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Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 3:02 am
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Can someone help me here? I'm just new in the group and just an amateur. What's really the exact difference between a precision and jazz bass? :?


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Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 11:38 am
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Someone just asked that on the jazz bass part of the forum, so I'll just copy and past what I wrote there:

Neck, body, and electronics.

The jazz bass has a more tapered neck that is narrower at the nut.
The body of a jazz bass has an off-center weight and slightly more mass to it. The biggest difference however is the electronics.

A precision bass has a single pickup that is very thick and bassy. It has a lot of clarity in the low end and is known for its "thump." It has two controls: volume and tone.

The jazz bass has two pickups: one near the neck and one near the bridge. Each pickup has it's own volume control, which allows for considerably more tonal variation than a p bass. The jazz tone is less bassy and has more of a midrange presence. Instead of the p bass "thump" the jazz is known for its "growl" and is generally a more aggressive sounding bass.

Ultimately though, you have to try them out. You can read up about the differences for hours and hours, but ultimately the only way to really see the difference is to pick em up and play them.


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Post subject: P Bass and Jazz
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 6:26 am
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To anubis16....Thank you. It genuinely helped me.



anubis16 wrote:
Someone just asked that on the jazz bass part of the forum, so I'll just copy and past what I wrote there:

Neck, body, and electronics.

The jazz bass has a more tapered neck that is narrower at the nut.
The body of a jazz bass has an off-center weight and slightly more mass to it. The biggest difference however is the electronics.

A precision bass has a single pickup that is very thick and bassy. It has a lot of clarity in the low end and is known for its "thump." It has two controls: volume and tone.

The jazz bass has two pickups: one near the neck and one near the bridge. Each pickup has it's own volume control, which allows for considerably more tonal variation than a p bass. The jazz tone is less bassy and has more of a midrange presence. Instead of the p bass "thump" the jazz is known for its "growl" and is generally a more aggressive sounding bass.

Ultimately though, you have to try them out. You can read up about the differences for hours and hours, but ultimately the only way to really see the difference is to pick em up and play them.


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Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 7:41 pm
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I couldn't decided what I preferred so I bought both lol. They're both great just depends on your style. If your a pick player, P-bass all the way. As for finger playing I go a Jazz


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Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:08 pm
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I have both as well. While I tend to play my P-basses more I really enjoy my Jazz basses when I'm playing them. Whichever I use depends on the mood. Both can go with any style of music IMO. I also love my Rickenbackers.


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Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 7:01 pm
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I have been playing a MIM Jazz for just about 2 years and I picked up a Squier VM Precision Yesterday and I love it. My wife even said it sounds better then my Jazz and that was the fisrt time she said anything about my playing.


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Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 6:45 am
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Ron G wrote:
I have been playing a MIM Jazz for just about 2 years and I picked up a Squier VM Precision Yesterday and I love it. My wife even said it sounds better then my Jazz and that was the fisrt time she said anything about my playing.


My main P-Bass is a Squier VM my second one is a Affinity Squier with EMG and a badass III it's easy to tell from my two that Squier really lifted their game. My Jazz is a HWY 1 and my VM can sound just as sweet. They are lovely to play.


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I agree about the Squier stuff. Squier basses historically have ALWAYS been underrated. For a brief while they were even made in the USA! It took the VM series to get some people to even touch one. There are some decent instruments in the line once you get out of the Affinity series.

Who in their right mind is going to gig a couple of MIA instruments? Well maybe you can risk it, but some of the places I have to play it surely wouldn't be a good idea to take even one MIA bass. Sometimes I play outdoors and here in the Carolinas it rains a lot, usually days when I have an outdoor gig by showtime it either has just rained, is about to rain or actually is raining. So especially for playing outdoors I have two basses I take that combined cost me about $600. If they get soaked big deal. I might take ONE good bass to an indoor stage gig but it still makes me nervous! (Think "Blues Brothers at Bob's Country Bunker.") Squier is a really good gigging bass, they are very affordable, look good and sound good. You can NOT ask for more than that. The VM TB Precision and the Classic Vibe 50's Precision are BOTH on my "Gotta Get" list for gigging basses in the future.


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brotherdave wrote:
I agree about the Squier stuff. Squier basses historically have ALWAYS been underrated. For a brief while they were even made in the USA! It took the VM series to get some people to even touch one. There are some decent instruments in the line once you get out of the Affinity series.


Agreed 100%. While their most basic line is lacking, their $250-$350 range basses are excellent for their price range. The vintage modified and classic vibe series are excellent basses that are on par with many MIM basses. Especially considering the price and the fact that you can't buy a new MIM bass for less than 600 bucks, the high end Squiers are an excellent choice. In the past few years they have really been stepping up their game.


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Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 12:40 am
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I've heard that the Jazz bass neck is thinner than the Precision neck :)


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Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 5:20 pm
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Yep thats correct


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