EMG's in a passive Jazz???

[bubinga5]

Im thinking abput trying some EMG's i have in another bass, in my 75..Is there anything i should watch out for, putting Active pups in a passive bass..Im doing the soldering myself!!!

Has anyone done this??

[simon1964]

[quote name='bubinga5' post='480149' date='May 5 2009, 05:36 PM']Im thinking abput trying some EMG's i have in another bass, in my 75..Is there anything i should watch out for, putting Active pups in a passive bass..Im doing the soldering myself!!!

Has anyone done this??[/quote]

Not in a Jazz, but I've put EMGs in my bog standard Precision and it sounds great. The biggest issue is likely to be where you put the battery - will be worth checking whether you will need any routing.

[SJA]

IIRC Guy Pratt's burgundy Jazz ("betsy"?) has EMGs in it.

ps. found a mention of it-
[url="http://www.bassplayer.com/article/guy-pratt/Jun-06/20608"]http://www.bassplayer.com/article/guy-pratt/Jun-06/20608[/url]

Edited May 5, 2009 by SJA

[peteb]

[quote name='simon1964' post='480167' date='May 5 2009, 05:45 PM']Not in a Jazz, but I've put EMGs in my bog standard Precision and it sounds great. The biggest issue is likely to be where you put the battery - will be worth checking whether you will need any routing.[/quote]
I've did the same on my 70s P bass many years ago

Always sounded great, a bit of a pain changing the battery thru!