Jazz Bass vs Precision Bass
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- Опубліковано 21 вер 2024
- Comparison of Fender Jazz Bass on the neck pickup vs Precision split coil.
My opinion... I generally use the P when I play with a pick and the J with fingers.
Both these basses are from the same range and the same year so have identical woods and hardware. In real life this P Bass has a lot of resonance and life, whereas this particular Jazz sometimes feels a little dull and lifeless. But as I was mixing the track I found myself struggling to tell them apart!
The output on the P is much higher than the J, so I did adjust the levels to balance it out, but other than that, no eq or effects.
The track is just something I improvised and recorded into Cubase. Both bass tracks are unedited single takes so apologies for the sloppy playing in parts!
I also used a Squier Classic Vibe 50's Tele for the guitar sounds and Roland FP90 for keys. I sequenced the drums and used built in sounds in Cubase.
Video recorded on Honor 6X smartphone and edited with iMovie.
I like the jazziness of a jazz bass and I like the precision of a p bass
@@davidschlotterback8374 you sure?
Then get a PJ bass
James Howen Make one out of a P or PJ you appreciate already, as-is PJ’s generally don’t have a very strong J. You want a humbucker on that b
What about the soapiness of the soapbar pickups?
@@jameshowen2445 Yesssss!
The Jazz bass is versatile because you have a wide range of sounds. The Precision bass is versatile because you have one sound that works for a wide range of songs 😂
Bassed
@@cayetanohuett9037 lol nice
the p bass has the same sorta deal as the strat or tele, where the sound it makes is the right sound because they've been used for decades in a lot of songs
@Paul tell that to les claypool and tom araya lol
@@mudfightmaster4275 tom araya is a bad example, hes really quiet in the mix. Cliff burton of metallica is a great example (orion, for whom the bell tolls). Or iron maiden is another great example, the bass is very loud
This video was useless, before I only wanted one but now I need both!
I hate this comment tho because I had the same feeling
same lol 😂
Fuck this shit man, I just bought a P bass and now I want the other one too.
They had us in the first half, not gonna lie
@@zombiemachinery4868 ,maybe you had to buy this black Japanese JV Precision modified with a jazzbas pick-up. Like i did today,great tone for low price.
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Came for the comparison, stayed for the groove.
same here. just started grooving and enjoying the music
🙌
yeah buddy, the boy got chops
lol! so true.
Well, I'm convinced......you can't go wrong with either one.
J bass is better in my opinion 😅
I own both. My P bass is a Pevey and my J bass is an Ibenez. I love both. My fingers have another opinion.
@@wendellwhite5797 what's your fingers' opinion? J bass?
@@u.s.citizen9933 My P bass has flat wound D'Addario's on it and my fingers love it, and my Ibanez J Bass have round wounds on it but I like the sound better. My fingers don't. I am not sure who made the strings but it rocks.
@@wendellwhite5797 oh really interesting, thanks for the reply. I'm looking into getting a bass and this is helpful.
Thank you for making a video that isn't 15-20 minutes long, and something that's straight to the point. Guitar/bass videos are ridiculously drawn out to monetize. That being said, J bass sounds a lot better with high tone, and the P bass sounds best with 0 tone, surprisingly. Thought I wasn't a fan of the P bass at all. Sounds great with the tone knob turned down. Still overall, prefer the J bass
I need to listen to this one again a few times.
I love p basses i play lots of pop punk and it has the best tone for that genre
IMO the tone knob on any bass is something you should turn up to taste, not crank. There's a tasty zone between 25-50% that exists on all of my basses where the top end is there, it's just not a clicky noisy mess.
If you like that low-tone P-bass sound you really need to check out Pino Paladino's playing on Voodoo by D'angelo. That's a masterclass in P-bass playing.
@@jdjk7 the rhythm of the "clicky mess" is part of the sound. See e.g. Victor and Reggie Wooten when they play double thumb.
For me, P-bass is smoother sounding and better for my ears.
For some reason I just love the way P basses sound. It’s silky smooth when it needs to be and crushing when you want it to be.
Wow, this is probably the best J vs. P comparison I've seen/heard. Great variation of tones and playing styles with instantaneous edits for easy comparison. Kudos! 😎👍🎸
Jules, thanks so much for producing these videos! I was searching for 'Jazz vs P Bass' and so fortunate to have scrolled past all of the talking heads and landed on this video! I appreciate you getting straight to business and letting the world HEAR the difference within a few seconds. I also appreciate how clean and concise your videos are. The setting & framing, audio production, editing and visuals are all top notch. If you got time, please continue to make videos. It seems your bass comparisons get more views but I really liked your cover as well.
Thanks for the kind words John, your comment gave me the kick I needed to finish off the Jazz bass video I uploaded today.
Both played only on the neck pickup - both sound great. P bass has humbucker configuration with the split pickup, but the J has no humbucking without both pickups being used. Video pretty much shows everything a P bass can do tonally, but only a fraction of what the J is capable of when the bridge pickup is also brought into play - a whole new spectrum of sounds is possible. And all from passive electronics. Thanks - excellent demonstration.
Ive got the p bass special, which is basically just a p bass plus a jazz bass pickup by the bridge. So you can get the p bass and the jazz bass sound on one bass
That's where stacked jazz bass pickups come in
Love my PJ bass, just prefer the P bridge to the J's, but a J on the bridge at about 50%(give or take) just gives me the tone I love, nasty with a dash of twang.
I prefer P for every kind of style because it's warmer
Wtf does warm even mean in audio
@@tomesilva36 rounder, more emphasis on the low end
Is it or jazz have more lows than p bass? I find j bass more warm and rounded where p bass treble and definition?
@@redsilverjack to me jazz basses have more low end and scooped mids when you're playing with both pickups at full volume, effectively creating a "big humbucker"
@@matteocristini6221 agreed
Such an excellent comparison video. It illustrates how you could really go with either a J or P bass, but probably want both. I’ve had J basses for about 30 years, but you can’t beat the warm punchiness of a P bass.
don't have the money, why i'm watching
buy a glarry. Hell, buy five.
@@RickyHarline
Glenn: what should we name our company?
Larry: i dont know...
Both (at the same time):
GLARRY!
You don't have a buy new. I got a beautiful 80s Japanese copy p-bass for 100. Did a little work on it and put some fender pickups in it and it's just as good or better than a brand new fender p-bass.
@@_lambert_1785 do you do any changes to the potensio and wires?
Same.
In my opinion the P sounds nicer in a band (rock) scenario due to the fat low tone. However for playing at home jazz is indeed more fun due to the clean mids.
Depends on the band. For me if I’m playing a cliff burton bass line I would rather play on jazz bass.
@@apeters6791 the Jazz Bass is kinda known for it's "solo" tone but i always liked it's mellow "somewhere between a guitar and a bass" sound when you blend both pick ups.
This is one of the best posts on this matter.
Just confirming that for me, the sound of Rock Bass is a Jazz Bass neck pickup, all knobs all the way up, roundwound strings, and fingerstyle, dug in *hard*.
I think a lot of rock bass sounds like a P with the tone turned down, played with a pick.
I don't pick, but it brings out lots of mids.
P-Bass, Tone rolled down completely, Flatwounds and a oh so slightly overdriven tube amp going into a 1x15 box.
That’s the way a Bass should sound and most importantly feel!
I agree with the fingerstyle, that’s the way to play.
But to each there own, somehow Fender has to make money.
You damn Skippy
Thats the steve harris sound
Straight to the point. No commercial. That's what I looked for when I searched up: Precision vs Jazz Bass. Thank you for this very good video!
I'm currently deciding which style of bass will be my first ever bass, and I think I prefer the "bounciness" and "fun" of the Jazz bass.
Without a single word you explained it better than anyone on youtube. Thanks guy!
I never know how to say this.
there is something so unique about a P-bass you can’t find anywhere else
I’ve played a jazz bass mostly on the neck pickup in my early years of playing, the first time i played a P-bass i was sold.
Great playing man!
Thanks. Most people seem to prefer the P and it does have extra power to it. For me the sound of the J with both pickups on full is greatest.
I love jazz bass and P/j bass is my second favorite style of bass ahahha
But still i’m always on the neck pickup.
Both pickup on always sound bad to my ears i don’t know why. Either one or the other.
And the less knobs there is, the most likely i am to just play the damn thing and stop trying to have the "perfect" tone.
It’s the midrange that i like, with a touch of overdrive and it just rock!
I miss the "plonk" of the back pickup sometimes tho
Both of them are incredible instruments. Jazz bass for slapping, soloing or playing harmonics, P bass sounds better if you play with a band or playing with a pick!Jazz bass has more options for different sounds and can be made to sound very close to P bass, but P bass Will never sound like jazz's bridge pick up!
Thanks for not talking. Very good for choose the right bass. I think, i will order a Precision Bass because the tone is warmer.
Before this video i had more tendencies to the Jazz Bass. Very helpful.
The jazz bass is a bass. The precision bass is a BASS.
i am a guitarist and was told that guitarists getting their first bass tend to gravitate towards the jazz bass due to the narrower neck and easier playability. I went for a precision bass because it was just... bassier.
This is a great comparison video though. It shows that the jazz bass is twangier and cuts through the mix better - but the precision bass has more of a boom to its' sound.
Yea that boom and punch of the precision does great with lots of modern music and doing tight grooves and stuff, but that j bass is so good for experimental and technical, I grew to appreciate j bass but loved the p bass first.
9 out of 10 bassists prefer more bass from their bass. Based on bassist's comments about their basses.
Or you can be like me and start on a jazz then buy a precision body with precision pickups and keep the jazz neck since they are the same heel size :)
Based.
Been in a few outfits myself and saw how other bassists worked and I agree. The ones who used jazz basses tend to be the type to noodle a lot more, be more technical. The jazz bass users I've seen were primarily former guitarists filling in a niche for their bands so they want something more "melodic".
P bass people usually were bassists to begin with and use deeper, richer tones to be the backbone and hold everything together.
That P bass tone is what i am looking for when I'm mixing. Ordering P bass soon. Thank you .
I love how the other bass gets to wait “on deck” in the stand.
I waited for such video for several years now. Happy to see it finally)
Thank you!
Awesome grooves! I think every bass player needs one of each.
Damn, this was cool. One minute jazz ahead, next precision. Both are great. Good post bro.
This is how a video of the sound test of instruments should be like
Either one will do the trick, as long as you know how to play! Talent>Tone
Yeah totally. I play a bass that I find easy to play yet I don’t think it sounds that great. But I keep playing it because I play it better than I play any other bass.
True indeed but it also depends on the sound you are looking for. Sometimes the instruments helps to do so.
as a guitarist i agree that skill is greater than tone but if you live with that notion for the rest of your life you’ll eventually crave good tone
Can I just say that skill>talent
Kendra Cobalty talent is nothing in the music industry amirite xD you cant expect a kid to pick up any instrument and master it in a day it’s all about experience
I am currently stuck on which bass to buy but i have made my decision to get a P Bass
Thank you for not talking and just getting straight to the point unlike those other UA-camrs
Great job showing the comparison. To my ears they are so close in tone as to be unnoticeable by most listeners. The only time I hear a noticeable difference is with a pick starting at 1:00 with tone 50%. It is here that I can hear the Precision sounds like the real thing but the Jazz sounds close but not quite.
I have a 2000 Fender American Jazz Deluxe V and love it. But I really want to get a Precision 4 string with flatwounds. Nothing else has that tone. It's on so many songs from the 60s and 70s.
P bass good for recordings.
J bass good for live shows.
is this really true? cuz im planning on buying a bass for recordings
@@labradog05 i watched other video, recording engineer prefer pbass over other type of bass. Im not expert, just refered to other video i watched.
ua-cam.com/video/BRlsSC400pM/v-deo.html i watched this.
Reverse World ty mann!! Appreciate it
2 main reasons people like P Basses for recording... 1) less hum due to split pickup, 2) deep tone blends in well and fills out the mix. There’s a definite trend towards retro sounds and P Bass therefore very popular right now.
That's why we need both. Thanks for sharing the video.
Your playing was excellent! Looked and sounded so smooth, great video!
I love all both but I grew up being inspired by P bass players so I have to root with that one.
Usually lean to P but you can tell you are all about the JB. Really sold it here, as it is the winner for once.
They did a poll in bass player forum and jazz bass came out the most popular. P bass is super popular right now though your right.
Very good video. It's difficult to distinguish a Jazz neck pickup from a P sometimes but in this one the differences were very clear. Nice job!
Essential video for comparing P n J. Thanks
Really good job on the video demonstrating the two basses.
thanks for no nonsense sound review. Nice, very nice.
But however much I want to have a Jazz at least once, by your demo it is clear again that Precision sound is my taste :)
Thanks
just realize, there's no Jazz' bridge PU or bridge + neck PU sounds on the video (?)
They're both great. Pick the jazzy. Wider range of tones and thinner neck.
The jazz seems to have slightly more metalic sounding tone, whilst the precision sounds a little more like nylon or catgut strings.
I think I prefer the latter, so thank you for this excellent comparison.
P bass sounds thick and I love it😭
la mejor comparativa entre estos dos bajos que he visto por la red. Impresionante!!!!!!!!!!
This is a very useful video to disprove the misinformation that gets spread that the J neck pickup sounds like a P bass. Really well done.
Well it sounds similar enough
nothingEvil101 live crowd will never know the difference but i can spot a pbass, jazz, rick, stingray on recordings through headphones
@@LeeGHThomas Yeah everybody with a little experience can. But in a gig, a Jazz can still do the PBass thing just fine. The other way around is harder
It's just a matter of taste. I personally think that neither of them is better than the other. It depends a lot in te style of your playing and what kind of tone you like to hear.
I love both of them :D
This video wasn't useless, I just started playing bass and just confirmed what I've been hearing from my bass. I bought a starter bass SMH, should've just invested in a Precision bass instead I like how that one sounds. WIsh I saw this earlier!! Great job sounds great!! 👍🏾
I'll take one of each, thank you.
Finally a head-to-head with the neck pickup soloed and different styles and tone settings! This really shows how close the Jazz Bass can come to a Precision and how it differs in a similar setting. On stage, I can hardly tell a difference and I get a really convincing P-like tone from a J with the neck pickup. Sometimes there can be some single-coil hum which can be annoying. But then, a Jazz Bass has a lot more sounds on tap: Both pickups on sometimes just sounds better, especially for slap, and the bridge pickup soloed as well. And I prefer the look & feel of a Jazz Bass. But I still always love a nice P!
They are both good, i got one of each, they are both squier's but they suit me just fine, just a straight up hobby for me 👍.
Love this video and everything about it, great playing btw!
I liked this video, you can hear a noticeable difference and the tones are clear. Only negative comment i can make is, if i have this right, the Jazz was only used with one pup, which sort of sidesteps the whole idea of having two pups and the total variation that makes a jazz bass a jazz bass.
Thank you so much. Very straight to the point! I'm on the fence of buying my first bass. I'm more toward the J bass as it's more versatile. If you have a PJ bass, I would love to hear the comparison between these three. Thank you again! This video helped me a lot.
Each bass has its own quality. Different instruments different sounds. They both deserve great reviews, either it's P bass or J Bass
Get a PJ pickup combination. Problem solved!
you cant have a jazz neck pickup though, and hes using neck pu on the j
😁😎yeah
Okay Jotaro.
The only good thing about J bass is the bridge pickup, which makes up a lot of modern bass sound. I see myself using bridge pickup more than anything.
The downside of PJ pickup is the odd number of coil, which cannot cancel out the constant 60hz buzz. I can be fixed with specialized pickup. But for most expensive PJ bass, they would have it already.
@@just__khang Yeah I replaced the bridge pickup on my PJ Squier and no more hum :) I picked up a P Bass a month ago so I can now experiment with my PJ. Any other tips?
Cool demo. Great playing! Thank you for posting.
Precision Bass all day. So much more color and character.
Thank you for this useful side by side comparison! Such a great reference
I'm surprised I hear a more pronounced lower rumble presence in the P. Both are obviously killer and therefore, you must have at least one of each.
I greatest thing about fender precision and jazz basses is that you can find them in nearly all music shops. My only advice is to try as many as you can. Also keep in mind that the type of strings you use Will also affect the sound and feel of the instrument. I got a mim p bass with la bella Black nylons and its a totally different instrument to when was stringed with regular Round wounds.
I think Precision basses have a more dominant sound with more punch. Jazz Bass and Precision sounds not that different from each other though and I like both
Nice! Thanks for the demo.
It's funny. I just to be obsessed with the Jazz Bass when I was younger. Nowdays it's the Precision Bass that does it for me. Along with the Hofner and the Rickenbacker when I want some McCartney-flavour.
A great example for groovy sounds!!! Both are great instruments, if you can play them.
I have a jazz bass and love it but oh man does the p bass sound sweet.
Really, 4 times listening to this and I can’t make a decision! But I do want that backing track!!!
Im definetly a P bass man myself, but I sure do love to jam out on my jazz every once in a while
appreciate all this work you did and just love your riffs! so catchy, took me to the end!! Still trying to learn it. thanks.
J bass every time.
You can make a J bass sound like a P bass.
But never make a P bass sound like a J bass.
Basic bass ;)
For me, I think you can make the p bass sounds like a jazz by using pedals... You can just crank up the high mids to get that jazz bass sound.
@@colemcgrath3962 True, but you've missed the point here. Using pedals to make a P sound like a J is completely pointless. Just buy a J and have the best of both worlds without wasting money on pointless pedals.
buy a PJ. you will have the precision, the jazz bridge pickup and if you use both pick ups
all the way up it will sound like a Jbass. Even more versatile than a Jbass. PJ’s are my favorite but between J and P i would go for a Jazz
@@mateusbraga5836 I agree, PJ are my choice overall also. I use a Deluxe P as main instrument and a J for backup :)
The Jazz bass has more personality of it's own. The P Bass has a cleaner sound, better for pedals.
I think the J-bass is better if you're playing parts that really need to cut through a mix. Otherwise, P-bass has a better all-around tone. The P-bass sounds significantly better than the J-bass if you're using a pick.
Well, that's why I like basses with a P/J pickup combination!
The p-bass has a little more oomph in the lower registers, but other than that, they are pretty close!
Great playing and comparison! Thank you for the awesome vid!
I seriously cannot tell the difference
It’s great that more than 50 years later the debate goes on. They’re both great tools and just like tools some fit the job some don’t.
Lots of info in a short time... now I know I want a bass with J+P pickups as both of them sounded better during some parts. P.S.: I liked bass line and the playing.
You could purchase a PJ bass
@@nathane.9865 Since today I have one... :D But actually I use the P pickup more till now. I rarely mix and if than the P gets a little J.
Moskito H congrats man! I’ve been looking into buying one and have so far decided the P bass. Wish me luck!
@@nathane.9865 I wish you the best, but I guess it is a wise choice.
Mine is so much fun to play after taking an hour to adopt everything. I just need to do two more things: Intonation of A string can't be corrected completely because one screw is to long and the tone poti seems to be linear, I need to change it logarithmic.
The volume of the individual strings was quite of for my P pickups. Adjusting it helped a lot. So I am even more into the P now. Its slightly nasal tone has so much liveness.
Awesome vid! Thanks for posting.
You can get a decent p bass sound out of the neck pu on the jazz. I love them both. Can never have enough p's and j's.
Thanks for doing everything right in this A/B test:
1. Short, concise clips played back to back without interruption.
2. Little to no goddamn talking.
pbass sounds more full and ''bassy'', jbass sounds more twangy and bright
im just a guitarist though I'll admit I don't know jack about bass. I recently got myself a squire P bass and Ive been monkeying around on it and just looking up tabs to songs, so far i have really been vibing with it and i havent picked up my american telecaster in a few days, who'd have thought lol
I guess what I’ve come to prefer about jazz basses after playing pbasses for years is the high mids they have, which is what defines the note more. Pbasses have more low mid, yes, but you can get some of that with the front pickup and dial in the rest with amps these days, I feel.
For me, the perfect combination of these instruments is that:
Rosewood fingerboard with flatwounds = Precision Bass
Maple fingerboard with roundwounds = Jazz Bass
Like if you agree :-)
These videos are done to death, it’s like they’re the only 2 Basses ever sold
John Quill industry standard
P Has Thump. Jazz has Vercitiity. Both Beautiful.
They actually, to my ears, sound similar most of the time. But l love them both, as l have 2 of each. The guy on the demonstration play's outstanding.✨
This groove is so damn good though
In this particular comparison, the Jazz sounds fantastic. P not even close. In other (blindfold) comparisons, I sometimes can’t even tell the difference.
The difference is negligible once you adjust eq tbh. Would only take into account neck shape and some J pickup buzz. However if you add J bridge pickup into equation it changes everything.
That jazz bass is smooth. Warm emphasis on the middle part of the lower end. Perfect if your doing that Jamiroquai type thing. The P bass is crisp and responsive but the lack of warmth on the bottom is a deal breaker. The fullness of the jazz bass is just right in my wheelhouse.
@@JM-tj5qm I hedged the issued by getting a bass with P and Jazz pickups.
My dad prefers precision
Nice video--great A/B work. I thank you...my '75 P-bass thanks you.
I hear a difference but I can’t really explain how it’s different xD
Same
I can't hear
I know what you mean...I think the p has a bit more mid honk than the jazz, but there is not a lot in it.
Precision, all life!
Ahhh I love the warmth of the P-Bass
I like the P bass more for it’s tighter, creaky tone.
Now I love them both...
Great video!
Honestly they sound almost identical. I'm sure there's a bigger difference in person, but in a mix it's virtually impossible to distinguish the two.
Actually it should be perceivably different, but may this j bass model is mean to sound like a p bass