precision and Jazz

[cheyen]

how can you actually tell the diff bet a jazz bass and a precision bass??

any advise?

 

[litford]

do you listen to Bloc Party? their bassplayer Gordon Moakes has a classic P Bass sound. the sorta "punch" that's in there and i would also decribe it as "rounder".

the jazz basses tend to have more "growl" because of the bridge pickup and has that sort of single coiled attack.

meh.. haha, i hope that helps. perhaps someone else could go into the mechanics of all this because i'm not. -)

 

[subversion]

visual difference or otherwise?

 

[rottenramone]

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let me show u this wonderful place

http://www.basstasters.com/basses.htm

 

[gsonique]

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let me show u this wonderful place

http://www.basstasters.com/basses.htm

nice one bro :wink:
I prefer the P for that smoothness and attack ....my fav >>frankenstein

 

[rottenramone]

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aw man. sweeet

i personally prefer jazz basses over precisions. but then stingrays kill all.

 

[gsonique]

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aw man. sweeet

i personally prefer jazz basses over precisions. but then stingrays kill all.

but but but ....stingeeyy ray ...wher got fair one ...monyet!!

 

[rottenramone]

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i grew up on RHCP lah... maybe thats why i is biased.

my next bass will hopefully be an old P.

 

[gsonique]

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i grew up on RHCP lah... maybe thats why i is biased.

my next bass will hopefully be an old P.

No biased its the truth...Stingey is top on my list ....

 

[rottenramone]

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amongst friends!

 

[rylche]

Pickups differ too.

 

[Guest]

i enjoy both! that's why i got me a P-J with a precision body!

but back to his question. the most obvious difff between jazz and precision is the pickups. jazz basses have double single coils and the precision bass have a split coil pickup.

i remember asking this question when i started out 9 months ago and i got really good help from someone whose name or ID is ken or something :?

anyways, bloc party owns!!!

 

[wangdexian]

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my next bass will hopefully be an old P.

Pino a little leh... :lol:

 

[ahkiatt]

who's ever played a sterling ah. heard it's similar to a stingray. but what's the diff

 

[rottenramone]

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sterling is smaller body, thinner neck and has switch for parallel and series pickupmode

 

[gsonique]

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sterling is smaller body, thinner neck and has switch for parallel and series pickupmode

..and for kids !

 

[rottenramone]

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rich kids!

 

[Z3r0_G]

how about the diff soundwise? stingray and sterling?

 

[litford]

i think comparing a stingray to a precision or jazz is kinda like comparing chocolate and strawberries? i mean, all three sound so different..

at the end of the day, i'd like one of each. haha -)

 

[litford]

ayee.. i might get a sterling just because it's much smaller than the stingray really! but that won't be happening in the next year, soo.. back to the drawing board -)