How do you blend two pickups for jazz?

[gianluca]

yes,
sometimes the neck pick-up may be a little boomy.
I read of some of you who blend it with a touch of bridge pick-up.
just curious: how do you set them up?
neck pick-up all the way up and bridge volume and tone rolled off?
I often see Benson’s guitar in the middle position…
I use a 175…
thank you

[wintermoon]

I usually set the bridge pickup controls to slightly less than the neck and adjust from there.

[deacon Mark]

On my super400ces I know the back pickup works I tested it to make sure. So far no need to use it as such

[floatingpickup]

On my super400ces I know the back pickup works I tested it to make sure. So far no need to use it as such

I guess I should test the bridge pickups on my guitars sometime too.
Keith

[pauln]

Each pickup has its native voice and those voices may be combined or blended. However, switching the additional resistance of a second pickup into the circuit influences the response of the first one. Even if that second added pickup's volume is set too low to hear its voice contribution, its additional resistance in the circuit influences the first pickup's voice.

Blending - adds the sound and influence of the second pickup (blending both voices and the mutual effect of adding resistance to the circuit)
Influence - adding the electrical influence of the second pickup without its voice to modify and hear only the modified voice of the first pickup

Countless guitarists have discovered this when they thought that since they only used the neck pickup they could set the volume down on the bridge pickup, use the middle position of the pickup switch, and just flip the switch to the bridge as a kill switch so as not to loose their volume setting. But what they heard was a difference between the neck only and the neck plus bridge even when the bridge voice was turned too low to hear it.

[sgosnell]

Different guitars have different wiring schemes. On my Epi 175 I sometimes roll the bridge pickup volume to zero, and putting the selector switch to the center position acts as a kill switch. No sound comes from the guitar in that case. I know the bridge pickup works, but I have no use for it. It's currently the only guitar I own with two pickups. I don't like the sound of both pickups on, in any combination of volumes I've ever tried. I've tried to like it, and just can't. Of course, YMMV.

[wintermoon]

If you've ever gigged in situations other than strictly traditional jazz bands the rear pickup is invaluable. Actually it's useful in those settings too. Ever try to play a funk rhythm w heavy strings on an L-5 or similar? Most of the bands I work in include at least a few funk,/r&b tunes. Much better blending that rear pickup, takes out some of the unwanted boominess. I'll switch to just the neck for solos.
I was a strictly neck pu player for a long time but playing in different situations, you lesrn to adjust. Try it you may like it...

[va3ux]

As Rich Severson said in one of his videos, ' just turn all the knobs until you like what you hear'.