Reverbenator
Joined: Jul 26, 2015
Posts: 257
San Diego, Ca
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Posted on May 10 2016 09:51 PM
Quite a few years ago, I had a chance to talk to Los Straitjackets Danny Amis for a few minutes before the show, and I took the opportunity to ask him what kind of pickups he had in his (90s MIJ) Jazzmaster.
(I had recently replaced the pickups in my MIJ Jazzmaster with a set of Seymour Duncan Vintage pu's, and was curious what he had in his JM, since they did'nt sound like the mediocre pu's that they come with.)
Yep, he said he'd replaced the originals with a set of Duncan Vintage pu's.
(I don't think that the Antiquity Series had been introduced yet, because if I'd heard about them, that's what I would have installed.)
So, to the OP, if you're after the most bang for the buck, I'd have no qualms about installing a set of Duncan Vintage pu's in my guitar.
After all, if they're good enough for Daddy O Grande......
Btw, they are made with Alnico 5 magnets, so they are fairly bright.
— -Cheers, Clark-
-Less Paul, more Reverb-
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ArabSpringReverb
Joined: Jul 13, 2012
Posts: 490
San Diego CA
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Posted on May 11 2016 06:30 PM
I have a set of those Duncan 'Vintage For Jazzmaster ' in my mexi-master and I really like them . Got'em from a forum member who went for Antiquities .
While I dont really have anther Jazzmaster to compare them to ,I really like them ;light years better than the P90 type that came in the guitar.Bright but never shrill ,rich and sonorous as they should be.
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gusto
Joined: Sep 22, 2006
Posts: 234
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Posted on Jun 03 2016 11:24 AM
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SurfbumNate
Joined: Aug 30, 2016
Posts: 21
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Posted on Nov 19 2016 03:15 PM
I recently bought some hand wound early-60's vintage spec jazzmaster pickups from Bob Kennedy - Otto and The Ottomans / Kennedy Custom Guitars, Mesa, AZ, and I have to say that they sound amazing! I don't have any soundbites because my only means of recording is my smartphone (crap sound quality), but I highly recommend giving him a shout if you're pondering new vintage sounding pickups, and you'll be hard pressed to beat his price.
— ...SurfbumNate _m/
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OzReverb
Joined: Apr 28, 2009
Posts: 460
Victoria
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Posted on Nov 19 2016 10:40 PM
I've just fitted Kinman SurfMaster pickups to my Jazzy, no clips for it but I am very, VERY impressed....expensive but worth it. Here's a YT clip that was the clincher for me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fjB5ztEtlM
— https://www.facebook.com/lostremoleros/
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da-ron
Joined: Jan 02, 2009
Posts: 1299
The original Plymouth, UK.
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Posted on Nov 21 2016 09:15 AM
Keep searching for used ones - I replaced the ones in my Classic Player Jazz with pickups from an Elvis Costello - a bit of research implied they were the same ones used in the Vintage Re-issue. I bought them pretty cheaply off ebay.
I also considered these:
http://www.hot-rodpickups.com/jazzmaster-pickups-38-c.asp
— http://thewaterboarders.bandcamp.com/
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bitchboysi
Joined: Dec 28, 2006
Posts: 76
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Posted on Jan 02 2017 06:29 AM
Hello,
I finaly bougt Antiquity I set and inserted them in my JM. With tons of reverb, that I used , they sound pretty nice & dirty.
You can check various sounds at last gig which was surprisignly well recorded.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJku29oeXyY&t=1676s
I am pleased with them.. of course would love to swap them in seconds with Antiquity II and compare, but for that, I'd better save for another jazzmaster 
Last edited: Jan 02, 2017 06:30:10
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