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Post subject: Custom overwound 60s pickups
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 2:08 pm
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I'm seriously considering buying these pickups. I play an 2008 am. standard jazz bass with a maple fretboard.

From what I've gathered, the overwound 60's PUs have a very aggressive midrange, slightly sweeter highs, and more low end.

I'm wondering what people's experience is with these pickups? Is the low end tight or open? Is there enough high end? Any input or comparison to stock pickups would be great.

Keep in mind I play prog rock where I have to cut through the mix, hence my attraction to aggressive midrange presence.


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Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 1:15 pm
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Usually when you over wind a pickup you get higher output but lose highs. Maybe by saying sweeter highs you mean reduced highs? I'm wondering how over wound they are?

I'd be more prone to use over wound pups in a J than a P. However the J pups I'd use if I still played a J would be the split coil variety from Lindy Fralin. I love his Split Coil for 51/Telecaster bass because the tone is amazing and there is no hum at all. The catch to them is that they are really pricey.


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Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 5:39 pm
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Yeah, I suppose that's what I mean by sweater highs. Frankly, I care more about the midrange than the lows or highs because of the style I play and the tone I seek, but that is good to know.

Someone on talkbass confirmed what I thought about the agressive/growly/grindy midrange and sweet (reduced) highs, but they also described the lows as being "vintage."

Admittedly, I have not done a good enough comparison between vintage and modern pickups to notice the difference in low end (though I have for the mids and highs). I was wondering if someone could highlight the difference between stock low end tone and vintage low end tone.

Also, I care very little about hum, so I'm not really looking for stacks just FYI.


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Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 1:20 am
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Actually the Fralin split coil pup I'm talking about is not a stack. It looks just like a regular single coil J pup but is wound in two separate coils instead of one.


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Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 6:41 pm
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I swapped out the pickups in my Classic 60's Jazz for a set of these and they sounded much better to me. Phatter lows, smoother mids and sweeter highs - not muted, but less harsh. Growl like crazy!

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Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 6:50 pm
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How much grind can you get out of them? One thing I really love about my MIA bass is the grind I can get in the low mids: can you get the same with the overwound set?


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Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 11:42 pm
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What do you mean by grind? I usually notch out a lot of high mids, so I'm not sure if I can give a proper answer. They are responsive to touch, so if you dig in, they can get agro.

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Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 3:57 pm
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Well, I usually put in a lot of low and high mids to get a very growly sound. The best way to describe grind.... it's like growl taken to the next level... that's a bad description, but it's very related to grind.

Point is, I'm looking for a pickup with agressive midrange, lots of high and low mids. I love how vintage pickups voice their low and high end, and I like how modern pickups voice their midrange. I tried the 62 reissue jazz, and they had the low and high down but were lacking in midrange. Im hoping the Custom Overwounds have that midrange im looking for.


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