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Description:
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Split-coil, exposed-polepiece, humbucker aftermarket pickup designed to fit the original Fender Jazz Bass, which has neck and bridge pickup cavities of two different sizes. Some current basses use the same length pickup in both positions. The Ultra Jazz™ set, DP149, consists of two pickups of different lengths, with the neck pickup shorter than the bridge pickup. The pickups are also available individually as DP147 (short) and DP148 (long) if your bass requires either one size pickup or the other.
The appearance of the Ultra Jazz™ is traditional, but the wide dynamic range and frequency response of the hybrid magnetic structure allows both vintage and modern sounds. As with the DiMarzio Model J™, hum canceling is achieved with each coil sensing a pair of strings, rather than a stacked design; even with a relatively high DC resistance figure, the Ultra Jazz™ has very strong, percussive highs and clean lows.
Specs:
Wiring: Standard four conductor
Magnet: Alnico 5 and Ceramic
Output: 250 mV
DC Resistance: 12.30K
Year of introduction 1996
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Jefenator
curiously looking back at what once was beautiful
Registered: August 2008
Location: Oregon
Posts: 2476
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Review Date: Mon March 2, 2009
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 9
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Pros:
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Great deep modern "active" sound
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Cons:
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Not for those who dislike "scoop"
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I've had these in a couple of different Jazz basses.
I find these pickups to have real refined sound, in the good and bad senses of the word. They don't seem to be particularly aggressive - probably not the best choice to cut through a dense mix like a hot knife through butter.
They're certainly not wimpy, though! I like a nice, deep, subtly commanding presence and I feel these deliver on that. They also have a nice sheen on the highs, so much so that a preamp seems redundant. These pickups have yielded the sweetest "scooped" slap sound out of any bass I've ever used, active or passive.
IME there's less variation available - these P/Us tend to sound like you've got both dialed in, even when you run just one. It still has that "scooped" quality - it's harder to lose that and dial in more rawness.
So just like everything else, this model has its strengths and weaknesses. Sometimes I'm completely hooked on its seductive brand of ear-candy. Other times I itch to swap 'em out for some good single coils.
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FS: 1974 P Body loaded w/ Fralin
"My kids never had the advantage I had. I was born poor." - Kirk Douglas
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bfidel
Registered User
Registered: February 2009
Posts: 3
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Review Date: Sun March 15, 2009
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $100.00
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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great tone
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Cons:
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none
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great up-grade for mim fender jazz.
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dragoon419
Registered User
Registered: August 2006
Location: Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
Posts: 424
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Review Date: Wed April 15, 2009
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $99.99
| Rating: 9
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Pros:
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Crisp, grit, bright, strong B string response
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Cons:
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Pickup covers do not fit Fenders
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I got a Squire Affinity V and was considering getting new pickups. These pickups are amazing. They sound 10 times better than the ones that came on my bass. When both pickups are the same volume I get a very agressive and slightly scooped tone, which is amazing. The B string response is also very good, especially when I lower the volume on the neck pickup.
The only downside I found was that the pickup covers, at least on the 5 string set I bought, don't fit properly; the holes for the mounting screw are too close together. However, this was solved by using the pickup covers that came with the orginal pickups. They don't fit properly, but its a small price to pay for such great pickups.
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SVT-3 PRO\SVT 410HE\Warwick Thumb NT4
Canadian #19, Behringer #35, Wick Club Member #212
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dgordonhill
Registered User
Registered: December 2006
Posts: 37
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Review Date: Mon November 2, 2009
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $100.00
| Rating: 10
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LOTS OF GROWL FOR FUNK!! BIG ASS BOTTOM FOR RIDDEM/BLUES ROC N ROLL;;
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NON
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LOADED THESE BOYS IN ON MY MEXI JAZZ WITH THE BADASS BRIDGE,VARITONE CONTROLS ITS A TONE MONSTER SOUNDS LIKE A FATASS OLD SKOOL FENDER JAZZ OH YEAH DR STRINGS
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tracer03
Fender Jazz Addict
Registered: April 2009
Location: Eagan, Minnesota
Posts: 176
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Review Date: Fri January 15, 2010
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $120.00
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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Sound, clarity, noiseless!
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Cons:
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Um....none?
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I bought these as an upgrade for my MIJ Fender 60's reissue jazz. I specifically purchased these for the humbucking factor, as I like to tweak my tone a bit for certain songs. With my stock pups, running anything but both wide open sounded like bad AM radio.
I dropped these in, and what a difference! My $200 bass sounds like a monster. Clear, punchy, with plenty of 'bass' on tap, yet enough definition and growl to let you know there's a Jazz in the room.
I'm thinking about getting a 70's Vintage Modified Squier, and you can bet that I'll be picking up another set to drop in...
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Way Huge #27
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dgordonhill
Registered User
Registered: December 2006
Posts: 37
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Review Date: Thu January 28, 2010
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $100.00
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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still lots of tone,every set of strings yields a different tone 2 boot
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Cons:
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still none
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still funking and rocking with these mothers it is deeeeeep bass and poping highs
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1954bassman
Registered User
Registered: June 2004
Posts: 593
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Review Date: Thu April 28, 2011
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $100.00
| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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Really punchy, great tne
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Cons:
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Does not seem to cut through as good as some of my other basses
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I dropped a set of these in my Lakland 55-01 along with an Adere preamp. Turned the Lakland on it's head. I get compliments on the sound of this bass almost every time I play it. I love the sound - but it does seem a little weak on output, but I make it up with my Eden WTDI pedal. I like this set-up so much it has become my main bass.
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The Older I Get,
The Less I Knew
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MysticMichael
Hip No Ties
Registered: April 2004
Location: New York, NY
Posts: 5153
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Review Date: Fri August 5, 2011
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $110.00
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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Modern, hi-fi, smooth, refined, clean, punchy, powerful
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Cons:
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not the best choice for traditional single-coil midrange grind
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I rarely rate anything a perfect "10". I'm making an exception in this case.
The other Ultra Jazz reviews here are all basically true. It's a fabulous choice for that modern, hi-fi tone that works so well for funk, nu-school R&B, pop, smooth jazz - and modern rock. I love that tone, so I love these pickups. The fact that I'm using them in a modern neck-through bass, along with an Aguilar OBP-3 onboard preamp, and DR stainless steel Lo-Riders strings, further supports and reinforces what the Ultra Jazz brings, so for me they've been an excellent choice.
Where the Ultra Jazz may disappoint, however, is in doing classic rawk, hard rawk - or any other genre that emphasizes a growling, aggressive midrange. Since the Ultra Jazz are slightly scooped in the upper mids, clean not dirty, and not super high-output for that matter, they're really not the best choice for those applications - particularly in a passive instrument. However, this is really more a problem of player expectations, rather than a "flaw" of the pickups themselves. The fact that they have the identical form factor as traditional Fender Jazz single coils undoubtedly throws off some people.
If you buy a set of these with your eyes open - knowing what they will do...and what they will not do - you'll love 'em.
MM
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"If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is: infinite."
- William Blake
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