Time to change P.U. jazz bass, any inputs?

A lot of folks on TB like the fralin pups. I have no experience with them but just thought I'd caution you to double check and see if they're compatible with the fender grease bucket electronics. You might possibly need to change more than the pups.

 

The grease bucket is just the an extra capacitor, no need to worry about compatibility.

 

SD antiquity 2 pups are bad ass..

 

If it sounds funny with the greasebucket, you can always "de-grease" your circuit. It's just a few capacitors and maybe a resistor or two.

I've heard great things about Fralins but have no personal experience. I thought they were supposed to be vintage style though, so you might not like them.

 

people seem to think going from one single coil to another is going to make some huge drastic improvement in tone.

a pickups is just a microphone to your bass, yielding its own slight coloration to the overall picture.

the stock pickups are fine for modern as they are pretty darn bright. Lindy's are all about vintage.

If you want a modern tone, you have the wrong bass.

 

I have Fralins in 6 basses-P,J,and P/J..They're my favorite because(to my ears)they offer the best passive coverage of tones ranging from vintage to modern. They're also quite responsive to how much or little you "dig in" when playing. The J p'ups are all single coil,and I've never had an issue with static hiss or the dreaded 60 cycle hum.

I also have SeyDunc 1/4lb'rs(split-P's)[hot],Kent Armstrong single coil J's[very hot],and Luther Lee P/J's[very similar to the Fralins],all of which are great p'ups,but not quite as versatile as the Fralins IMO..

But if you're looking for the modern tone/attack of a Stingray,just get the Stingray...

 

Modern? J-Retro preamp.