Members Narcosynthesis Posted September 18, 2006 Members Share Posted September 18, 2006 I know there are some problems with newer mim J's (like mine) having two pickups of the same size (instead of two slightly different ones) and there was one place at least that did replacements to fit problem being I can't remember who, anyone able to point me in the right direction? David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ZedsDead Posted September 18, 2006 Members Share Posted September 18, 2006 I know SD Basslines come in Neck and Bridge versions for their replacement J pickups. For yours, I believe you just need 2 x neck pickups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members johnnybassman Posted September 18, 2006 Members Share Posted September 18, 2006 ZedsDead is right, you would need two pickups that are the same size as the neck pickup. But, unless you get humbuckers or they are reverse wound from each other, you will not get hum cancelling when both pickup volumes match. On both of my MIM Jazz basses, both made before they upgraded the pickups, I just went ahead and made the bridge pickup route bigger to accomidate the correct size pickup. It was a pain, and since I didn't have a router I had to sand it by hand with a file, but in the end it worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SpaceGhost Posted September 18, 2006 Members Share Posted September 18, 2006 Do you know what year your Jazz is? I have a 2001 which has two different sized pick up routes. IIRC: all MIM jazz basses post-2001 have two different sized pickups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Narcosynthesis Posted September 21, 2006 Author Members Share Posted September 21, 2006 Originally posted by SpaceGhost Do you know what year your Jazz is? I have a 2001 which has two different sized pick up routes. IIRC: all MIM jazz basses post-2001 have two different sized pickups. 2001 going by the serial, but the two pickups are the same size, so it must have been just pre the change in routes Won't neck/bridge pickups be wound differently, so getting two of one won't work as well as one of each? There was one place that did pickups to fit the awkward routes, I can't remember where it was or how they sound though Would Fender do replacements to fit? I did try emailing them but no reply... David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members misterhinkydink Posted September 21, 2006 Members Share Posted September 21, 2006 Originally posted by Narcosynthesis I know there are some problems with newer mim J's (like mine) having two pickups of the same size (instead of two slightly different ones) and there was one place at least that did replacements to fitproblem being I can't remember who, anyone able to point me in the right direction?David You can use a file to widen the bridge position. It only takes a few minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fenfer Fan Posted September 21, 2006 Members Share Posted September 21, 2006 Anyone have an idea why the heck Fenfer chose same-size pups for the MIM J's? It makes replacement annoying! Maybe that was exactly their intention? Or were they trying to save time/$ in the production line? Peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members misterhinkydink Posted September 21, 2006 Members Share Posted September 21, 2006 Originally posted by Fenfer Fan Anyone have an idea why the heck Fenfer chose same-size pups for the MIM J's? It makes replacement annoying! Maybe that was exactly their intention? Or were they trying to save time/$ in the production line? Peace. It's one less part to stock as they'd only need one size of bobbin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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