Dimarzio Relentless J and Sixties J pickups

[etherealme]

I appreciate your response. I haven't had any problems like you describe. It's just the tone. If I get a nice, rich, articulate sound on the E & A strings, the D & G strings are thin, almost brittle-sounding (mostly the G). If I get a better tone out of the D & G strings, the E and A strings get muddy. The Sixties Jazz pickups

I think DiMarzio has QC issues but I am trying to be flat and not jump to leading everyone down that road here. I had the same exact issues you describe with the thinness on the lower strings on 2 different sets of area Js. Then as I mentioned the A poles went completely out.

 

[SharpCat]

I think DiMarzio has QC issues but I am trying to be flat and not jump to leading everyone down that road here. I had the same exact issues you describe with the thinness on the lower strings on 2 different sets of area Js. Then as I mentioned the A poles went completely out.

I don't see how the A can go out without taking the E as well? Plus you've got two different pickups. The A went out on both?

 

[etherealme]

I don't see how the A can go out without taking the E as well? Plus you've got two different pickups. The A went out on both?

That's what I recall but it's been years, but it definitely was a lone pole and then another on a different set. Without a total recall I probably should have withheld that info, but regardless I have experienced the exact tone issues, thinness and non-bass response from their pickups twice before just as the user described. E & A sound fine and D/G sound similar to thin out of phase and very quiet, despite being checked for wiring flaws. My tech couldn't figure it out either.

 

[jglunt]

I don't see how the A can go out without taking the E as well? Plus you've got two different pickups. The A went out on both?

The Sixties Jazz pickups have two short, stubby coils that are butted against each other. It's not uncommon to experience a dropout on the A and/or D string in that configuration. Maybe that's what's happening?? (Though I haven't noticed that happening on mine.)

 

[jglunt]

The Sixties Jazz pickups have two short, stubby coils that are butted against each other. It's not uncommon to experience a dropout on the A and/or D string in that configuration. Maybe that's what's happening?? (Though I haven't noticed that happening on mine.)

Speaking of recall, I might have gotten the Jazz Sixties configuration wrong. I took a set of Cort noiseless jazz pickups out of that bass. One set was two stubby coils butted against each other, the other set was two full-length skinny coils side by side. I might have gotten the configurations confused. Sorry!