Russ Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 Best Jazz sound I ever heard was a USA Jazz with Delano pickups (the ones with the big, MM-style polepieces) and a series/parallel switch, set to series. Sounded somewhere between a Precision and a MM and was absolutely thunderous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mokl Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 Bartolini B-Axis might get you there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 As a Jazz bass disliker (it's me not the basses) I'm probably not the best to advise. But I put a pair of Entwistle JBXNs in my Aria copy and wired a in series switch. The result is a thunderous J bass that I like. The series wiring is key, but probably not to a J bass lovers liking. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vin Venal Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 I don't have a jazz any more but when I did I spent a lot of time listening to demos and comparison videos, and the ones I liked the most were SD Apollos. They're in line humbuckers in a single coil housing so sound fatter. I think the key though is not having both pickups on all the way. On a jazz with 60s pickup positions, I think you get a lot of mid scooping going on with that setting. My ideal jazz would have in line buckers like the apollos, in the 70s position with the back pickup closer to the bridge, be wired VBT rather than VVT to make changing pickup balance easier, and maybe even have a series/parallel switch as others have mentioned. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raslee Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 On 10/10/2022 at 13:49, Rich said: The first ones that sprang to mind were Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounders. Yup, my first thoughts too for rock. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 I’ve got EMG j set in mine with their preamp. But with all jazz basses I think they need a boost at about 100hz to give some proper welly but without the flub of boosting lower than that. So a preamp with a variable mid that goes down to 100hz is really useful. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzmanb Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 I've had a few Jazz basses including a usa Geddy and a real 75 and a real 76 ' i have a MIJ geddy now and a Mex Jazz I Play in a loud classic rock band and they do ok but the winner is my Sadowsky metro vintage jazz in passive mode .Its just massive and fat and sharp and sings all over the neck .Its heavy mind but worth it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asingardenof Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 40 minutes ago, jazzmanb said: I've had a few Jazz basses including a usa Geddy and a real 75 and a real 76 ' i have a MIJ geddy now and a Mex Jazz I Play in a loud classic rock band and they do ok but the winner is my Sadowsky metro vintage jazz in passive mode .Its just massive and fat and sharp and sings all over the neck .Its heavy mind but worth it A heavy Sadowsky? Crikey! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfalex v1.1 Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 On 12/10/2022 at 10:44, lonestar said: This works for me. Stock USA pickups, I tend to use 100% neck 75% bridge, tone in the middle. I have a jazz with the S1 switch. Switching to series really does beef up the sound and output That worked best for me on my S1 also... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubinga5 Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Put up with single coils. They are just magic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boodang Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 There's a good YouTube video which compares about 8 different J pickups (played back to back and just a few minutes long with no commentary), which will give you a good idea of which to go for. The ones that sound the least like normal jazz pickups are the DiMarzio model J (DP-123), which is not surprising giving that they are inline humbuckers. With these you could not only fit a series/parallel switch between the 2 pickups but also a switch for each pickup for the two coils. This would give you great variety of tone without even going near any eq. Tempted to give it a go myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzmanb Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 On 20/10/2022 at 17:07, asingardenof said: A heavy Sadowsky? Crikey! The first Japanese metro's are a solid Ash full body Nyc had smaller bodies with chambers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ead Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 Grizzly Bear pedal maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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