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Odd pickup on my KSD Jazz.. anyone know what it is???

jaypbass

jaypbass

Jun 29, 2007
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I just recently bought a used KSD (Ken Smith Design) 704 J-Proto bass for cheap and i dont really know much about these basses the first thing i notice was it had an odd looking pickup on it?.... I knew it didnt belong there and the guy who sold me the bass said he bought it new and had done nothing to it no changes at all... so unless whe was BS ing me, this pick up came wit the bass but i did a little reserch and found out that these basses came with US made Vintage pickups and the brige pickup looks like its the right one but i have no i dea what the brige pickup is....... i tried to find out but didnt get anywhere so i thought you guys could help me...... so please... HELP!!!!!
If anyone knows and can tell me what it is any info on it would be greatly apreciated. i took picks of it and it has a name on it but i cant tell what it says its like in arabic or something??????? here it is...
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I tried to take the best shots from my cam.... so what is it????
 
#3
NKUSigEp said:
It's upside down ;)

It says "Moon" and probably came out of a Japanese made Moon bass - not bad basses by any means though! How's it sound?

PS - KSD's are great basses...I got the chance to play one the other day at a friend's band's practice.

Some links to check out:

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=62107

http://www.moon-guitar.co.jp/
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ohhhh i see..... :hiding: silly me... haha well i actually like the sound alot.... but do you think it matters if its backwards like that? and do you do think its worth keeping it or try to get the original vintage pickup back? and what if i cant get it back? What should i do? :help:
Thanks alot anyway!
 
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jaypbass said:
ohhhh i see..... :hiding: silly me... haha well i actually like the sound alot.... but do you think it matters if its backwards like that? and do you do think its worth keeping it or try to get the original vintage pickup back? and what if i cant get it back? What should i do? :help:
Thanks alot anyway!
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It shouldn't affect anything if it's upside down or not. It's definitely not the original pickup though which makes ya wonder what happened to the other one? If you like the sound though, it's not gonna matter anyway but I would ask the previous owner if he knows what happened to it...if he really is the original owner or if he's just pulling your chain about not modifying it...or maybe someone pulled his chain and he's not really the original owner? Too many possibilities.
 

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