Looking for a Jazz pickup that can be toggled into a Precision pickup - does this exist?

[Mike]

I'm thinking of ordering a custom bass (5 string jazz), and would like the option of toggling the neck pickup from single coil to Precision. What are my options - would I need some kind of humbucker for this or are there single coils out there that can be toggled this way?

 

Thanks!

[ahpook]

The only one that springs to my mind is the SIMS Superquad

 

[Muzz]

Yep, you'll need a quad coil, which you won't get in a Jazz (or P) shape: the SIMS is a big soapbar, and Nordstrand do a quad coil, but it's in a MM shell...

[Mike]

Thanks guys! Appreciate the advice.

[geoffbyrne]

The old Dimarzio J pickup was a dual coil in a jazz shell & could be switched parallel or Series, but, as far as I can see there is now no 5 string equivalent.

G.

[Dad3353]

If the bass is a custom build, I'd have thought that the SIMS would do the job just fine, with the added bonus of having an MM option on tap, too. I'll look into that if I get Our Eldest to build a bass; it looks like Good Stuff. 

[LeftyJ]

Several manufacturers offer a splitcoil design in a J-bass casing. Adding a series/parallel-switch should get you pretty close! Technically none of the pickups below (with the exception of the Aero) were designed with P-bass tone in mind, and a J-pickup is much less hot than a P-bass splitcoil, but any of these that offers 4-conductor wiring has the option to be switched to series like a P-bass splitcoil is wired.

There's the Seymour Duncan Apollo, Lindy Fralin Split Jazz, the Aero PJ, Curtis Novak Splits, the DiMarzio Model J, the Nordstrand NJ5SE and NJ5SV and I may forget some options.

 

Edit: and of course, the other way round is possible too: having a splitcoil P-bass pickup switching to parallel, like Fender did with their S1 switch. It cleans it up a fair bit.

Edited December 13, 2018 by LeftyJ

[Mike]

Thanks for all your helpful input, looking through my options now! Cheers!

[Rich]

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