| I have a P Deluxe and i know what you mean. I never solo the bridge. I only use it as a P enhancement (slightly rolled off). The thing is this - the pu's and pre on the Deluxe are designed to work together. Though it looks like a double J I guarantee it's not wound as if it were 2 full J pu's. A J pu is designed to stand alone. Though you may not like how the Deluxe J sounds, there's no guarantee changing to 2 full J's would be better - you wouldn't know until you try it with the existing pre. You may want to add a bypass and it's still a crapshoot.
Still, if you're willing to go that far you can try this. I did it to my parts J in '82 with 2 DiMarzio J's in the bridge position and full switching options. I cut off the inner ears and glued them together. Bottm line - I found it to be very overwhelming and eventually took them out. Too over the top, both signal and tonewise. Currently I'm running 2 Aero's passive with one bridge cover empty and it sounds amazing. No need for the 3rd pickup IMO. Measure the width of 2 J covers vs the Deluxe pickup and see if you have to rout. If you do there's no going back, so think about it - I'd avoid that option myself. Or you can try the Rio Grande double J as previously stated if it's a direct drop-in.
Last edited by bassclef112 : 02-08-2008 at 02:51 PM.
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