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Which J Bridge pickup with SPB3 on neck position?

#2
the hot stack is gonna be kinda weak in output; the ultra-jazz might come the closest to hanging with the quarter-pound P.

(duncan really needs to make a hum-canceling quarter-pound J for just this purpose.)
 
#4
yep.

stack jazz pickups are not very loud, even when overwound; that's why most companies selling them mention the word "preamp" in the description somewhere.

side-by-side pickup designs like the dimarzio jazz stuff don't have this problem.
 
#5
I have this same dilema. I just installed the SPB-3 in the neck position of my bass. As you already know this pickup is pretty sweet. I have a Dimarzio DP123 in the bridge position that has the split coils and the sound is pretty weak in comparison. I understand the fundamental differences and obviously the placement, but they don't balance well at all when using an audere preamp. I wonder if the SJB-3 would be a solid match, makes sense. Maybe I am not looking at this correctly but wouldn't the single coil hum be almost nothing with the p bass pickup blended?
 
#9
the fender "noiseless" are a lot weaker than the dimarzio ultra-jazz or area J. the fender SCN are a bit better.

(to fumanchu) which dimarzio did you compare? was it the old-school model J, with the adjustable hex poles? those are the darkest and weakest of the dimarzio jazz line.
 
#10
walterw said:
the fender "noiseless" are a lot weaker than the dimarzio ultra-jazz or area J. the fender SCN are a bit better.

(to fumanchu) which dimarzio did you compare? was it the old-school model J, with the adjustable hex poles? those are the darkest and weakest of the dimarzio jazz line.
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Yes they are the DP123 with the adjustable pole pieces. The bridge really sounds tame now that I have the SPB-3 in the neck. I am going to get the SJB-3 since this seems to be the most logical for the bridge unless someone has a better idea. I am basically just looking to maybe introduce some bite back into the tone as the night goes, and my sweaty hands kill the strings.
 
#12
What about one of the hum cancelling Nordy jazz pick ups? I'm in the same position as you as I'm about to build a p/j which has the SD 1/4lb'er.

I've been looking at adding an OBP-1 and concentric vol/vol pot so I can get a good balance between the p and J. So much choice out there but it's good to hear other people exp. with this process.
 
#13
I'm about to built the same setup as well! P/J with a QP in the neck. Why are all you guys so adamant about a hum canceling J in the bridge? I was thinking a really growly gnarly single coil J would be sick in the bridge.

Essentially the only reason why I, and I think others also, would even build a P/J is for the growl and punch that a Single coil J in the bridge would add to a Round boomy P in the neck.
 
#14
i don't know that a bridge J so much adds growl or punch to the P as much as it scoops out mids, maybe adding some highs.

a QP J back there would indeed sound big and ballsy, it would just hum like any other single coil.
 
#17
Jammin'ForJesus said:
Would the hum not be cancelled when both the P & J pups are full on like a J/J bass with single coils does?
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No. The P is a humbucker. To hum cancel, both pickups must have hum in their signals. So it has to be two single coils. So that's why a hum canceling J is a good idea.

However, the P will dominate the sound, so you will likely hear less hum from a single coil J.
 
#18
right, you need two coils, made "reversed" from each other, to hum-cancel each other; the two coils of a P do that, as do the two coils of a J; in a P-J, the P cancels its own hum, leaving no "leftover hum-canceling" for the J pickup.
 

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