It is fairly safe to say that a 'standard' truly doesn't exist here. Continue reading this article, and drop us a line with your situation and we will sort out a solution for you.Īvailability in 6 String Jazz Bass® pickups is fairly limited and pickup lengths are very specific to manufacturer. Many manufacturers will build non-standard ‘matched’ pickup sets. SPECIAL NOTE: If you find yourself in a situation, where you have either two ‘longs’ or two ‘shorts’, do NOT fret. Fender®, itself, has made bass models that have used a 3.60” length bridge and 3.60” length neck pickup (commonly referred to as a “short/short’ combination) for some years, following long stretches of using the more common “long/short” combo.Īs you consider upgrading your pickups, take a measurement of the length of the two pickups. Unfortunately, not all bass builders/manufacturers have used the most common length sizing. Those tiny variances, by in large, are negligible. 02” of these lengths for their standard j bass replacement pickups. 'Standard' length for 4 string Jazz Bass®:Īll of the major pickup manufacturers fall within. Typically, on a 4 string Jazz Bass®, we are going to find combinations of a long bridge / short neck. LENGTH…this is where we need to get out the ruler or micrometer :) So we usually do not have to sweat that measurement either. SCREW EAR location typically corresponds with the pickup length. 02” (two one-hundredths of an inch) is generally negligible and barely measurable for most folks.įor our purposes we can say that width is standardized. Most pickup brands build their Jazz Pickups® to a width somewhere between. The WIDTH is, thankfully, fairly standard for both neck and bridge pickups.
What items come into play when we think about pickup sizing? Even within the Fender® lineup itself, they have used varying pickup sizes - sometimes within the same model year. Intuitively, one may wager that J basses would have standardized pickup sizes, right? Unfortunately, even if we only consider 4 string j basses, there are multiple sizing combinations. Checking dimensions is a good place to start when you are looking to get new pickups for your bass.
0 kommentar(er)
