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I started out my bass career on P’s and J’s with the jack in the usual place. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve bumped this kind of arrangement into guitar stands, chairs, etc. Maybe a right angle jack would help… thoughts?

I really like the neck as well. Been spending a lot of time with this bass lately, preparing music for a jazz festival. I don’t get tired of playing it.

Good reading. My Spectracore is chambered with a bolt on neck and basswood body. It’s strung with low tension flats. Sustain is not great, but it produces a really nice acoustic bass type sound…very nice for jazz.

Bach cello suites….

Been there, done that

I think it is down to string choice. The B on my Spector with a 35” scale is much floppier than the B on my MPV with a 34” scale.

Mine has Seymore Duncan bass lines…a bit noisy, but the sound is lovely!

Mine is active, so comes really close. The only exception would be where a fretless is preferred.

45-105 Nanowebs

I find it really interesting how we gravitate toward one over another. I have had a chance to try out a number of really nice, top end J basses…most for me were just meh. The right one makes me feel like an extension of my creative will….you just forget it’s there and play music. And I think every one of us would probably choose a different one!

This one…and I once had a 63….

Realistically, how often does a bass totally crap out on a gig? For. Most of us, the issue is more likely having to play a gig with a different bass having your main bass in the shop or stolen. If you really want plug and play, get 2 P basses and go.

I use 3 different basses, each one could serve as a backup, but also work for different types of playing I do. Right now, I am using the fretted 5 for reading charts, the fretless 5 for jazz and older rock/blues, and the fretted 4 for most pub gigs. The MPV 5 needs a couple of neck/headstock cracks sorted before I travel too much with it, but that is my best all-rounder. I would be hard-pressed to find or afford exact backups of any of my basses.

I have not yet been put off by a fingerboard that wasn’t ebony or rosewood. I prefer the ebony feel, but can’t really tell the difference in the others

Got a nice folding bass stand….

Ok….just came into this thread. I float my right thumb most of the time unless it’s muting. My left thumb starts on the back of the neck, but often wanders. For fretless, I try to maintain better lh technique so intonation is better.

Reminds me of gigs I did on the Nebraska plains during winter. Would love to do some country music!

She’s a tough old bird…seen some hard use in a previous life…

My Pedulla did a face plant off of my guitar stand the other day....no (extra) known issues....

This is a great looking bass! Nice cat as well.....

I have always preferred the Jazz neck, and I now have an active Jazz Bass, so that's the one...very flexible tonal range.

Gotcha...I have owned two USA Fenders, and currently own a Korean one....outstanding!!!!

I don't understand the point...instruments are tools for creative expression. Find the one that works for you, in whatever context that is. For a lot of gigging musicians, that means having a P or J bass in the toolbox, for all of the good reasons others have given in this conversation. I can't get along with a lot of top-end basses, for various reasons...it's personal preference...but P and J basses are different. For a lot of BL's and sound engineers, it's like waiting at the station and a train comes. Good news, because that's what they expected. If a bus pulls up on the rails, this is an unexpected and probably unwelcome development. It could be a really nice bus...doesn't matter. Just my opinion....and I do use a J bass most of the time on rock/pop/country music. Not jazz though....

Especially on a weekend when all the hire boats are out!

Having owned 2 US Fenders and my current Korean Jazz, for most music, they just work. I’ve played a lot of basses that either just don’t sound or feel right, and that’s never been my experience with the Fenders I’ve owned. I have played expensive Fenders that also don’t inspire. one way to not overspend is to find a good, war scarred player’s bass. I have no interest in a “perfect “ looking instrument…it’s meant to be carried around and played.