Stock pups in an '87 Ibanez RD707?

meatwad · #1 02-03-2009, 10:50 AM

Anybody know for sure who made these? It's the Hi-Z P/J combo with adjustable poles. I'm thinking I was told, back in the day, DiMarzio made all of Ibanez's pickups in the age of hairspray.

Thanks!

GeoffByrne · #2 02-04-2009, 03:06 AM

My RD605 has Seymour Duncan Basslines. (?)

meatwad · #3 02-04-2009, 06:59 AM

Here's a page from an old Ibanez brochure that has my exact bass on it (the reddish/pinkish one

), and even has a close-up of the pickups I'm asking about.

meatwad · #4 02-06-2009, 09:46 AM

*bump*

meatwad · #5 02-09-2009, 08:28 AM

so nobody knows?

meatwad · #6 10-06-2009, 08:32 PM

*bump*

BTW, they are passive with ceramic magnets, and copper shielding plates attached to the bottom by a short ground wire. The Jazz pickup is a true single-coil... They seem to have a very high output, but the tone is lacking. I've tried them in a few gigging and recording situations, and they do "okay" at best, but I believe this bass has more potential than I've heard so far.

I use the P solo'd almost 100% of the time, and while it does resemble that P sound, I wish it had tighter lows like I've grown used to from my StingRay and Tobias. Perhaps this question belongs in a different thread, but does anybody have any suggestions of a P pickup that sounds like a Precision with tight, focused bottom end? I'd like to stay passive if possible. Thanks!