Jazz bass pup spacing

[Westenra]

Just a quickie, is the correct spacing for jazz pups 4 inches (101mm to us metric lot) pole to pole?

[Dazed]

60s or 70s spacing?

[Westenra]

70s, I'm converting my PJ jaguar to a jazz so the bridge pup is already in place, just need to know how far apart the neck has to be.

[ikay]

100mm on my '72 J

[dannybuoy]

I'd measure where the bridge pup is first - if it's in the 60s position and you apply 70s spacing between them, your neck pup will be too far north!

I've seen PJs where the bridge pup is quite far back and others where they are pretty close to the P pup.

Edited June 23, 2016 by dannybuoy

[machinehead]

Measure from the nut. Everything else is variable as the bridge is adjustable.

Frank.

[Grangur]

This might help a bit.

[mcnach]

[quote name='machinehead' timestamp='1466701916' post='3078042']
Measure from the nut. Everything else is variable as the bridge is adjustable.

Frank.
[/quote]

This.

These measurements always from the nut, or the 12th fret etc...

[Westenra]

Ok from the nut;

Bridge - 86 cm
Poles of the bridge pup - 80 cm

So is it 60/70s?

[mcnach]

[quote name='Westenra' timestamp='1466786192' post='3078863'] Ok from the nut; Bridge - 86 cm Poles of the bridge pup - 80 cm So is it 60/70s? [/quote]

That would be the standard 60s position for a bridge pickup.
The neck pickup is 91mm apart (poles to poles) in a 60s spacing Jazz. So you can convert your bass to 60s spacing Jazz.

Edited June 25, 2016 by mcnach