Check the fender American jaguar bass, they are PJ with a jazz neck. I have a Japanese fender jaguar bass which are double jazz pickup but i changed the neck pickup to a precision pickup. The jazzbass neck makes it play very easy
Other way around I am finding. I needed a neck to get a Jazz bass going and all that was available was a big pudgy ol D style P-bass neck. Idk if it's just me, but dang a P neck on a J is a different kind of nice..
I switched from P-Bass to J-Bass around fifty years ago. I think one of the beauties of either bass is the fact that you can modify the sound by where on the bass you play just with your right hand. Closer to the neck you get one sound, in the middle you get another, and closer to the bridge yet another. And the thing I love about passive Fenders is that if you play softly they whisper, if you play hard they shout. The range of expressiveness you can get with your hands is very wide. You can't do that with active basses. The other thing that people who haven't spent a lot of time in studios don't know is that good passive Fenders sit just above the kick drum in frequency range, and make it easier for the engineer to combine them in a way that propels the track. Active basses, particularly active five string basses go below the kick drum and unless you're very careful the bass can make the track plodding and mushy. Leo got it really right!
I agree completely! With active basses the range of expressiveness feels extremely limited. Passive Fenders or Fender copies are the way to go for me. But active Stingrays or Ibanez ATKs are still really nice, even though they are active.
OK .. I'll start this off .. my two favorite electric bass guitars are the precision bass with flats, and the fretless version of the jazz bass with flats. They are the best fit for the majority of my bass playing, although I also like the Stingray bass, the Thunderbird bass, and short scale bass occasionally. I like to noodle on any bass I can get my hands on to see where it leads 😉
I can hear a little more sustain on the lower frequencies with the P bass compared to soloing that single coil on the jazz but not by much. I think it's a great idea to have all three P, PJ, and J.. and stingray, and HH, and fretless, and Rick, and Thunderbird, acoustic, Hofner... 😅
Always choose the Pbass. I have a Mustang PJ player II bass. And also a fender Japanese sunburst jaguar bass with a small jazz width neck and a precision bass pickup installed instead of the two jazz pickups it comes with
The Meteora isn't really like either. With its dual humbucking pickups and active electronics, it has more in common with a Stingray or other more modern HH basses.
It's crazy how much a J with the bridge pup shut off sounds like a P. Still a little too bright so roll off a bit of tone. The J has slightly more dynamic range than the P too.
I played this video more as an excuse to leave this comment than anything, having watched several like it already. I know the differences between the Precision bass and the Jazz bass from having owned the Epiphone copy of the P-bass from 1996 and traded up to a professional-grade Fender (active) J-bass four years later. If I had it to do again and this model were on the floor of where I purchased my J-bass, I would have instead bought a PJ bass. I would have probably favored the hybrid nature of that model, including both kinds of pick ups, the body shape (complete with its scratch plate) and the slender neck.
Yeah, I think somebody had a whoopsie when titling it. The p bass is my 2017 American Vintage, and the jazz bass is my 1969 jazz bass. I do briefly play an ultra II later in the video, though.
I agree 100% with that advice. My first bass was a Jazz bass I bought in 1979. I didn't buy my first Percision bass until 2018! So, what does that say about the Jazz 😊?
Buy the pbass and maybe get a jazz bass later, a pbass is all you'll ever need. If you need a jazz bass add in a bridge pickup, if you're a jazz bass player and you need a pbass you gotta buy a new bass. Pbasses also sound the closest to upright so they are the truest bass guitar
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As a guitar player looking for a bass, my ideal bass would be a P Bass with a Jazz Bass neck
The Geddy Lee is what you want! Best neck on any bass for a guitarist.
Check the fender American jaguar bass, they are PJ with a jazz neck. I have a Japanese fender jaguar bass which are double jazz pickup but i changed the neck pickup to a precision pickup. The jazzbass neck makes it play very easy
Other way around I am finding. I needed a neck to get a Jazz bass going and all that was available was a big pudgy ol D style P-bass neck. Idk if it's just me, but dang a P neck on a J is a different kind of nice..
Great playing, man!
Nice jaco sound. Great playing man.
I switched from P-Bass to J-Bass around fifty years ago. I think one of the beauties of either bass is the fact that you can modify the sound by where on the bass you play just with your right hand. Closer to the neck you get one sound, in the middle you get another, and closer to the bridge yet another. And the thing I love about passive Fenders is that if you play softly they whisper, if you play hard they shout. The range of expressiveness you can get with your hands is very wide. You can't do that with active basses. The other thing that people who haven't spent a lot of time in studios don't know is that good passive Fenders sit just above the kick drum in frequency range, and make it easier for the engineer to combine them in a way that propels the track. Active basses, particularly active five string basses go below the kick drum and unless you're very careful the bass can make the track plodding and mushy. Leo got it really right!
I agree completely! With active basses the range of expressiveness feels extremely limited. Passive Fenders or Fender copies are the way to go for me. But active Stingrays or Ibanez ATKs are still really nice, even though they are active.
P-style is the only bass youll need but J-style i very cool
OK .. I'll start this off .. my two favorite electric bass guitars are the precision bass with flats, and the fretless version of the jazz bass with flats. They are the best fit for the majority of my bass playing, although I also like the Stingray bass,
the Thunderbird bass, and short scale bass occasionally.
I like to noodle on any bass I can get my hands on to see where it leads 😉
Fun fact, Maxwell Murder by Rancid 3:00 was actually tracked on a jazz, not a P.
I actually like the jazz neck pickup a little better than the P.
I can hear a little more sustain on the lower frequencies with the P bass compared to soloing that single coil on the jazz but not by much. I think it's a great idea to have all three P, PJ, and J.. and stingray, and HH, and fretless, and Rick, and Thunderbird, acoustic, Hofner... 😅
Always choose the Pbass. I have a Mustang PJ player II bass. And also a fender Japanese sunburst jaguar bass with a small jazz width neck and a precision bass pickup installed instead of the two jazz pickups it comes with
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I'd definitely bought the PJ If I had the money
Is Meteora closer to P or J?
The Meteora isn't really like either. With its dual humbucking pickups and active electronics, it has more in common with a Stingray or other more modern HH basses.
i want both !!!
You need both. And a PJ. And a Ray. And a Rick.
Nice video.
If you're a serious bass player, you should own both.
Stingray. 🔥 Leo Fender’s last masterpiece.
P bass with a Jazz neck, flats, foam, metal covers on, and one finger.. ONE FINGER! Ok I use more than one finger but one is all you need.
I learned playing the bass just using one finger and it's still all I use most of the time ;o)
P BASS ALL THE WAY!
No plans to get a bass. I needed the answer to one of life’s big questions.
It's crazy how much a J with the bridge pup shut off sounds like a P. Still a little too bright so roll off a bit of tone. The J has slightly more dynamic range than the P too.
I’ll stick with my P Basses. Split pickup only. Pure tone, no noise, no frills. Through a Sansamp, I get just the beautiful tone I’m after.
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If I had to pick I’d say go with a Fender P with a P/J pickup configuration.
PJ for the win?
Well, you're not wrong 🤔
Not same since body and neck shapes also impact the tone and playing experience. Ears and hands have to choose, not the eyes.
I played this video more as an excuse to leave this comment than anything, having watched several like it already. I know the differences between the Precision bass and the Jazz bass from having owned the Epiphone copy of the P-bass from 1996 and traded up to a professional-grade Fender (active) J-bass four years later. If I had it to do again and this model were on the floor of where I purchased my J-bass, I would have instead bought a PJ bass. I would have probably favored the hybrid nature of that model, including both kinds of pick ups, the body shape (complete with its scratch plate) and the slender neck.
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The title of the video says Fender Ultra ii Precision & Jazz bass, that Precision bass isn't a Ultra ii so get your facts straight!!!!
The J bass isn’t the ultra II either. Most probably an ultra I.
Yeah, I think somebody had a whoopsie when titling it. The p bass is my 2017 American Vintage, and the jazz bass is my 1969 jazz bass. I do briefly play an ultra II later in the video, though.
The one from American musical that actually ships😉
I prefer a Stingray over these two.
Just choose jazz bass... trust me. get the p bass later.
I agree 100% with that advice. My first bass was a Jazz bass I bought in 1979. I didn't buy my first Percision bass until 2018! So, what does that say about the Jazz 😊?
Buy the pbass and maybe get a jazz bass later, a pbass is all you'll ever need. If you need a jazz bass add in a bridge pickup, if you're a jazz bass player and you need a pbass you gotta buy a new bass. Pbasses also sound the closest to upright so they are the truest bass guitar
Get the Jazz bass first if you have limited money.
Regardless which one of these basses you buy first, anyway you will want the other…