Which Fender, bass players chose ? The P, The J, or The "T" Bass?

I really like fender basses, but to play on one, I always take the P bass. The telecaster Bass, with the single pickup in the middle, instead of the one, with that big humbucker, is a nice one too. Now, the Jazz bass, is a cool Fender, but it has three factors I don't like about it. One, The neck is too narrow somewhat. It starts off small, then, gets wider as you move down. That's a unusual feeling to me. Of course, P-basses do have wide necks, but after the 70's, Fender change that, with a cross between a J neck and a P neck, and I even can tell you the width,1.625. Very nice, indeed. Two, the body. The body to me is bigger that the P's. Now some bass players I know, say the body is OK to them, but, to me, no, its' something to do with the Strat-like body shaping Leo changed when He re-d
 esigned the P bass, in 1957. Which brings me, to my last point, the pickups. First, their single coil, not humbucking. Now, I had a guy tell me in NYC, that the concept, that Leo was trying to suceed with, is when the player, turns up both pickups, then the J, "acts" like a P.Well, when Joe Osborn(of LA sessions fame) got his prototype Jazz, He only used the front pickup, because adding the rear pickup, gave his sound more midrange, that He didn't care for. And, He had the one, with those "stack knobs" on it. Now, don't get me wrong, The Jazz, is a great pucking bass, just Larry Graham, or Marcus Miller, and a great fingering bass, thank you very much Jaco. But for the groovers that I learned from, James Jamerson, Chuck Raniey, The "Rock", Francis Rocco Prestia, George Porter Jr., Ronnie
  Baker(from Philly), and The Duck, Donald "Duck" Dunn, and The very groovy lady, Carol Kaye, all used P's, that made me a believer of the groove. Oh, I forgot to add to the list , Tiran Porter, and Jimmy Fielder from BST. Soulman   



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