My only wish for my P/J is that the volume pots were linear instead of tapered, or maybe a blend knob... a project for another day. I just hate having essentially only three sounds - all P, all J or full P/J.
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Simple Poll - Do you like the sound of a PJ ?
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Recent received my first Sadowsky PJ 5....and I like it!
I've owned an Alleva Coppolo PJ5 as well as a couple Fodera Standards (Ying Yang Standards) and a Fodera Custom. All of these were fun basses that I sold to other people so others can experience them.
Yep, the PJ was never an original Fender design from the 60's, so owning both a P and J separately is cool.
But it sure is fun to flip over to the back pick-up to get some added bark.
Different strokes for different folks.
Wonder if we should start a thread on basses with double humbuckers and see where that goes.
I've owned an Alleva Coppolo PJ5 as well as a couple Fodera Standards (Ying Yang Standards) and a Fodera Custom. All of these were fun basses that I sold to other people so others can experience them.
Yep, the PJ was never an original Fender design from the 60's, so owning both a P and J separately is cool.
But it sure is fun to flip over to the back pick-up to get some added bark.
Different strokes for different folks.
Wonder if we should start a thread on basses with double humbuckers and see where that goes.
Perhaps with the reverse P, but a standard PJ setup is often too nasally for my tastes on the D and G string. Those coils so close together grate me.
It's why I prefer Marcus's sound over Victor's.
It's why I prefer Marcus's sound over Victor's.
The BEST combo! The great sound of a P with a little more edge when you need it, and avoids the scooped J sound. A humbucker J pup, of course.
And Yes - a Reverse P is even better. The way Ps should have been made, IMHO.
And Yes - a Reverse P is even better. The way Ps should have been made, IMHO.
I have two, but now am looking for a pure-bred J. I think the PJ is a drop-in replacement for a P bass, but not for a Jazz. I have a 5-string J and it has tones (on the upper 4 strings) that neither PJ can replicate.
ahhh yess..sooo true!
Nailed it. I absolutely have to 'accept less' when I slap on my PJ5. The tone is passable. Great on the BEA, kind of compressed/thin on the d/g strings.
That J-bass slap tone is always in my head. If you don't believe me, look at the truck load of perfectly-awesome J5 basses I've sold over the years on this site.
Dream of mine:
- Play 90% of my gig on my trusty PJ5. Fingerstyle nirvana
- Decide I need to slap.
- Have a Prince-style handler who throws me a J5 with rounds, just for that passage. We'd have to practice it a bunch and I'm not sure I could afford the room and board.
Generally speaking, yes. I had a Schecter for many years with a P/J configuration that sounded great. I really regret selling it.
I voted no because...Ive tried numerous and always sold them. I like my P and J, not a PJ because the PJ cant achieve the tone of a true P or a J IMHO..
misterCRUSH
It's all jazz...it's ALL jazz...
I have a pj, and have had the j pickup on once. It is my forever p bass. that's the only way it sounds good to me.
P/Js are nice, but why buy one bass when you can buy 2? I'd rather have a Precision and a Jazz. Yeah, I'm one of those dreaded bass hoarders.
Depends on which p/j bass or pups were talking about? My Yamaha bb3000s sounds incredible with both pups full, and so did my previously owned USA Peavey Millennium and old 80’s Fender p/j special. Other slapped together p/j I’ve owned not so much..
My Tony Franklin also sounds amazing. FWIW, I do not think PJs sound any different from Ps, as long as the main split coil pickup is actually in the same exact location. If so, then turning off the bridge p'up transforms it into a.......P.