andruca Posted October 14, 2019 Posted October 14, 2019 (edited) On 11/10/2019 at 11:15, HazBeen said: I have to disagree with you. Lull, Yamaha all use normal P pickups in their PJ 5s and my Lull PJ5 had one of the best B's I ever owned. It is as much about the construction of the bass as it is about the pickup. I've had 2 BBs (425X and 615) and you're right, it wasn't as noticeable as on a Fender P or some other "clonic" stuff, but the low B of them was not the greatest all in all (much less soloing the P pickup). I've got a highly modded P kit build that really benefitted from the reverse P move. Edited October 14, 2019 by andruca Quote
andruca Posted October 14, 2019 Posted October 14, 2019 (edited) On 12/10/2019 at 20:49, gillento said: Not true with all the Nordstrands, Lakland Skylines and Sadowskys I played I could not solo the P pickup on any Lakland 5er I've tried with decent results. Might be different on the USA models, all I've tried is Skylines. Not that reversing would make a world of difference, of course. I've done it on a (cheap) bass and the before/after was really noticeable. Edited October 14, 2019 by andruca Quote
TRBboy Posted October 14, 2019 Author Posted October 14, 2019 23 minutes ago, andruca said: I've had 2 BBs (425X and 615) and you're right, it wasn't as noticeable as on a Fender P or some other "clonic" stuff, but the low B of them was not the greatest all in all (much less soloing the P pickup). I've got a highly modded P kit build that really benefitted from the reverse P move. I've found with my BB that rolling the bridge pickup off a little gives you predominantly 'that' P bass sound, but you still get just enough bite from the bridge pickup to add definition to the B string. Quote
dave_bass5 Posted October 14, 2019 Posted October 14, 2019 1 hour ago, andruca said: I could not solo the P pickup on any Lakland 5er I've tried with decent results. Might be different on the USA models, all I've tried is Skylines. Not that reversing would make a world of difference, of course. I've done it on a (cheap) bass and the before/after was really noticeable. I had a Skyline DJ5 that i got modded in to a PJ. I put in a set of Nordstrand pups (reverse P). Never really liked it before or after the mod but that was just a personal taste. Quote
gillento Posted October 15, 2019 Posted October 15, 2019 19 hours ago, dave_bass5 said: I had a Skyline DJ5 that i got modded in to a PJ. I put in a set of Nordstrand pups (reverse P). Never really liked it before or after the mod but that was just a personal taste. I got that bass from you and I really liked it. When I got it, it had the regular P position. It being passive made me sell all my active basses (mainly Sadowskys) as I just preferred the passive sound. Since that I've been playing passive Nordstrand P, PJ and JJ basses. I have never been back to active basses. Quote
dave_bass5 Posted October 15, 2019 Posted October 15, 2019 59 minutes ago, gillento said: I got that bass from you and I really liked it. When I got it, it had the regular P position. It being passive made me sell all my active basses (mainly Sadowskys) as I just preferred the passive sound. Since that I've been playing passive Nordstrand P, PJ and JJ basses. I have never been back to active basses. Wow, your'e right, it wasn't reversed. Wonder why I thought that. Glad to see it had some use. Quote
gillento Posted October 15, 2019 Posted October 15, 2019 (edited) 58 minutes ago, dave_bass5 said: Wow, your'e right, it wasn't reversed. Wonder why I thought that. Glad to see it had some use. In fact it had more punch than my horrendously expensive Sadowsky NYC PJ. It re-opened my eyes to the dynamics of passive basses. Thanks for that Edited October 15, 2019 by gillento Quote
dave_bass5 Posted October 15, 2019 Posted October 15, 2019 1 hour ago, gillento said: In fact it had more punch than my horrendously expensive Sadowsky NYC PJ. It re-opened my eyes to the dynamics of passive basses. Thanks for that Dont say that, you'll give me GAS lol Quote
Al Krow Posted October 15, 2019 Posted October 15, 2019 1 hour ago, dave_bass5 said: Dont say that, you'll give me GAS lol Haha - you've already got an outstanding purely passive PJ bass! Quote
dave_bass5 Posted October 15, 2019 Posted October 15, 2019 3 minutes ago, Al Krow said: Haha - you've already got an outstanding purely passive PJ bass! Not for long 😉 Quote
Al Krow Posted October 15, 2019 Posted October 15, 2019 Just now, dave_bass5 said: Not for long 😉 And then you'll be gassing for one, when it's gone! But fair enough, it needs all of us to keep the wheels of the FS section turning and I'm about to have a week off 😂 Quote
dave_bass5 Posted October 15, 2019 Posted October 15, 2019 9 minutes ago, Al Krow said: And then you'll be gassing for one, when it's gone! But fair enough, it needs all of us to keep the wheels of the FS section turning and I'm about to have a week off 😂 I assume that's a week off over Christmas 🙂 Quote
mcnach Posted October 15, 2019 Posted October 15, 2019 On 08/10/2019 at 23:15, TRBboy said: Hi folks! Been looking recently for a 5 string PJ without paying to much (say under £1k), and aside from Yammy BB's (which I already have) there doesn't seem to be much on the market.... Just wondered if I've missed anything, any suggestions? Thanks! 😊👍 This Schecter would be in my list (I have the 4 string version) https://www.richtonemusic.co.uk/product/schecter-model-t-session-5/ 1 Quote
TRBboy Posted October 15, 2019 Author Posted October 15, 2019 Just now, mcnach said: This Schecter would be in my list (I have the 4 string version) https://www.richtonemusic.co.uk/product/schecter-model-t-session-5/ I do love the look of the schecters, and by all accounts they're superb, but I just couldn't go back to 35" scale I don't think. Quote
TRBboy Posted October 18, 2019 Author Posted October 18, 2019 Well, after all this, I've ended up looking at a 5 string J! 😂 1 Quote
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