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Maybe linear pot might be the answer the only thing I find a bit confusing is everything works OK with the jazz pick up in the neck position and as far as wiring is concerned all I have done is remove the j and replaced it with the p. I will connect the p straight to the output jack to see how it sound's if that's OK then I don't know what to do next. Resistor's have been mentioned but I think more research is needed on that front.

Did you install the pick ups yourself ? Are they fender basses ? VVT, blend pot or switch ? Load's question I know , but I really would like to get them installed and working.

[quote name='Marc S' timestamp='1432110719' post='2778157'] Definitely try this. I've got 2 P/J basses, and I love the sound, and the flexibility the arrangement gives you I recently heard a cheap P copy, fitted with an Entwistle pickup - sounded great But maybe you have a faulty one? Good luck in getting to the root of the problem Once it's sorted, you won't look back [/quote]

Check the pick up early on, 8.45k ohm's that seems OK,really strange. Quite disappointed but like most thing in life , it always a great plan when you first start it, anyway birthday coming up soon could just treat myself to a cheap precision special but saying that those sire v7 are looking very tempting.

That is exactly how I have wired in the p pick up,maybe just not use to the sound.As a test I reinstalled the j neck pick everything seems to be working as normal, sound has a lot more presents and more importantly there is a lot more adjustment available in volume and tone controls, with the p pick up fitted nothing happened these controls until the 20% of their travel, very strange.As far as the jbxn are concerned I think they exceptional value for money and because they so cheap it's a no brained to give them a go, I think you will be pleasantly surprised

[quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1431980942' post='2777002'] I've never found a P pup with more than 2 wires. They normally have one half wired into the other. [/quote]

What I did was just remove the j neck pick up and replaced it with the p pick up ,there are only two wires, black to ground and white to front volume pot, I will bring a multimeter home tomorrow and check the resistance, pick is new so hopefully they should be OK but no harm in checking as you never know for sure, I'm wonder if I have to change the pot or resister ? Don't really know it all seemed straight forward, oh well I do like a bit of a mission.

Looking for some advice I recently fitted p bass pick up to my jazz bass(entwistle pbxn and jbxn). After wiring it all up and giving it a test run the could only be best described as disappointing 😩 muddy no treble and vol and tone controls only at the extreme of there travel, what have I done wrong ? , should have sounded great but it's just rubbish😱, HELP!!!

Thanks Rumple for the info, just one more question, I have entwistle jbxn pick ups in my jazz going to replace the front pick up with a pbxn do I need to replace the tone pot capacitor or do I just wire in the new pick up.

OK could really use some advise, l have been thinking about installing a p bass pick up to my jazz bass, only problem is where to get a pick guard from , any of you guy's know where I could source one from UK based would be best as I'm quite impatient when I get a crazy idea in my head, would really love to buy a Reggie Hamilton jazz bass but as is common , cash flow will not allow this plus the misses would kill me.

Beautiful bass, fantastic playing.

Just a quick thought, looked at the volume/ tone controls one has star earthing and seem to be be the quietest the other don't , could it be that simple, has anyone carried out this mod?

Installed the pick up's and yes they are very tall just used the original sponge,not really had a chance to do a full test yet but initial impression are that they seem to have a lot more punch.still got the him but will have to look into that further.

I'm pretty handy with a solder iron , so that should no problem fitting new pick up's.Doing this really is about having some fun , messing about with a bass, trying some different thing out, bit of a project/hobby really

OK waiting for these entwistle to arrive, just doing some testing /comparison. Stingraypete1977 was bang on the money indeed after removing the bridge i found the earth wire sunk into the paint . I have removed cleaned and repositioned the wire and clean the bridge but the thing is there is still a very loud hum when the bass is not being grounded by me, the thing is it's a lot louder than vm70 5 string which is basically the same guitar so I was thinking could this be down to the pick up's, what do you guys think ?

Pulled the trigger on some entwistle, should be arriving next week, hope they are OK reviews seem quite positive

Buy a stingray,oh god I can feeling of deep depression welling up inside, you see I use to have a 1983 stingray in very very good condition back in the 90's and I foolishly sold it. What an idiot😅

Cheers for that will have a go tomorrow, any ideas on the pick up's, I also have a 5 sting vm70 jazz and the difference is night and day, maybe I should trawl fleabag to see if I can find a pair

Some help and advice would be much appreciated , I have recently acquired a 2003 squire jazz bass to tinker with really and maybe upgrade as and when I've got some spare cash, the thing is trying it out tonight I noticed quite a lot of humming coming from the bass but became a lot less when I grounded it by touching the strings or bridge. Also the pick up's are really useless now I was thinking I could up grade with some Wilkinson, price seems about right and maybe it might also help with the earthing issues, what do you guys think ?