Samarium Cobatlt pickups

[gimmeagig]

I heard that Fender has a new Jazz bass pickup that is supposed to emulate single coils.They are called Samarium Cobalt.
Are those the ones that say Noiseless on the pickup covers?
How good are they in comparison to say Lindy Fralins, Ultras or Nordstrands?

 

[pyrohr]

The samarium pups and the "noiseless" pups are different pups, I own basses with both. The samarium pups have a raised SCN on the bottom right hand corner while the noiseless say "noiseless". The Samarium pups are slightly warmer than the "noiseless". The SNC pups are very vintage sounding while remaining noiseless. I also own Fralins and it hard to compare the two because the SCN pups are in an active bass and the fralins in a passive bass. As far as how good they are, I would give them excellent!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Frank Martin]

Samarium-Cobalt, Nickel-Samarium and many other mixes are commonly called Neodymium - just FYI

 

[gimmeagig]

Where can I buy them?

 

[pyrohr]

Where can I buy them?

I don't think you can buy them from Fender, they are made by Bill Lawrence for Fender.