Jazz with P neck - and P with Jazz neck?

[miles'tone]

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Then it should appeal to the (now ex)alcoholic in me. Reminds me of a bottle-opener...
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[Byo]

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I was wondering about that. I have a theory that chunkier necks produce a thumpier sound, but have no proof, of course...
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Same thing I have heard.

Tim C from RATM loves his P-necked Jazz basses.

[discreet]

OK then, another sideways step - nut width 42mm... anyone tried these? They are quite affordable...
MM-style humbuckers are switchable to singe-coil too, so should be possible to get J-type tones, if necessary.

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[Marvin]

Low End Bee used to have an RV4...you could stalk his inbox

[Twigman]

I've got 3 Ps with jazz necks....my little hands prefer a jazz neck.

I'm sure you'll have no problem moving it.

[Low End Bee]

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OK then, another sideways step - nut width 42mm... anyone tried these? They are quite affordable...
MM-style humbuckers are switchable to singe-coil too, so should be possible to get J-type tones, if necessary.

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I did indeed have an RV4. Really good value for money. The neck felt extremely close to the dimensions on my P Bass. I converted the tone controls to one master tone and and a rotary coil tap. The pickups had a lot of output so even wound all the way down to single coil mode they were a bit beefier than a weedy, I mean growly jazz bass.
Great fun bass. I wish I hadn't moved it on.

I've got a P bass with a jazz neck. It doesn't sound all that much different to me. It does make my left hand ache after an hour or so though.

[mcnach]

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OK then, another sideways step - nut width 42mm... anyone tried these? They are quite affordable...
MM-style humbuckers are switchable to singe-coil too, so should be possible to get J-type tones, if necessary.

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Hmmm...
I have a previous incarnation of these.
They're *ok*, but that's about it.
I tinkered, I modified, I had fun with it... but it feels "budget". I haven't tried these newer ones, 'though.

[discreet]

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I did indeed have an RV4. Really good value for money. The neck felt extremely close to the dimensions on my P Bass. I converted the tone controls to one master tone and and a rotary coil tap. Great fun bass. I wish I hadn't moved it on.
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They're *ok*, that's about it... but it feels "budget".
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For and against! It would be best to try one. Failing that, get one anyway and move it on if I don't like it. I'm only considering it as a friend of mine had a Vantage and toured it all over the UK and Europe for about two years and it stood up very well, sounded good too. But plan 'A' (a G&L L2000 or M2000) is only about £150 extra and I'm pretty sure I'd be happy with one of those, so... I don't know!

Depends how much loot is in the bass fund when the GAS gets too much for me!!

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[uncle psychosis]

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But plan 'A' (a G&L L2000 or M2000) is only about £150 extra and I'm pretty sure I'd be happy with one of those, so... I don't know!

Depends how much loot is in the bass fund when the GAS gets too much for me!!
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M-2000. Do it. They're awesome.

[phil.c60]

Can't see this mentioned, but the Squier P Bass Special is a PJ bass, so a P bass body + the extra pickup, with a Jazz neck so I'm sure someone would be interested in a straight Squier P with a Jazz neck. I certainly would have been but now I have a Hot Rod P and a straight Jazz so that's got it all covered!

[DarkHeart]

As I mentioned in an earlier post I bought a MIJ P with a knackered neck with the intention of fitting a Jazz neck to it that I bought off here a week or so earlier.................here it is, I`ll post a nbd thread explaining the hassles ive encountered to get to this!

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