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Noiseless pickups 5 string

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Rob Cleveland

Jan 4, 2022
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I have a 5 string yamaha bass. Where I rest my right hand causes a buzz. If I move it a little back it goes away. Instead of replacing the pick ups and preamp .
Can anyone recommend a particular fender jazz bass 5 string where pick ups are noiseless?
I was considering this one. Fender player plus active jazz bass v.
Any help would be appreciated
 

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It would be wise to have a qualified tech check out the wiring and connections inside the bass before you simply replace the pickups. He might discover a repairable issue. That issue could ultimately be a bad pickup that needs to be replaced. But at least you’ll know for sure.
 
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Are you touching the polepieces on the pickup somehow? You definitely need to get it checked out.

Any Fender with noiseless pickups will be quiet. I have the Jazz V Deluxe and it has noiseless pickups. No issues with mine.
But Fender is a different animal than Yamaha. If you buy one check it out in person first. I ordered mine on line and it's fairly heavy 10.6 pounds. Also I didn't realize that they changed the string spacing on these from 17.5mm to 19. mm. What a surprise when I picked it up after my Ibanez that weighed 8.6 pounds and has 16.5mm string spacing. Not saying that's bad just different.
 
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cb56 said:
Are you touching the polepieces on the pickup somehow? You definitely need to get it checked out.

Any Fender with noiseless pickups will be quiet. I have the Jazz V Deluxe and it has noiseless pickups. No issues with mine.
But Fender is a different animal than Yamaha. If you buy one check it out in person first. I ordered mine on line and it's fairly heavy 10.6 pounds. Also I didn't realize that they changed the string spacing on these from 17.5mm to 19. mm. What a surprise when I picked it up after my Ibanez that weighed 8.6 pounds and has 16.5mm string spacing. Not saying that's bad just different.
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