They are really becoming popular. This one is by Bass Mods.
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Jazz Basses with Soap Bar Pickups
- Thread starter Dr. Cheese
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They are really becoming popular. This one is by Bass Mods.
The combination of getting a “hi-fi” “boutique” bass tone with the traditional comfort of a Jazz body.
I used to like the sound of soap bar pickups, and really wanted to get a fancy coffee-table bass with soaps....but 10 years later...not so much. Who knows what I’ll like in another 10...
I used to like the sound of soap bar pickups, and really wanted to get a fancy coffee-table bass with soaps....but 10 years later...not so much. Who knows what I’ll like in another 10...
I am just happy that I settled on getting the Geddy. I love checking out basses, but I am seriously streamlining what I own.
Same here...not that I own very much, but I would like to make it a small, solid collection.
I have the L2500, which ain’t goin’ nowhere. I have a mid-priced parts-bass Passive Fretless Jazz V that I put together, and a Squier VM Jazz V. I want to do a full Warmoth Jazz V and keep it simple with passive electronics (I think I’m done with preamps, too), and maybe sell the Squier to recoup some of the money spent on the Warmoth...
I don’t really care for the sounds of that bass. Very boingy like a 3 band stingray.
Nah, I’ll stick with jazz pickups.
Nah, I’ll stick with jazz pickups.
Lakland 55-60 with Nordy Fat Stacks...
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Isnt a soap bar single just a single coil pickup in a different case? So that it will fit in a bass with a different hole?
Soapbars are usually humbuckers of one sort or another.
Funny thing. When I look across all my basses I see a lot of soap bars. Only one of my basses has a pickup that is not a soap bar. That’s my Fender Deluxe P5. It has a split P-bass pickup. And a soap bar. I didn’t plan it that way. I just keep the basses that I like to play and listen to, so it’s more of a result than a plan. I guess given that early on my favorite basses were Music Man and Alembic kinda set the tone (bad pun).
This bass sound is as clean and cold as a surgical operating table. 
Yes, Cheese. It's a Genesis as mentioned. It has more of a jazz cut and feel than you see in the photo. The lighting suggests some edges on it that aren't really there.
This bass absolutely smashes contemporary R&B/ Gospel tones.
I love the dual coil pickups on my Fodera. In dual coil mode big and fat. In single coil mode they have the same spacing as a ‘70s Jazz bass and it nails the tone! I think even better then my ‘72 Jazz!
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Can we say it's still a Jazz Bass, then?
Fender defines the Jazz by body shape, so I say yes.
