Jazzmaster pickups

[gwEm]

I know BKP can do rewinds, but I have no pickup to rewind ;) Any recommendations? I'm after something vintagey and bright for the neck.

[Philly Q]

Not based on personal experience of course, but Jason Lollar must be a good bet if you're not bothered about cost.

In the UK, the Creamery make loads of Jazzmaster models:

http://www.at-the-creamery.co.uk/shop/vintage-jazzmaster-bridge-and-neck-pickups.html

[gwEm]

Cheers Philly, I have a couple of Lollar mini humbuckers and they are lovely, but the Creamery "Modern 58" looks like just the thing.

[marauder]

I got a pair of humbucker sized Filtertron-a-likes from The Creamery and they are excellent sounding pickups.

The baseplates look a bit homemade, because they are.

No idea what the JM pickups are like, but I wouldn't hesitate to try a pair based on my experience with the ones I got.

[gwEm]

I got a pair of humbucker sized Filtertron-a-likes from The Creamery and they are excellent sounding pickups.

The baseplates look a bit homemade, because they are.

No idea what the JM pickups are like, but I wouldn't hesitate to try a pair based on my experience with the ones I got.

good thoughts there Marauder..

I'm toying with the idea of modding my Warmoth Jazzmaster build to something like this:

It has a single bridge VH2 at the moment

[Philly Q]

Could be good!  I've forgotten what you have now, is it just a single humbucker or am I micing it up with one of your Strats?

There's something inherently cool about hybrid Fender-style guitars, it's hard to come up with a combination of body shape/pickups which doesn't work.  :D

[gwEm]

It is a single humbucker, partly inspired by those Fernandes Jazzmasters:

https://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=15515.0

I've came across some demos of the blacktop Jazzmaster this afternoon - the pickup combo sounds great, works well I thought

generally I agree almost all Fender mix-up combos look good, but I don't like HSS for some reason ;)

[Elliot]

I have found Curtis Novak great for Jaguar and Jazzmaster pickups - and he does some interesting variations too.

[Philly Q]

It is a single humbucker, partly inspired by those Fernandes Jazzmasters:

https://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=15515.0

Ah yes, that's how I remembered it.  :)

Good call by Elliot, I haven't tried Curtis Novak's stuff but I always think it looks interesting.

[Philly Q]

Here's another UK manufacturer I was trying to remember:


http://www.catswhiskerpickups.co.uk/strat.html

[lamp]

I know someone who got a set of Creamery JM pickups and said that they were really good.  He then went on to buy a second set for his other JM.  They are good to deal with too, I've asked them about their WRHBs and they were quick to respond and discuss customisation. 

[TeeBee]

I'm really happy with the pickups Hayden Minnett at Bulldog pickups made for me:

http://www.bulldogpickups.com/

[gwEm]

I'm really happy with the pickups Hayden Minnett at Bulldog pickups made for me:

http://www.bulldogpickups.com/

I had a quick look at their website, and they don't do Jazzmaster pickups as far as I see.

[gwEm]

I know someone who got a set of Creamery JM pickups and said that they were really good.  He then went on to buy a second set for his other JM.  They are good to deal with too, I've asked them about their WRHBs and they were quick to respond and discuss customisation.

I wrote to The Creamery guys a couple of days back after the first responses here and got back a friendly reply this morning. I think I'm going to go for them.

[gwEm]

Here's another UK manufacturer I was trying to remember:

http://www.catswhiskerpickups.co.uk/strat.html

I tried to get in touch with them a few months back when I was looking at P90-style strat pickups. Disappointingly never heard back so went with a DiMarzio in the end. Pity, the website looks good.