odysseus Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 Hi all, just added a Squier Jazz bass to the herd with the intention of pimping the living daylights out of it for the hell of it. I was wondering if any of you good folks out there have used Bare Knuckle jazz bass pickups and what you thought of them. I know many guitarists who rave about Bare Knuckle guitar pickups so I was wondering if the same could be said of their bass pups. Failing that, any recommendations of jazz bass pups would be gratefully received. I want plenty of grunt! I hear good things about Nordstrand and Bartolini, but have no personal experience of them. Any info gratefully received! Thanks Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiliwailer Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 I had some bare knuckle p bass pickups once, did a great job. Not heard the jazz set but they do very good quality stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 All the Bare Knuckle guitar pickups that I've come across have been great. I fitted some to an ex-band member's Strat (Irish tour set IIRC) and they were a huge improvement over the original MiJ pickups. However their bass pickup range always comes across as a bit of an after-thought. If I was in the market for some replacement J-style pickups, I'd probably look at some from a company that actively promoted their bass pickups first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 For standard sizes I'd get Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounders. If you want to do some routing - a set of Nordstrand Big Singles would be awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odysseus Posted May 23, 2015 Author Share Posted May 23, 2015 OK Thanks guys. I might just have to give 'em a go and see what happens..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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