Fender CS60Jazz Set

Reading the previous reviews I select this set to update pickups on my Fender (Squier) Vintage Modified Jazz Bass 70, hopping for more output.

But look's like the stock pickups of the Vintage modified Jazz Bass are already hot.

This pickup didn't give me more juce, but a small bit less.
To my ear they sound more detailed and singing compared to stock ones.

So not a big change for me, which is good concerning Squier stock quality :-)

I will expriment with other pickups later.

pro
- quality
- sound
cons
- hotter output is not there
- expensive

UPDATE : 06 August 2018

I have compared these with Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound Jazz bass Set, on the same instrument. And finally keep the CS60Jazz, they are less hot but wider and more detailed on my bass.

The quarter pound was really great, Lot of output, but sound dry and bite narrow on my bass.

I bought these to replace the original pickups on a Chinese Jazz Bass copy which plays well but lacked good electronics. I'm pleased - big rich sound with decent volume, a significant step up. I'm more an 'old school' player and value a warm and defined fingerstyle tone, but the pickups are also great for the occasional slap and plectrum stuff I do.

Note that not all Jazz-style basses have the same dimensions: while I've no doubt these will drop straight into a genuine Fender, my bass needed about a 2mm (and effectively invisible) adjustment to the scratchplate to accommodate the neck pickup's mounting lugs.

In this kit you get one neck pickup, a bridge pickup, brass plates for each pickup for shielding of the pickup routing and mounting screws. The finish of the pickups is excellent, the have a nice boutique feel and it´s also nice with the clothed wire.

Easy too install, just drop them in and solder, and then you are ready to go. The sound is classic Fender, bright and a nice steady bottom. I compared them with the pickups I swapped out, which are 90`s Fender Japan pickups and the impression is that the tone is similar, although the CS60 has a more expensive shimmer to the sound and are better built. In my view the pickups has to compliment the tone of the bass, the tone of the wood and strings and not alter the sound too much. I want the pickups to pickup the sound that the bass has and make just a little bit prettier and this kit does just that. There are more spectacular pickups on the market that has their own sound, like DiMarzio Model J´s with their fat bottom and mellow high end, but has not the classic sound that these has. So if you want a great classic Fender sound for your bass, this kit will do the trick.