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PJ Club

#761
I Delano'd my Tony Franklin.
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I've been fascinated by this pickup ever since I saw this:


It's the best bass tone I've ever heard. I don't have this guy's chops, but the pickup sounds fantastic. I think I'll probably end up getting the jazz Delano as well.
 
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Those pickups are great, I've never had a PJ set up with them tho that would be interesting. I've been waiting to find a black Tony Franklin body to build a franken bass out of for over a year. Or white of they come on it. There basically what I want in a PJ body with the addition of the switching abilities.
 
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Gorn said:
Is series/parallel a thing you can do to a PJ? Or it only works with two j pickups?
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It works on mine. It really brings out an interesting change to the "sonic palette". I don't know the technical terms…scooped this-or-that. The best way I can describe it is it boosts the overall "presence". Perhaps it's increasing the mid-range. Is that what people mean by "less scooped"?
 
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noeinstein said:
Do all Fender PJ's have jazz necks?
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No, there was 1 model called the Hot Rod model in the late 90s to early 2000's with a J pickup in the 60s position and a 1.625 inch nut width which was the same neck they used on the American Series (standards) of the time. Recently though Fender issued a Hot Rod 60s P bass that had 60s Fender logo, Modern tuners, Fender highmass bridge non string through and a 1.625 Inch nut width I believe, It was P neck unsure on the width it may of been 1 3/4 but it wasnt a J neck.

Other then those 2 I dont believe there is a Fender PJ stock with a P neck.
 
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I have a problem with PJs. I own/have owned four. On every one of them, I love the P, and the J sounds good, too, but it's almost always significantly weaker (meaning less perceived volume), than the P pickup.

Is this all in the design? Does the combination of a higher output of the P pickup combined with its position where the string vibrates more make it close to impossible to make the J pickup compete?

I love the flexibility of having two pickups, but would love it even more if they were a better match.
 
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Shardik said:
I have a problem with PJs. I own/have owned four. On every one of them, I love the P, and the J sounds good, too, but it's almost always significantly weaker (meaning less perceived volume), than the P pickup.

Is this all in the design? Does the combination of a higher output of the P pickup combined with its position where the string vibrates more make it close to impossible to make the J pickuo compete?

I love the flexibility of having two pickups, but would love it even more if they were a better match.
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You can get a matched pair from nordstrand, fralin, EMG I'm sure others too but I've had success with those.

Generally like the J in the tony franklin it is overwound and hotter to compensate.
 

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