{"id":1962,"date":"2012-08-07T20:25:47","date_gmt":"2012-08-07T20:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/?p=1962"},"modified":"2012-08-07T20:25:47","modified_gmt":"2012-08-07T20:25:47","slug":"nix-the-noise-without-killing-the-tone-with-aguilars-new-pickups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/gear\/electronics\/pickup\/nix-the-noise-without-killing-the-tone-with-aguilars-new-pickups.html","title":{"rendered":"Nix the noise without killing the tone with Aguilars new pickups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aguilar Amplifications is rolling out the AG 4J-HC and AG 5J-HC this month.The new pair of hum-canceling pickup sets will be direct replacement drop-ins for 4 and 5-string Fender Jazz and other J-style basses.<\/p>\n<p>And we are celebrating the new addition to the catalog here at Best Bass Gear by <a href=\"https:\/\/woobox.com\/eawk9v\">giving away a set of the AG 4J-HC pickups<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ve probably faced the dilemma of deciding between using traditional single-coil or hum canceling pickups.<\/p>\n<p>With the traditional set might give you the tone that you are looking for, but they\u2019ve got that awful hum when the neck and bridge pickups are at different volume levels.<\/p>\n<p>Other sets of hum-canceling pickups can nix that noise, but in the process your tone takes a hit. Your lows get thinner, the midrange gets harsher, and your sound just isn\u2019t where you want it to be.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the split-coil design of the 4J-HC and 5J-HC you can play with whatever volume level combination you need to without that unwanted hum, and without wrecking your natural tone.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll still have those thick thunderous lows from your neck pickup, and a great midrange cut from your bridge pickup, at any mix, without the hum.<\/p>\n<p>They are wound in Aguilar\u2019s New York City factory using 42 guage Formvar wire, and have Alnico V magnets, giving you the large and lively tone you expect from Aguilar.<\/p>\n<p>The AG 4J-HC and AG 5J-HC retail at $249 and $289, but head on over to Best Bass Gear today and <a href=\"https:\/\/bestbassgear.3dcartstores.com\/Aguilar-AG-4J-HC-Hum-Canceling-4-String-Jazz-Pickup-Set_p_2408.html\">order the 4J-HC for just $189<\/a>\u00a0and<a href=\"https:\/\/bestbassgear.3dcartstores.com\/Aguilar-AG-5J-HC-Hum-Canceling-5-String-Jazz-Pickup-Set_p_2409.html\"> the 5J-HC for $219<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/woobox.com\/eawk9v\">Enter the giveaway to land a set of the AG 4J-HC pickups by liking the Best Bass Gear facebook page, and earn extra entries by sharing it with your friends<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to the split-coil design of the 4J-HC and 5J-HC you can play with whatever volume level combination you need to without that unwanted hum, and without wrecking your natural tone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":1963,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,23,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1962"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}