Session
3 : Sadowky Single Coil vs DiMarzio J
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Session
3 : Sadowky Single Coil vs DiMarzio J
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Tests
- pickups Sadowsky Single Coil
- pickups DiMarzio J
All these
pickups were built in my custom 1972 Fender jazz bass.
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| Description |
Preamp
EQ
+ Pickup bal. |
Finger
sound
(wav files in selfextractible rar files) |
Slap/pop
sound
(wav files in selfextractible rar files) |
| Sadowsky Single Coil (my opinion) |
Passive
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| DiMarzio J pickups (my opinion) |
Passive
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My
opinions
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Configuration 1 : Sadowsky Single Coil
My 72's jazzbass has naturally a lot of treble and a lot of bass (perhaps one of its defaults is a lack in middle frequencies) and these pickups didn't fit well this bass. In rehearsing situation, I had the impression that my sound was too "gentle" and too "shy".
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Note
that I used 500K pots to test single coil pickups. It can explain why
I found the sound a little bit too harsh (too much treble). I had the
same impression with the Lindy Fralin single coil : after replacing my
500k pots with 250k pots (standard pots used by Fender), I got a much
more balanced sound without the harshness ! Both Sadowsky and Lindy Fralin
recommend 250k pots fro their pickups. Learn more about effect of pots
values in session 5 .
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N.B. : You can compare the Sadowsky Single Coil pickups with the Sadowsky Humcancelling and the DiMarzio Ultra Jazz in session 2 .
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I had already installed the DiMarzio J in my 98's Amercian Deluxe Jazzbass (more details in session 1) and I was really impressed by the punch of these pickups. I wasn't disappointed when I installed them on my 72's jazzbass !! Again, I liked its dirty sound with tons of harmonics and its powerfull low-mid. When soloed in the rehearsal room, the sound was very dirty, definitely not as clean as the DiMarzio Ultra Jazz or the Sadowsky Humcancelling. I thought that the slap sound wasn't as good as the slap sound of the Ultra Jazz. But when played with the band, my bass produced a really steady, balanced and present sound : exactly what I was looking for ! I DEFINITELY LOVE THE DIMARZIO J !!!!!!
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Picture 1 :
My custom 72's jazzbass whith DiMarzio J pickups