I dont understand the schematic. It shows 1 connection for the bridge pickup on the pickup switch . So i dont have to connect the ground to the volume pot?
Nice video! You were wondering about those extra holes between the bridge and tailpiece. They might be for the larger vibrato that came with the SA-50 of the same era, which is a higher-end version of this same guitar...
hey, i bought a wide range humbucker from a 70s telecaster, do you think i can use the stock pickup cover to mount it on my jazzmaster? im really trying to figure out how to do it...
Hi there, just stumbled upon this video, I have a red SA-30T from 1967, absolutely love this guitar, it's my favorite one. Any chance you could post some more videos about it? How about the pickup covers, did you manage to get them? Cheers.
Hey, I'm enjoying your restoration thanks. I have one of these I'd like to restore too and I live in NZ. Do you have the website or email of that guy you refer to who lives in NZ and knows a lot about these? Many thanks, Rich
Thank you for making this video! Was curious of how the new CuNiFe Jazzmaster PUs sound, this is a perfect demo! They definitely sound glassier and more "scooped" than the stock J Mascis PUs, while being less "compressed" than a tele neck pickup. I play jazz (as intended on a Jazzmaster! :P) and your low gain demos are very helpful to hear what the PUs really sound like. On a side note, the J Mascis PUs sounds closer to my Am Pro II (with Pure Vintage 65' pickups and 1M pots) than how usually people describe them, most noticibly how the J Mascis are not as unforgivingly sparkly, which i believe is contributed by the different valued potentiometers, 500K on J Mascis (i believe?) vs 1M on "original" Jazzmaster wiring.
I have a Yamaha SA70 bass and cant find replacement bridge height adjustment screws. They dont seem to match any modern measurement standards do you happen to know what the measurement is for these?
I think the new mascis sig pups are a better option for $130. The WRHB sound decent and hum cancel. But for that kind of $$$ I’ll look at other options like fralins, Novak, etc. but for my squire JMJM, I’ll be doing the Mascis sigs. FYI, SD does custom HB in JM bobbins for 200.00 a pup. Looks like a JM pup but you can have a JB/jazz or whatever you want underneath.
If you are putting different pickups in a J Mascis Jazzmaster, you’re missing the point of having a J Mascis Jazzmaster. It’s not supposed to sound all nice and sparkly clean and jangly. It’s supposed to be used with a high gain amp and a ton of pedals and sound awesome like J Mascis. Duh. 🤪
Hi, I'm doing the same swap in my Jazzmaster, just wondering if Red Spot pickup went in Bridge position & Blue in Neck? I don't have access to a multi meter so your advice would be appreciated, Thanks for taking the time to do your video!
Thank you! In the end I put the red dot in the bridge position and blue in the neck. Apologies for the delay, but hope that's useful to yourself (and possibly others!)
thanks mate! Got a Troy van Leeuwen JM with Vintage ‘65 pickups that are so noisy they are virtually unusable, so the CuNiFe WRHB should be a massive improvement, thanks again for your vid!
Cheers! The project is still on the go, just on pause while life gets in the way. But I just got a 3D printer, which means once that's set up I should be able to finish the project!
I do understand what you mean, but while I'm still learning to make videos if they get any more complex at this point (like scripting or retakes) then they're simply not going to happen at all. Yes, this is a me problem but for now they have to be somewhat off the cuff which does mean the occasional um and ahh. Hopefully it's a phase I can work through.
I wonder how it would sound in a blues setup. I would like to use my jazzmaster to play blues and I'm not sure if this pickups helps. It possible a demo playing blues?
Man why you make a long ass video then give a bunch of "idk haven't had much experience with them yet" 😂 please do follow up and I'd like to see how they do in metal. More of a jazzblaster situation! Thanks for the video!
Thanks very much -- now I know that these (pretty danged good!) pickups would be nowhere near enough of an improvement (if any) over the MFDs (also in the P-90 category) in my G&L Doheny to justify their stratospheric ($400 USD!) price tag. For about half what Fender wants for just these pickups, I could get a humbucker-cut pickguard and have my choice from among the hundreds of great pickup options available nowadays in that form factor.
@@heldmusic-- I should point out that the G&L Doheny shares the Fender Jazzmaster's pickup and offset body shapes, but it's definitely *not* a Jazzmaster clone.
I mean, they're roughly in line with the prices for high-end boutique WideRanges, and perhaps the economies of scale that Fender *should* be getting are countered by the fact they're making the CuNiFe magnets again. (The alternative I was considering buying was a limited run MIJ Jazzmaster which comes with the full-sized CuNiFe WideRanges... but that would have cost me more than 4x what the pickups cost.)
@@heldmusic if I remember correctly the original cunife magnets weren’t anything special. It was whatever alloy they had around that was cheap and plentiful. It only became rare because cunife stopped being used widely. Not saying they don’t sound good. Just that there’s a lot of money to be made on things marketed as legendary like germanium, vintage spec, etc.
@@misubiYeah, it wasn't that it was some legendary tone magnet, it was just that they could machine it into threaded pole pieces. But it also does have a sound, and it's cool at least to try it out.
I'm a cunife fan, I picked up a pair of originals and they do sound magic compared to the reissues, they seem to have a more peak resonance, and harmonic sound. I get this also with cunife reissues, it's just more tame. Maybe just changes after 40 years? Legendary CBS era fender wildly inconsistent specs? Whatever it is I'm going to say there *is* something magic about the Seth Lover weak cunife but more winds. You can deep dive and learn the magnetic field pattern in cunife is a bit different.
Hello! I just wanted to jump in and say that Halon from Greece makes probably some of the highest quality offset bridges in the world and they make a direct replacement to the Tune’o’matic/ adjust’o’matic bridge with adjustable saddles to match whatever radius you throw at it. Plus you can customise the bridge with really unique materials to really enhance certain tonal characteristics. Hope this helps
Seconding Halon. I have one in my JMJM and it's great, dropped right in. I spoke with him on Facebook and he helped me pick the best materials for my ears. Highly recommend.
I believe they are, but I think you have to scrape back the anodised areas to connect them to the body shielding - maybe this is a quicker and more reliable way to achieve that?
Thanks, not many reviews of these out there, and you did a very thorough job, the way you cover different types of music. I've been gassing for these since the great demo put out by Fender (but that player could make anything sound wonderful). Ultimately I think it takes away some of what makes a Jazzmaster distinct, so I'll try the Cunife/Cobalt-Chrome single coil set instead.
Just so that we are clear, these pickups are more expensive, not better and certainly not an upgrade. They are a sidegrade. Your guitar sounds different, but not better. And of course, CuNiFe WRHBs sound even LESS like Jazzmaster pickups than the JMascis pickups do. Not that it is a problem, but do not think that you have made your guitar better or that it is worth more now. Hopefully you enjoy your sidegrade to the bizarre CuNiFe WRHBs that were completely rejected by the marketplace when they were introduced in the early 1970s and remain odd.
To each their own, but I'm happy with the change. No, it's not night and day difference, but it makes me happier with the guitar, which is surely the point of any upgrade? And yes, they're expensive, but they're also bringing a magnet type back into commercial production which is not cheap! You seem to have a pre-existing opinion of WRHBs, which is your right, but there is a reason why they've stuck around and why Fender and so many of the boutique makers have kept making them. I like 'em, at any rate. 😊 Thanks for watching and commenting!
Dude, it wasn't the CuNiFe Pickups that were rejected by "the marketplace", it was Fender's shoddy '70's workmanship, 3 bolt necks and oversized neck pockets that made it impossible to get tuning stability (in STRATS & TELECASTERS), but CuNiFe were never used in Jazzmasters before [which are inherently NOISY under Gain] , so the humbuckers can only be an improvement. "Better" is a subjective term.
I just picked one of these up and i love it!! It’s got some buzzes of unknown origins lol but that can be addressed. It however didn’t come with a case. Do you know if the dimensions on these are similar enough to a es335 that the cases would be interchangeable?
Lovely work there Mr Held and nice to see it all documented. I just realise that I should include a short description of how the vibrato arm should be assembled... The teflon washers go on either side of the arm, so you have the top one correct but the bottom one should 'move up'. I included two nuts (just in case), one with and one without a plastic tightener. The former one should suffice on its own to create enough friction to hold the arm in place but still allow you to move it sideways. If the two nuts work too as you showed, then no issues of course. Really looking forward to your pickup cover solution. I have two bare pickups that are in need of a cover 😁
It's a shame the cover is integral to the pickup staying together, I dig the aesthetic with it missing. Orpheus pickups in Melbourne could be worth contacting about covers... Super knowledgeable guy.
Great vid! Thoughts on what the holes between pickups might be... Gretsch style mute system? Based on the era that could be a thing? Or... Somewhat crudely mounted piezo or alike pickup?
I think an extra pickup is unlikely, only because the electronics are completely stock standard (although the output jack plate is upside down). But yeah, mute or tension bar or something seems likely for at least some of them. (Why are there 5 holes though??)
Great stuff! I'd had this mostly worked out but never got that Bm in there quite right, I was close but it never sounded right! Try whistling this was a great album :)
Cheers! The key to this one was the live album Neil did with Paul Kelly, as they released a DVD of it which had some great shots I could use to get those last little bits!
