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Aguilar AG 4J-Hot 4-string J Bass Pickup Set - Hot

4-string J Bass Pickup Set with 6mm Alnico V Magnets and 42-gauge Heavy Formvar Copper Wire with Cloth Covering
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Full and Loud - Great for Driving an Amp

If you play modern or aggressive music with your J Bass and need red-hot output to drive your amp, get yourself a set of Aguilar AG 4J-Hot pickups. This overwound pair uses large 6mm magnets to carry your beefiest riffs all the way to your back row. The AG 4J-Hots have great dynamics despite their terrorizing output - you can really feel it when you dig in with your pick and fingers. And because they're quiet, you can lay your distortion on thick without your tone falling apart. Sweetwater bassists stand behind our Aguilar pickups.

World-famous Bass Players Choose Aguilar

Aguilar Amplification's pickups, preamps, amplifiers, effects, and cabinets are created by bass players, for bass players. Whether you're playing out live or recording in the studio, Aguilar Amplification products are designed to give you the best experience possible. World-famous bassists like John Patitucci (Chick Corea), Adam Clayton (U2), and Paul Turner (Jamiroquai) have discovered the tone, power, and reliability of Aguilar products - call Sweetwater today to find out for yourself!

Aguilar AG 4J-Hot Pickup Set Features:
  • Hot, defined, and dynamic
  • Overwound with 42AWG heavy formvar copper wire for super high output
  • Great for modern rock, punk, and metal
  • Drives the input stage of your bass amp for natural overdrive
  • Made with Alnico V magnets for musical dynamics
  • Single conductor, cloth-covered cable
  • Pairs great with Aguilar's OBP onboard preamps
  • Fits Jazz Bass-style instruments
Turbocharge your J Bass with Aguilar AG 4J-Hot pickups!

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Tech Specs

  • Type: Set: Single-coil
  • Format: J-style
  • Active/Passive: Passive
  • Magnet Material: Alnico V
  • Number of Strings: 4
  • Number of Conductors: 2 Wire
  • Manufacturer Part Number: 4JHOTSet

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Rated 4/5

Rounder, scooped tone. Louder? Eh.....

I’m surprised that I can’t find more than expected reviews for this pickups. I have a CIJ fender jaguar bass where I dropped these bad boys in. I was a little hesitant about it because I thought they’d be noisy. Of note, these jaguar basses are known for being notoriously noisy from its Japanese factory (especially when switching that preamp to active mode) and any bassist who does not want to deal with it must do good shielding job first, which I did. Well in my case I also replaced the stock pickups with noiseless Lindy Fralins split coils for good measure and that make all the noise tolerable. I was expecting a far more louder output but I would have to say it is not that noticeable from the ones I replaced or maybe I’m just deaf. In Aguilar’s defense you will hear it to be louder... I did notice though that the tone is rounder, also there is a little cut on the treble and I’m getting better slap tones because it also gives a scooped tone. Best of all, they’re quiet. Soldering was a breeze. I just had to follow where the replaced pickups were wired. The only 2 reasons I’m giving this a 4 are, as already mentioned, when they say HOT I was expecting it to be at least 50% louder and that it was a very tight squeeze trying to fit them in the pickup cavities.
Music background: Laying down the low end foundation for 35 years
Rated 5/5

Great Sounding Pickups

When I first installed the J bass pickups, I was changing from a set of noise cancelling pickups that were definitely quiet, but didn't seem to push as much as I would've liked. These pickups deliver on output, clarity and are also fairly quiet. I would definitely recommend them again and again! Since I've installed them, I've put Aguilars in all my basses! I now have four basses with Aguilar hot series pickups (2 Precision; 2 Jazz) and they all sound amazing!
Rated 5/5

Fall in love with your Jazz bass again

I was really blown away by these pups, I dropped these in a US Lakland Joe Osborn which is already a killer instrument but I felt the pups where lacking just a bit of growl, the added output on these gave me that growl I wanted and more and the tone is amazing, the bass retains that jazz bass quality but with a more pronounced low end and a little bit more drive.

I am very happy with these pups!!!
Music background: Semi-pro
Rated 4.5/5

HOT is right! The Aguilar AG4J-Hot J Bass pups rock!

These are just the pups you're looking for if you want a bit more midrange bite and bottom end on your J Bass. I would've given them a full 5 star review but they do not have cloth covered wire as advertised.
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