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I notice there's not a whole lot of choice out there in the sub £150 world when it comes to P-basses with a J pick-up in the bridge position.

So far all I've been able to find are
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[*][url="http://www.dv247.com/guitars/jandd-yc-pbj-4-string-bass-guitar-3-tone-sunburst--201881"]The J&D YC-PBJ[/url]
[*][url="http://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/LA-II-Bass-Guitar-by-Gear4music-Sunburst/1FP3"]The G4M LA II[/url]
[*][url="http://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/Seattle-Bass-Guitar-by-Gear4music-White/1HTO"]The G4M Seattle [/url]
[*][url="https://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_hot_rod_bass.htm"]The Harley Benton PJ-4 HTR[/url]
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I like the J&D headstock, but I'm not particularly enamoured of their decision to replace one of the volume knobs with a pick-up selector switch.
The LA II gets points for having the output jack on the side of the body, but then loses them all for that headstock design.
Likewise for the Seattle, which even gets bonus points for being black on Olympic white. But then also has [i]that[/i] headstock

So the Harley Benton is probably the best of a very small choice, at least as far as aesthetics go. Other than used Affinities, are there any others out there?

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How do they make them for that price!?

You might need/want to change the pups, but they're amazing value. I'd also want to change the pg on the Harley though. The tort doesn't go with that body colour.

Here's an Ibanez, if you'd like a complication to the matter:

http://basschat.co.uk/topic/298839-on-hold-1990-ibanez-exseries-exb-404-bass-4-string-pj-dropped-it/#entry3218445

Shameless plug alert!!

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Had the Harley Benton one. It was a nice bass,scratchplate didn't bother me.

I'm playing bass not entering a fashion parade :D

The HTR PJ play nicely,was good with both flats and RWs and lightweight. If you buy from Thomann but it's not for you then just send it back.
Bit of a win/win situation.

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Peavey did quite a few PJ basses but most are long discontinued. The Milestone IV is a decent bass,set one up for a workmate last summer and think he got a
good deal ( 2nd hand £80).

There's 2 Zodiac models are PJ. The BXP and Zodiac DE Scorpio, Scorpio comes with Duncan Basslines.

Sorry Mark76 didn't think to mention them with them no longer available.

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Confession.

I kind of want a PJ and a J with black pickguards on Olympic white to go with my Olympic white with black pickguard P.

Which is why I'm disappointed that only Squier offers that colour combo and I can't find any for less than £200

PJs have the Jazz bass neck as well as a J pick up near the bridge, right?

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It's a short scale but still a bit long for him so he's mainly trying to play the dusty end but it's what he wanted, well, he wanted a red bass guitar with 2 pickups and a black scratch plate and it's the only one I could find that was short scale and didn't cost a fortune. He's uses a pick as well. I think that he might be heavily influenced by me but all the time he's into it I'll do my best to encourage him.

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[quote name='mark76' timestamp='1486921660' post='3235544']
Just had a thought (several hours ago).

Why not buy another P-bass like the one I have, a J-bass bridge pick up and some other bits, and turn that into a PJ?
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Adds cost, assuming your aim is to keep that down.

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