Beer of the Bass Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 I'm thinking about using a pair of [url="http://www.wdmusic.co.uk/product/SPLIT_TUBE_JAZZ_PU_CHROME_REAR_JBLR-1"]these[/url] for a bass I'm putting together, and I'm wondering if anyone here has any experience with them? They're great visually, but the description of how they sound is a bit on the vague side. They'd be going in a 5 string, but with narrow 16mm string spacing, so the fact they don't have individual polepieces is a bonus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 I have them in a highway1 Jazz - I'm not too good at describing how pickups sound, but I like the sound and they work well with the j-retro in the bass to give a wide range of tones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer of the Bass Posted April 3, 2011 Author Share Posted April 3, 2011 Would you say they were brighter or mellower than the stock highway 1 pickups? I had a H1 jazz for a while, so it could be a useful reference point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Since I had the j-retro fitted at the same time and I can go from Marcus kicking over a bucket of spoons to bowel opening dub without touching my amp eq its hard to say how much is actually due to the pickups, but they seem to have a wide frequency reponse - I have a passive danelectro and the low-tech "bung a load of coiled wire into lipstick tube" method of construction does seem to give an extended frequency response at both ends of the spectrum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcgiver69 Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Hey here is a sample of the Lakland Jerry Scheff this one has the same production Kent Armstrongs it is the first one on the site. [url="http://www.edfriedland.com/equipment/"]http://www.edfriedland.com/equipment/[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer of the Bass Posted April 4, 2011 Author Share Posted April 4, 2011 Cool, it sounds like they'll do the job. I was a bit concerned from the "warmer, fuller" etc. in the blurb that they might be overly dark sounding, but that doesn't seem to be the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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