Jazzmaster pickups.

[attic]

Alright, so I still have the stock pickups in my american jazzmaster.

I'm not quite happy with how the pickups sound. It misses some punch.

 

I hear that people are talking about Curtis Novak, Lollar, Seymour Duncan as replacement pickups.

 

Apparently, Novak has also built humbuckers for the jazzmaster, and I wonder how they sound. Are there any single coils out there that are dead silent when not playing?

 

Thanks...

[bieke]

I replaced the stock pups in my MIJ Jazzmaster with Seymour Duncan ones and I would not say these are dead silent.

hmmmm, one of Olle's Jazzmasters has intriguing pick-ups

[attic]

Woah! I've been looking at some videos now, and I'm leaning towards Lollars or Novaks. Tough choice though.

I hear that those JM-90's from Novak are very quiet. Any confirmations?

[HeartfeltDawn]

When you say you want more punch from your pickups, are you talking output here?

On the hum front, have you tried shielding the cavities? Self-adhesive copper foil, spray paint contain brass particles or brass shielding plates can all cut the hum quite a bit. Have a gander here for some ideas:

http://www.offsetguitars.com/forums/index.php?topic=11283.msg167112

If it's just the pickups, Fralin do reverse-wound pickups that cancel the hum:

http://www.fralinpickups.com/jazzmaster.asp

[attic]

When you say you want more punch from your pickups, are you talking output here? On the hum front, have you tried shielding the cavities? Self-adhesive copper foil, spray paint contain brass particles or brass shielding plates can all cut the hum quite a bit. Have a gander here for some ideas: http://www.offsetguitars.com/forums/index.php?topic=11283.msg167112 If it's just the pickups, Fralin do reverse-wound pickups that cancel the hum: http://www.fralinpickups.com/jazzmaster.asp

I don't need more output. Just something that gives some extra bass + mids while keeping that clean brilliant sound.

Thanks for all that info though, I'm checking it right now. Really useful.

[red_riviera]

If you want more bass and mids, try the Seymour Duncan Hot for Jazzmaster. I found them to have more low end than I expected and so went with the SD Antiquity II instead. Foil shielding and a common earth helped minimise the hum on my CIJ JM.

I'm also working on modding another JM for Fender wide Range humbuckers.

[attic]

At Fralin, I like what I see.

I just have a question about the output.

I can choose everything in between 6k and 10k output.

What does this exactly do? I thought just volume, but I want to be sure...

What is the normal rate? (read: original)

[mrweems]

Novak is good people!

[HeartfeltDawn]

At Fralin, I like what I see. I just have a question about the output. I can choose everything in between 6k and 10k output. What does this exactly do? I thought just volume, but I want to be sure... What is the normal rate? (read: original)

I think my AVRI pickups measured 8.4K at the bridge and 7.6K at the neck.

[mirrorball]

Woah! I've been looking at some videos now, and I'm leaning towards Lollars or Novaks. Tough choice though. I hear that those JM-90's from Novak are very quiet. Any confirmations?

 

 

I have a JM-90 in the bridge and a JM-V in the neck position. Both are very quiet as I recall (haven't played it in a bit as I use a different guitar most of the time for my band, but I need to change that).