Fender Modern Player Jazz Bass - Mid Cut/Scoop?

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Hi everyone.
Here's the Bass in question.

I recently bought a Fender Modern Player Jazz Bass, and it has 2 humbuckers, not the standard single coil pups.
I could resist it's super thin and easy to play neck. But with that came a sacrifice.. I've lost my desired tone.
I have a Sansamp BDDI and it scoops more than enough of the mids on my old faithful first bass, a Cort Action (Which has P/J style pups.)
I always played on the Split coil pup only.
This Fender is a passive bass.

So here's a question.

Is there any way at all that I can modify the pickups/Rewire the tone pot/or anything else to get the mids cut more?
They don't scoop enough even playing through my Sansamp?

Any help will be appreciated.

AlanRatcliffe

Humbuckers. While I don't know those specific ones, chances are good they are the root of the problem. Is that the one with the four-way rotary switch? Each of the four pickup settings uses more than one coil, but at least the pickups are tappable. So I'd probably rewire to get the usual J-bass single-coil combinations and on the fourth position have the bridge pup in full humbucking mode.

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Yes, it is.
"Four-position rotary pickup selector switch delivers a potent quartet of pickup combinations (full middle and bridge pickups, full middle pickup and bridge pickup outer coil, full bridge pickup and middle pickup outer coil, outer coil of both pickups)"

I found this online. Seems like a good idea, just a pity about the price.
http://www.guitar-mod.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=MTB&Category_Code=MID

EDIT: Thanks for the reply ?

AlanRatcliffe

A rewire should suffice, probably no need to go with additional circuitry.

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Guess it's time to start trolling the interwebs for a wiring diagram then..

Thanks.

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So I decided to take the plunge.
I bought some Dimarzio Ultra Jazz Pickups off gumtree.
I took the Dimarzio's and the humbuckers out of their casings and fitted them in the stock covers. Covered the other side of the pickup so you can't see into it.

I tried to leave the other side of the pickup stock so it would still look like the stock pups, but the new pickups still picked up the magnetic field or something.

All in all, I'm a happy camper. New tone is amazing and I'm really enjoying this bass now!

giggsy

Very cool and must be great to have the tone back!

Oh, and I'm loving the Ibanez amp - thanks man! ?

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It changed the tone so much, I love it.

Glad you're happy with the amp. It's a killer little thing that.