Fender Jazzmaster CIJ pick ups upgrade, help!

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Re: Fender Jazzmaster CIJ pick ups upgrade, help!

Post by Igorilla » Tue May 15, 2018 1:00 am

Larry Mal wrote:
Sun May 13, 2018 9:38 am
Seems like you might have made your choice, but I'll second the idea of reaching out to Q pickups, next time I have anyone make me a set it will be him. He is wonderful to work with, the pickups are great and the prices reasonable.

Plus, he's super fast, he made a special order for me and had it to me in the States from Croatia in a business week. Very much recommend.
Good to know!
Another reasonably priced option is Sunday Handwound Pickups at Reverb. I just got a customised set of Fat 52s that are really great. The price (including shipping and import duties) is the same as for a set of AV 65s, approximately 110 €.

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Post by armyofbees » Mon Jul 02, 2018 9:54 am

I have the US Fender 65 Pure Vintage Jazzmaster set in my Japanese Jazzmaster and absolutely love the tone. warm and articulate.

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Re: Fender Jazzmaster CIJ pick ups upgrade, help!

Post by Acoasma » Mon Jul 02, 2018 10:13 am

I had to solving the same question as you. And decided to same pu's - 65 pure vintage.

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Re: Fender Jazzmaster CIJ pick ups upgrade, help!

Post by armyofbees » Mon Jul 02, 2018 12:14 pm

Acoasma wrote:
Mon Jul 02, 2018 10:13 am
I had to solving the same question as you. And decided to same pu's - 65 pure vintage.
great minds think alike! 8)

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Re: Fender Jazzmaster CIJ pick ups upgrade, help!

Post by Bradley-Jazz » Tue Jul 03, 2018 9:33 am

On the pots, I'd change them - I did mine, in my MIJ (95), for full size CTS pots. I went for 500k audio taper, which is not vintage correct, but I definitely prefer them. I have Seymour Duncan Vintage Jazzmaster pickups, which are pretty good, certainly miles better than the MIJ ones (which I suspect are pretty much the same as the CIJ ones). However, I did the swap years ago, before AV65s were available (if Antiquities were available here at the time, I couldn't afford them!).

The pots and wiring in my MIJ were ok, in that they worked, but the pots were starting to go scratchy, and the wiring was flimsy, so I rewired the whole thing with cloth covered wire, and upgraded the shielding, when I did the pots. If you can solder, pots and wire are cheap, so I'd say it's worth it.
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Re: Fender Jazzmaster CIJ pick ups upgrade, help!

Post by Bradley-Jazz » Tue Jul 03, 2018 9:34 am

Sorry - to be clear - full size pots for the main controls, you need mini ones for the rhythm circuit - I used Alphas for those. If you change them, check the pot shaft size vs your roller knobs.
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