Twin Humbucker Bass - Recommendations?

[discreet]

This is what I went with in the end. Not even twin humbuckers! May drop in some twin-coil J pups at some point.
Having fun with it, though. Thanks very much for all the suggestions.

Review:
[url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/237134-nbd-squier-vintage-modified-jazz-bass-v/"]http://basschat.co.u...ed-jazz-bass-v/[/url]

Edited May 18, 2014 by discreet

[Rumple]

Very nice.

A small aesthetic change if it were mine would be to change those knobs to the plastic old fashioned Fender type.

[neepheid]

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This is what I went with in the end. Not even twin humbuckers! May drop in some twin-coil J pups at some point.
Having fun with it, though. Thanks very much for all the [b]futile[/b] suggestions.
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You're welcome, you timewasting pest

[fretmeister]

Sandberg Ken Taylor

[discreet]

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You're welcome, you timewasting pest
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If I can spread a little happiness as I go by, then it's all been worthwhile. [size=4] [/size]

[discreet]

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[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Very nice. [/font][/color][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]A small aesthetic change if it were mine would be to change those knobs to the plastic old fashioned Fender type.[/font][/color]
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I did consider that Dave, but I've become quite accustomed to the chrome now - I keep seeing an East preamp there! But there is a lot of tonal variation available passive and it sounds great, so I'll play it as-is for a little while longer before making a decision about that, or whether or not to change the pickups.

Trouble is, now that I'm suddenly into fives... there's a whole other world of 5-GAS out there that never bothered me before... a[size=4]lready been looking at the Dingwall Super-J 5 in vintage white with black pg and maple board... ...oh dear. [/size]

Better get the old whelk stall out again this evening, I think (not a euphemism).

Edited May 18, 2014 by discreet

[thodrik]

In terms of obscenely high output pickups, I haven't tried anything that rivals the Benedetti pickups on the Vigier Excess. In fact I say that they are probably just a bit extreme. I do also like the MM pick ups on the Sandberg models but haven't tried the double MM models.

[discreet]

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In terms of obscenely high output pickups, I haven't tried anything that rivals the Benedetti pickups on the Vigier Excess. In fact I say that they are probably just a bit extreme. I do also like the MM pick ups on the Sandberg models but haven't tried the double MM models.
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Thanks for this, but I think I need to find twin-coil pups that would drop straight in without issues... has anyone replaced the pups on a Squier Jazz V? Are they the same size as the USA Jazz V? Was it worth it in the end?