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J/MM Setup Question...

Malak the Mad

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Oct 20, 2012
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Greetings, All!

I recently turned a Jazz body into a J/MM bass. (Go, team! :woot:)

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To be more accurate, this is my first bass with a MusicMan humbucker and I'm wondering what would be a good starting point for the bridge pickup height? I'd like to get the most "humbuckery awesomeness" out of it. If it matters, it's a 90's-era, ceramic Duncan/Basslines pickup.

This video gives some advice, but I figured I'd pick some brains first. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance!

 
I was just about to reference this video since its a lakland special J/MM.
I actually keep mine pretty close to the point of where i were to dig in i might hit the poles. I dont dig in that hard ever but that gives me good clean MM sound and i can get that burp sound pretty good.
Carl in the video is a master so that's a good starting point and micro adjust from there
 
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