Product: EMG J Set
Price Paid: USD 100
Submitted
04/18/2007
at
07:18pm
by
Dave Wiese
Features
:
Technically it's EMG-J Set. 2 J pickups (Neck and Bridge), 3 pots (Standard volume neck, volume bridge, and tone) wired with mounting harness for the pickups, battery clip. At first glance, the electronics look like a passive J-bass but with a battery. Designed to be a simple replacement for Jazz basses. No ground needed.
Instrument
:
'92 Fender Jazz Bass. The pickups being replaced were stock. I wanted to try EMG's on this thing but didn't want to take off the stock pickups, until they rusted.
Sound
:
10
Being active, the output obviously went higher. The sound is basically similar to stock, but much cleaner. Great lows, thin nasaly highs, everything you'd expect from traditional J pickups. The big plus to the EMG-J Set is the loss of the buzz when the volume knobs are offset. When backing down the tone, it still has a good quality of tone, not the standard dead flat sound.
Overall Rating
:
10
It was briliant of EMG to offer this as a set. I've also had EMG DC35's, and P-J sets (with different preamps). If you're looking to clean up a J-bass, this is definitely the way to go. Other alturnatives would also require alot more wiring (if you're going active) and would cost quite a bit more.
