Someone please tell me the difference between a p-bass and a jazz-bass. i dont have the fairest clue. which is better and what sort of music are played on them. do tom and mark from blink 182 have jazz basses?
Many thanks

Pete.

no one knows the answer hey?

A jazz bass has a narrower fingerboard and 2 unjoined pickups, a p-bass has a fatter fingerboard and bigger body and gives a fatter sound.

Mark plays a P-bass and tom doesn`t play guitar

It has to do with actual construction (as noted above), but also often refers to the pickups.

Jazz pickups are straight bars. P pickups are like 2 pickups offset and glued together.

Most basses have a P style nearer the neck, and a J style closer to the bridge. The different styles of pickup grab different tones.

you guys also forgot to mention the body shape... jazz has a offset body, very comfortable, which is just as well as all the ones i have played are heavy! and mark of blink182 plays a custom jazz bass with a single p-bass pickup and a p-neck.

and tom plays a 62 stratocaster with a sparkle pickgaurd and a extended fretboard i think