[quote name='redstriper' post='1090044' date='Jan 15 2011, 12:21 AM']Neck pup jazz = hollow.
Precision = solid.[/quote]
That's exactly the way i'd describe it. As a one time sax player, i'd hear stories about player's tones.
One claim was that, if you could section that tone, cut it in half and study its composition, some would have a an oval, or elliptical profile with a solid middle. Some would have grainy fillings, some would be hollow and so on...
is this bollocks in the bass world?
the P is thick, heavy on the fundamental, whereas the J has the ability to 'spread' it's tone.