bought a used 1992 Jazz Bass 62RI. I had an Antiquity II on hand to put in the neck. Removed the neck pickup in the picture. Can anyone ID this mystery neck pickup?
Keen to ID the mystery neck as the bridge pickup is it's mate and I like the balance between the mystery bridge and the Antiquity II in the neck.
bought a used 1992 Jazz Bass 62RI. I had an Antiquity II on hand to put in the neck. Removed the neck pickup in the picture. Can anyone ID this mystery neck pickup?
Keen to ID the mystery neck as the bridge pickup is it's mate and I like the balance between the mystery bridge and the Antiquity II in the neck.
Apologies if this is an all too frequent thread.
Rob
can you post pictures of the top and without the cover. the foam and sticker looks like whats used by duncan with the antiquities and the leads dont look like a factory solder job
This is from the SD site...take it how you want...
Yes they can be but Seymour Duncan and Fender pickups are magnetically opposite. Many players find that after installing a Seymour Duncan bridge single coil into a Strat they must switch the Fender mid and neck position pick ups both in the pick guard and in the wiring at the switch to keep the #2 and #4 positions noise canceling. There are exceptions to this rule though because Fender has changed their magnetic orientation several times in the last four decades. Generally with single coil pick ups it's easier to stick with one manufacturer to avoid the trouble of trying to figure out how to get all the pickups properly phased both electrically and magnetically.
This is from the SD site...take it how you want...
Yes they can be but Seymour Duncan and Fender pickups are magnetically opposite. Many players find that after installing a Seymour Duncan bridge single coil into a Strat they must switch the Fender mid and neck position pick ups both in the pick guard and in the wiring at the switch to keep the #2 and #4 positions noise canceling. There are exceptions to this rule though because Fender has changed their magnetic orientation several times in the last four decades. Generally with single coil pick ups it's easier to stick with one manufacturer to avoid the trouble of trying to figure out how to get all the pickups properly phased both electrically and magnetically.
im very well aware of that. and im telling you i currently have a duncan pickup mixed with a fender pickup in a bass right now without the leads swapped and its not out of phase
Iv'e done over 40 repair jobs mixing Duncan & Fender (on guitar & bass) and they have ALL been opposite...every time..100%
Been doing work like this for 30 years +
Just trying to save the guy some time.
Easy to reverse the leads if it's wrong..
BTW--are the pole-peices level with the plastic cover or do they protrude past?
By the looks of the leads the seem to be the "vintage-style" alnico 5 by Fender.
They aren't the "cloth"
leads like they started putting on the 60's (re-issue) PU later on.
Last edited by John Wentzien : 08-03-2009 at 10:02 PM.
The mystery pickup pole pieces are flat to the top of the pickup.
I'll take a photo of the top and post it.
re: wiring. My buddy is a Tech and actually did the soldering. I'm sure he did it correctly as I've been loving the tone. I'm really enjoying the stack-knob concentric configuration. It's darker than the Jazz Bass standard I'm sure. The pots were rebuilt to dual 250k CTS and the era-correct resistor and wiring hookup copied from an original 1960 control harness on-hand. The position of the bridge pickup cavity may have something to contribute too?
I've discovered D'Addario Chrome Flats really enhance the sound of the neck Antiquity II soloed. It's almost P Bass like in tone. Huge amounts of vibe and punch with both on full.
Iv'e done over 40 repair jobs mixing Duncan & Fender (on guitar & bass) and they have ALL been opposite...every time..100%
Been doing work like this for 30 years +
Just trying to save the guy some time.
Easy to reverse the leads if it's wrong..
well cool for you however, all i said was not necessarily. heres a clip of a 62 fender jazz with the stock fender bridge and an antiquity 2 in the neck without the leads swapped. http://rapidshare.com/files/23834800...uncan_neck.mp3
maybe i dont know what out of phase sounds like
well cool for you however, all i said was not necessarily. heres a clip of a 62 fender jazz with the stock fender bridge and an antiquity 2 in the neck without the leads swapped. http://rapidshare.com/files/23834800...uncan_neck.mp3
maybe i dont know what out of phase sounds like
Rapidshare? Come on...I'm not wasting 45 of my precious seconds to download that clip...
however, all i said was not necessarily. heres a clip of a 62 fender jazz with the stock fender bridge and an antiquity 2 in the neck without the leads swapped. 
