Hello,
This is like my second post ever...
So, I just put DiMarzio Ultrajazz pickups on my MIM Fender Jazz Bass, and I'm really glad I did! They're perfectly quiet and they sound great, plus I can get a much better variety of tones out of them than the stock pickups. The polarity of the individual magnets in each coil is reversed, so they cancel the hum like a humbucker, but they maintain the small aperature and single coil shape and placement on the body, which keeps the tone J-like. I love the J bass layout, but after playing on humbuckers and these hum-cancelling single coils, I don't really ever care to go back to the normal buzz of the single coil setup. I live in San Francisco, and the power grid here is 100 years old and full of buzz, plus I record a lot so it's a constant issue.
My question is:
Has anybody found any other hum cancelling pickups that fit into a standard single coil J slot? Describe them!
Thanks in advance for your input!
This is like my second post ever...
So, I just put DiMarzio Ultrajazz pickups on my MIM Fender Jazz Bass, and I'm really glad I did! They're perfectly quiet and they sound great, plus I can get a much better variety of tones out of them than the stock pickups. The polarity of the individual magnets in each coil is reversed, so they cancel the hum like a humbucker, but they maintain the small aperature and single coil shape and placement on the body, which keeps the tone J-like. I love the J bass layout, but after playing on humbuckers and these hum-cancelling single coils, I don't really ever care to go back to the normal buzz of the single coil setup. I live in San Francisco, and the power grid here is 100 years old and full of buzz, plus I record a lot so it's a constant issue.
My question is:
Has anybody found any other hum cancelling pickups that fit into a standard single coil J slot? Describe them!
Thanks in advance for your input!