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Post by syndacate on Jan 10, 2022 9:35:09 GMT
Hi everybody. I own an Hb JB-20. I received as Christmas gift two fender jazz pickups, but unfortunally they do not fit the holes in the bass. The standard measure between the screews of the pups are different in the hb's. Did someone repalce the pups with success? What pups have you used? Thank you.
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Post by syndacate on Jan 10, 2022 11:00:50 GMT
Unfortunally no. For example, the standard screws spacing for the neck pu is 38 mm. In My hb the spacing is 34. I can not find any pickup with 34 mm spacing between the screws. The hb jb 75 instead has standard pickups with standard spacing. I really don't know why this terrible choice from HB!!
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Post by syndacate on Jan 10, 2022 12:58:08 GMT
Mine are not Rosweel. The HB jazz standard series have un-named pickups.
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Post by syndacate on Jan 10, 2022 13:03:57 GMT
The bass has been bought on october 2021. So really brand new
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Post by syndacate on Jan 10, 2022 13:51:11 GMT
Yes...i tried also to change the covers but the als the poles spacing are different. I can't find any replacement for this kind of pickups. Really a bad thing...but..the good thing is that the bass isn't bad at all also leaving it all stock.
Here you can listen to it:
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Post by syndacate on Jan 10, 2022 14:08:28 GMT
I returned the new pickups to the music store and bought other stuffs. I think it does not worth the while to go out searching such covers. If I had a 3d printer then maybe it could be a good choice. But i don't have it...so, unless I don't find a replacement i will leave the bass stock. I agree..it is a stupid situation!!
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Post by syndacate on Jan 10, 2022 14:19:04 GMT
The sire is the biggest. But it is also a 5 strings, so the shape is of course larger. I don't know ompared to the fender. They seems to me pretty equal
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Post by timspottiswood on Feb 12, 2022 13:21:02 GMT
I put some Wilkinson jazz bass pickups in mine and had to enlarge the pickup cavities with a Dremel. It was a faff but I got there in the end
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