jazz pickups - noiseless recommendations wanted!

[carlsim]

I have a lovely Atelier Z DAL-5 which has the Atelier Z JBZ-5 pickups installed. I have changed the preamp to the Sadowsky on board as I wanted a passive tone control and as the pups are single coils, I do get a tiny bit of noise (well they are single coils!) when pups are isolated. 

In a normal gig situation it wouldn't be a problem, but I do a lot of theatre work and I notice it more and more these days.

So, I can't afford to splash out big, but what would be a good pair of noiseless hum cancelling pups that you fellow BCers would recommend? I don't want to get rid of the original pups, but I would like something quieter for the kind of work I do.

 

Any recommendations? 

[Hellzero]

An excellent full shielding of your bass would make a great improvement and you could keep those excellent single coil pickups. 😉

[carlsim]

18 hours ago, Hellzero said:

An excellent full shielding of your bass would make a great improvement and you could keep those excellent single coil pickups. 😉

 

@Hellzero do you really thing it will make much difference? I have some copper tape so could do this if you think it would fix it...

 

Do you mean preamp cavity only or pup cavities as well?

[Hellzero]

Both @carlsim and ground both of them otherwise it will be useless.

[Baloney Balderdash]

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Edited 17 hours ago by Baloney Balderdash
Two wrongs doesn't make a right... Changed my mind...

[Supernaut]

5 hours ago, Baloney Balderdash said:

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Anyways

 

Nordstand pickups will see you right. 

[Chienmortbb]

On 03/03/2025 at 15:07, carlsim said:

I have a lovely Atelier Z DAL-5 which has the Atelier Z JBZ-5 pickups installed. I have changed the preamp to the Sadowsky on board as I wanted a passive tone control and as the pups are single coils, I do get a tiny bit of noise (well they are single coils!) when pups are isolated. 

In a normal gig situation it wouldn't be a problem, but I do a lot of theatre work and I notice it more and more these days.

So, I can't afford to splash out big, but what would be a good pair of noiseless hum cancelling pups that you fellow BCers would recommend? I don't want to get rid of the original pups, but I would like something quieter for the kind of work I do.

 

Any recommendations? 

DiMarzio are humbuckers in a Jazz housing but do sound like a jazz Pup.