Move My SD Jazz Neck to Bridge?

[lareplus]

I like my SD SH-2n jazz pickup designed for the neck position but I want to add a completely different pickup ( 57 Classic ) to the neck position and move the jazz pickup to the bridge. I have a friend, who is a non-jazz player who has one in his epiphone and it sounds marvelous. . . what I am looking for is the best of all possible worlds.

Is it safe and sound to do so? Will I start a fire or hurt my ears or anything? Are there other possible problems sonically? . . . . .Thanks in advance for your expertise!

 

[Securb]

Re: Move My SD Jazz Neck to Bridge?

Put it in the bridge if it sounds good leave it. If it doesn't take it out.

 

[IMENATOR]

Re: Move My SD Jazz Neck to Bridge?

I tried that once in my strat, almost no volume coming out if the guitar. Not sure if I did something wrong but I checked everything. As said, if it works for you then good.

 

[LtKojak]

Re: Move My SD Jazz Neck to Bridge?

I like my SD SH-2n jazz pickup designed for the neck position but I want to add a completely different pickup ( 57 Classic ) to the neck position and move the jazz pickup to the bridge. I have a friend, who is a non-jazz player who has one in his epiphone and it sounds marvelous. . . what I am looking for is the best of all possible worlds.

Is it safe and sound to do so? Will I start a fire or hurt my ears or anything? Are there other possible problems sonically? . . . . .Thanks in advance for your expertise!

What you get is a tonal AND output mismatch. You'll be better off putting the '57 Classic in the bridge and keeping the Jazz neck in the neck position if you must... but *I* wouldn't blend'em as they're tonally polar opposites.

Consider yourself warned!

HTH,

 

[Luke Duke]

Re: Move My SD Jazz Neck to Bridge?

What you get is a tonal AND output mismatch. You'll be better off putting the '57 Classic in the bridge and keeping the Jazz neck in the neck position if you must... but *I* wouldn't blend'em as they're tonally polar opposites.

Consider yourself warned!

HTH,

You should have put YMMV

The mismatch was seen in LOTS of factory guitars. Not to mention Jimmy Page had a PAF neck and T-Top bridge and it worked pretty good....IMO of course.

The main secret is balancing the heights of the two pickups.

Luke

 

[the guy who invented fire]

Re: Move My SD Jazz Neck to Bridge?

Pepe still posting nonsense...

The published spec on the Classic 57 is Alnico II magnet and 7.5k while a Jazz neck is 7.72k and Alnico 5 magnet.

I see NO output or tonal mismatch here at all.

In fact lots of vintage Gibson guitars hit the ground with different magnets in their different positions and many vintage Gibsons had only a slight difference in dc resistance from neck to bridge not to mention many have hotter wound neck pickups and those guitars still balance just fine!

To the OP give it a shot!!! Best of luck and keep us posted on your findings.

Also a big thanks to Pepe for showing the OP why you should take everything you read online with a big fat grain of salt!

 

[LtKojak]

Re: Move My SD Jazz Neck to Bridge?

Pepe still posting nonsense...

I thought you should say so. It's ok.

I see NO output or tonal mismatch here at all.

You don't see (or hear) many things... but it's ok.

In fact lots of vintage Gibson guitars hit the ground with different magnets in their different positions and many vintage Gibsons had only a slight difference in dc resistance from neck to bridge not to mention many have hotter wound neck pickups and those guitars still balance just fine!

That's *your* opinion. I hear things differently. That's ok.

Also a big thanks to Pepe for showing the OP why you should take everything you read online with a big fat grain of salt!

Funny you say that... exactly the same thing can be said about *you*.

But it's ok. You know how much I value *your* opinion.