Jack Casady Bass - Pickup Replacement/Upgrade

I'd love to find a black pickup and pg for one of my projects...

 

Black pickguards are out there or are not that hard to make. I believe @Koeda has made some. I don’t know if he’s selling them or not. The pickup is a little more difficult. If you want the low impedance pickup the stock creme colored one is pretty much it. If you want to go way off from stock I think a mini humbucker will fit but take some measurements. There must be an all black guitar mini-bucker out there. The bass will sound different though. Not necessarily better or worse, just different.

 

Somewhere in a thread here in TB or on FB, is a cat who painted his cream Jackbass pup w/ RC car paint of some type...

 

Coming soon...faded Pelham Blue!



Epiphone Jack Casady Bass Faded Pelham Blue Pre-Order
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How about thinking outside the box for a moment and try something such as a TV Jones Thunder'Tron? Minor mods may be required.

Thunder'Tron Neck Pickup - Universal Mount

 

The real question is what are you going to do with the impedance switch if you change the pickup?

 

dammmnnnnnn!

 

Lawd have mercy, that would look good beside my Royale Blue JC!

As for a black JC pickup, my Royale Blue has it, the White JC’s have them. Keep looking one may surface for sale.

 

I've had ebay and reverb searches up for at least 5 years with no hits so far....

 

First thing I did when I got my black JC was to remove the PG, which I think makes it look cheap. And with the PG out of the picture, the cream-colored pup looks better too.

 

That’s why I bought the modded Bronco with JC electronics in it. I never see them come up and now I have them, with a much easier bass to play stretched to them