jmanfunk Posted July 13, 2009 Posted July 13, 2009 Alright guys, I'm having a custom bass made for me by ACG guitars. It's going to be a single pick-up bass and I want to position the pick-up so when I split the coil, the rear coil that is active is in the 60's jazz position. So I need measurements for the pup placement and if someone could be so kind as to measure the distance from the twelfth fret to the edge of the back of the pick-up, I 'd be eternally grateful! This is for those jazz bass with a 60's pick-up position obviously. As far as I know the current U.S. series and any 60's reissue as well as Lakland would be perfect. I'm not sure where Sadowsky or some of the other well known manufacturers place their pups. Thanks in advance for the help. Jay Quote
The Bass Doc Posted July 13, 2009 Posted July 13, 2009 12th fret to back edge of pickup=37.5cms - that's from a real 1962 Jazz. Quote
jmanfunk Posted July 13, 2009 Author Posted July 13, 2009 [quote name='The Bass Doc' post='539778' date='Jul 13 2009, 09:58 PM']12th fret to back edge of pickup=37.5cms - that's from a real 1962 Jazz.[/quote] Bassdoc, you're a legend! Cheers for that. Anyone else, feel free to confirm this Quote
OldG Posted July 14, 2009 Posted July 14, 2009 On my 80's Tokai Jazz... 37.5cm from back edge of bridge pickup 31cm from back edge of neck pickup Quote
lozbass Posted July 14, 2009 Posted July 14, 2009 I'm sure bassdoc is right, however, I'll check and confirm this evening: I have a Fender Masterbuilt fretless Jazz (Galuska) built to '64 spec. Quote
mrcrow Posted July 14, 2009 Posted July 14, 2009 [quote name='Geek99' post='540194' date='Jul 14 2009, 11:51 AM']Will confirm from my 62 ri jap jazz tonight[/quote] i got a bass routed for jazz pups 1 3/4" from g string saddle to centre of poles for the bridge pup and then spaced at 3 3/4" to the centre of poles for the neck one..which you wont have sounds like you plan to have a musicman or humbucker type pup on your bass the P bass pup position is scale over 6 (= 34/6 = 5 2/3) to the mating faces of the split coil just for interest when the jazz was designed it had the neck pup just a little bit nearer the bridge to the centre line of the poles set your dimensions to pole positions...thats where the nodes occur...not at the edges of surrounds etc Quote
Geek99 Posted July 15, 2009 Posted July 15, 2009 (edited) I concur with the measurements from bassdoc but add that the bridge pickup (to back edge) is 32.5 cm on my 62 reissue cij Edited July 15, 2009 by Geek99 Quote
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