I've seen all kinds of pickup configurations, but now that I think of it, I've never seen an inverted pj/jp. Has anyone else seen or heard of one? Are there any factors that would prevent someone from doing it?
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Inverted P/J Pups?
- Thread starter Lightning Rider
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I don't think anything is stopping that pickup combination from happening other than a lack of interest. People usually like the j bridge sound and the p mid/neck sound, rather than the other way around. I'm actually not sure I've ever heard a p pickup in the bridge, though I have seen it before.
Agreed. I've seen any number of J/MM setups, but I don't think I've ever run across a J/P. I'm sure someone somewhere has done one, but nothing comes to mind.
Not sure how that would sound.
Never saw a j / p set up like that, but I have seen a p / p set up with a second p in the bridge position
P in bridge position sounds awesome but it's not a popular tone these days. Very deep, not bright.
Huh. So it seems JP basses are a thing after all
https://reverb.com/item/84816326-1980s-vantage-x-99b-black
even from the factory. The Japanese (Matsumoku-made until 1987, by Samick in Korea after) brand Vantage released at least a couple models,
the 77B-X (ca 1984) and the X-99B
Here is the latter in the wild:
NBD: Wilde "JP" Warmoth '72 T/'51 P
https://reverb.com/item/84816326-1980s-vantage-x-99b-black
even from the factory. The Japanese (Matsumoku-made until 1987, by Samick in Korea after) brand Vantage released at least a couple models,
the 77B-X (ca 1984) and the X-99B
Here is the latter in the wild:
NBD: Wilde "JP" Warmoth '72 T/'51 P
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