Random question... Just Curious really.. Jazz bass u see Jazz Pups P Basses u see P-Bass pups MM u see a MM style pickup Bases that arent based upon a Jazz or P Shape you very rarely see Jazz pickups on them.. more Soapbars, Dual Coil Humbuckers and the like Is there a Reason for this... I cant see a reason why bass building wouldnt use a set of Jazz Pickups on say a MTD, Fodera and or Tobais... bassically I am building this project Not a standard Jazz shape more a Peavey Cirrus-esq shape..I went straight for Soapbars / Humbuckers cause that what is widely used on this style of bass...but what about jazz ...
you get diffrent sounds from the diff type pups. Hum/soaps usually more hi fi sound, P more of a deep thump sound, J more of a growly sound, more in the mid range, then again theres hum jazz style, which are a bit more hi fi. really, its what type of sound you shoot for, not the body shape. i have a P body with jazz pups on it...
That was my initial thinking... But having a Good quality pair of Jazz Pups and a good quality Pre-amp is always a good start i have a pair of Marcus Miller Jazz Pickups and tonal circuit kicking aobut was thinkin about using them in conjunction with a Shack 18v System or maybe a op-1 or Sad onboard pre-amp... Though i would probably get some black soapbar covers cuase i like the look... tryin to find them in the UK is always fun
Soapbar refers to the shape only, not the coil configuration. You can have soapbar P pickups, soapbar single coils etc. One reason I like soapbars is that mfr's like Bart and EMG will make different coil configurations available in the same soapbar shape. So you can, say, swap between a P and a J in neck position by only changing the pickup - and swap back if you don't like it without any routing having to be done.
