortable with was my Grandson's Squier Affinity Bass with P/J pickups. It was as wide as the normal P-bass, but it was a slim neck, close to the neck on my '65 and '82 Jazz basses. I should also note that I have always fretted my notes like Bobby Vega does. I use a slanted approach with my thumb over the top of the neck using the pad of my fingers on normal slower parts and move my thumb to the middle of the back of the neck and use my fingertips for the faster runs with my fingers about 90° to the keyboard instead of slanted back. So for much of my playing, the neck is resting in the pocket between my thumb and index finger. It's a very comfortable position to play from and using the pads of my fingers while in this position results in a "meatier" sounding note.
So…..Jazz Bass for me, which should surprise no one.
P bass❤
Okay. I mostly play short scales, and when i do its a t-bird
I just got that email from you folks, so here I am:
I'd take the P-Bass. Don't even need to think about it.
P bass. Either do a scratch plate, or don't. Don't have half a scratch plate round one pickup, through body routing on the other, and a stupid chunk of metal bolted on to the front. Rock and roll needs to look good, as well as sound good. And the J bass (in its traditional form) looks a right mess.
My choice is a PJ. Precision neck pu and Jazz bridge pu????
The best of both worlds in my opinion.
Swamp ash body, of course.
A choice so simple it feels like cheating.
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IMO, the strength of the P Bass is it's deep, rich tone, but its limitation is it's wide neck and limited tonal variation. The strength of the J bass is its expansive tonal variation and slim neck, but its limitation is that it doesn't get very deep, it has kind of a burpy sound. I have read that Leo Fender thought that the J Bass was his ultimate bass achievement under the Fender name. Maybe the solution is the PJ bass, giving you some of the best of both worlds.
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j bass coz more tone control flexibility and design
In P bass i love third combination
When to mach bass tones
I was shopping really hard for a good bass and couldn't decide. I had them both in my cart at some poin and ended up deciding to buy a P bass but I left the wrong one in the cart. Ended up with a J bass and I am happy with it. This is the first bass that I have owned and am using it mostly as a writing tool.
My first bass was a P, after that (and full of GAS thanks to forums) I bought a J and then I started to give a big round into the world of basses… 4,5,6 strings… Lakland, Ibanez… and after 25 years I went back 4 months ago to a P. Am I at starting point? or after so many basses I'd ended on a P because I needed a P? never know, but the sound of that P it's unique. It's awesome that a thing that is so simple could stand there for years and years and the people, nowadays, still buys a P ❤❤❤
My first bass was a 2000 Squier Affinity P Bass. They’ll always hold a soft spot in my heart.
Since it’s either or and it can’t be the PJ, I would have to go with whichever bass grinds the hardest.
If it grinds and growls more as you play harder, that’s the one I want.
P Bass❤
Absolutely the P-bass. I am a Steve Harris fan, so to me the answer is given!