Vintage Jazz Bass Pickups

[bassboyjake]

Hi I just bought a bass off of Ebay (ya i know bad idea) and it was listed as having "seymour duncan vintage jazz pickups" in it. I opened the cavety and it has a 9V batter in it. Do the vintage series pickups come active? Seems odd if they do...how do I tell what pickups these really are. there is nothing written on the backs of them..or anything besides "basslines" on the front.

Thanks,

-Jake

 

[St_Genesius]

Re: Vintage Jazz Bass Pickups

Could be a bass with active tone controls using passive pickups. That's not at all uncommon.

 

[bassboyjake]

Re: Vintage Jazz Bass Pickups

the compartment on my bass contains:

2 volume pot
1 tone pot
9 volt battery
input jack
1 yellow capacitor: 150-m 1uf+5% 250v 0013

the red wire from the batter splits into two red ones that are connected to the bigger wires going to the pickups.

the underside of the pickups appear to be copper, with only the labels "neck" and "bridge" on the respective pickups.

The face of the pickups have the traditional "basslines" on the front, and dull steel poles with small rust fragments on them.

SOOOOOOOOOO, does anybody have a clue as to what pickups I have in my bass?

 

[squawk]

Re: Vintage Jazz Bass Pickups

if its active it could be the lightning rods. they are an active basslines pup that looks like the vintage jazz bass pup