I have an idea........

[Nick2]

instead of getting a MM bass, how about I make my bass SOUND liek a MM? I could fit a big fat MM humbucker in my fender jazz, and then I'd have a jazz/MM fretless! I think that's quite a kool idea.And the bass would be unique to me!

 

[oddjob]

Nice in theory... but there are always differences - that's why a Bongo H sounds different (though slightly) than a StingRay.

Be your own player, but if you want MM sound then get a MM.

 

[Nick2]

Surely it will still have the MM punch?

 

[oddjob]

Again, that is great in theory, but in practice it might be a bit different with the different wood resonances, massesand densities. Yeah you might get the umph! but the tonal qualities that make a SR a SR disappear... that is why a Warwick Streamer ProM and Thumb sound so different. They have the same electronics, but the wood and mass are different.

I don't want to downplay swapping out pickups (I've done it myself ) but if you are just looking from "umph" then try adding a preamp first... cheaper, easier and no routing. If you are looking for a particular sound... then there is no substitute for getting the real thing.

 

[Nick2]

Can I get a MM humbucker with a coil tap? So i can still have the single coil sound too?

 

[midopa]

I'd like two silica packs, some neodymium magnets, a cup of water, and a side order of a Bongo and Stingray, please.

I doubt you can get an actual MM pickup unless you either buy it off eBay (in which case it will be used) or get a MM bass and take it out. If you do the later, I'll be forced to beat you 'til you're a sack of puss. But I digress.

There are lots of MM pickup copies. Not sure about the coil tap dealie. Take a gander at eBay.

 

[spectorbassguy]

I'd like two silica packs

I can help! Currently at $2.00 - please bid!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3730510412

 

[midopa]

Maybe I'll bid when there are two seconds left? How's about that? HA!

Back to the topic, I seriously doubt you'll get the punch and growl of the SR by adding a SR pickup on a Fender Jazz. The pickup position wouldn't be the same. MM basses are said to have the pickup on the 'sweet spot' of the bass, but I doubt you can get that pickup position on the Fender, due to the bridge pickup getting in the way. And as oddjob has said, there are lots of other factors that come into play also. So... bad idea! Bad nick2, bad!

 

[cgworkman]

Can I get a MM humbucker with a coil tap? So i can still have the single coil sound too?

Buy a Lakland if you want to do that.
http://www.lakland.com/basses/skyline_44-02_hero.jpg

It's a basically a Jazz and a Stingray combined. Best of both worlds.

 

[bovinehost]

Yup, that's what I was thinking, too. Buy a Lakland, get it over with.

Word, though - I find the Barts kind of anemic. The Duncans are much better pickups in the Lakland, although Dan Lakin really prefers using the Barts, so the Duncan-equipped Laklands are kind of scarce.

 

[Jazzbassman23]

Take it from someone who learned the hard way, there's only one way to get the Stingray sound. And we all know what that is.

 

[Nick2]

Still liek the sound of my hybrid jazz................ ..........

 

[cgworkman]

Some people will never heed advice.....

 

[Nick2]

Sure I'd like a Lakland, I'd like a rticky, i'd like a MM, i'd like a hot babe in a bikini....... but i cant have them.

 

[Bassplyr]

Nick, with all the basses you've got , you could trade in a couple for a Lakland and never miss them. The Lakland has TONS of different tonal options. Try the Skyline 55-02. I'ts the most popular.

 

[bovinehost]

No, I think a Deluxe 55-94, because they cost more.

Don't you think?

 

[cgworkman]

There you go!

 

[Nick2]

Where can I get a Lakland in the UK? And which basses would I trade? I like ALL my basses.

 

[jubjub721]

MM lakland and gretch are the only bands i support

besides orange

 

[Mobay45]

Where can I get a Lakland in the UK? And which basses would I trade? I like ALL my basses.

I think you should keep the Fender Jazz and trade the rest for as many MM basses as you can get.