By Beedster , March 21, in Accessories and Misc. Have one of the above installled in an old 70's Fender, Anyone know anything about them? How do you know it is a Cairns? I didn't think that he badged his electrics. So it's technically not a SC Jazz pup; from the look of it, it's a split coil humbucker in a Jazz casing.
Not sure who he got to do his pups but if you were desperate to know then take a look at the thread re. Then possibly contact Howard as he used to do a lot of work with JC so he may be able to help you.
Jim rewound the pup in my '72 P ages ago. He did a good job.. He actually supported us at a gig last summer - it was the first time he'd done a gig for years. I had a good old chat with him when I found out who he was. Nice fella. He was Chris Rea's tech back in the old days, by the way. Fuller, minus the hum that you 'sometimes' get with SC.
Many of the big names EMG Bartolini etc. The view by some is that you lose some of the clarity and openness of the classic SC Jazz pup and I'd tend to agree but it depends on what you are after.
I think I'm gonna put this in another bass and see how it goes. Cheers Chris PS did you buy that maple fretless? As the bass I took it from is now a fretless, it'sprobably best that I've replaced it with an SC i. I have a strat that he built for me and also he made my first bass which is in the bass porn section if I remember correctly. I have not had much experience of Jim's bass pickups apart from the single coils that are in my bass - they sound pretty sweet.
