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Post subject: Changing pickups on a fender american deluxe precision bass
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 6:50 am
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Hi all,

I have a Fender american deluxe p-bass with a p/j setup active/passive. Have considered changing the pups to Seymour Duncan 1/4 pounders, both p and the j pup, and wondered whether this can be done as a straight swap seeing as the original fender pups are also passive. In other words, will the SD 1/4 pounders work through the on- board preamp or will I have to ditch the whole active setup and go totally passive with the SD's?

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Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 5:32 am
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Bassmannr1 wrote:
Hi all,

I have a Fender american deluxe p-bass with a p/j setup active/passive. Have considered changing the pups to Seymour Duncan 1/4 pounders, both p and the j pup, and wondered whether this can be done as a straight swap seeing as the original fender pups are also passive. In other words, will the SD 1/4 pounders work through the on- board preamp or will I have to ditch the whole active setup and go totally passive with the SD's?

Thanks


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You can use the subject Duncans in either mode. However, only the P pickup is humbucking. The J pickup is going to be noisy by comparison, especially when you go active. If you're set on the P/J 1/4 pounders, I recommend a calibrated dummy coil, wired in series with the J pickup as this will make the J pickup humbucking.

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