Description
The SJ5S-67/70 takes everything that makes a great ’62-spec Jazz Bass sound like a Jazz Bass — the woody midrange growl, the vintage output curve, the snap that sits perfectly in a mix — and reworks it for five strings. Seymour Duncan didn’t just widen the bobbins; they re-engineered the coil geometry and winding to keep the low B string articulate and balanced against its higher siblings, so you’re not fighting mud or thin response as you move across the neck.
Each pickup is hand built in Santa Barbara using hand-ground Alnico 5 rod magnets and Forbon flatwork, then vacuum wax potted to shut down microphonic squeal on stage or under hot studio lights. That’s the same construction philosophy behind Duncan’s best-loved vintage designs, just scaled correctly for extended-range instruments.
A few things worth knowing before you order:
- Sized for the wider pickup covers found on modern Fender Jazz V basses — if your 5-string is an older model, look at the 70-74 version instead for correct fit.
- Passive single coil set: one neck, one bridge, wired and voiced as a matched pair.
- Ships with black covers.
- Vintage output level — expect classic J-bass dynamics rather than a hot, compressed tone.
If you’ve been chasing that authentic 60s Jazz Bass character on a 5-string and kept hitting a wall with the low B, this set is exactly the fix Duncan designed it to be.
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