Threshold Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 All, Most Popular Fender Bass:Precision Bass, or Jazz Bass? Me I think the Fender Jazz Bass is top. But those who beg to differ feel free to chime in. Threshold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Phil Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 there was just a big thread that was the bass used most in recordings. It looks like the P bass won... http://www.briantimpe.com/images/LDL/dots/blue.JPGhttp://www.briantimpe.com/images/LDL/dots/black.JPGhttp://www.briantimpe.com/images/LDL/dots/fuscia.JPGhttp://www.briantimpe.com/images/LDL/dots/grey.JPGhttp://www.briantimpe.com/images/LDL/dots/orange.JPGhttp://www.briantimpe.com/images/LDL/dots/purple.JPGhttp://www.briantimpe.com/images/LDL/dots/red.JPGhttp://www.briantimpe.com/images/LDL/dots/yellow.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcr Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 What, no Mustang? It's definitely got to be the Mustang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Sweet Willie_ Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 It's the 3-pickup Stu Hamm Urge II w/ jazz-precision-jazz configuration -- edging out the Zone by a nose! spreadluv Fanboy? Why, yes! Nordstrand Pickups and Guitars. Messiaen knew how to parlay the funk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinJ Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 I'd like to reply, but - as a Californian - if there aren't 100+ choices, I just can't muster the enthusiasm to vote anymore. C.V.: Snowboarder (1983-), Bass Owner (1996-), Chemistry Teacher (1997-) & Serious Bass Student (2003-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy c Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 My guess is that it used to be a Precision and now it is a Jazz. But I don't really want to guess, maybe we can find out the really numbers by contacting Fender. Free download of my cd!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc taz Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 I don't really care; I own' em both (sorta). I just want Carl Thompson's wood sandwiches. Light, yet full bodied. Sorry for "hijacking", just my two Tiggers. http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/cartoons/wp_adopt/pic/tigger-pic.gif X2 sevenstring.org profile my flickr page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threshold Posted September 11, 2003 Author Share Posted September 11, 2003 jeremyc, & All, I wonder now, if in fact it is true that the Precision Bass was the most popular Fender bass in the past, & that the Jazz Bass is now the most popular Fender bass, at what time the transition was made from Precision Bass to Jazz Bass(year/decade). Threshold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy c Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 While we are guessing facts, my guess is that the Jazz bass got more popular in the 70s as slapping came in...a Jazz is better for slapping than a Precision. Then J-basses really took off in the 90s as high profile players such as Marcus Miller and Geddy Lee were seen playing Jazz basses (which they purchased in the 70s). There also seem to be more high end companies making versions of Jazz basses these days. The copies of P basses seem to be from low end companies. These are just my observations and guesses, not facts at all. Free download of my cd!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davebrownbass Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 And, of course, there are tons of companies making hybrid Precision Jazz copies. I play such a bass, the Warwick Streamer. Neck tiny like a Jazz, Bridge pickup like a jazz. Neck Pickup like a Precision. So, I guess that this hybrid is actually the most popular. Tonight, I played a student's Carvin Hybrid, between a MusicmMan and Jazz. Dammit! "Let's raise the level of this conversation" -- Jeremy Cohen, in the Picasso Thread. Still spendin' that political capital far faster than I can earn it...stretched way out on a limb here and looking for a better interest rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drum Bass Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 At this point the Jazz is the most popular but I prefer the P Bass myself. Beat by Beat/ Note by Note Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KikkyMonk Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 Davebrownbass... why dammit?! As I own a Lakland thats a jazz/musicman thingy... Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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