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Good quality but quite different from a true single coil.
First of all: I'm not a fan of bridge pickups. I leave them completely off 90% of the time and the remaining 10% I just use a tiny hint of bridge pickup to color the sound from the bridge pickup.
I got this one to combine with a SPB-1 in a PJ configuration. I specifically wanted a hum cancelling bridge pickup for this. Like I said, I don't really care much how the bridge pickup sounds. Pretty much ANY hum cancelling J-bass bridge pickup could have done what I needed. Hum cancelling was the only thing that mattered to me and I figured I would try this one as I had never actually tried a stacked J-pickup before.
For my needs it is perfect. It has enough juice compared to the SPB-1 to do what it needs to do. The soloed sound is ok if you like that kind of thin, nasal bridge pickup sound I guess. But no-one would mistake it for a single coil. It doesn't have that single coil bite. In fact, I'd say most split coil designs sound closer to a true single coil than this stacked coil design.
For my needs I'm perfectly happy with it. I'm not sure if a die hard J-bass fanatic would be though. It's not really that close to a true vintage J-bass pickup.
I got this one to combine with a SPB-1 in a PJ configuration. I specifically wanted a hum cancelling bridge pickup for this. Like I said, I don't really care much how the bridge pickup sounds. Pretty much ANY hum cancelling J-bass bridge pickup could have done what I needed. Hum cancelling was the only thing that mattered to me and I figured I would try this one as I had never actually tried a stacked J-pickup before.
For my needs it is perfect. It has enough juice compared to the SPB-1 to do what it needs to do. The soloed sound is ok if you like that kind of thin, nasal bridge pickup sound I guess. But no-one would mistake it for a single coil. It doesn't have that single coil bite. In fact, I'd say most split coil designs sound closer to a true single coil than this stacked coil design.
For my needs I'm perfectly happy with it. I'm not sure if a die hard J-bass fanatic would be though. It's not really that close to a true vintage J-bass pickup.
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M
Hot for PJ
I use these in the Bridge position of PJ basses, paired with an SBP 1 or SBP 2, and cannot speak highly enough of them. Snarl, growl, and that classic jazz bass burp.
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K
Great sound with clarity and silent
installed on a Fender squier shortscale. It was a great improvement compared to the chead squier pickups. Sound with clarity and warm.
It's dead silent playing in front of monitors of my home studio.
It's dead silent playing in front of monitors of my home studio.
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Love the sound of the pickups
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A fine match for a P/J bass
Replaced the stock J pickup in my 80's Fender Jazz Special, and this pairs really well when using both pickups on full.
My only tip is to look online for wiring diagrams as the one included doesn't cater for all basses.
My only tip is to look online for wiring diagrams as the one included doesn't cater for all basses.
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