Fretless Jazz Pickups

[dudi8]

Hi!
i have a fretless jazz bass equipped with DiMarzio Noiseless pickups and i thought of upgrade the pickups to one of these:
Nordstrand NJ4
EMG JV-X
Delano JMVC-4 FE M2

im looking for the jaco growl
what do you think???

Thanks!

[Lackey]

I have the DiMarzio Model Js in my fretless, you cannot go wrong with them IMO. Growl and low mids for days..

[FrenchBassQC]

The EMG JVX are awesome based on this review from Ed Friedland and very versatile.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3-uPgqcHuo

[Gord_oh]

Seymour Duncan rewound Jaco's pickups back in the day, he models his antiquity II pickups directly from Jaco's original ones.

http://www.seymourduncan.com/product...104405_06_149/

[Davo-London]

Folks

I'm in a similar mood.

I have a MIJ Jaco Jazz and have had the neck epoxy'd.

I have NJ4SE pickups and an Audere Pre-amp. Otherwise it's stock!!!! : )

Anyways, I'm still getting a slight phased sound from this set-up, which I don't like and I really only ever use the bridge pickup so my Audere is a bit overkill (I wanted a blend).

I want the purest Jaco tone possible, I'm thinking of ditching the Audere going back to passive and installing NJ4s or SD Antiquity IIs. I hear hand-wound and overwound give the best antique sounding PUs plus there's loads of boutique pickup makers out there and it's difficult to choose. I don't mind trying a few.

Cheers
Davo

[TN WOODMAN]

I also have the js in my fretless, coupled with the John East Retro J preamp and tapewounds-wow.

Perhaps consider the preamp-very versatile and passive selectable.