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12-15-2012, 03:08 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Wellington, NZ | | | What Jazz pickups am I *really* after?
I'm looking for a set of J pups that have a solid punchy low end, grindy upper mids and clarity up the top.
What would you recommend for that?
Single Coil is better for me, more likely to get that snarly quality.
I'm putting them in a 2011 USA Am Std Jazz Bass.
I've read the big thread and have gotten caught between
Antiquity II's, NJ4's and NJ4SV's, and the bass currently has Dimarzio Model J's. |
12-15-2012, 03:14 PM
|  | Conquering ADD..and all the other notes as well! | | Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Northern Michigan | | | Sounds like the reason I prefer Fralin's.. |
12-15-2012, 03:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Quebec | | | My Fender CS 60s Jazz pickup are totally like that. Awesome pickup for the price. |
12-15-2012, 03:17 PM
|  | Registered User | | | | | whatever Sadowsky uses. Those things are @#$ nice! |
12-15-2012, 07:39 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Smyrna, Tennessee. | | My Di Marzio Js are like that. Maybe the John East Retro J helps. |
12-15-2012, 08:00 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Milwaukee, WI | | | Not to further confuse things, but I have the Antiquity IIs and they have all the great snarly, growly classic Jazz sounds you could ever ask for.
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12-15-2012, 08:11 PM
| | | | Delano JMVC 4 FE/M2's have that tone that you're looking for but they're quite expensive if you're on a tight budget. The cheaper option is the DiMarzio Model J's you'll get them quicker than the Delano's though.
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12-15-2012, 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Marton  My Fender CS 60s Jazz pickup are totally like that. Awesome pickup for the price. | His 2011 Am St Jazz would already have those as standard. I have them in my Am Jazz and even though I love them, I would describe them more as dark and articulate (rather than the grindy and clear tone that the OP is looking for). |
12-15-2012, 08:22 PM
|  | Everybody Wang Chung Tonight | | Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Houston Tx | | | Rio Grande Vintage sounds exactly like what you are looking for.
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12-15-2012, 09:41 PM
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Originally Posted by pattyløve
His 2011 Am St Jazz would already have those as standard. I have them in my Am Jazz and even though I love them, I would describe them more as dark and articulate (rather than the grindy and clear tone that the OP is looking for).
| I missed the cut off for those; mine still has the older pickups stock. It's currently got Model J's in but I'm looking for more snarl and bite in the top end. |
12-15-2012, 10:26 PM
| | | | Fralin single coils. Beautiful open sound. |
12-16-2012, 03:52 AM
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Originally Posted by funkingroovin Sounds like the reason I prefer Fralin's.. | +1 
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01-16-2013, 11:44 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Wellington, NZ | | | Thanks folks, took your advice on the Fralins; you weren't wrong, they were exactly what I was after!
Crazily crunchy! |
01-17-2013, 07:29 AM
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01-17-2013, 12:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Switzerland, Bern | | Quote:
Originally Posted by pattyløve His 2011 Am St Jazz would already have those as standard. I have them in my Am Jazz and even though I love them, I would describe them more as dark and articulate (rather than the grindy and clear tone that the OP is looking for). | As far as I Know, they started 2012 with the CS 60th PUs... | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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