Last week I saw a bargain Precision that will make a nice alternative to my regular Geddy Lee Jazz. It’s a USA California series precision deluxe so it has P and J pickups - vol, blend and tone controls. At some point the original gold pickguard has been replaced with a badly fitting black one so I’ll sort that, and the J pickup has a Seymour Duncan but so far the best sound imo is to have the blend set at 75% P with a bit of the J added for extra high mids.
When I source a better pick guard I’ll give some thought to new pickups but it sounded good at a dep gig last week.
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When you have time, take a look in the control cavity. Check whether the J pickup has two separate output conductor wires or four of them plus a bare ground wire all within an outer sheath. The latter indicates that the pickup is a dual coil, noise-cancelling type.
It is possible that the P pickup is also a Seymour Duncan. Their vintage style SPB-1 model comes in black plastic covers with no pad printed logo.
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T.M.I., Mr. 'house.