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03-22-2013, 08:11 AM
|  | Listen to Pluto for Planet | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Charlotte N.C. | | | Weird pickups on a supposed '64 jazz
A local music store put this photo up of a bass they had just acquired and my curiosity peaked. They claim it to be a 1964 Jazz. It is obviously a refin with a Badass bridge, but check out the pickups!! I'm counting 9 poles lol
Anyone know what type of pickups these are?
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03-22-2013, 08:13 AM
| | Listen to Pluto for Planet | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Charlotte N.C. | | Here's the only other photo posted...  |
03-22-2013, 08:20 AM
| | | | dont think the body is a american Fender or fender at all. how much does we wants for the bass? |
03-22-2013, 08:24 AM
| | Listen to Pluto for Planet | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Charlotte N.C. | | | I thought the same thing man lol! He hasn't posted a price, so I can't say for certain, but I'll update if I hear. |
03-22-2013, 08:25 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: MoCo, MD | | They look like Wilde (Bill Lawrence) J-45 PUs to me |
03-22-2013, 08:29 AM
| | Listen to Pluto for Planet | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Charlotte N.C. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by tink9975  They look like Wilde (Bill Lawrence) J-45 PUs to me | By George I think you've got it!!
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03-22-2013, 08:30 AM
| | | | My god those are 5 string jazz pickups, who would do such a thing!!!!
That is infact a 60s jazz but the pickups and routs are f€&@&€ with prolly the pots and controle cavity will be mangled with aswell.
Then again if it sounds real Nice it might be worth restoring...
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03-22-2013, 08:46 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: MoCo, MD | | | these are standard jazz size pickups (4 string) but due to the pole arrangement they can be used on 5s and some narrow 6s
(assuming they are the J45 PUs) |
03-22-2013, 08:53 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Kalmthout, Belgium (Europe) | | | pickguard isn't original either, it's too "specky" and dark, that's from the late sixties, early seventies.
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03-22-2013, 08:58 AM
| | Registered User
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On the other hand, if someone took the time to mod it this much, it's a player. |
03-22-2013, 09:00 AM
| | | | never seen something like that. 9 poles?
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03-22-2013, 09:07 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: MoCo, MD | | | I don't think I am wrong, if they were standard 5 string PUs, they would have 10 poles (2 per string) not the 9 that these PUs have.
assuming these are the J-45 pick-ups (and I'm not aware of any other equally spaced 9 pole Jazz pu, correct me if I am wrong) the website that I linked above lists the dimensions as:
Neck: Bridge:
Width: 0.73" Width: 0.73"
Length: 3.55" Length: 3.71"
Depth: 0.83" Depth: 0.83"
Which are pretty close to the standard 4 string Jazz PU size.
Also from the site:
The J-45 set offers Bill's multi-pole piece system for 4 string, 5 and some narrow 6 string Jazz Bass instruments. His airgap noisefree design for the jazz bass replacement comes standard with pole pieces at a slight stagger to accommodate most neck radius. Flush pole pieces are available per request which may require additional wait time. |
03-22-2013, 09:14 AM
| | Listen to Pluto for Planet | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Charlotte N.C. | | | I'm with ya Tink, I think they are the Lawrence pickups for sure, |
03-22-2013, 09:14 AM
|  | Roscoe FANatic | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Jupiter FLA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by tink9975 I don't think I am wrong... | I don't think so either. Here's my Hoyt: 
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