Which pickups to keep in my Fender JB RI 75'? (stock vs Fender CS 60', demo inside)

I'd go with the stock ones. The CS 60's sound a bit scooped in comparison.

 

Like Salamenster states above; I'd stay with the stock pickups.

Nice playing BTW.

 

Both pickups, the 60s CS and the '75 reissue are excellent pickups! I've got 2 Jazz Basses with each set.

The 60s are a wee bit tamer in output and tone and also having a little better definition and yes, somewhat scooped but still an excellent sounding pickup that compares up there with Fralin, Antiquity and Aero.

The '75 set sounds more like the way we think of a Jazz Bass sounding (yeah, what does that mean?). It's a little bit richer and fuller through the mids.

But really, in a "blind taste test", I doubt if most of us could tell the difference.

Both the Fender 60s CS and '75 reissue J Bass pickups are excellent pickups and reasonably priced. No need to pay the big bucks for excellent J Bass sound!

 

hi, Simon!

i was shopping for pups last year and saw your excellent comparison video on YT. i ended up buying the CS60's and love them,... thanks!

 

great video! now if only some pickup maker could nail what an actual old fender pickup sounds like which is the airy highs of the custom shop 60's and some of the midrange grind of the 75 ri set, id be a happy man.

 

This is true, a casual listener prob couldn't tell the difference.

I have both sets and I find the 75's have a more vocal upper mids while the 60's have chubby lower mids.

Having said that, I wonder about the new Fender 74' pickups.

 

Cool video. I preferred the stock one's as well. What is the difference? The stock have plain enamel wire with a different amount of winds compared to the 60's probably having heavy formvar?

 

Keep whatever pick ups the bass came with, their in there for a reason. Basses are not made to be hi-jacked or frankensteined.

Blue

 

,... you're kidding, right?!!