Fionn Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Just wondering if any of you folks who own a Precision or a Stingray could measure the distance from the 12th fret to the centre point of the pickup for me please? If you’ve got a Jazz (I know they vary), could you do the same on both pickups, and let me know what model it is? Ta’ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikay Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 I'm a bit OCD about measurements and suchlike and it just so happens I have a spreadsheet of pickup position data (attached for info) Pickup position.xlsx 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikay Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 This pic showing the relative pickup centrelines of the usual suspects may also be useful 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drTStingray Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 This might help for a Stingray (HH version as well). The bridge H is the same regardless of pick up configuration. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodiakblair Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 The Retrovibe Super-P is a P/MM. I get 730mm to the split in the P and 805mm to the centre of the MM. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fionn Posted January 19, 2019 Author Share Posted January 19, 2019 (edited) 12 hours ago, ikay said: I'm a bit OCD about measurements and suchlike and it just so happens I have a spreadsheet of pickup position data (attached for info) Pickup position.xlsx Oh wow. That’s amazing. What a resource. Great work! I’m obsessive too man. I get it 🏆 Also, I’ll measure up my Aria SB’s if you want that data for the spreadsheet? Edited January 19, 2019 by Fionn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikay Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Yes please! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 On 18/01/2019 at 22:27, kodiakblair said: The Retrovibe Super-P is a P/MM. I get 730mm to the split in the P and 805mm to the centre of the MM. But the MM pickup is not at the Stingray position (not sure about the P) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodiakblair Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 50 minutes ago, mcnach said: But the MM pickup is not at the Stingray position (not sure about the P) Question asked was P/MM pickup positions. Your input is where ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 (edited) 51 minutes ago, kodiakblair said: Question asked was P/MM pickup positions. Your input is where ? Do you want a handbag match? OP asked Precision and Stingray positions. It was answered on the next one very well, so I didn't get my ruler out. Some people don't realise the MM on J/MM and P/MM basses is *not* at the Stingray position. That's my input. Now go do one. Edited January 20, 2019 by mcnach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodiakblair Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 54 minutes ago, mcnach said: Do you want a handbag match? Nah, you're back on the ignore list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CameronJ Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 Well that escalated quickly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machinehead Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 3 hours ago, kodiakblair said: Question asked was P/MM pickup positions. Your input is where ? Churlish. Frank. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 To reiterate what @mcnach was saying - the stingray sound requires a mm pickup in the exact place that Leo put it. Put it there and it sounds like a stingray. If you compare with a Lakland or Sandberg who use the J/MM setup quite a lot their bridge pickup sounds like a fatter jazz sound rather than a stingray sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drTStingray Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 (edited) This is correct and to answer the OP the bridge pick up (centre) on a Stingray is 13 1/2" from the 12th fret wire (see the bass plus tape measure posted in post 4 above). I believe this is the MM position the OP was after rather than some other manufacturer's interpretation. The measurement in the spreadsheet is for an SR5 but is still 13 1/2". Edited January 20, 2019 by drTStingray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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