Whats the Boomiest jazz neck pickup??

[colorblindbass]

ive always played Jazz Basses, but i really am thinking about getting something with a P pickup, cause i just love that warm thuddy boom

so what im asking is, really, whats a jazz bass neck pickup replacement that sounds most like a pickup on a 57 p-bass

[One Drop]

Originally Posted by colorblindbass

ive always played Jazz Basses, but i really am thinking about getting something with a P pickup, cause i just love that warm thuddy boom

so what im asking is, really, whats a jazz bass neck pickup replacement that sounds most like a pickup on a 57 p-bass

The PUP location on a P has as much to do with the tone as the pickup itself, so it's very hard to say. To my ears I would say none, but maybe a SD 1/4 pounder can replicate the thicker low mids of a P somewhat.

Get a Precision.

[tallboybass]

Originally Posted by colorblindbass

ive always played Jazz Basses, but i really am thinking about getting something with a P pickup, cause i just love that warm thuddy boom

so what im asking is, really, whats a jazz bass neck pickup replacement that sounds most like a pickup on a 57 p-bass

IMO a DiMarzio Model J.

[jim primate]

Originally Posted by tallboybass

IMO a DiMarzio Model J.

that's a mudslinger of a pickup.

just add a p-pickup to a jazz bass.

[colorblindbass]

Aha!

Dimarizos thats what i was looking at.

thats what ill get.
i like them


Thanks dudes

(Now can anyone tell me anything about these pickups?)

[joelb79]

I think that only a P can sound like a P. Your talking about doing the impossible. I do think that whatever you get would have to be a split coil not a stack coil to be even remotely close, and even then the coil size would be smaller.

[Mad Tango]

Its not entirely true that a jazz can't mimic a P-bass. Remember the first P-basses 1951-mid 57 had a single coil (not split coil set up) and they sound like a slightly brighter p-bass, though not quite as middy. The neck pups that have a fatter random winding spool than normal(which gives a more robust vintage tone) are Lindy Fralins and Nordstrand NJ4. My Lindy j-neck soloed sounds fairly close to my 57 RI P-bass w/Nordstrand NP4 pup. The Lindy j-pup coils barely fit in the covers. It won't be an exact tone match, but it is close enough. However; one of the less addressed reasons a P-bass sounds a tad phatter is because of the bigger neck 1-3/4" at the nut. (which is what I have on my old jazz). I also have another P-bass w/ American 62 vintage RI j-neck 1-1/2" and it is (slightly) less robust as the bigger neck p-bass set up.