Bartolini "jazz" pickups

[DLM]

A luthier told me that Bartolini will custom make a "jazz" pickup that is in the same shell as their standard soapbars. Here is the quote...

"Bartolini can make a great sounding ‘Jazz’ pickup that work well with a low ‘B’ and are very low noise. They can custom make this type of pickup in the same shell as the ones on your bass. However, they may take a year to get."

Has anyone heard of these? If so, what do you think of them?

 

[MAGUS®]

I'd take a stab in the dark and say that no one has ever ordered one, what with maybe a years wait. So no feedback ..?

 

[Mark Wilson]

Believe it or not, I worked at a music store up here in Niagara, and we have those Jazz Pickups. I don't know if they've sold, A guy said he was going to grab them, I left before that. But yea, we had those. I think they were selling for...120.00 CDN? I could be wrong.

 

[DLM]

...but no one can provide an assessment as to how they sound?

 

[Moo]

The Bart J's in a soapbar will sound like normal J's, and a 1 year wait for custom Barts is a dream, I would say longer if ever.

Many luthiers can make you a wooden shell that will do what you need, I had something similar with some empty Duncan shells that I foil lined and grounded and cut out a foam inset to hold single coils in a P2 shape.

 

[tim99]

Have you listened to a regular bartolini humbucker in single coil mode to know that you do not want that sound?

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Another Idea is to have a custom "pickguard" made to just cover the pickup cavities and install J pickups like the neck pickup on a J bass.

Another Idea is to paint the inside of the pickup cavitiy black, cut a piece of black mouse pad or black wood to line the bottom of the cavity for the bottom of the j pickup to rest on.

Hey, you could have the entire pickups area routed down 1/8 to 1/4 of an inch, install the J pickups, and have a custom cover made of wood to fill in that routed area. This wood could even be custom made to have a ramp between the pickups, or a thumbrest on the top edge.

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[tim99]

Holly cow, this one has exposed poles:

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[tim99]

[Invalid or Expired Link Removed] pickups are also humbucker/singlecoil switchable.
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