Matt P Posted October 1, 2011 Share Posted October 1, 2011 hello, I did a search but couldn't find anything, I apologise if I was just being a dolt and missed something, I hear a lot about standard positions for pickups and about 60's/70's spacing for jazz pickups but what are the actual dimensions, (from 12th fret to centre of polepieces in millimetres would be the most useful fo most i guess) I have a couple of basses but no idea what the positions actually are, especialy my beloved 77 precision that had a j-pup added at some point, I love the tone but have no idea if it's in a 70's position or a 60's or just thrown in any old place, it certainly isn't in the same position as the p/j body I bought off here. I thought that some kind of record would come in handy for those building new basses, so i guess measurements of all kinds of basses would be useful, (have a hankering for a Pingray and just saw an ibanez roadstar on here that looked rather tasty) I guess I should start the ball rolling, Fender P-bass (1977) 280mm from centre of 12th fret to centre of polepieces E-A half of pup, 309mm to the D-G polepieces. Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr Szelma Posted October 1, 2011 Share Posted October 1, 2011 (edited) Jazz bass bridge pickup: 1) 70's - 808mm from nut (fretboard edge) to the centre of polepieces 2) 60's - 798mm from nut (fretboard edge) to the centre of polepieces Measuring from frets is a mistake because you have different fret size (narrowed, regular size, jumbo), it's more accurate when measuring from nut's edge as I did for you I modified my 1964 Precision Bass by adding J pickup (60's position) but I hate mixing those pups, I'm using just one in the time. 70's sounds better mixed but still I don't like it. What people usually do is putting J pup even further than 70's position (for example 814mm), but when using just J pup is RUBBISH then, it's more less ok when using both, but still - Pbass is Pbass, when you whant using both pups, go for Jazz Bass. That's my point of view as a recording engineer and as a bass player. Edited October 1, 2011 by dr Szelma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt P Posted October 1, 2011 Author Share Posted October 1, 2011 thanks for that, yes measuring from the nut is much better, (you'd never guess i was an engineer would you!) it seems that my j-pup is in the 70's position, and the p-pup is at 712/740mm to the centre of the polepieces if it's useful info for anyone. would still love to have positions for other classic bass pickups, (stingray etc) Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted October 1, 2011 Share Posted October 1, 2011 There already is a thread started about this.... it was a couple of years back so it's probably buried quit deep awaiting it's resurrection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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