Calling out to bridge TwinJazz users.

Thanks Nacho! Very interesting, it's the exact same positioning for Infinity SN and Dolphin SN. :-)

Juggler sent me a distance of 130.5mm for his Corvette 2010 LTD which has 2 TJs. I am curious what the spacing is on the Infinity NT...
 
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If you're also gonna have any sorta neck PU, then knowing where
certain models of Wick put the bridge PU is meaningful only if you
also copy the neck PU location. The best example I know of just
happens to occur in the EBMM Bongo line.

On a dual PU Bongo, the bridge PU is always a humbucker, and is
located closer to the bridge than the humbucker on the single PU
[humbucker-only] version. Owning both types, I can says that it
seems like EBMM has good reason for this.

Anywho, EBMM aside, since the blending/balancing of dual PUs
essentially creates one "large aperture" PU, the size/length of
that large aperture PU should influence your decision on where
to locate the entire PU system, not just the bridge PU location.

Put another way, if the solo PU sound of a TJ at a certain close
distance vis-a-vis the bridge is a sound you need to have on tap,
then you must put that TJ in that spot ... but NOW you hafta be
equally concerned about how far toward the neck your whole PU
system extends. IOW, the neck PU position becomes equally as
important as locating the bridge PU.

Again, I'm forced to reference EBMM, whose non-StingRay type
of latest models have three PUs, so that you can "relocate" the
neck PU a the push of a button. Some of these have a SC bridge
PU and some have a bridge humbucker. Both neck PUs are SCs,
and each of all three PUs has its own on-off switch.

Enuf food-for-thought to give you indigestion !


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Thanks for your input Golem. The neck pickup stays where it is, so effectively for the switch to medium scale it will be slightly closer to the neck than it "should". I guess it won't be that critical cause the majority of tone will come from the bridge pickup, and the neck will be blended in when I want some more fullness. I am not going to give it too much thought and try Warwick's not-so-close-to-bridge TJ placement, like on the Infinity NT, proportional to 32" scale.
 
jester said:
Thanks for your input Golem. The neck pickup stays where it is, so effectively for the switch to medium scale it will be slightly closer to the neck than it "should". I guess it won't be that critical cause the majority of tone will come from the bridge pickup, and the neck will be blended in when I want some more fullness. I am not going to give it too much thought and try Warwick's not-so-close-to-bridge TJ placement, like on the Infinity NT, proportional to 32" scale.
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Hey I juzz realize sumptin. I play in DGCF tuning so essentially I'm playing
an approx 31" scale "EADG" ax with "low end extensions" on every string.
IOW my EADG fret is about 1.5" closer to the bridge than a nomal 34" bass.

As this thought occurs to me now I'm about 15 mi [but several hours] from
my beloved J-TJ, an '04LE. Juzz wanna say that whatever the TJ PU location
may be on THAT ax, I highly recommend copping it !! It's miracle ax.


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Yum! If you get close to that yummy ax, do tell about the position. I promise I will do the metric convershun. :-)
 
OK then, here's the story. My buddy Vangelis (juggler) told me there's a distance of 103.5 mm from 24th to start of TwinJazz casing on his 2010 Corvette LTD. Then, my good friend Tina (saturnine) told me it is 133.0 mm on her Infinity NT. However, when I check pictures of these two basses (I overlayed them in a paint program) the pickup is almost at the same spot! Can anybody solve the mystery? I wonder if one of them measured a different distance.
 
Umm, maybe they're not actually near the same spot? We're talking 3cm here.

In any event, I still say the neck coil of the neck pickup and the bridge coil of the bridge pickup of a $$ bass are the best spots for pickups on any instruments, ever. I'd go with the $$ LTD regardless :)
 
Suddenly I get deja vu of a thread where drews measured his bass and was convinced it was 35" scale.
 
jester said:
Suddenly I get deja vu of a thread where drews measured his bass and was convinced it was 35" scale.
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Well can you blame him? He DID have 2 links where someone mentioned a 35" scale Warwick :P
 
OK, FWIW, just as a structural description of a stock 04LE
as normally delivered and tuned EADG as is usually normal,
the center line of the TJ on a normal 04LE is 14.5" from
the factory marked 12th fret.
 
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golem said:
OK, FWIW, just as a structural description of a stock 04LE
as normally delivered and tuned EADG as is usually normal,
the center line of the TJ on a normal 04LE is 14.5" from
the factory marked 12th fret.
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Thanks Golem! I 'll take that into account. I 'll be checking it out tomorrow on my bass. I think I understood your first explanation as well but my bass is 32" scale. :-)

PS. I managed to accidentally delete your 30.25"-scale-with-capo explanation, I am very sorry about that. I was editing your post thinking it was mine. :roll:
 
My two cents: I love the TJ location on the infinity NT. It's a little farther away from the bridge where the string tension is just right. If I ever order a custom shop or build a bass, a TJ in this location will be essential. Good luck with the project!
 
Hallbatross said:
My two cents: I love the TJ location on the infinity NT. It's a little farther away from the bridge where the string tension is just right. If I ever order a custom shop or build a bass, a TJ in this location will be essential. Good luck with the project!
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Thanks man, would you be so kind as to measure 24th fret to start of TJ casing like Nacho did? I 've been looking for Infinity NT owners for this. :-)
 
Ok the infinity NT is 5&3/16 inch from 24th fret to tj pickup (also 1&3/16 inch from bridge to tj pickup) good luck
 
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