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DiMarzio DP549

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Ultra J-Style Pickup SetDiMarzio was the first company to produce replacement pickups for electric guitars and basses and has been able to maintain its position since the early 70s through a successful mixture of tradition and innovation.

Of course, DiMarzio also has pickups for today's widely used 5 string bass guitars in its catalogue. The requirements are, of course, special, as the additional low B string must be big-sounding without becoming muddy

If you’re keen for the Jazz bass sound but want it louder and with more treble the J Ultra will provide you exactly that: the sound is rich, funky and somewhat bigger, the sound stays precise also at the lowest frequencies!

Comes in a set with neck and bridge pickups.

  • Pickup for 5 string bass guitar
  • Set for bridge & neck position
  • Wiring 2 conductor
  • Magnet alnico 5 & ceramic
  • Output: 250 mV
  • DC Resistance: 17.50 K
Available since December 2002
Item number 152390
Sales Unit 1 piece(s)
Active Pickup System No
Wiring 2-Conductor
Colour Black
Position Bridge, Neck
$165
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Great pickups, but maybe not for Warwick basses
Astralus 13.05.2020
I replaced stock MEC pickups on Warwick Corvette Rockbass. I thought the replacement process will be easy, but it wasn't - the pickups are a little bigger than original MEC pickups and it was REALLY hard to put it there.
Regarding the sound - the difference between stock pickups and these DiMarzio is huge! It was worthy of all my efforts to put it in the bass.
Highly recommend these pickups but check twice if your bass is compatible with them!
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Not right for my bass
Machete 26.05.2017
These are good value quality pickups. They have an incredible air, the top end clarity is outstanding and at the same time they have a great bottom. They're meant to be voiced with a modern scooped sound, great for slap, etc. The problem is that they didn't work well with my all-maple neck-through, a combination with no midrange to speak of.
In the end I swapped them with Dimarzio Area-Js, which are awesome pickups!

I suspect they would work much better with typical jazz basses that use warmer woods.
Also, make sure they will fit your existing pickup cavities.
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good product
Kostas F. 09.03.2017
Excellent jazz sound, but prepare for angle installation if your bass has norrow neck. They are realy big.
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Kein wirklich problemloser Umbau...
Ulrich796 15.12.2012
Ich habe das Set zum Upgrade eines Fender Jazz V MIM verwendet, weil die verbauten Pickups gelegentlich störende Brummgeräusche im Amp verursachten, das typische Singlecoil Problem halt.

Das Positive vorweg: die Brummgeräusche sind nach dem Umbau tatsächlich weg!

Als nachteilig empfand ich, daß der aufgedruckte Hinweis "Does not fit Fender Jazz Bass without modification" so allgemein gehalten ist, daß ich bei einem für Laien gedachten Umbau nicht erwartet hatte, mehr als kleine Feilarbeiten am Pickguard ausführen zu müssen. Tatsächlich ist es aber so, daß auch die Fräsungen im Body nicht mehr passen, weil die 'Ohren' der Befestigungslöcher bei den DiMarzios wesentlich enger zusammenstehen, bzw der ganze Pickup auch kürzer ist.
Das bedingt zum einen natürlich (Freihand)-Fräsarbeiten (wenn man denn das Wekzeug dazu hat) und das anschließende Problem blanken Holzes, sowie andererseits hinterher eine offensichtlich zu große Ausfräsung (zum Glück ist ja nur der Bridge-PU sichtbar), was auch nicht gerade elegant aussieht.
Den Sinn für diese gegenüber dem Original ziemlich stark geänderte Form kann ich bestenfalls in rechtlichen Gründen vermuten.

Der Klang ist gegenüber den Original-Pickups schon extrem anders. Trotz meiner Thomastik-Flatwounds ist durch die hinzugekommenen Höhen kein 'Vintage'-Klang mehr hinzubekommen. Für härtere Sachen sicher ideal, ein kristallklarer, sehr obertonreicher Sound - für meine Zwecke allerdings eher suboptimal, ich hatte ja in erster Linie nur den Brumm bekämpfen wollen...

Die Verarbeitung der voll vergossenen Tonabnehmer ist ohne Beanstandung, trotz nicht geschirmter Kabel scheint es keinerlei Abschirmprobleme mehr zu geben. Insgesamt habe ich mich mittlerweile an den Klang gewöhnt, noch einmal würde ich es allerdings - insbesondere wegen der erforderlichen Veränderungen am Instrument, die bei einem Verkauf ggfls preismindernd wirken können - nicht machen.
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