Are pickups reversible?

[stewart8980]

I'm a lefty, and I was thinking of buying an SX 75 Jazz, and popping in some Fender 75 RI pickups. Would it matter if they came from a RIGHTY bass and went into a LEFTY one? I don't know jack about pickups other than they're essentially magnets, so any advice would be appreciated.

[slyjoe]

There is no left or right to jazz pickups.

[Rattman]

Hey Stew... yes you can change the polarity on almost any mass-produced pickup.. that being said however, in your particular case the stock pickups will work equally well regards of the player's orientation.. Nothing to change.

[lposavad]

I thought you intended to feed a signal into the pups to make the strings vibrate...

[12bass]

Except in the southern hemisphere.... where they need to be installed upside down....

[stewart8980]

haha thanks for the info guys. I wasn't sure if there were magnets with different powers (or anything) corresponding to the size of each string or something technical like that.

[line6man]

Jazz bass pickups (at least all of them that i have seen) have pole pieces of equal height, so thus, their orientation shouldnt be an issue.

If you have a pickup with staggered pole pieces (a Stratocaster's pickup for instance), you would want to keep them oriented correctly.

[12bass]

For the most part, the orientation of J pickups shouldn't matter. There may be a few custom models which tweak the response for certain strings (like the B string).... but that would be a very rare case. I seem to recall Dingwall making some special modifications.

[cdawzrd]

Originally Posted by lposavad

I thought you intended to feed a signal into the pups to make the strings vibrate...

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