Do fender Am Std Jazz pups have

[BassMan99]

pole pieces that extend out past the cover? I bought a used pair that I was told are from a 96 american standard. I have no reason to doubt the guy but the american jazz pups I have seen have the poles flush with the covers. These stick out about 1/16 of an inch or so. So do you think they are real fenders?

[Ampeg SVT]

older ones do, my 06 had pole pieces sticking out. the 08's have the flush pole pieces.

[BassMan99]

good to hear. I replaced MIM's and I know what those look like. They are not MIM's. I ahve some 74 jazz pups and those are flush as well and it got me thinkin.

[John Wentzien]

I had a set like that.
The edge of the magnets are not beveled.

[BassMan99]

yes not beveled. They sound good. I like the flush poles better as I hit the poles when I use a pick or when I play finger style on the bridge pup. Its tearing up my finger a bit. I am glad it sounds like they are real fenders. They came with a control plate and that looked legit with the same cap and a white sticker with initials.

[John Wentzien]

They sound great!
I put these covers on so they wouldn't tear up my fingers.
http://www.guitarpartsresource.com/i...C-JAZZ-NHB.jpg

[BassMan99]

those look interesting. I heard a guy on hear say he took some sx pups and put a cardboard spacer under the covers to make them flush. Considering that. and yeah they do sound pretty good. Compared to the 74's they have a bit higher output. They are not quite as bright as the 74's. Those things are BRIGHT.

[walterw]

fender american standard (not reissue!) pickups have a layer of plastic between the magnet and the coil wire. it's perfectly safe to tap the polepieces down til they're flush with the cover; in fact, you can push them right out of the pickups entirely!

i routinely tap down the E and G sets of poles on the jazz basses til they're flush, leaving the middle pairs up so the pickup follows the string radius. (for the life of me, i don't know why all jazz bass pickups aren't this way, as the string-to-string balance is far better).

for players who complain of the polepiece edges catching their fingers, it's an easy matter to push the magnets completely out, chuck them in a hand drill, and gently bevel the top edge against a belt sander. (don't let them get hot or you'll kill them.) you just have to be sure to push them back into the pickup right-side up again!

[BassMan99]

Walter are you saying I can just push down the pole pieces with the pups in the bass? I do not want to break anything. That would solve the problem easy enough

[BassMan99]

I tried pushing the poles down. On the bridge pup I can push them down a bit but they spring back up. Dont want to push to hard. Anyone else try this?

[walterw]

if it's an american standard and the pickups are the same as they've been for the past 14 years, just put a wooden dowel on the magnets and tap them right on down with a little hammer or mallet. (try my trick of leaving the center 4 magnets alone, i think you'll find you can then get the pickups a little closer to the strings and also have a better string-to-string balance).

do not try this with any vintage-type pickup, as the magnets are right against the coil wire and you could kill the pickup.

[BassMan99]

I can push the poles on the bridge pup down with my fingernail but they bounce right back up. Neck do not move as easy but bridge is the one I am looking to alter. Thanks for the advice. I wish I was sure they are american standard pups. I know they are not MIM's. Gigged it last night. They sound good so I dont want to mess them up.

[BassMan99]

you know after re reading this thread maybe the poles are just being pushed back up by the rubber strips under the pup? I got another gig tonight and dont want to mess around too much but maybe I will take a look