Bass Pickups and Onboard Preamps

[drumandbass]

Hi all. im looking to change my current Stagg's Passive J style pickups.
Hoping to change to a set of Humbuckers. Any suggestions and places where i can get it done.

Also, hoping to install preamps, and my current bass has only three knobs. so dunno whether it can be done.

Suggestions and advice. tks tks.

 

[cherns]

To fit a set of humbuckers into your Jazz means you have to send it to a guitar tech to do the pickup routes for you - that's gonna cost! What kind of tone are you trying to achieve by dropping humbuckers in?

If you're just trying to get silent, humbucking pickups, then I can recommend 2 that'll fit into your Jazz bass easily and without modification - the Nordstrand NJSE and NJSV pickups.

You can check out more info about the pickups at my thread here!
http://soft.com.sg/forum/great-deals/62423-nordstrand-pickups-updated-pricing.html
I'm also having a promotion going on now, so it's a great time to get a set if you're thinking about upgrading.

As for preamps, you'll want to consider the Audere JZ3. It's a fantastic sounding preamp that's mounted onto a control plate and is very easy to retrofit into your bass. You can check out more info about it here - Audere Audio JZ3

 

[drumandbass]

Hey Cherns tks for the info.
am looking at getting a Fat, Growly and full tone.

And idea of Guitar techs that'll do this kinda stuff.. haha.

 

[cherns]

Thick, growly and full of tone... as in ala Warwick? Or 70's Jazz growl? Or Musicman style growl?

You could probably dial in thick and growly on a jazz bass easily with a good preamp.

 

[funkygeos]

You can also consider Aguilar Onboard Preamps, i think they are available at TYmusic and you can ask them to install for u too..

TyMusicCenter

 

[kerplunk182]

You can also consider Aguilar Onboard Preamps, i think they are available at TYmusic and you can ask them to install for u too..

TyMusicCenter

If you're lucky, the black promotion board might still say "free installation when you buy aguilar on board preamps"

 

[cherns]

"free unstallation when you buy aguilar on board preamps"

So they take it out the old for free and charge to put in the new one for you?

 

[funkygeos]

i think is a typo error laa. is free installation.

 

[kerplunk182]

OPPS! YES THAT WAS A TYPO. Hahaha. Paiseh! Both letters are right next to each other... My mistake!

 

[drumandbass]

Hmm. ok tks. guys. hahaha. will probaly change them soon.

 

[shinobi]

cherns, how does the sound of the NJ4SV compare to the NJ4? besides the fact that the split single J is humbucking...

i'm afraid 'modern' and 'vintage' doesn't make much sense to me, i'll be hoping to try them out someday :mrgreen:

 

[cherns]

Hey bro, the NJSV sounds very much like the NJ4, only without the 60 cycle hum. It's exactly what you'd expect from a jazz bass... deep, throaty (oops, did I just use those two words in sequence??) and with that nice full tone.

 

[namelessone]

seymour duncan quarter pound pickups have also a very round tone thick also

 

[engz]

cherns, how does the sound of the NJ4SV compare to the NJ4? besides the fact that the split single J is humbucking...

i'm afraid 'modern' and 'vintage' doesn't make much sense to me, i'll be hoping to try them out someday :mrgreen:

the many jargons that confused this little brain of mine... seems like everyone uses a different word to describe a different sound :-S

this is my intepretation i guess... modern would have a more solid state sound... meaning more metallic and bright i suppose... vintage would be more of a tube kinda sound... more punchy than metallicy clear...

i could b wrong tho =\