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#881
A-Step-Towards said:
Black pickguard screws are really cheap on Ebay. Id post the bridge and see if anyone wants to swap you for the same one straight across, boom black hardware. I guess those with OCD swap the neckplate, but who see's that?
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Definately the neck plate. And the jack thingy too. What I'd really like to do is have the body refinished in black. What I'll probably do is eventually get chrome tuners.
 
#882
Thanks to Rick and the other folks at EMG for fixing the super-buzzy J pickup, this fellow is now finally complete. :)

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#884
A-Step-Towards said:
I have a tony franklin to , id like to Frankenstein it as well but thats stopping me is I dont dig the sunburst. Wish it was a black one.
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I love the TF. Blending was never for me. That switch is the best but I really need to do something about the jazz pickup. The Delano p is so aggressive it's making my pj tone just not sound right so I'm only ever playing it in solo'd p mode. I wish I could hear a good sample of what the Delano bridge j sounds like before I shell out 113 bucks for one.
 
#886
Gorn said:
I love the TF. Blending was never for me. That switch is the best but I really need to do something about the jazz pickup. The Delano p is so aggressive it's making my pj tone just not sound right so I'm only ever playing it in solo'd p mode. I wish I could hear a good sample of what the Delano bridge j sounds like before I shell out 113 bucks for one.
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Hummm… sounds like that pu would be a fix for me - I have a Lawrence P paired with a Wilkinson HB at the bridge and the P is anemic in the mix. I'll have to check the Delano out.
 
#889
Gorn said:
It's great. So growly. Delano makes a fine product.
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But it leaves You with the problem of the imbalance.

If it was my bass i would try to estimate roughly who much the J is too silent, in dB -> level meter of a mixer. With this information i would send the J as a reference to a custom pickup maker and tell him how much louder it needs to be. And i would of course order large magnets.

In my Witch shown above i could successfully avoid this: i replaced the DP122 by the original split coil, 10.3 k with Vester Logo. It is a bit noisier and sounds a bit less fat tha the DP122, but its tone is pretty much ok. The J - a DiMarzio DP148 - has still a bit less output than i would prefer. But it is possible to obtain a balance between the two PUs without turning the P ridicoulously down into the cavity while even keeping a reasonable distance to strings in the J position. Nice.
And the bass is a little bit closer to its original optics. Nice, too.

BTW: the DP122 is built similarly to a P90 guitar pickup: to magnets attaching the pole screws below the bobbin and like al P-split coils relatively flat and wide bobbins. Has someone tried to swap the magnets against Alnicos or just to remove one magnet in each of the pairs?
 
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#890
Gorn said:
I love the TF. Blending was never for me. That switch is the best but I really need to do something about the jazz pickup. The Delano p is so aggressive it's making my pj tone just not sound right so I'm only ever playing it in solo'd p mode. I wish I could hear a good sample of what the Delano bridge j sounds like before I shell out 113 bucks for one.
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Yep the switching and pj setup is why I bought a Tony Franklin. Mine is fretless which I don't play much of I bought it specifically to get the body out of the deal. I have another pj fender I'm buying a Tony Franklin pickguard for and am going to wire it the same.
 
#891
beate_r said:
But it leaves You with the problem of the imbalance.

If it was my bass i would try to estimate roughly who much the J is too silent, in dB -> level meter of a mixer. With this information i would send the J as a reference to a custom pickup maker and tell him how much louder it needs to be. And i would of course order large magnets.

In my Witch shown above i could successfully avoid this: i replaced the DP122 by the original split coil, 10.3 k with Vester Logo. It is a bit noisier and sounds a bit less fat tha the DP122, but its tone is pretty much ok. The J - a DiMarzio DP148 - has still a bit less output than i would prefer. But it is possible to obtain a balance between the two PUs without turning the P ridicoulously down into the cavity while even keeping a reasonable distance to strings in the J position. Nice.
And the bass is a little bit closer to its original optics. Nice, too.

BTW: the DP122 is built similarly to a P90 guitar pickup: to magnets attaching the pole screws below the bobbin and like al P-split coils relatively flat and wide bobbins. Has someone tried to swap the magnets against Alnicos or just to remove one magnet in each of the pairs?
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Intereting stuff, but more thought than I'll be putting into it. I'll probably get a Delano for the jazz and call it a day. For now, I'm happy with the solo'd p and the solo'd stock j sounds pretty good on its own.
 
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#896
A-Step-Towards said:
Those appear stock but the covers look off, like dusty or something. It looks the the pickups that came on Jazz Specials in 87+ with the small pole pieces but the covers are odd looking, almost matte in appearance.
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Yah the covers are filthy but are those definitely the smaller pole pieces? If so, are they not as aggressive as the pickups with the bigger ones?
 
#897
Gorn said:
The Delano p is so aggressive it's making my pj tone just not sound right so I'm only ever playing it in solo'd p mode.
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Hey Captain, I have a Jazz bass with what I was told are Reverend pickups, have the single poles...are very hot pickups, I keep lowering them, think I finally have them in the right spot. They look exactly like Delanos, but no logo or anything on them (I haven't pulled them out to see what markings they may have). Like your Status neck'd PJ :thumbsup:
MJ
 
#898
Okay @Feralhog, you are definitely in...we love the pearl sea foam! You are #161.

Double E said:
Anyone else wanting a number just say the word!

In my reign as admin there will be but two rules to comply with in order to become a member:

  1. You must post a picture of your bass with a PJ pickup configuration, any body style is acceptable.
  2. You must ask for a number in the post (no need to send me a private message). If you post a pic but don't ask for a number, I'll assume you don't want one.
All members are members for life unless they ask to be removed.

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