Should a Jazz bass have more balls than a Stingray?

[philthygeezer]

Mine seems to. Maybe it's just the higher output of the passive pickups fooling me. :confused: :dunno:

[Low Tone]

Generally a 'bucker will have more oomph than jazz p'ups.
Are they standard J's or are they stacked humbuckers?
Odd. :dunno:

[philthygeezer]

Generally a 'bucker will have more oomph than jazz p'ups.
Are they standard J's or are they stacked humbuckers?
Odd. :dunno:

They are standard Lindy Fralin single coil Jazz pickups. Perhaps they are overwound and it's an output thing. I have to turn the volume up after unplugging the Jazz to get the Stingray to the same output. I might be comparing apples to Volkswagons.

[L. Ron Hoover]

They are standard Lindy Fralin single coil Jazz pickups. Perhaps they are overwound and it's an output thing. I have to turn the volume up after unplugging the Jazz to get the Stingray to the same output. I might be comparing apples to Volkswagons.

My Jazz bass with Fralins has more output than my SR5. More low end too. So you're not alone!

[sunburstbasser]

If I crank my Cort's preamp, it'll have more output than my Reverend.

Otherwise, the MM humbucker is a very even pickup that, to my ears, lets all frequencies come through rather than accenting some, which is what J pickups seem to do.

[mnemosyne's lobotomy]

I think it may be a matter of low-end. Jazz basses have a bigger, meatier low-end than Stingray's to my ears. The Stingray's have a bit more of character in terms grind, or blast or zoom or zing or whatever you want to describe it as, but the jazz basses I've played with have more balls.