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I AM CURRENTLY USING EMG ja PICKUPS WITH THE BTC CONTROL--WITH A 24VOLT CONVERSION THAT i FOUND ON eBAY--SOUNDS GREAT. emg ADVERTISES THAT YOU CAN GO UP TO 27V. mORE VOLTAS--BETTER HEADROOM!

Try John Kallas Vintage Basses (google) I have 7 jazz basses-my favorite is a block/bound version he made--all my other are stock Fender. It plays the best--check him out 965martin

I've been playing professionally since 1971--and the entire time it's always been about the elusive "perfect" tone. It always seemed that the vintage gear had that tone. I always played vintage rickenbackers prior to 1976. I then got a 1968 jazz bass and found "it." The tone. But I was...

Back in the dark ages when I started playing (middle 60's) I had a couple of very short bass books for reference. These were printed by a company called Music Exploitation (this is not a joke) The books were Precision Bass Jazz Bass Advanced bass patterns (this may be wrong title)...

I currently have 7 jazz basses--all w/EMG sets w/ the BTC stacked knob eq. The JV set is very close to the vintage sound of the late 60's basses (I have a dead stock 68 with the same strings). The JA set is clearly brighter/warmer than the other two--but the low end is much the same as the...