American High Way or GFS Jazz

robert43 · #1 10-10-2007, 07:10 PM

Hi I can buy new ( second hand use 1 day ) Fender Americian High Way jazz pickups for 60% of the cost for new GFS pickups which you you buy & why ( I only play around the house & BBQ )
Thanks

#include <MK> · #2 10-11-2007, 08:07 AM

The pickups that come stock with Fender Highway 1 jazz basses are pretty much crap if sound is important to you. There are great sounding pickups out there (and I don't mean GFS), some of which are covered in recent topics.

stuonbass · #3 10-11-2007, 08:58 PM

My friend proudly brought over his newly aquired HW1 jazz bass which we A/B'd against my Geddy Lee. The Highway 1 pickups are much flatter and smoother sounding, like my Geddy with the tone pot rolled all the way off. Not to my liking at all. I would drop in some Basslines or Nordys (I want to try these!).