Fender Deluxe Active Jazz, MIM, what pickups are these?

[Prime_BASS]

Just been browsing Jazzers on eBay and came across these two early 2000's.

Both quoting 'Active pickups' as both are form shops in the states and have no idea what they are talking about.
I'm only interested as the pickups look strange.

They have single pole pieces like John Suhr's back on the mid 90's American deluxe jazz. And as far as I know the MIM never came with different pickups as standard, and I know of no after market john suhr copies.

here are the links:

[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FENDER-DELUXE-ACTIVE-JAZZ-BASS-2002-Deluxe-Series-/181032450291?_trksid=p2045573.m2042&_trkparms=aid%3D111000%26algo%3DREC.CURRENT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D27%26meid%3D4457959476339122724%26pid%3D100033%26prg%3D1011%26rk%3D4%26sd%3D190531247490%26"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FENDER-DELUXE-ACTIVE-JAZZ-BASS-2002-Deluxe-Series-/181032450291?_trksid=p2045573.m2042&_trkparms=aid%3D111000%26algo%3DREC.CURRENT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D27%26meid%3D4457959476339122724%26pid%3D100033%26prg%3D1011%26rk%3D4%26sd%3D190531247490%26[/url]


[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fender-Deluxe-Series-Jazz-Bass-with-Active-Pickups-WOW-L-K-/130823361489?pt=Guitar&hash=item1e75ae13d1"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fender-Deluxe-Series-Jazz-Bass-with-Active-Pickups-WOW-L-K-/130823361489?pt=Guitar&hash=item1e75ae13d1[/url]

[ahpook]

i don't think the pickups are active - looking at the spec online they seem to be humcancelling but not active.

[grenadilla]

The current version has ceramic magnet noise-canceling [stacked coils] pickups. I have the bridge pickup on a Deluxe Precision Bass Special bass and they are meaty [thicker midrange] pickups . They work well with the active e.q. and don't get unpleasantly shrill with treble boost.

Edited December 30, 2012 by grenadilla