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Pickups for Jazzmaster: Best authentic tone, but works for rock music?


Cliff Fiscal

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I've done some research as to what pickups are available: Fralin, Lollar, SD, Novak, Rose, GFS, etc.....

I've currently got some Rose Picassos in my CIJ JM....which are humbucking JM pickups.
They're pretty sweet, but I'd like to regain some of that authentic JM tone.

I'm just not sure which single coil JM pickups are more classic JM sounding, but yet still handle higher gain as well?

suggestions?

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I've got these overwound JM pickups that sound amazing with distortion:

http://www.at-the-creamery.co.uk/ext...ickup-set.html

The overwinding makes them a bit less bright with more mids. A bit more P90-ish in the mids but still with the JM tone.

If you're not in Europe I'm sure any of the US boutique people could make you something similar.

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Check out the Curtis Novak JM-FAT. I have a JM-V in the neck and a JM-90 in the bridge, and it's a great combo, but if you're looking for classic JM tone with more beef suited for rock then I hear that the JM-FAT fits the bill perfectly. Curtis is great to work with too.

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