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Hi y'all

sorry to barge straight in with a techie question but i'm really in need of some help.

I'd like to replace the pickups on my elderly & decrepit (but much loved) mexican jazz bass - it dates from the early 90s & both pickups measure 92 x 19mm with a gap between screw holes of 40mm.

Will anything off the shelf fit these dimensions? All the ones i can seem to find are different dimensions for the neck & bridge which don't look like they'll fit.

Will have a go at minor mods if necessary (it's not exactly a thing of beauty anymore) but the easier the replacement the better really.

All help very gratefully received

cheers

stu

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Hi Buzz

cheers for that - Andy was one of the first people i contacted & he came back very quickly with this:

[color="#0000FF"]your pickups would seem to both be neck spaced - BUT the mounting lugs seem
further apart than normal. Ours are 91.5 x 18 and the mounting lugs centres
are approx 37mm apart.

Looks like you'll have to get something from Fender[/color].

Somewhere along the line they seem to have changed the pups in the mexican jazz - newer ones i believe would take any number of replacement pups but not sure they'll fit the routing in my bass.

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