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05-01-2011, 11:34 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2011 Location: westland, michigan | | | what pups for that jazz bass mid growl?
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i am considering doing a jazz bass build and i am wondring what pups will do that bridge pickup mid growel that jazz basses do so well. i love the way the jazz basses do it but i am wondering what would do it even more? |
05-01-2011, 11:39 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Champaign, IL | | | Most of them? Seymour Duncan, EMG HZ's, Nordstrand, DiMarzio come to mind for Jazz pickups.
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05-01-2011, 12:07 PM
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05-01-2011, 12:10 PM
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05-01-2011, 01:05 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2011 Location: westland, michigan | | | what about bartolini? those are what i am most attracted to but i have never heard a set of j's by them. |
05-01-2011, 01:21 PM
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Originally Posted by maskedman72  what about bartolini? those are what i am most attracted to but i have never heard a set of j's by them. | I tryed bartolinis j pups. In passive, they have a nice growl, but lacks low end for my taste, and the output is weak..., With a preamp they kill.
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05-01-2011, 02:04 PM
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05-01-2011, 02:08 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Nashville, TN | | | I'm a huge fan of that sound and installed a J pickup in the bridge position of my Precision. But I've been totally shocked to find that the Ibanez humbucker (in their SRX2EX) growls far more/better to my ears.
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05-01-2011, 02:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: cheltenham(UK) | | there is something to be said for lowering the action just right for some jazz bass growl.. i know Gene Perez does this.. check his tone out.. front pickup bias also.. YouTube - Louis Benedetti - Bottoms Up (Main Mix)
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05-01-2011, 02:23 PM
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Originally Posted by maturanesa I tryed bartolinis j pups. In passive, they have a nice growl, but lacks low end for my taste, and the output is weak..., With a preamp they kill. | so more then likely i would need a pre for bartos.(making them the most expensive choice) |
05-01-2011, 02:27 PM
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