New Fender basses are interesting.
In my experience, all the Mexis were nicer than the USA models.
What is evn more bizzare, is that I played a Squire Jazz side by side with a Mexi Jazz, guess which was nicer.....
That aside, if you are deciding beween P or Jazz, theres a few things (apart from the obvious cosmetic factor).
Pickups:
The P's split pickup is technically a humbucker so its not very noisy. A P only does one sound but what a lovely sound it is.
Obviously the Jazz has 2 pickups, which gives you more variety. If you only use one they can be a little noisey. By just using the neck pickup you can kinda get a P bass sound, just not as much balls.
With both pickups on (how most people use them) you need to be careful cause it can get very scoopy.
Both basses suit "rock" just fine, just personal preference (or my preference, both!)
Neck:
The P bass has a nice big chunky neck, the Jazz has a very thin neck.
Ive always prefered the P neck but still like both.
TMG 03 wrote:
Most of what It will be used for is just classic rock jamming. So I dont need a warwick with active pups.
You never need a warwick or active pickups, those instruments were made to distract showoffs away from the real basses.
I thought you had that headless hohner?
