J J J Bass Options

[countbassiedad]

Anyone done a J J J bass starting with a regular J bass and then adding a third J pup in the "mudbucker" position?

I am adding a mudbucker to my P bass and am thinking about adding a third J pup to my jazz.

The main question I have is about hum cancellation. If I stick with single coils, do I want to use a bridge pup in the far neck position (so that it would hum cancel in the normal way when I run the middle and far neck together)?

I did not measure yet, but am guessing the pole spacing would be closer if I used a J neck pup. If I did that do I just have to reverse the polarity of the leads to make it hum cancel with the middle?

Thanks.

 

[line6man]

You could do it Strat style, with the middle pickup RWRP from the neck and bridge. The neck and bridge will not humcancel together, however.

Simply swapping the leads of a pickup will put the signal out of phase with the signals from the other pickups, giving you a very thin tone. You need to also reverse the magnet polarity.

Perhaps you should consider humbuckers.

 

[hillcitykid]

im not super technicaly minded on the subject.but, outside of MAJOR mods. its still gonna sound like a j bass. ive tried everything, and they always sound more or less the same. just my experience.

 

[PikeoftheLake]

The godin shifter has 3 single coil pickups and I haven't heard people complain about hum with them.

Perhaps you could look into the setup of the Shifter?

 

[stflbn]

Musicman Big Al 5. Passive, Active, 3 bad arse pickups.

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[line6man]

Musicman Big Al 5. Passive, Active, 3 bad arse pickups.

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Don't some of the MM basses have dummy coils?

 

[Stealth]

Don't some of the MM basses have dummy coils?

I don't think so, I believe all their narrow-aperture pickups are actually stacked.

 

[tedsalt]

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Pickups:
Standard - Single Humbucking with ceramic magnets;
Optional - Triple Single coil Neodymium magnets

 

[countbassiedad]

Thanks for the comments. I'll probably add a mudbucker to my P first and then maybe do Mud/P/J to the Jazz at some point.

 

[countbassiedad]

I opted for mudbucker/sidewinder....

 

[Omnipharious]

Yes, I actually just had a thread about this three days ago. There is still an unanswered question in it, and if someone can help me with it, I can start drawing up plans, and hopefully get started on the bass soon.