Andy_L Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 (edited) Does anyone know of anywhere in the UK that sells Fender Custom Shop 60s Jazz pickups as single items rather than in pairs? It's for a PJ bass so I need only the bridge pickup. There are a couple of places in the US via Ebay but I'd prefer somewhere more local and to avoid import duty hassles if possible Thanks Andy Edited May 7, 2017 by Andy_L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molan Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 Be careful of matching in a PJ configuration. A non hum-cancelling J could lead to nasty hum when in solo mode and you can get phasing issues as well. There's also often quite a few problems with non-matched pairs where the P is dominant and the J doesn't add much to the tone - in fact I've even had this with a matched pair! Apologies if I'm teaching you to suck eggs here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_L Posted May 6, 2017 Author Share Posted May 6, 2017 [quote name='molan' timestamp='1494070872' post='3293010'] Be careful of matching in a PJ configuration. A non hum-cancelling J could lead to nasty hum when in solo mode and you can get phasing issues as well. There's also often quite a few problems with non-matched pairs where the P is dominant and the J doesn't add much to the tone - in fact I've even had this with a matched pair! Apologies if I'm teaching you to suck eggs here [/quote] No, not at all, thanks. I was thinking of the 60s Custom Shop Jazz and 62 Custom Shop Precision. I'm after a nice vintage tone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molan Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 Unless you already have the P I'd recommend looking for matched pair from one of the better manufacturers. There's quite a few out there that have vintage type specs - Aguilar, Nordstrand, Seymour Duncan etc. all make fine PJ sets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_L Posted May 6, 2017 Author Share Posted May 6, 2017 (edited) Thanks, I'd hoped to keep it all Fender if possible (I wondered about the Vintage Noiseless as an alternative). I'll take a look at the alternatives. Edited May 6, 2017 by Andy_L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamfist Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 Don't limit yourself to non-hum-cancelling bridge J pickups. the minimal hum you will get soloing it will be exactly the same as in a standard Jazz bass setup. Leo himself found that to be acceptable. I have found the Tonerider bridge J to be fairly beefy and an excellent partner to most vintage output-type P pickups in a PJ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miles'tone Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 I found the Seymour Duncan Antiquity II bridge pup worked really well with the Fender Original P pickup if that's any help.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_L Posted May 8, 2017 Author Share Posted May 8, 2017 Thanks everyone. If it makes a difference I don't think I've ever played it with just the jazz pickup only (other than the day I got it). The P pickup is generally 75-100% of what I use it for (country rock) with just a bit of J added in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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