Jazzmaster HH? Opinions?

jellybelly

Creed_Clicks;926515" said:

I may well be splitting hairs at this point but here are some measurements:

String spacing at bridge pickup : 54mmString spacing at neck pickup : 51mmNut: 42mmThe diMarzio website suggests f spaced at neck pickup for anything that is 43mm nut.Once I install the staytrem bridge I'm not sure if that will change the spacing at all so might do that first.

I really, really wouldn't worry about it this much. Install it and see if you notice a significant difference in string to string volume. I'm betting, with the compression and gain of humbuckers especially, that a mm or two each way makes practically no difference.

meltedbuzzbox

it wont make any difference

you will be fine with any humbucker

Creed_Clicks

I'll install it first out of curiosity.

Still not sure what to go for. I was going to stick a SD 59 and JB in it, but might look at some wide range humbuckers. The creamery ones are pricey though...

Creed_Clicks

Back in again with a pickup query. I bought the Jazzmaster HH as a tip of the hat to Lee Ranaldo, so I'm thinking of maybe looking at wide range humbuckers.

What I like about the HH at the moment is that I can get humbucking sounds out of a Jazzmaster.

Would wide range buckers be much of a departure? I've played tele deluxes before (Mexican ones) and to me, the pickups in it sounded more or less like humbuckers.

Would I be best off sticking to my original plan of SDs.....

the_jaffa

I have a great pair of humbuckers for sale in the classifieds. I took them out of my Jaguar where they sounded great. They'd definitely go well in a Jazzmaster.

Thread here:

http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/66432/fs-pair-of-swinehead-a-m-p-humbuckers#latest

jellybelly

Creed_Clicks;947005" said:

Back in again with a pickup query. I bought the Jazzmaster HH as a tip of the hat to Lee Ranaldo, so I'm thinking of maybe looking at wide range humbuckers.

What I like about the HH at the moment is that I can get humbucking sounds out of a Jazzmaster.

Would wide range buckers be much of a departure? I've played tele deluxes before (Mexican ones) and to me, the pickups in it sounded more or less like humbuckers.

Would I be best off sticking to my original plan of SDs.....

Proper Wide range humbucker have some elements of a good single coil (increased clarity, more snap on the attack) and some of a good humbucker (beefier mids and lows, more power). They're great but sort of not really like either. Or both. Whichever!

All modern Fender WRHBs are not like the traditional ones, just standard humbuckers. What you heard is correct - the Mexican tele deluxe you tried will sound like it just has humbuckers in it because essentially it does!!

A few people now make good repros. I have one from Marc at Mojo but also Jamie at The Creamery and others do them too. Not cheap but they're not a simple design, comparatively.

Also note that 'proper' WRHBs are bigger than standard humbuckers, but people like Marc et al make standard-sized wide range pickups that will fit in your Jazzmaster with no modification.

Frankly, I really like them as a neck pickup, but prefer either the power and mids of a proper humbucker or the attack and bite of a true single coil in he bridge position, but horses for courses and all that!

samzadgan

I didn't check in with this before...

yes, my one has an aluminium neck (which i highly recommend!)

As far as pickups go, it really depends on the kind of music you are playing...the wide-range would be cool to try out, but it will be different to humbuckers, and you may/may not like them...but worth a try if you're really wondering.

With mine, I have the neck pickups of lace sensors dirty heshers set sitting in there. I use to have those in my LP and they sounded very different than in the jazzmaster..."a jazzmaster will always sound like a jazzmaster"...which is something i read somewhere and within reason, its true. I think the jazzmaster will maintain the characteristics that make is sound different to most other gutiars.

as far as bridge and spacing...I also have the staytrem on mine, and i have no idea what spacing is on my pickups...I don't really think you should worry about that, its such an insignificant difference compared which pickups you end up going with.

Creed_Clicks

While the HH doesn't sound like a my regular CIJ , it does have a slight jangle to it but I'm getting what I want out of the humbuckers for now.
I guess there's nothing "jumping" out at me hence the thoughts of changing the pickups.
I'm thinking right now that Seymour Duncans might be too obvious. So I did a bit of research on Lee Ranaldos guitar.
I am aware that the new wide range buckers are pretty much humbuckers, or am I wrong?
Are they fender's attempt at a P90?

Creed_Clicks

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