New Pickup PJ impedance mismatch?

[Jazzjames]

Hello eveeyone,

So I bought a new Aguilar AG 5P-60CL p bass pickup for my mike lull PJ5 (passive) and it sounds great!

However... It interacts in an odd way with the existing jazz pickup in the bridge position, which I didn't change out.

Both pickups sound great when soloed, but together, the bass goes quiet and thin sounding. Is it an impedance mismatch? Is it anything to worry about?

I may just leave it as is. This experiment seems to have made the J pickup sound better. Is this possible?!

[ikay]

Sounds like the pickups are out of phase. Reversing the hot and cold wires on the new P pickup should fix it.

[HazBeen]

What ikay said. It may however also be there is some interference going on between P and J, a common proximity related issue when a P is in original position and J is in '60s position.

[Jazzjames]

The problem was indeed the pickups were out of phase. However, I recorded a line with the bass (P pup only) in the out of phase wiring config, then again having flipped the wires, and I prefer the out of phase configuration. Please note I had the J pickup rolled entirely off, but the P soloed had a slightly warmer sound with this way of wiring it up. Why, I have no idea. With both pickups on, it obviously sounds terrible, but I only ever use the P pup anyhow, so why not!

[Norris]

Try flipping the phase on the J pup then? (As well as putting the P back how you like it)

[Jazzjames]

I tried flipping the wires on the J pickup but I still prefer it how it was, even though you can't use them together.