Table with controls of the Precision Elite II

The column “useful” is my personal opinion.

Most of the time I leave the tone switch in the middle position (4, 5 and 6), and when I want a warm P-bass sound I put the tone switch up (1).

	tone switch	pickup switch	pickup active	tone control on	sound	Useful
1	up	up	neck pickup	neck pickup	like regular P-bass sound	Yes
2	up	middle	neck pickup bridge pickup	neck pickup	too much highs from bridge pickup	No
3	up	down	bridge pickup	neck pickup	no tone control too much highs	no
4	middle	up	neck pickup	neck pickup bridge pickup	P-bass sound with more presence	yes
5	middle	middle	neck pickup bridge pickup	neck pickup bridge pickup	great sound "jazz bass"-ish	yes
6	middle	down	bridge pickup	neck pickup bridge pickup	thin sound on D and G string	yes/no
7	down	up	neck pickup	bridge pickup	no tone control too much highs	no
8	down	middle	neck pickup bridge pickup	bridge pickup	like 5, but more highs from neck pickup	yes/no
9	down	down	bridge pickup	bridge pickup	thin sound on D and G string	yes/no