Amp issue with new pickups

[trackskinz]

Fender jazz, just changed my pickups to DiMarzio 123J's. Love the new fatness!

However, I finally got to play out this weekend, and my Yorkville 200 combo is farting out or rattling anywhere over 60%. I amp preamped via a wireless rig. Tone quality was very tough to get dialed in too, since I was struggling to get enough volume march the rest of the band. Didnt have this issue with the stock pu's, but I didnt like the tone either.

I opened the cab up, no loose screws, no busted cones.
Ideas?

[punkjazzben]

Sounds like your new p'ups are just a bit hotter than what you're used to.

Have you tried lowering the input level (bass volume knob and/or at the gain stage of the preamp or preamps) and letting the power section take care of volume?

[trackskinz]

Originally Posted by punkjazzben

Sounds like your new p'ups are just a bit hotter than what you're used to.

Have you tried lowering the input level (bass volume knob and/or at the gain stage of the preamp or preamps) and letting the power section take care of volume?

Yeah I had to lower the input on the wireless receiver. Still couldn't get the volume I needed. I am about 10% short on volume, and tone is really lifeless.

U really don't have experience with this stuff - not sure what the procedure is.

[Bassbubble11]

Different PUPs are going to need different amp settings.

[trackskinz]

Any suggestions on how to go about setting this up?

[JimmyM]

Nobody can tell you what to do to get the sound you want. But Model J's have two major characteristics:

---Reduced treble content

---Accentuated low and low mid content

Lower frequencies take more wattage to amplify at a good clip than higher, so I believe that's what's going on here with your accented lows. Try reducing them on the amp a little.

[trackskinz]

So I need to reduce the lows and up the mids and highs?

[JimmyM]

Wouldn't hurt to try it. Might not even need to up the mids and highs if you cut enough low end. But again, nobody knows what your tastes are and what you're looking for except you, so you're going to have to experiment around. Might just be an EQ problem, but it might even be that you just plain can't get along with the Model J's. Happens. I never liked the Model P's and J's back in the 70's when they first came out. I do now, though. They're unique but very cool pickups, and tops in the category of roided-up Fender pickups IMHO.

[trackskinz]

Originally Posted by JimmyM

Wouldn't hurt to try it. Might not even need to up the mids and highs if you cut enough low end. But again, nobody knows what your tastes are and what you're looking for except you, so you're going to have to experiment around. Might just be an EQ problem, but it might even be that you just plain can't get along with the Model J's. Happens. I never liked the Model P's and J's back in the 70's when they first came out. I do now, though. They're unique but very cool pickups, and tops in the category of roided-up Fender pickups IMHO.

I am new enough that I could use some solid advice on a sequence or strategy to get what I am after, if anyone knows. Thanks.

[JimmyM]

When I get a new rig I'm trying to dial in, I set all the knobs at noon and go up and down with each of them to see what they do. Then I just turn knobs till I hit on a combination that sounds good to me. It's really that simple.