Bro, I just wanted to say, your red and green bass fits perfectly with the christmas vibe :D

@davetenney5800

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I have never lost my fondness for Ocean Turquoise!

@beardedbehr4105

3 ай бұрын

Honestly, my first thought on the looks was very Boba Fett-esque. Gnarly.

@DrFaust-pr8vw

Ай бұрын

​@@davetenney5800so that IS ocean turquoise! I have a P in that finish, it doesn't look as green in person as it does here

Timestamps: 0:56 P p/u Series (stock) -tone 100% 2:45 P p/u Series (stock) -tone rolled off 4:10 P p/u Parallel (mod) -tone 100% 5:41 P&J p/u Parallel (mod) -tone 100% 7:05 P&J p/u Series (stock) -tone 100% 7:48 J p/u solo'd -tone 100% 8:21 J p/u solo'd -tone rolled off

@hiurysantos2377

Жыл бұрын

god bless you

Your right hand technique is incredible

Damn you're a hell of a bassist. Awesome video thankyou.

Really useful info. Bought my first bass weeks ago and it's a P/J. So cool and so versatile. Thanks for the vid.

@davetenney5800

5 жыл бұрын

Nice!

Always come back to this video. Love your vibe and how you explain things

This is still one of the best bass videos I've ever seen. Well done. My next bass will be similar to what you've got going on here.

Dave, this has to be the best comparison of PJ sounds Ive heard on the internet. Thanks! very educational!

@davetenney5800

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

Dave, this was the most useful video. Clearly you are professional-grade and you offer advice based on true experience. Well-done!

@davetenney5800

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your compliment! Of course, "old curmudgeon" describes me a lot better than professional ;)

Lots of wisdom,here!----especially 4 beginners .excellent!

Excellent presentation, especially the part about the stingray sound... now THAT is versatility!

Really glad I found this! I've been desiring to try this configuration and figured that an active solution was best. I only have passive pickups on hand and also thought I would need to purchase a humbucking bridge J. Thanks for explaining and demonstrating the series/parallel setup as well.

@davetenney5800

5 жыл бұрын

I have a Dimarzio model P and J in this bass. I have also used Seymour Duncan quarter pounders which sound similar. I like having the j pickup a humbucker...

"slapping went out of style 20 years ago" *Davie504 wants to know your location*

@davetenney5800

5 жыл бұрын

I bet! That guy is in another league...My comment was directed at popular music...

@njarnjas

4 жыл бұрын

=):

@roger_001

4 жыл бұрын

I just paused the video and came down the comments and this was the first one lol, wtf with that statement.

@Poelie

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe he was referring to HIS slapping being out of date 👍😎🎸🔥

@killermurderer2208

3 жыл бұрын

Slapping is a circus act

WOW, I saw this for the first time 2 years ago. It changed my mind big time back then. Looking forward to watching it again now!

Really enjoyed this video! I wouldn't have thought about a series/ parallel switch for the P pick up; it's a great concept! Thank you for sharing 😀👍

That was a really helpful video Dave. Thanks

Amazing video! Very well explained, thanks Bro!

Thanks for this video: I think it is the most thorough walkthrough of the P/J pickup config I've seen so far. I'm currently considering getting a custom bass built, but I'm still undecided on the pickup config to go with: I already have an active with dual humbuckers, and a p-bass. The p-bass sound is my favourite (plus I love its simplicity and prefer a passive bass, too) but I'm against getting two copies of the same thing. I think P/J with a series/parallel switch just might be the ticket!

@davetenney5800

5 жыл бұрын

It is absolutely my favorite pickup config. For years I didn't have a tone control on this bass. The reason, is that if you back the volume off a little bit it is like having the tone control rolled back about 50 percent. But you can never get that super muddy sound that works with certain types of music. Thanks for the compliment and I hope you have good luck with your new bass!

It's been 5 years and I still think about this video every time I see a PJ bass. I still haven't installed a series/parallel switch on my bass though🤣

@AdamZMusic-mr7yz

4 ай бұрын

Dude, same. I was just revisiting the tones I'm using with my PJ when I play live, and this video popped into my head. Had to go back and rewatch it. I want that series/parallel switch now, too. Had it on a J Bass once and enjoyed it.

i think, aside from weird custom setups, you're right. This is the most versatile setup you'll get normally.

Thank you for posting this. It makes sense how this is a very flexible way to set up a PJ

@davetenney5800

6 ай бұрын

No problem!

Great video, man. I like it when instead of explaining of name-dropping you played it and showed the sounds.

@davetenney5800

5 жыл бұрын

Its hard for me to name drop, because I don't know anyone famous!

Thank you Dave. Great video. I have a Fender Jazz bass and I am thinking about replacing the neck pic whith a P.

I really enjoyed the run down on the wiring on your bass. I think I might do the same thing with on of my PJ basses. Thanks for the great video!

@davetenney5800

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I'm building a P/J bass now. I'm going to use the 62 Jazz bass concentric volume/tone controls. I like the fact that you can dial in volume and individual tone to each separate pickup. Leo had it right to begin with back in the day.

Awesome. I love the pj set up. Wishing fender would bring back their 5 string. Or I may have to pop in a single j or mm in my fender American standard 5. I love the passive pups.

Great explanation of the PJ Bass.

Slapping only went out of style if you think of it only as early Red Hot Chili Peppers. Tasteful, soulful slapping is perennial in soul and funk. No need to discard or use techniques to follow trends-just make the sound work for you.

I agree with you on having a series/parallel option on the P pickup is a really great and flexible option. I use parallel P with the J often and love that tone. Series P is also iconic. Never really thought about series P blended with J sounding Stingrayesqe, but I see where that comes from. My P/J (which is also green) is a go to for cover gigs. It has most any tone I would need.

Your electronic configuration is absolutely perfect, most versatile diagram, great. For the Jaco sound put the tone on the j pickup between 50% and 100% depending on your attack.

@davetenney5800

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Some good tips here man...I feel yah!

great video! there isnt a lot of this topic on youtube but you explain it very well

Great job!!! Thanks!!!

That series/parallel is such a good idea holy shit gonna do this to my Sire P5

Soo true. Just got my custom shop PJ and its versatile 🤟

Gotta love Dimarzio's. Those are the original aftermarket pickups for Precision and Jazz bass. They have adjustable hex pole pieces and they always cut through the mix!

Brilliant video Dave. Cheers from London (UK).

Great review.Very useful information without the usual slap acrobatics display.I think it’s the best pick up set up for bass.

great review Dave, thanks!!

Love the set up

Really good video in all aspects! Keep playing!

The DiMarzio Split-P rail pickups are an excellent on a PJ. I wired it in parallel so the output better matches the Fender Noiseless Jazz. Each half is self-humbucking so your series/parallel switch might get you a different variety. FWIW, mine's a fretless Jazz with added P bass routing.

great job of explaining....thanks

That was really informative 👌 thinking about a Semore Duncan Humbucker in my PJ swapping out the single coil

Very informative video. Thanks!!

That was so good! You really ran a clinic on that bass. Should be required listening. I learned a lot . Thank you sir.

Great demo

I love my parts p/j bass! Its my number 1 go to bass. Its modded with Emg pjax pickups and a hipshot kickass and its strung with 45-105 elixir stainless nanowebs.

great solve for the traditional p/j circuit

That was a great video, thanks!

Most informative video on Affinity PJ, well done!

@davetenney5800

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Although this bass is not an Affinity...

keep up the awsome work mate love your content

Thank you for a great video, and you have a solid basis in multiple styles that I can only aspire to. I rewired my squier affinity pj exactly the way you have your setup. Wow! I am frankly surprised that a parallel switch on the p pickup is not more common. With the p in parallel paired with the j, it comes alive!

@davetenney5800

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'm glad you liked the wiring mod....

@justincrazycrafter3581

3 жыл бұрын

so the pots are a master volume, a 3 way switch and a series/parallel switch right?

@davetenney5800

3 жыл бұрын

@@justincrazycrafter3581 Yep...and a tone.

Agree with you about the active preamp being an inconvenience. I had an 80s super strat with EMG a and the battery would run out and drive me nuts when I forgot to unplug the wire.

wow great tone! i have same Pbass and plan to put a J pup like yours mate

I've played my share of PJ's where the J pickup sounded thin/weak compared to the P pickup. Took me a while to find a PJ with a well balanced set, but now I'm in bass heaven.

@EpictheEpicest

2 жыл бұрын

Unless you're playing a bass designed to be that way (G&L SB-2, etc) it's usually easy to balance the pickups by adjusting the height of the screws.

@PhilosophicalCat

2 жыл бұрын

@@EpictheEpicest thanks, I hadn't thought of that before

You are dead on with your points in this video. 1 Thing I will say is I like Active Basses that have the option to go passive and bypass the on board PreAmp such as the new Fender Elite and Ultra basses.

Hey man, thank you for this video. I am in the process of building a bass, and I was thinking of getting either a Jazz type, or a PJ, but hearing the Series/Parallel switch option you have on your machine really made me decide for a PJ. I gotta ask the luthier about that switch option

@davetenney5800

6 ай бұрын

It's a simple thing to wire in - I have a video that explains the wiring diagram of his bass.

I hear more harmonics in the Parallel setting and I like it!

I love your tone!

thanx man

Have you got a wiring diagram for this set up? Love how this sounds

excellent information!

My favorite p bass sound is when I solo my neck pickup on my jazz bass

that's such a cool looking Bass

NICE SETUP ,COOL BASS WAY MORE USEFUL

Hi, nice video! I have an old Aria Pro II Wildcat Bass with PJ pickups. I play a lot of different styles, main instrument is guitar but likes to play bass as well. Gives a wider view to music. Well enough of that, I dont have had any other basses so my knowledge of different types of bass is next to nothing. But as you say, I can get a very versatile sound of my bass with this PJ setup. The only issue I have with my old bass is a lot of hum, any suggestions to good silent pickup to buy? Plays Blues, Jazz, Prog so really the J-bass deep end sound and the prog-p bass sound is preferred but withouth that hum and noise. I've meassured, its grounded but still..well, its old. I guess EMG pickups are great and may cure my hum.problem..well I hum a little bit myself sometimes.

Great video.

I've always been a fan of the P bass, and recently discovered how wonderful a double pickup bass can sound... So I wondered if I'd like the JJ or the PJ better, or would end up switching between J and P all the time... You definitely sold me on this ! Especially the "pseudo-MM" sound you get with that fuller mid-range !! 🤩 Because I like how the MM sounds, sometimes, but to me it doesn't feel versatile enough for me to own one... Some thing we might wanna try out : playing aroun with EQ settings, when in a particular pickup position, so that we can reduce the frequency range of that full P, hen it sounds too much. I don't plan on getting a series-parallel switch. Yet... So I'm interested in trying to EQ that to make it sound thinner, when needed :) Also, in the configuration with both pickups on, scooping the mids out for slapping HAS to be tried.

@davetenney5800

Жыл бұрын

It's a pretty versatile setup...One secret to great cutting bass sounds I learned years ago is to run your amp flat with no EQ. I made a video about that: kzread.info/dash/bejne/q5uktKulmsaanLA.html&ab_channel=DaveTenney

I've started adding mids on my amp and it works

@davetenney5800

4 жыл бұрын

It does! Try starting with your amp set flat...crank it up, and eq it while you're playing in the context of your band.

Great video, cool bass brah. I'd agree with you about 'slappin' going out of style, but only in rock, like RHCP, RATM and others similar. But in funk, certain R&B tracks and some jazz, slappin' will never go out of style, imo. Rock on buddy!!!

The P/J with series/parallel switch is the answer to to P vs J

As a guitar player just starting to get serious with bass this video was very helpful, I’ve been looking at this style bass, what about basses that can be active and passive ? Again thanks

@davetenney5800

3 жыл бұрын

I think a bass that you could switch between active and passive would be just fine...I like passive basses mostly because they are simpler and have one less thing that can go wrong. You also have to always remember to unplug an active bass when you are not playing it, otherwise the battery will drain.

Great bass and playing. What make of pickups are they?

Cool video! Subscribed!

What you're saying about tone playing solo vs in a band is also true for other instruments. I play guitar and what works best in a band does not always sound that impressive in its own. Take many classic Marshall amps. They are legendary and still widely used for a reason. The well defined, mid-heavy sound works great in a mix. However, if you play on your own, especially on beginner to intermediate levels, it can sound somewhat thin, metallic/harsh and much less pleasant than, say, a full blown Mesa Boogie sound. The latter however is trickier to find a goid spot for in a band, especially for rock styles. It seems to be similar with the P bass...

Awesome video!

Good vid, love my PJUltra bass👍

I actually really like the sound of the j pick up by itself with the tone all the way down

super nice bass you have!!!!!!!

GREAT JOB DAVE!! ...I'M BUILDING A "PJ" NOW.... I NEED MORE INFO ON HOW TO WIRE IT AND WHAT POTS AND CAPS I'LL NEED..... THANKS AGAIN!!

I want this Bass!

That thing sounds nice.

That was an awesome, thank you. That gives me a solid reason to upgrade to a PJ configuration. I know before that I will not get really close to the J sound, except if the P pickups are in series as you demo'd in your video. So, you're 2 switches are for 1.turning of/off the J pickup and for 2.switching the P pickups into series or humbuckers? You're only knob is the volume control which sets the J and the Ps to always same volume level?

@davetenney5800

2 жыл бұрын

Here is a video explaining the wiring m.kzread.info/dash/bejne/np-HmZSlhpyZadY.html&pp=sAQA

Wow that's a beautiful looking Bass

@davetenney5800

6 ай бұрын

Thanks!

If you said it in the video, I didn’t catch it. But what position would you say the jazz pickup is in? 60’s or 70’s

Thanks for sharing your experience and expertise! I'm looking at a Fender Aerodyne Jazz bass, which , I think, has the same pickup setup you're demoing. It's a bit more than I was planing to spend, but if it's really that versatile, then it's worth it. Am I on track?

@davetenney5800

4 жыл бұрын

That looks like a very nice bass...I'm sure you would be very happy with it! There are probably some used options out there as well...

cool bass man!

Your bass sound real good

The J bass on its own is super versatile. The P on its own, you can't get a bad tone out of it. A P/J config doesn't give you the best of both worlds per se, but you certainly get a bass you can do dang near anything with!

@rrdream2400

9 ай бұрын

I agree, I never understood the "best of both worlds" comments. PJ is a great bass, lots of tones but you don't get that distinctive Marcus Miller both pickups on tone with a PJ. It also has slightly more magnetic pull by adding that J pu to a P.

@WilDBeestMF

9 ай бұрын

@@rrdream2400 To me, a P/J config is literally a P with a little J seasoning. In most basses of that persuasion I have ever played (the exceptions being way out of my price range lol), the J was considerably weak when solo'd and honestly sounded better with the split coil solo'd.

I am getting ready to mod my J-Bass; put a pick-guard routed for a P-pass pickup & P-bass pickups. I am considering installing Ghost piezo pickups on it, also, just to increase versatility.

@davetenney5800

5 жыл бұрын

I've never heard piezo's on an electric bass. I'll have to check that out....

I've always liked the Stingray sound the best.

@davetenney5800

3 жыл бұрын

A stingray has a great sound...I had a 1979 model for about 10 years

You did a great job in this video. Another way to get a P bass to sound less in your face is to turn the amp up a little and play with a lighter touch or play closer to the neck.

@davetenney5800

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tips! The tone is in your hands!!!

Hey Dave, do you think you could draw out a wiring diagram for this bass? I’d be interested to look at it!

@davetenney5800

5 жыл бұрын

If you go on Dimarzio' s website you can figure out what I did pretty easy. The series/parallel switch is an ancient p-bass mod...I originally got the diagram out of a book I had in the late 80's, but it is readily available on google. Other than that, it is a stock p-bass wiring diagram with a 3-way selector switch. You can find lots of diagrams online for the selector switch.

Dave, sometime listen to T-Bone Wolk in the 1985 Hall and Oates Liberty Concert in NYC. You may not like this type of music persay, however; his sound is top-shelf. He has the same type of PJ pickup setup and got one of the best bass tone I have ever heard. You are right that this setup is a real Gem, Thanks!

@davetenney5800

5 жыл бұрын

I saw Hall and Oates with Chicago about 25 years ago. They were awesome! Really talented... I'll try to check that out tonight.

Thanks for the video ... I just got a PJ bass cause I heard it is versatile as you where saying here accept the 1 I just got is only a vol vol tone control setup.

@davetenney5800

5 жыл бұрын

That is a good set up too. Anything can work once you get used to it. If it were me I would put a push pull pot on the p volume and have it wired to a coil split...

@Terry3Gs

5 жыл бұрын

@@davetenney5800 thanks & yes i seen you mention that .. will keep that in mind in the future.

whats with your control panel there?

Had 2 moments of, "Huh!...INTERESTING..." 1) When he demonstrated to tonal differences in the P pickup by using switch to go between series and parallel. Find myself contemplating installing a switch to get those differences. 2) When he played the J pickup solo with tone completely rolled off. Clarity without harshness. Perfect solo tone.

Yea the pj configuration is the best. I play everything from jazz to death metal and the pj configuration works great for everything Oh and at 8:03 it was Dan Lilker and I love his work in brutal truth

Dave, it was very informative video, i really enjoy how many sounds you can get from it! My question is whether there is a bass on a market that go like this adjusted without manual adjustments? Thank you!

@davetenney5800

4 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure...If you know a good repair shop they could probably rewire a bass any way you wanted. I used to run this bass with just a 3 way switch and a volume knob. You can roll the volume back a little bit and it will roll the top end off... Of course, changing your right hand technique can have a huge impact on tone without touching a switch at all!

@markslesarev5024

4 жыл бұрын

Dave Tenney thank you