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12-03-2008, 07:05 PM
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I've got a cheapo jazz bass copy. It plays pretty nice, but the stock pickups are terrible. I've already replaced the bridge pickup with a seymour duncan basslines (and am very pleased with it  ) but I wanted to do something different with the neck pickup. I could always just slide a p-bass pickup in there, but that's kinda boring, so, would it be a worthwhile winter break project to try and install either a stingray-style or EB3/EB0-style humbucker in the neck position? Or is this a windmill that I should avoid? |
12-03-2008, 07:09 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Toronto, ON Canada | | | do the opposite maybe..MM in the bride and jazz in the neck
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12-03-2008, 07:10 PM
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12-03-2008, 07:17 PM
| | | i say try the MM pup in the neck spot. Its a little different, and whenever i do see it, its always on a bass I wish I had  |
12-03-2008, 07:17 PM
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Originally Posted by 4bpauly  do the opposite maybe..MM in the bride and jazz in the neck | exactly what i was thinking.
but of course, it's your bass, do what you want, it might sound sweet
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12-03-2008, 07:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Fetusyolk exactly what i was thinking.
but of course, it's your bass, do what you want, it might sound sweet | Hey, I appreciate the input. That's why I came here before I went and spent some money and time on something! |
12-03-2008, 07:38 PM
| | | | Duh, sorry...what's an MM? |
12-03-2008, 07:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr Penguin Duh, sorry...what's an MM? | A little candy coated chocolate candy?
It's short for Music Man.
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12-03-2008, 10:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Finland (Northern Europe) | | Hi.
My vote would go for the Dimarzio Model One in stead of the MM. Think Billy Sheehan.
Works really well in my Epi T-Bird: 
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12-03-2008, 10:22 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Rochelle, Illinois | | Go for it. I did the exact same thing to my 83 Ibanez shorty. I yanked the cheapo Jap P pickup from the bridge position and replaced it with a genuine Fender P. Then I routed out [  ] a spot in the neck position and installed a Gibson EB0 pickup. It has a unique sound when blended, that's for sure. I absolutely have fallen in love with the sound of it and it can't be duplicated any other way. I'm currently shuffling my custom basses around a bit and I have installed the EB0 in a different bass with a J pickup in the bridge position. I should know how that sounds in a few weeks after I finish spraying and re-assembling it.
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12-03-2008, 10:35 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: S.E. Connecticut, USA | | | You could put a P pickup in Backwards (upside down) like on my Yamaha. |
12-03-2008, 10:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Seattle, Washington | | Haha Some day my mom is going to wake up to find that her Dean Pace's Model One is stuck into a beat-up Dean Z lying on the couch and it's wired in stereo 
That'd be fun. Gotta see if my friend is still looking into selling that thing...
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12-03-2008, 10:48 PM
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12-04-2008, 07:50 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Loughborough | | | The MM will probably overpower the J....
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12-11-2008, 04:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Jambi | | | Like Kyral210 said, the MM will probably overpower the J. I recommend wiring a volume knob for each pickup.
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12-11-2008, 05:23 PM
| | | | Are you talking about a central P/J or a true neck pickup? Compared to the EB/Mudbucker pickup placement the normal "front" pickup on a Jazz or P/J is really more central than neck.
I just routed out an EB neck pickup on a precision, and it does indeed sound great blended, but it's virutally unusable on its own. I'm currently blending with a P, but I think it would work nice with a J, or a MM at the bridge. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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