Split Jazz

Distinct and nice tone. Super sustain and just perfect for my jazz bass 72

Absolutely love the Lindy Fralin Split Jazz 5% overwound pickups. I wish i had upgraded sooner. Barky when I need I, Beefy too, and I can roll back and find any smooth tones needed. Thanks for the tips on installation too. Even a total slob with a soldering iron like me can pop these things in.

Mike Deane

I moved over to playing bass a few years ago, and bought a really nice mid-90’s Jazz Bass. The pickups were good, but never sounded really clear to me – the bridge and neck sort of mushed into one. And the buzz… I knew it was a thing for single coil pickups, but woah.

Enter the Split Jazz. The clarity and definition is stunning, and the tonal shift betwixt the neck and bridge is notable in the best possible way. I play with a pick most of the time, and the punch and crisp attack is everything I wanted it to be. I can add more with a little more treble, or I can remove it with more bass. Finger-style playing delivers the thump I want.

The best part? I went to rehearsal the night after I put these into my bass and… s i l e n c e. Barely even a hiss. No having to kill my signal with the tuner to avoid the buzz between songs! Recently recorded a new single on these and the results are stellar.

Yeah, they’re not the cheapest option for a noiseless J-Bass pickup, but I think they’re worth every penny.

As promised, my review of my new noiseless Split Coil Jazz Bass pickups – I wish I could pick one GOOD superlative! These pickups are flat out stunning. I ordered a 5% overwind on both pups, starting off they have hotter output than my American Standards they’re replacing…but not by crazy amounts. They sound incredibly thick in comparison…the bridge pup has the voice I’ve really been looking for for almost 50 years of playing bass…punchy in the RIGHT way…it actually made me say, ‘Hey!’ when I was taking it for a test drive…happy discover! Neck pup sounds very warm with a very easy ‘growl’…with some compression and technique I really dig the legato tone I can get. All in all, these are AMAZING pickups that made my #1 bass (2011 Fender Highway One J bass) even more a pleasure than before. This was a GREAT music purchase for me.

The Fralin split-jazz is major upgrade to my US made 21st Century J bass. Zero buzz/hum, stronger output, enhanced clarity. Optimum for studio / stage. The perfect pickup for the perfect bass… who needs more basses? Not me!

Bought a pair of +5%, based on Mr. Fralin’s recommendation. They arrived in ten days. Much better than I had hoped for. The main objective was no 60 cycle hum. Got that, and a major upgrade in tone. Now there is infinite blending possibilities, all with no noise, and a beautiful quality of sound from mellow to snarky. My 1992 USA “Longhorn” Jazz sounds so good — it may be a quintessential universal instrument. The customer service is benchmark — great and friendly help from Jon, Tyler, and Mr. Fralin. Am so pleased to give you business. Thank you very much. Highly recommended.

I recently bought a set of the split jazz noiseless pickups for my bass that I’m building and waiting on from custom paint…so this is my ordering experience. I had a couple of questions about overwinding pickups and also how these pickups would work on an active bass. I called and had an expert on the phone in less than a minute. I got my questions answered and when I ordered was shown there was an estimated delivery of 6 weeks. It turns out that the pickups arrived on my doorstep in ELEVEN DAYS. Excellent customer service and overperforming with the delivery of your product makes you look GOOD. I’ll add to my review when I’ve built my bass and had the chance to hear the magic 🙂

The Buzz is gone and I couldn’t be happier. Never replaced pickups before, but the buzz of the stock ones on my Fender Jazz was annoying. These arrived quickly, and the instructions were simple and easy. Installed them nervously, reassembled and I couldn’t be more pleased with the results. Sound is smooth, deep, robust, and reacts how I expect it to originally.

powerful full sound. no noise. expensive. glad I got them though

First, five stars all around. Fralin makes pickups for Fenders better than Fender. Dollar for dollar, Fralins are absolute best value you can get from any aftermarket upgrade.

I have two Jazz basses with Fralin split pickups. One J-Bass has a 5% overwind on both bridge and neck pickups. The other has a 10% overwind on just the bridge.

With respect to the 5% overwind: No notes. They are perfection. I like an aggressive sound and these pickups deliver a growling, woody, midrange sound.

With respect to the 10% overwind, I would not buy them again. The bridge pickup magnet is too strong, and produced a chorus-like sound even when fully sunk into the pickup cavity. I had to route my bass to deepen the bridge pickup cavity in order to get the pickup far enough from the strings. It took a lot of work, but in the end the bass sounds incredible, and it’s worth noting that if ever I decide to replace the bridge pickup, I’ll replace it with a Fralin. They’re that good.

Blown away. The only thing I can say is I will be purchasing some more Fralin Pickups. Installed with loaded Fralin control plate in a 16′ Fender Am Pro, it’s better than a new bass. Best review I can give is – will buy more Fralin products without a doubt.
Also, when I inquired with some ignorant questions, top notch, great customer service and prompt response.

Great communication with Lindy and crew. The pickups were easy to install and the buyer is ecstatic about the sound.

Good Quality. I like that I have more control over options of tone from both pick-ups. Notes are crisp and clear or warm and mellow, whatever my brain ,fingers and mood demand , these pick-ups deliver. They are a bit pricy, but a good buy.

I recently upgraded my 2005 Fender American Jazz pickups to Fralin Split Coils, and the results are exceptional. Nice and warm, plenty of attack, and great sustain. I had the neck pup over wound 5% for a more balanced gain. I have learned that you get what you pay for, especially in musical equipment. I am delighted with my purchase! My order was fabricated sooner than the projected lead time, and the customer service was outstanding. I highly recommend Frailin as a first class mom and pop American made business. Thank You!!!

I’ve played a P-bass for years and recently bought a Jazz bass to add some variety. The J-bass looked and played great, but sounded weaker than the Precision. I wanted to be happy with both, I wanted them to have different sounds that I equally loved…but I favored the P-bass. I called the team at Fralin and they recommended a set of their Overwound Split Jazz pickups. These pickups delivered big time. I can’t put my J-bass down, these pickups took it from good to great. I am so pleased, I will soon order a Fralin pickup for my P-Bass. Money well spent.

10% Overwind on both it was my choice. A killer sound! Fralin is the Goat!

Absolutely blown away by how punchy and articulate this set of pickups is. Classic J-bass tone with a bit of extra mojo, and perfectly noiseless.

I’ve had a set of your single coils in one of my main basses (a 90’s American Jazz) for years and nothing sounds better, both live and in the studio. Fat, warm, punchy, even…just everything a Jazz should be, both neck and bridge, soloed or together. I recently acquired a late nineties Mexican fretless Jazz that is a good instrument save for the anemic stock pickups. It was a no-brainer to go with the Fralins but for this one I decided to get the splits as I know I’m going to spend a lot of time with that bridge pickup soloed. I almost went with the singles despite the issues with hum because they just sound so good and I’ve never heard a noiseless Jazz pickup that could really do that but man am I glad that I took the chance on the split Jazzes. They’re amazing! Everything I love about your singles, and dead quiet! I purchased the prewired control plate as well. It was very easy to install and I couldn’t be happier.

What can I say…finally, after nearly a decade…silence. I have an American Deluxe Jazz Bass with N3 pickups and 18v active electronics. I have been fighting the dreaded 60 Hz hum ever since I bought it. Tried everything, check solder joints, look for broken grounds, look for ground loops, 100% copper shielded, etc. Nothing helped. Finally fed up with a $1,900 buzz box, I started the pick up search. With every search and every review, Fralin came to the top. The staff at Fralin Pickups assured me, this would fix the hum and breath new life into this Bass…I had no idea how right they would be. These standard wound Split Jazz pickups sound full, punchy, amazing attack, and clean mids…did I mention, silent? Even with the Active Electronics switched on…silence. Repeat customers are the best compliment someone could give a business…time to outfit the American Deluxe Jazz Bass V and the fretless.