60th anniversary Jazzmaster PICKUPS

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60th anniversary Jazzmaster PICKUPS

Post by odieux fonzie » Mon Nov 25, 2019 12:20 am

Hi everybody !
I just bought a japanese Jazzmaster. The pickups are SP Custom P-90. They sound good, but I want a classic single coil sound, especially in the neck position.
Someone is selling pickups coming from a 60th anniversary Jazzmaster on the internet : what are this pickups ? how do they sound compared to '65 fender or SD Antiquities ? Thanks a lot for your help !

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Post by timiscott » Mon Nov 25, 2019 3:50 am

I am pretty sure they use AV65 pups in those - really excellent pick ups.

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Post by timtam » Mon Nov 25, 2019 7:09 am

There were three 60th anniv models ...
https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/ ... ion-models

IIRC the 60th anniv "58" MIA had PV65s, except with black covers. The MIM Classic had "Classic Series ‘60s Jazzmaster single-coil pickups" that I think we only ever saw in that guitar. Of the 3, this model was the only one that never had a parts manual AFAIK, so we never found out exactly what their p/n was or exactly what they were.
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Post by dadsoda » Mon Nov 25, 2019 7:33 am

I was wondering what they were too, I tried emailing Fender about it. I have a 60th, I changed the pickups for SD hot pickups. But the original pickups do sound good! They will for sure sound more like a Jazzmaster over the P90s.

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Re: 60th anniversary Jazzmaster PICKUPS

Post by tune_link » Tue Nov 26, 2019 5:50 am

I'm almost certain the 60th Anniversary are the AV65 in the MIM model. I have the Daphne Blue one and I have an American Original Jazzmaster which does have AV65s in it. They sound identical.

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