Need some advice with new pickups...

[Alejandra DiFazio]

Hello everybody, this is my second post on this forum and I must say, you are the best! I've got so much valuable feedback that I am gonna try again, this time I need advice in pickups...
See, I own an Ibanez TR300 Expressionist, a discontinued series of Ibanez that resembles a Fender Jazz. The problem relies that the pickups have some weird meassures:

3cm x 10cm

There are no pickups in the market with such messures, but still I decided to go for the Bartolini 9J1 Jazz Bass Pickups which are slightly smaller.

My questions:

How hard is to change pickups when the hole for the pickups is too big/too small for the new pickups?

And...

Is there any pickups set that fits in this meassure (3cm x 10cm)

Thank you very much,

Ale

P.S. In Uruguay we use the metric system so the meassures should be 1.2 In x 3.9 In

Gracias!

 

[orangejulius3]

Bart's but slightly bigger size

http://www.bestbassgear.com/bartolini-bc-pickups.htm

Nordstrand also slightly bigger
4 string big singles

http://www.bestbassgear.com/nordstrand-pickups.htm#nordstrandbsingle4

Aguilar

http://www.bestbassgear.com/aguilar-dcb-4-d1.htm

 

[orangejulius3]

Hello everybody, this is my second post on this forum and I must say, you are the best! I've got so much valuable feedback that I am gonna try again, this time I need advice in pickups...
See, I own an Ibanez TR300 Expressionist, a discontinued series of Ibanez that resembles a Fender Jazz. The problem relies that the pickups have some weird meassures:

3cm x 10cm

There are no pickups in the market with such messures, but still I decided to go for the Bartolini 9J1 Jazz Bass Pickups which are slightly smaller.

My questions:

How hard is to change pickups when the hole for the pickups is too big/too small for the new pickups?

And...

Is there any pickups set that fits in this meassure (3cm x 10cm)

Thank you very much,

Ale

P.S. In Uruguay we use the metric system so the meassures should be 1.2 In x 3.9 In

Gracias!

The pickups I recommended are all slightly bigger.

I would measure the cavity.
They might just fit snug.

 

[Alejandra DiFazio]

Thanl you very much! Problem is, my idiot brother already bought me the Bartolini 9J1 Jazz Bass Pickups, and is on his way home!

Is it too terrible that the pickups are smaller than the cavity? (aside that it looks awful)

Gracias!

 

[Alejandra DiFazio]

The pickups I recommended are all slightly bigger.

I would measure the cavity.
They might just fit snug.

 

[orangejulius3]

The Bart 9J1 will fit no problem.
The bridge pickup will be a nice fit. You will also have to drill new holes.

 

[orangejulius3]

I just realized I bought the same pickups for my Fender Jazz.
Mine will be here on Friday I believe.
Let us know your opinion on them.