Charvel 3B p/u replacement

[weston417]

Anyone ever replaced the stock pickups (active p/j) in a Charvel 3B?

[amimbari]

as the resident Jackson Fanatic around here and have quite a lot of them......yes I have.

any passive pickups will work..your choice. In fact you can throw the je2000 preamp in the garbage if you stick "active" EMG's in it.

I never did because I like the j2000 preamp sound, but on "my" replacements for the OEM Jackson p/u's I like SD Basslines.

Like I said since the unit is passive pickups with a preamp,...anything that you fancy will work.

[weston417]

Right on! This thing is a tank! I like steel strings, I would like some more mid range growl out of the bridge p/u though, I feel like that's the general opinion about these from what I've read. Thinking about some passive barts...?

[amimbari]

before you get crazy with mods do the simple one..throw the switch in your parts drawer and put a 250k blend pot in, your missing out on a lot.

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[weston417]

Very interesting!

[amimbari]

I'm not saying the OEM pickups are junk, just not anything great because they are not "consistent".

I have had so many Jackson pickups in my parts drawer in the past and the ohms on a lot of them are all over the place ( for example: I have had extra p-sets sitting in my drawer, out of them 3 were 7.5k, 2 were 11k, and 1 was 5.75k ). Naturally with a preamp it makes up a lot of gain, but still....

you could have one of the weaker sets in yours..no way to tell unless you measure them.

[weston417]

I'm so much of a tone fanatic, Ill put some sort of new pickups in it. Kindof a newbie at modding basses. Is love to stick a Leo quan Badass II on it if I can get one cheap enough. I put one on my first bass I ever owned that I still have and the difference is like night & day. Do you have a Badass on any of yours(past & present), and do you play slap on yours?

[amimbari]

naw, no need to change the bridge, you won't be gaining anything but a name and out of pocket expense.


however, the 5 back screws will line up with a BA.

nothing will change tonewise unless you swap out the pickups AND preamp or remove it totally and make it a passive unit.

slap bass? nope. speedmetal? yes although I'll play anything - just look me up on youtube.

here's an example jam using my CMG of what I like:
forgive the string buzz, a friend of mine GAVE me the CMG with a FB that is separating from the back of the neck and I wanted to jam on it before I took it apart.
HISPEED test ON THE CMG. - YouTube

don't get weird-ed out because I'm a lefty but can play inverted strings like you all can play normal ( E on top ) so I can flip anything and just jam.

theres a few vids of me using my 3b's mixed in with the rest of the vids.