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02-16-2007, 05:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Boston, MA | | | What are your favorite J bass pickups?
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What have you found to be your personal favorite J bass pickups and why? I've tried Suhr's and loved them. I've tried Duncun SJB-1's and loved them. I recently played a bass live that had Dimarzio model J's and those were killin. Best bargain out there for pickups. I'm not sure what's for me yet but these are the one's that have stood out so far. I'd like to try the Jason Lollar J's. I'd like to try the Duncun Antiquity pickups. What's your experience?
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02-16-2007, 05:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2001 Location: Ontario, Canada | | | So far Bartolini
but....
I may repost a "change-of-mind" next week when my Bill Lawrence J45s, and Geddy Lee Jazz Pups show up and I try em out....
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02-16-2007, 06:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Illinois | | | I got a set of Lindy Fralin jazz pups(same as the JO pups) for an SX Jazz. I have his Original equipment style pups in a MIM and love them dearly.
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02-16-2007, 06:04 PM
| | | | Always been real happy w/Bartolini's and just got a Mike Lull M5V w/Basslines and a Bart pre that sound absolutely killer.
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02-16-2007, 06:06 PM
| | Pat's the best! | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Northern Virginia, USA | | | I've played a lot of basses with J pickups at GTGs I've hosted, I've had some Bartolini and Basslines pickups. Personally my favorite J bass pickup pair I've ever heard is the stockers in my '97 USA passive Standard V. Close second, believe it or not, was the stockers in my '95 MIM. I replaced them with Basslines because the MIM Fenders had a bad rep back then, but the Fenders sounded better. I've still got one in a franken-PJ. The Barts in my old custom 4 string recorded much better than they sounded live, the Fenders sound perfect in every situation.
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02-16-2007, 06:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: New York | | | I really dug the lindy frailins in my old lull. passively they sounded nice, but with the bart pre sounded really fat. that was until i found my mørch (in my avatar). that bass is stocked with a stacked humbucker that has a push/pull knob to toggle between humbucker and single coil. it also goes between passive and active with another push/pull knob. it is wired into a mørch preamp. the passive jazz sound is my favorite on the bass. those are just my 2 pennies. |
02-16-2007, 07:05 PM
| | | | Loved my Geddy Lee pups, but now love my Quarter Pounders more. |
02-16-2007, 07:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio | | So far I love my model Js. So far...
but really, they rule. |
02-16-2007, 08:23 PM
|  | Quatre-cordes | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New Orleans, LA /El Paso TX | | | stock 97 pickups and DiMarzio Model J are my 2 favorites, they are very different but have their own sweetness. |
02-16-2007, 10:40 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Ventura, CA | | | Antiquity IIs. |
02-16-2007, 10:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Agoura Hills, CA | | | Nordstrand single coil 4's and 5's... |
02-16-2007, 11:07 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Madison, NJ | | | The pickups out of my 2004 MIM had a nice thump with flats. However, my overall, 100% personal favorites are Stan Hinesley Hot J's from has-sound.com
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02-17-2007, 06:11 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Boston, MA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by tplyons  The pickups out of my 2004 MIM had a nice thump with flats. However, my overall, 100% personal favorites are Stan Hinesley Hot J's from has-sound.com | What do you like about these pickups? What did you find in those that you didn't feel you could get out of other J's? |
02-17-2007, 06:14 AM
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Originally Posted by west*coast*bass Nordstrand single coil 4's and 5's... | Carey makes a great product and I'm hoping to get some more time testing his pickups in the future. The one time I was comparing J pickups with a friend I found them to be very similar to Aero pickups, which for me are too clean. I personally prefer a J that gives a little when you dig in, that has a bit of that bark and bite if you push them. |
02-17-2007, 09:19 AM
| | Still searching for the Brown Note | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Dark side of the Moon | | | Diggin' the quarter pounders in a P&J.
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02-17-2007, 09:20 AM
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Originally Posted by emjazz What do you like about these pickups? What did you find in those that you didn't feel you could get out of other J's? | I felt they had the perfect growl, and really made my Marcus Miller speak without being too zingy without a passive treble rolloff. http://www.talkbass.com/reviews/show...hp/product/989
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02-17-2007, 09:26 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Stockport, England. | | | Fralins in my Lakland JO are awesome. |
02-17-2007, 09:40 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Lakland Basses | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Mississippi / Memphis, TN | | | Haven't tried a ton of J pickups but out of the ones I have tried the single coil Fralins come out on top. |
02-17-2007, 10:05 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Philadelphia | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Juniorkimbrough Haven't tried a ton of J pickups but out of the ones I have tried the single coil Fralins come out on top. | Fralins are my faves out of a small sample too, but I went noiseless with mine, and they sound incredibly close to pure single coils. Compared to the stock Am. Ser. Fenders, they have deeper lows, slightly clearer highs, and, most importantly, more growl. They're pretty "raw" sounding, which I love. And the absence of single coil hum is a huge plus for me.
I've also been impressed with the Samarium Cobalt Noiseless in Fender's recent American Deluxe models. If I bought one of those, I'd leave the pickups stock.
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02-17-2007, 10:37 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Winnipeg, Canada | | | Quarter Pounders are my all time faves. I'm going to have them in both my main basses soon.
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