SX Pickups

[cmlax21]

I recently bought mim fender pups for $10 on ebay and a SX fretless jazz bass comin in the mail.

Ive never owned or heard a SX and ive never owned or heard a mexican fender jazz bass. So is it worth it to swap the stock SXs for the MIM Fenders or should i just keep the fender pups for the bass im buildin.

 

[Jimmy Bones]

Drop them both and get EMGs.

 

[cmlax21]

Good idea but then the pups will cost more than the bass itself.

 

[Blues Bass 2]

The SX Jazz pickups sound very good. The Fenders will give you a little bit different tone but probably not a much better tone.

 

[DeanT]

Try the stock pickups on the SX before you replace them. You may like them better than the MIM pups.

 

[w33nie]

Yeah a lot of people like their pickups. Try videos on youtube, a lot of people change the pickups but some play stock


this one has good plain finger picking

 

[Roadman]

The holy grail of tone always seems to be a moving target.

I'd leave the SX pups in there till you come to realize that your tone is just not quite right. Then, pull the old switcheroo to the MIMs. That way, you"ll be gold for another six months before you need to drop $300 on a new set of vintage single coils personally sweat on by Marcus Miller's butt cheeks. By then your strings will be shot and you can try a new set of hand wound steels recycled from the space shuttle. Bammo, you get another six months of bliss.

See, playing Bass is easy.

 

[cmlax21]

The stocks do sound pretty good now im gonna listen to some mim fenders to compare.

 

[cmlax21]

The holy grail of tone always seems to be a moving target.

I'd leave the SX pups in there till you come to realize that your tone is just not quite right. Then, pull the old switcheroo to the MIMs. That way, you"ll be gold for another six months before you need to drop $300 on a new set of vintage single coils personally sweat on by Marcus Miller's butt cheeks. By then your strings will be shot and you can try a new set of hand wound steels recycled from the space shuttle. Bammo, you get another six months of bliss.

See, playing Bass is easy.

Sounds like a good idea and i would like to have pickups sweat on by Marcus Miller's buttcheeks

 

[Ric5]

Put in Seymour Duncan pickups!

 

[Foamy]

I thought the stock SX pickup in the fretless P was just fine. In fact, I got a couple compliments on my tine, and questions about what "box" I was playing through. I was just bass to DI.

 

[cmlax21]

I was lookin at some basslines but i dont have any money

 

[cmlax21]

An SX P is next on my list for new bass day (next month probly)

 

[Jimmy Bones]

Gotta tell you, I NEED EMGs. My Ashdown cab + Peavey amp picks up EVERYTHING - the signal is so clean that poor pickups make terrible tone.

 

[dave120]

I was lookin at some basslines but i dont have any money

I put SD pickups in one of my SX basses and it's the one I use the least. They don't sound bad by any means but I enjoy the stock SX pickups quite a bit. Try them as-is for now. If you don't like it try the Fender ones but they'll be remarkably similar.

 

[cmlax21]

I just cant wait for it to come im excited to finally have an SX.

 

[Ryan Mohr]

The stock SX pickups are great. They are "ballsy" for lack of a better term. They have ceramic magnets, and are louder than Fender pickups IME. They sound great in a band mix because of their mid presence.

 

[lug]

The stock SX pickups are great. They are "ballsy" for lack of a better term. They have ceramic magnets, and are louder than Fender pickups IME. They sound great in a band mix because of their mid presence.

Yup, after hearing mine (SX jazz bass), I left them stock, very aggressive tone.

 

[flewis]

The stock SX pickups are great. They are "ballsy" for lack of a better term. They have ceramic magnets, and are louder than Fender pickups IME. They sound great in a band mix because of their mid presence.

+1

I have experimented with a lot of Jazz pickups in my other basses but have been very happy with the stock pickups in my SX.

 

[Jo6Pak]

How do the stock P pups sound? I got an SPB-57 on the way...