Pickups in a Fender MIM 60's reissue Jazz Bass

[snowblinder]

Just wondering if anyone knew what pickups came stock in the MIM Fender 60's reissue Jazz Bass. Whatever they are, they do the job and sound pretty good, but I can't help but feel like the sound could be better. I have a Seymour Duncan Antiquity II in my P-Bass and I LOVE that, so I'm leaning towards the Antiquity II's for Jazz Bass. I'm just curious: since the bass is in fact a vintage reissue model, wouldn't Fender likely use vintage style pickups in it? If this is the case, then I wonder how much of a difference the SD's would really make.

[joelb79]

They are part number 0058359000 for the bridge and 005835800 for the neck, listed as a special part for the classic series basses. Nothing special pickups, I found the pair online for $50 shipped brand new.

[spiltcoil]

Certain companies tend to classify certain pups as "vintage style" because it's a pretty broad description...it might look like a "vintage" single coil, but it may have a ceramic magnet or stack under the hood. The pups they use in this model are essentially of a true vintage style but are machine wound, on plastic bobbins and don't have cloth covered wiring. Also, even some of the "vintage" style pups tend to be wound a little hotter (one can call a MIM P pup "vintage" style, but last one I read had an output of 11.5k or so...era correct would be more in the ballpark of 10-10.5, though this can really vary, to be fair) or even house a pre-amp...but that would be an extreme case.

Have you researched capacaitors at all? Many times they can surprisingly compliment ones tone without the need of a pickup swap.