Jazzmaster pickup comparison

[grey8]

Im pretty new to Jazzmasters/Jaguars... and this is very useful! Thanks

[Tristan]

I love the 'jazzcaster' on VAE SOLI list,
so basically, it is a jazzmaster body with telecaster pups?

[Lef_11]

I would like to chime in on the semour duncan antiquity IIs and their authenticity. I didnt save this but I did an A/B test earlier today with my friends completely original 63 jazzmaster and my brand new 2012 TMJM which comes with the antiquity IIs. The sound was so spot on its ridiculous, I was afraid that they were not going to sound as well and then I would hate my guitar but it just wasnt the case. This is all good news because the antiquity IIs were designed to replicate the mid 60's period jazzmaster pickups as you can read from their website. Hope this helps someone if thats what your looking for.

[vanimate]

Excellent resource. Thanks for all the work. I think I will go for the Antiquity II's for mine. BTW great tone here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDpofeUK3o4" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Brock the Mod]

Has anyone tried a JM-V neck and a JM-WR in the bridge?

I know that's heresy but I've been thinking about making the jump a lot lately and was wondering if anyone has done it before

[apprentice1979]

Hmm... for some reason the soundclick links are not working currently... I'll check back later and delete this post if its a problem on my end.

[dfordishes]

I can't listen to this, it just makes the decision all the more harder to make.

Great thread, and awesome resource though.

[tantamo]

I don't know if I've posted this anywhere already but these are Pickup Wizard pickups in a mascis squier:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzQ38czAZFI" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I cycle through all the positions (maybe not the rhythm circuit) but you have to listen for when the sound changes.

[zonaut]

Has anyone tried a JM-V neck and a JM-WR in the bridge?

I know that's heresy but I've been thinking about making the jump a lot lately and was wondering if anyone has done it before

exactly my question but no responses or anything D: or at least the WR in the bridge
i'd love to know

[jondom22]

Awesome post and thanks for the samples.

I have a Pickup Wizard Vintage for JM set with the formvar wire and alnico 5 in my JM, but am looking for something that has MORE treble/upper-mids, and LESS bass/lower-mids.

After listening to the sound samples, I thought the SD Antiquity II's sounded best in the neck for sure but have been told that the Lollars are also great for getting the tone I described above. My tone is neck pickup with Hoof Fuzz so I want something that has high end shimmer and brightness and upper mids to cut through but still have some bass/low-mids to keep the chords sounding full and not thin (but obviously I've already eliminated the old-school pre-cbs 50's style JM pickups cos they're too dark).

Thanks for the help

[delgwapo]

Great guide, thank you.

Ordered a set of Hot GFS JM-90s over AVRIs for my MIJ.

[redchapterjubilee]

I have a handful of Jazzmaster comparison demos on my Soundcloud.

Comparing an AVRI JM with 1958 Pickup Wizards (slightly overwound bridge pup) & Mustang bridge to a Thurston Moore sig model with stock Antiquity 2's and AOM bridge.
http://soundcloud.com/kellyminnis/avri- ... s-thurston

Comparing a 94 MIJ JM with 1958 Pickup Wizards & mustang bridge to stock Squier J Mascis Jazzmaster and stock Squier Vintage Modified Jazzmaster (the newer one)
http://soundcloud.com/kellyminnis/squie ... er-jmjm-vs

Comparing a JW Van Custom JM w/Lollar pickups & Mastery bridge to Classic Player JM w/Novak JM-90/WRHB pickups & Mastery bridge to a Warmoth Custom JM w/Smits Bucker Lite + Classic Coil pickups & Staytrem bridge
http://soundcloud.com/kellyminnis/jazzm ... -lollar-vs

[micaiah]

wow going back and forth from the AVRI vs lollar and novak....i like the AVRI better sounds just a tad sweeter and more true to the Jazzy's sound...I'm sold on a AVRI bridge pickup to trasform my BT in to a true jazz...this will be sweet!

[BaronvonHeadless]

Anyone have any good demos of the goldfoil novak pickups? Thinking of getting them for my squier j mascis...or maybe the JM-v's

Cant decide...
I know the gold foil wouldnt be so traditional surfy, which is why i wanted a jazzmaster in the first place...but i do play pretty mean and the gold foil's could be super unique...

Maybe goldfoil neck and JM-V bridge? or vice versa? any tips or demos?

[indyisl7]

Thanks for all of that fine work. I made my choice on pickups from this post.