Fender jazz E string issues

[Kellie]

No really, don't do that. As mentioned, it's risky. Also, I'd expect that sort of DIY tampering may void your warranty.

Besides, the pole height doesn't have to match the neck radius. If it did, every manufacturer would design their pickups that way in the first place. But they don't. And every bassist with "flat" poles would be changing their pickups for that reason alone. But they aren't. Good luck.

Yeah, music shop said that it would void the warranty. thinking of going with the warranty option and exchange the bass. Thanks

 

[Kellie]

@Kellie

Before you throw the baby out with the bath water, I'd consider a few things:

Make sure your amp isn't part of the problem. Move it away from the walls, and use a decibel meter app on your phone to check (Try another amp if you have one)

Check your setup against some known numbers, and be willing to deviate from these as necessary
How do I set up my bass guitar properly?


As I mentioned earlier, I have the same model bass as yours. I find the sound to be excellent, and wouldn't consider changing the pick ups.
In the end, I was able to lower my pickups just slightly from the suggested Fender numbers in the link. Using the decibel meter, only a deviation of 1-2 dB. Considering the possibility of me creating that error while testing, I was happy with it. I can't hear a difference in the volume

I'm using it mainly to record at the moment. The E string is 4 to 6 DB louder (visible as a WAV file).