PaulWarning Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 heard a guy playing one of these at the weekend, loved the sound he got, turns out it's got 2, 5 string humbucking pickups (it is a 4 stringer) instead of the 2 single coil 4 string ones. The bad news is they don't make them anymore and they seem very rare, and there doesn't seem to have made any lefties at all, Anybody know if there is anything close to this set up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowieBass Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 In case you can't find a leftie Jazz with humbuckers of the Modern Player type (which Fender now seem to have been replaced with the Dimension series) I suppose you could put stacked coil humbuckers in a 'conventional' leftie though the poles won't replicate the arrangement with the Modern Player or Dimension type pickups (and hence I expect there'd be a difference in tone). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulWarning Posted September 1, 2016 Author Share Posted September 1, 2016 the Dimension series doesn't seem to be available in cack handed versions either, think I'll keep my eye out for a second hand Squier VM with a view to having twin humbuckers installed, it'll mean routing out the body but might be worth it, risky though, God knows what it will sound like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowieBass Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 These look like they're worth considering http://www.seymourduncan.com/pickup/nyc-bass-set-4-strg-3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulWarning Posted September 1, 2016 Author Share Posted September 1, 2016 possible, but I might be looking at some 5 string humbuckers, don't know what difference it will make but they must have put them on the Modern Jazz for a reason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammers Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Was it like this 1? https://www.andertons.co.uk/p/0242600503/electric-basses/fender-modern-player-jazz-bass-satin-2-color-sunburst If so I don't think they are 5 string pups, it's just that the pole pieces are between the strings rather than a pair of pole pieces directly under the strings like a traditional jazz. I'd imagine unless you find someone either parting out a modern player or someone who can custom build you a pair it'd be pretty hard to get a hold of those spec pups off the shelf! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulWarning Posted September 1, 2016 Author Share Posted September 1, 2016 [quote name='Sammers' timestamp='1472726130' post='3123656'] Was it like this 1? [url="https://www.andertons.co.uk/p/0242600503/electric-basses/fender-modern-player-jazz-bass-satin-2-color-sunburst"]https://www.anderton...-color-sunburst[/url] If so I don't think they are 5 string pups, it's just that the pole pieces are between the strings rather than a pair of pole pieces directly under the strings like a traditional jazz. I'd imagine unless you find someone either parting out a modern player or someone who can custom build you a pair it'd be pretty hard to get a hold of those spec pups off the shelf! [/quote]yep that's the one, shame I'm a leftie, again , you could be right about the pickups, presumable they're not a Fender stock item Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammers Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 [quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1472727173' post='3123673'] yep that's the one, shame I'm a leftie, again , you could be right about the pickups, presumable they're not a Fender stock item [/quote] I'm with you on the being a lefty, 'tis a hard life being cack handed and a bass player! Yeah, Fender don't sell them seperately so they're pretty hard to come by and not a lot of pup manufacturers seem to offer the twin-jazz setup as an option either! It's a toughie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pineweasel Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 The 1959 Fender Jazz prototype had 5 pole pickups: http://www2.fender.com/experience/guitarchive/the-jazz-bass-guitar-a-history-and-appreciation/ and more recently, their Roscoe Beck bass had 5 pole humbuckers. Of course they never made a lefty of that one either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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