Turning my Fender Jaxx deluxe into a passive bass

[Harlequin74]

Hi all

as i am not loving the N3 pups, fender preamp combo!but love the bass , i am going passive.

i tend to use a tech 21 sansamp for preamp tone shaping anyway.

so the plan is to fit a new vol/vol/tone/tone loom from John at Kiogin ( top bloke imho), and was considering Ironstone pups as do t want to spend a fortune.

any thoughts or experience having do e a similar thing, gratefully received.

 

thanks

[gary mac]

@KiOgon is a good choice.    

No experience with Ironstone but I have installed the Entwistle Neo Jazz pickups for a couple of my customers and they loved them. 

[Reggaebass]

Hi harlequin, assuming they are compatible, can you not try Kiogons loom with your N3 pickups and see how it sounds, I’ve got these looms , and they really do transform the sound, they are great 🙂

[Delberthot]

When I had my FSR Precision Special I didn't like the sound either so I changed the factory pups and preamp for a set of EMGs and the BQS control and sold the original pickups. Turned a good bass into a great bass

it was a tight fit for the large mid-range board attached to the pot but it did fit without any work plus I discovered that I was able to squeeze 2 9v batteries into the battery compartment and use an adaptor which clipped right onto the existing battery terminal to make it 18v

[Harlequin74]

Thanks all, really useful.