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I measured their length and they appear to be the neck pickup length. Besides, I have read posts from people about how they claimed they had to do some additional routing to the bridge pickup cavity on and MIM J-bass to fit a standard set of J-Bass pickups.

Then it sounds like they changed things. Mine dates from 2000.

Hi, would anyone happen to know what the pickup dimensions are for the MIM jazz basses? I know that both pickups are the typical "neck" size pickup; but I just wasn't sure of l x w x h of these pickups without actually taking them out of my bass.

I was experimenting over the past few days with the sounds of my new Jazz Bass, and I think I saw a thread on here that suggested that you could get a sound similar to the "classic" Ric sound that cropped up in the 70s prog bands. (Of course, I can't find the thread again on short notice.)...

Have to echo the previous sentiments here. Probably one of the first bassists I took notice of. I remember when we played "China Grove" in my high school jazz band, and I was fairly new to bass at the time (I only took it up because the band director asked if I was interested). I was happy to...

I would agree that Waters' talents are more along the lines of songwriting and musical vision, as opposed to perceived technical ability. However, if taken to excess, this can result in musical compositions that are more lyric/story oriented and are somewhat less interesting musically - this...