what cheap pickup should i stick in the neck of my parts bin jazzmaster?

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what cheap pickup should i stick in the neck of my parts bin jazzmaster?

Post by s_mcsleazy » Sat Dec 04, 2021 3:25 pm

i'm trying to get rid of a bunch of my spares and i'm building a jazzmaster. got everything but a neck pickup. the bridge is a duncan designed VM JM pickup. i'm open to most things in the neck as long as they cheap. jazzmaster, humbucker, whatever. just so long as it's under £30

i've actually got 3 jm bobbins laying about BUT everywhere i call says a rewind will be like £100 so that's out the question.
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Post by Gordon » Sat Dec 04, 2021 7:14 pm

GFS single coil - ferrite (HB size)
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GFS surf 90 (HB size)
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A lipstick would work well too.
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Post by ludobag1 » Sun Dec 05, 2021 2:07 am

s_mcsleazy wrote:
Sat Dec 04, 2021 3:25 pm
i'm trying to get rid of a bunch of my spares and i'm building a jazzmaster. got everything but a neck pickup. the bridge is a duncan designed VM JM pickup. i'm open to most things in the neck as long as they cheap. jazzmaster, humbucker, whatever. just so long as it's under £30

i've actually got 3 jm bobbins laying about BUT everywhere i call says a rewind will be like £100 so that's out the question.
hi ,i can offer you the rewind of your pups for cheap ,but with fdp ,taxes and brexit it will cost a little money (custom charge me 9 euros for 5 dollars declar value)(the last time i send something to GB it was not cheap at all) ,this times custom grab package even if they are low amount ,years before it was very rare

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Post by s_mcsleazy » Sun Dec 05, 2021 11:24 am

ludobag1 wrote:
Sun Dec 05, 2021 2:07 am
s_mcsleazy wrote:
Sat Dec 04, 2021 3:25 pm
i'm trying to get rid of a bunch of my spares and i'm building a jazzmaster. got everything but a neck pickup. the bridge is a duncan designed VM JM pickup. i'm open to most things in the neck as long as they cheap. jazzmaster, humbucker, whatever. just so long as it's under £30

i've actually got 3 jm bobbins laying about BUT everywhere i call says a rewind will be like £100 so that's out the question.
hi ,i can offer you the rewind of your pups for cheap ,but with fdp ,taxes and brexit it will cost a little money (custom charge me 9 euros for 5 dollars declar value)(the last time i send something to GB it was not cheap at all) ,this times custom grab package even if they are low amount ,years before it was very rare
dude, i'll be happy to get them out my spares draw, pm me and we'll talk it through
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Post by s_mcsleazy » Sun Dec 05, 2021 11:32 am

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Post by repoman » Mon Dec 06, 2021 3:43 am

Man, how on earth does that company turn a profit? Unless they bought a bazillion pieces of each component it costs around 30 bucks to build a pickup.

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Post by Steadyriot. » Mon Dec 06, 2021 6:07 am

s_mcsleazy wrote:
Sun Dec 05, 2021 11:32 am
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Ooh you gonna do a wraparound? :w00t:
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Post by s_mcsleazy » Mon Dec 06, 2021 7:19 am

Steadyriot. wrote:
Mon Dec 06, 2021 6:07 am
s_mcsleazy wrote:
Sun Dec 05, 2021 11:32 am
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Ooh you gonna do a wraparound? :w00t:
nope
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Post by Lame Pseudonym » Tue Dec 14, 2021 7:54 pm

This bein' a Jazzmaster, you need something white. This set is in ebay for forty bucks:

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Post by Lame Pseudonym » Tue Dec 14, 2021 8:16 pm

Oh, how rude of me. I neglected to provide a link.

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Post by UlricvonCatalyst » Wed Dec 15, 2021 1:35 am

Sean, I have a P90 (from alegreen pickups) which I think fits a humbucker footprint if that's of any interest. I was going to use it and a Firebird in the bridge for that 335 I sold you.

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Post by JSett » Wed Dec 15, 2021 1:47 am

I have some cheap 'Warman' humbucker-sized P90 you can have for free if you want? It's been languishing in my parts drawer for more years than I can remember
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Post by s_mcsleazy » Wed Dec 15, 2021 9:19 am

fucking hell, lotta offers at once.
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Post by UlricvonCatalyst » Thu Dec 16, 2021 12:39 am

Free Warman is an easy winner.

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