Recommend a pickup to convert to P/J

[Fletz]

I play a 2008 American Standard Precision bass. LOVE it. Put a vintage fender 58 precision pup in it a few years back. I am now going to my local luthier to have it turned into a p/j. What Jazz pickup would you recommend? I am looking to be able to get a nice blend and will play with them both on most of the time, but I do want to be able to get that slightly "honky" jazz sound on occasion when I solo it. Which pickup would blend best but also solo out nicely? I am leaning toward the Seymour Duncan Antiquity at this time.

 

[RedJag]

Gotta hand it to Lindy Fralin. Since your P is inherently hum canceling, you may want to consider a split J, which Fralin offers.

I have 2 Fralin Jazz pickups in my Jag and LOVE the tone.

 

[jd56hawk]

I play a 2008 American Standard Precision bass. LOVE it. Put a vintage fender 58 precision pup in it a few years back. I am now going to my local luthier to have it turned into a p/j. What Jazz pickup would you recommend? I am looking to be able to get a nice blend and will play with them both on most of the time, but I do want to be able to get that slightly "honky" jazz sound on occasion when I solo it. Which pickup would blend best but also solo out nicely? I am leaning toward the Seymour Duncan Antiquity at this time.

Lace Sensor Man O' War!

 

[Fletz]

To be clear ... Antiquity Jazz II bridge pup is what I am steering toward.

 

[Turnaround]

To be clear ... Antiquity Jazz II bridge pup is what I am steering toward.

The Antiquity II pickups are single coil and will result in some noise. The P-pickups are hum cancelling and will be nice and quiet by themselves, but when you add a single coil into the picture you will have some degree of noise when the bridge pickup is blended with the P's and when the bridge pickup is soloed. If you can live with the added noise, go for it. Otherwise be looking for a split-coil or stacked-coil noiseless Jazz bridge pickup.

 

[Fletz]

The Antiquity II pickups are single coil and will result in some noise. The P-pickups are hum cancelling and will be nice and quiet by themselves, but when you add a single coil into the picture you will have some degree of noise when the bridge pickup is blended with the P's and when the bridge pickup is soloed. If you can live with the added noise, go for it. Otherwise be looking for a split-coil or stacked-coil noiseless Jazz bridge pickup.

Awesome advice! Thanks!

 

[funkinbottom]

To be clear ... Antiquity Jazz II bridge pup is what I am steering toward.

Personally, I love the SD Antiquity pups. I use a P/J set up on my Frankenjaguar. Yeah, a little hum but nothing real noticeable. Certainly not enough to be a deal breaker. Great sounding pups.

 

[RedJag]

I'm gonna still suggest the split Jazz Fralins. I can nail that Jaco bridge tone.

 

[JSandbloom]

No no no, get the Aguilar huncanceling jazz. It'll match the p pretty well.

 

[39-Bassist]

I suggest trying either the Duncan STK-J2 or the SJB-J2....the STK is humbucking and really sounds sweet and quiet....SJB sounds crisp and nice with very little noise at all....Just went through trying out many setups of pickups for my PJ bass...and found a nice combo in both of them...I prefer the STK tad bit more...Good Luck with your decision.

 

[Mosstone]

I like Fender Super55 jazz pups. They're split coil, but they retain a lot of the single coil edge. Just a touch warmer. I think one of those would play well with the P pickup.

They're no longer in production, but you can still get them new (NOS) on ebay and Reverb pretty cheap.

 

[Malak the Mad]

I like Fender Super55 jazz pups. They're split coil, but they retain a lot of the single coil edge. Just a touch warmer. I think one of those would play well with the P pickup.

They're no longer in production, but you can still get them new (NOS) on ebay and Reverb pretty cheap.

They do play well with a P-pup. Having used Super 55's singly (P/J) and paired (J/J), I'd characterize them as, "beefier than your average Jazz pickup." There's still the classic "growl", but they pack more of a deeper "punch".

 

[Mosstone]

They do play well with a P-pup. Having used Super 55's singly (P/J) and paired (J/J), I'd characterize them as, "beefier than your average Jazz pickup." There's still the classic "growl", but they pack more of a deeper "punch".

Yes! I have one in the neck of my jazz with a MM style HB at the bridge and it can get very close to authentic P-bass punch when soloed.

 

[Malak the Mad]

Yes! I have one in the neck of my jazz with a MM style HB at the bridge and it can get very close to authentic P-bass punch when soloed.

Cool! It must sound rather beastly, no?