Hum cancelling jazz without losing jazz tone?

[Treb]

Another option is Bill Lawrence J45’s. They’re hum cancelling.

I have a pair of those somewhere. Tried them in my Lakland DJ4. I prefer the stock Hanson pickups' livelier tone. They do look cool with their unusual pole piece layout FWIW.

 

[mrperkolator]

Another option is Bill Lawrence J45’s. They’re hum cancelling.

I didn't know they were. Any reviews?

 

[Treb]

I didn't know they were. Any reviews?

There's a whole appreciation thread here: PART II: Bill Lawrence P-46/J-45 Pickups (BEST P/J Pickups EVER)!

 

[mrperkolator]

There's a whole appreciation thread here: PART II: Bill Lawrence P-46/J-45 Pickups (BEST P/J Pickups EVER)!

Just read the thread. It gave good info, but is VERY heavy on PJ. Did you try them in a typical 4 string J setup?

 

[bassicmike]

I've been having a real itch lately to change the pickups in my VM Jazz.

But as we're rehearsing last night, I'm thinking "damn, this bass tone is pretty good just like it is".

 

[thetaurus]

Is the only point of hum-cancelling pickups (on a J-style bass) to be able to use different blends of the two without added hum/noise? If so, then is there really no other benefit if you always run both pickups wide open?

 

[Jefro]

In a live setting, some hum from blending the bridge and neck pickup differently, like soloing, will likely not be noticed.
But in a studio type setting, the engineers will appreciate noiseless pickups.

 

[bassicmike]

In a live setting, some hum from blending the bridge and neck pickup differently, like soloing, will likely not be noticed.
But in a studio type setting, the engineers will appreciate noiseless pickups.

In a studio type setting, I'm probably using a P.

 

[mcnach]

 

[mrperkolator]

hum is super distracting for me. But I realize that's a personal thing. If I play in a place with good wiring (my practice area at home) I get very little hum. But there's so many venues that have atrocious wiring that hum comes in like a train. It's very distracting for me. So I'm going noiseless/hum cancelling

 

[walterw]

Is the only point of hum-cancelling pickups (on a J-style bass) to be able to use different blends of the two without added hum/noise? If so, then is there really no other benefit if you always run both pickups wide open?

yep, exactly

 

[Kerem Koseoglu]

Fender Ultra Noiseless Vintage Jazz Bass pickups (subjectively) sound good enough to make me install them on my passive Jazz as well.

 

[Zoot H Rollo]

My latest mods with hum-cancelling Jazz pickups

Precision shown for reference

Pickups Left to right

Fralin Precision with passive Obsidian harness

Fralin Split Jazz with passive Obsidian Harness

DiMarzio Ultra Jazz with East J-Retro preamp plate

Fralin Split Jazz with Trickfish OPA

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The J-Retro is great with the Thinline Fretless as the low end gets a bit wooly