Vultured P/J

[Hutzbordello]

hey do you guys think that a pup from a P bass and a J bass would sound good in a P/J combination?

i mean like harvesting two pups from two diff basses and putting them together in one P/J combo?

[Chasarms]

Originally Posted by Hutzbordello

hey do you guys think that a pup from a P bass and a J bass would sound good in a P/J combination?

i mean like harvesting two pups from two diff basses and putting them together in one P/J combo?

If the two pickups were actually good to start with and had reasonably matched output, I think you'd be fine.

[Dr. Toboggan]

I dont see why not. I have a ibanez with one of the 62 fender P pickup with a 1/4 lb jazz in the bridge and that thing is a strait tone machine. Ive messed around with other bridge pickups and they all sound pretty good or at least "open up" the sound of the P pup and bring out more clarity and fullness in the notes.

oh and you'll probably get some buzzing from it being a single single coil so you might look into some of the stacked humbucker jazz pickups. If you want to get the noise canceling ability of humbuckers.

hope that helps

[trunkshope6]

so yes it will work,even if theyre not matched sets

[Hutzbordello]

yea thanks man i was wondering about this last night, that bass sounds awesome

any sound clips?

[Pilgrim]

It has been done, y'know. Plenty of P/J basses out there.

[Jazz Ad]

It's much better to use a humbucking J for a PJ set, typical Jazz Bass pickups aren't.
This apart, no reason why it wouldn't work.

[Hutzbordello]

Originally Posted by Pilgrim

It has been done, y'know. Plenty of P/J basses out there.

yea i meant like having a pj bass, then taking like a 50's jazz bass pup and a 60's p bass pup and putting them in the same guitar