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[font=comic sans ms, cursive]Hi All[/font] [font=comic sans ms, cursive]My wonderful Mother in law is bringing me a set up Dimarzio Ultra Jazz pickups from America for Xmas [/font] [font=comic sans ms, cursive]I recently purchased a new harness from John (KiOgon) which vastly improved the sound of my Stock MIM pups but I find the bottom end a bit muddy for me hense trying the new Dimarzios.[/font] [font=comic sans ms, cursive]My question is, is the below instruction correct (can't remember where i found it)? it sounds logical to me, but thought I'd seek expert advice, and yes my MIM Jazz has 2 different sized pups.[/font] [font=comic sans ms, cursive][color=#0000ff]Take the black and white from the bridge pickup and solder them together, making sure you have a good joint, then insulate them.[/color][/font] [font=comic sans ms, cursive][color=#0000ff]Do the same with the neck pup. Do NOT connect these two pairs together.[/color][/font] [font=comic sans ms, cursive][color=#0000ff]Take the red from the bridge pup and connect it to the terminal where the white wire from the same pup used to be. Take the green wire from the bridge pup and connect it to the ground point where the black from the same pup used to be[/color][/font] [font=comic sans ms, cursive][color=#0000ff]Take the red wire from the neck pup and connect it to the terminal where the white wire from the same pup used to be. Take the green wire from the neck pup and connect it to where the black wire from the same pup used to be.[/color][/font] [font=comic sans ms, cursive]Any help/advice much appreciated.[/font] [font=comic sans ms, cursive]Cheers[/font] [font=comic sans ms, cursive]Tony[/font]

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It's a very nice I want one!

I'm a drummer to the right man, don't think I've ever done it to the left (ooooer, fnaf, fnaf).

The main Basses I've owned from 78 - 81 were; Fender 67 Jazz Bass - bloody loved this bass why did i ever part with it Rickenbacker 4001 62-64 (can't remember the exact year but have a couple of photos) Gibson EB3 1975 - Hated it. Rickenbacker 4001 1974 Aria Pro 2 (78/79) Was okay. Yamaha (1980) fretless bass can't remember the model but really liked it. Hindsight's a real sh*t, oh well money isn't everything

If I mod a bass I tend to keep the original Hardware and put it back on to sell. Obviously, this does not apply to paint jobs etc but at the end of the day, if you like the sound/feel/look of the bass, you'd probably buy it regardless of any modifications?

Hi All Being a bit bored I thought I'd start a thread about forming your ultimate band, the only rules are; You are the bassist and all other musicians must be still alive, so here's mine; Bass - [b]Me[/b] Guitar -[b] Steve Hackett [/b](the ultimate guitarist so underrated) Drums - [b]Neil Peart [/b](just gets better and better) Keyboards - [b]Rick Wakeman [/b](just love his style and sense of humour) Vocals - [b][font="sans-serif"]James LaBrie [/font][/b][font="sans-serif"](Dream Theater) Good set of lungs[/font] Type of Music - A mixture of Prog/Jazz/Blues Rock (if this is possible ) Cheers Tony

Thanks Scott Very interesting and helpful much appreciated Tony

Bass has been my first and only love. Just love playin' at the deep end

Hi James Welcome to the formum from another (Slightly older ) Pompey lad - have fun. cheers Tony

That's one seriously ugly bass, should have been destroyed at birth

Privet Anton Dobre Pozhalovit (Welcome to the forum). Cheers Tony

Bought a Jazz harness off John (2nd one) excellent workmanship and comms and received very quickly. Highly recommended. Cheers Tony

Welcome Gary there a quite a few of us that have just returned from long Bass playing sabbaticals - have fun. Cheers Tony

How about a hofner violin bass? I seem to see a lot of the girls playing these on you tube.

Thanks John I'll check it out.

[quote name='Captain Rumble' timestamp='1351113028' post='1847612'] [sub][size=4]So many pickups so little money[/size][/sub][sub][size=4] [/size][/sub] [/quote] This is the downfall. I need to decide in the next few weeks if I am going to replace the pickups as luckily, my mother-in-law currently lives in the States and is coming over for Xmas, so I can get them delivered to her over there and she could bring them across with her so saving on \delivery and Customs duty. I should really open up the bass and inspect the wiring and pots to see if there is some improvement that could be made there instead. I'm also getting the odd fret rattle now and then on mine but I think one of the saddle's keeps collapsing and once I adjust the height of it the rattle goes for a few weeks. John - Does you band do any gigs at the RMA? I'm try to coerce my band to play there as it's cheaper than hiring the Blacksmiths for rehearsal all the time and it will be a good experience for them as most have just done their first gig a couple of weeks ago and I want them to get use to it.

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1350926297' post='1845158'] I think you shouldn't assume that these pickups will fit your bass without modification. As I mentioned earlier in the thread , the MIM pickups are indeed a slightly different size in that they are both the same size rather than one slightly wider than the other as is usual on a normal Jazz Bass set. [/quote] thanks for the info, I've just measured my 2001 MIM and they are different sizes (now happier) got the info below from talkbass which is quite interesting and may be of help to others with MIM Jazz's. [color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]Yes, seems that the different pickup size change (only) occurred in 2001 (with the same body style). But MOST of those pickups were NOT noise cancelling, just different sizes, that is to say the pups were NOT reverse wound/reverse polarity (RWRP) in relation to each other and still have flat pole pieces. So turning the volumes on both all the way up did NOT cancel hum.[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]Since 2004/2005, the pickups were not only the appropriate (different) sizes, they have the raised pole pieces under the A and D strings, indicating they are the newer noise cancelling pickups, although not technically reverse wound/reverse polarity (RWRP). Turn both volumes all the way up and they cancel noise AND cause a midrange "scoop" due to frequency cancellation of the mids (called phase cancellation in physics), not due to true electronic hum cancellation--think of it as 2 waves of water coming together, one peaked and one troughed, that cancel each other out. This is due to the distance between the pickups, and not due to RWRP. Technically, he said you can also get this by setting both volumes at identical settings anywhere in the range, but that is almost impossible to do, so just crank 'em up and control the volume with your amp.[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]You CAN find Fender Mexican / MIM jazz basses from as far back as 2001 that have the raised poles, but they are hit and miss. As with any assembly plant, different runs on different assembly lines used different stock as it was available. Although what I said above is the "official" Fender line, there were certainly times when the "stock" pickups were unavailable and the "improved" ones used, even as far back as 2001 when they made the initial change to different sizes but not noise cancelling. Then as shipments of the "stock" pickups were available, they'd change back for a bit to use up the old ones, then back again to the new ones. Fender "tech-dude" contends that if most MIM jazz basses from the 2001 era that have the raised poles on different sized pickups are probably after-market replacements (i.e. MIA pickups or Fender Custom 60s, etc.) installed by the owner and later resold. [/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]So, in a nutshell, from 2001-2004, you could have a MIM bass with[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]a) 2 pickups that are the [/font][/color][u]same size [/u][color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]with flat poles -- i.e. 2 "neck pickups" in the neck and bridge position with minimal, if any, noise cancellation[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,] 2 pickups of [/font][/color][u]different size with flat poles [/u][color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]-- i.e. standard sized pickups, but [/font][/color][u]not [/u][color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]true noise cancelling at full volume (similar to (a))[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]c) 2 pickups of [/font][/color][u]different size with raised poles [/u][color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]-- i.e. standard sized pickups that [/font][/color][u]ARE[/u][color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,] noise cancelling (with mid-range scoop desired by many jazz players) when both volumes turned all the way up.[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]As you move away from 2001 towards 2004/2005, you move from (a) to ( to (c). Mostly (a) to ( occurred during the 2001 model year as the body routs were made almost immediately. Then by 2004/2005, everyone was made with (c).[/font][/color]

I use to play in Rock band and my weapon of choice was a Ricky, get that Chris Squire/Geddy sound and you're away and they still look cool to this day. But as a lot have said, it's all about the overall sound and not what's written on the headstock to which I quite agree with.

Hi Dave Welcome and have fun. I'd get rid of the headless one, I've never liked the look of them.

I've been looking up the forums all over the net on these bad boys ([color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] [/font][/color][font="helvetica, arial, sans-serif"][color="#282828"]Ultra Jazz) and I'm sold on them seems everyone loves them and the price seems quite reasonable as well.[/color][/font] [font="helvetica, arial, sans-serif"][color="#282828"]I assume these come in 2 sizes? as the MIM pickups are slightly different sizes for the neck & bridge? or is it a case of just swapping the covers over? [/color][/font] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]I'm off to write my letter to Santa [/font][/color]

[quote name='Captain Rumble' timestamp='1350840027' post='1844096'] Hey Tony I just noticed your another Pompey lad maybe we should meet and I'll show you mine if you show me yours sort of thing seriously tho could be usefull to compare the jazzes to see how diferent strings/action/pickup hight etc etc can change things or even just how wildly diferent 2 basses from the same manufacturer can sound John [/quote] Yeah that would be really cool and interesting to see the differences in the basses. I live in Copnor. Cheers Tony