Tough business, I guess - he lost more and more hair over the years 
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I can sympathize there. I started losing mine at 20 and was bald by 23. Been shaving my head ever since - same look for 30+ years.
I can’t describe what a shit sandwich it is to start losing your hair at 20 
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I stepped right into this one… sorry, man 
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hahahaha no problem, that’s a thing I was forced to embrace long ago. I mean it’s not like I had a choice
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Best attitude 
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P basses are versatile because they are simple.
They will always sit non-offensively. Or can be just the right sound.
J basses have more options to alt but those options start getting you into specialized spaces. Metal, slap (active Js do this well cause of a brighter tone you can get), Jazz (mids highs), soloing etc.
I agree with @howard there are about 3 settings that work on a J.
The thing to keep in mind here is what a bass was when this thing started, an electrified upright that was easy to carry. It wasn’t supposed to have a broad tonal range of things. The bass is one of the youngest instruments there is. So yes it’s being innovated, but the base of a bass is very simple, on purpose.
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I’m the wrong person to ask, so here it goes…
Everyone should own a P
Your second bass should be a J
If I only had one bass, it would be MY J, because it sounds incredible and I am in love with it!
I’ll leave the rest to an expert
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Not a bass expert, except for my basses. I started with a P/J, went to an MM, went to a modern bass with splittable pups that can each be single/parallel/serial, went to a Jazz-y bass with ceramic humbuckers instead of traditional single pups, to a modern classic P-ish bass.
For me, this was a tone and playability journey.
I play my Jazz-y bass the most, then the P-ish, then the multi-tonal modern. The first and third are 38mm nut width; the P-ish is 41mm. Differing neck thinnesses (fretboard surface to back of neck). All amazing players.
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In the end, it is good that we have choices. It just takes longer for some of us to find out what it is that we really like
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but this is also the way we can find out what we really like 
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Agreed.
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Me? Basses! 
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