Anyone Change the Pickups on Geddy Lee Jazz

[Bero]

Have Fender Geddy Lee Jazz Bass, never really happy with sound, neck + feel all excellent,
has anyone ever changed pick ups and what have they used.
Have a Audere pre amp in it, might put it back to passive and change pick ups
Any pick up suggestions

[ezbass]

I once fitted DiMarzio Ultra Jazzes to a USA J Bass, very nice p/ups and humbucking too, vintage with a bit of edge to them to my ears. I later added an East J Retro.

[gjones]

[quote name='Bero' post='978875' date='Oct 5 2010, 09:52 PM']Have Fender Geddy Lee Jazz Bass, never really happy with sound, neck + feel all excellent,
has anyone ever changed pick ups and what have they used.
Have a Audere pre amp in it, might put it back to passive and change pick ups
Any pick up suggestions[/quote]

I love the feel of my Geddy Lee but I know what you mean - it can sound a bit thin sometimes but I don't think it's the pickups. The pickups in the Geddy are USA vintage. I changed the neck to a thicker rosewood one and it changed the sound completely and gave it much more bottom end. The conclusion I came to is that a lot of the sound of the Geddy Lee bass comes from the very thin maple neck. I think that any other pickup you swop the stock pickups with will suffer from the same lack of bass.

But if you really want to change them.....these sound groovy [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3-uPgqcHuo"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3-uPgqcHuo[/url]

[Bero]

Wow, where can i get them, they sound class

[LawrenceH]

I had what I'd assume are those same pickups in a Jap 75RI and they were very meh. I'm a bit suspicious of the Japanese 'US' pickups. I'd say it's worth swapping them out

[gjones]

[quote name='Bero' post='979993' date='Oct 6 2010, 10:34 PM']Wow, where can i get them, they sound class[/quote]

Bit of a comparison here [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=99324"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=99324[/url]

Don't know where you can get them ........but he obviously does.

[bubinga5]

i did say that the original pups sounded better but listening again the EMG sound way better...what was i on?

[cocco]

I had the jap US pickups in my jazz. They were sh*te! Really thin and quiet. So I got a set of sheds custom wound which are mega hot. I'm now thinking something with more bass response would be better, maybe even tempt me away from my P.

[2x18]

[quote name='ezbass' post='978880' date='Oct 5 2010, 09:56 PM']I once fitted DiMarzio Ultra Jazzes to a USA J Bass, very nice p/ups and humbucking too, vintage with a bit of edge to them to my ears. I later added an East J Retro.[/quote]
I did the same with mine but fitted the DiMarzio Model J`s and a East J Retro = Massive tonal range!

Will.

[tom1946]

I had a new Glee once and the output was very poor and quiet.
I resoldered the earths on the pots and I couldn't believe the difference, quite staggering.

[EUROSTEVE]

i stuck Dimarzio Ultra Jazz pups in my American STD, real nice pick ups enhanceing the lows and highs of the tonal quality

Edited October 9, 2010 by EUROSTEVE