Do I want a Precision or a Jazz?

[chris_b]

Try both, unplugged. Choose the bass that feels right and plays right. Then plug it in and change the pickups if you have to.

[Bassassin]

I don't understand the question.

It's the "or" bit that's confusing me.

Jon.

[iamapirate]

Not sure why, but always prefered a jazz bass. I think it's because my fingerstyle was always very strong, so I can push a J-bass when I'm over the front pickup and get a nice percussive sound, and still get a really rocky sound from the back pickup with just as much power from my fingers - I don't really 'do' soft playing in general. i do soft playing, it's just that my main fingerstyle is about twice as aggressive as most people's, so with a P-bass (with 1 pickup nearer the front) I tend to just push the bass too far all the time - which can sound great, just not 100% of the time.