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Joined: Mar 12, 2017 Posts: 30 |
Posted on May 26 2017 01:03 PM
Hello, Im on the waitlist for a Danocaster Jazzmaster and I'm debating whether to ask for noiseless Pickups due to my house and usual gig places being very unfriendly to single coil noise. I've heard Kinman and Novak hum free models are the best at retaining the core vintage JM tone that's great for surf. Anyone else here have good experience with these pickups or anything similar? |
Joined: Jul 26, 2015 Posts: 257 San Diego, Ca 
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Posted on May 26 2017 10:06 PM
Well Ben, first off, Congrats on the Danocaster Jazzmaster. I've ogled a few of those from time to time. Very nice guitar. Since most of us are vintage purists, I doubt that there are very many SG 101 members who have installed noiseless JM pickups. I don't think there are very many people who have been unhappy with Curtis Novak pickups. Question: Will the guitar be used more or less exclusively for Surf/Instro? Joe Barden makes a set of noiseless (read: humbucking) Jazzmaster pickups, which I believe, have a four conductor lead, so you can tap multiple tones, if needed. Just thought I'd throw that out there. Keep us posted; I'm a bit curious about the noiseless JM pickups, myself. —-Cheers, Clark- -Less Paul, more Reverb- |
Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 11010 Berkeley, CA 
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Posted on May 26 2017 10:27 PM
Just curious, have you tried playing a jazzmaster in your house? They're already wired to be humbucking if you use both pickups, which is the most common setting. It's the same idea as a humbucker pickup, but instead of the two coils in one pickup reverse wound, one of the single coil pickups are reverse wound. —Danny Snyder Latest project - Now That's What I Call SURF I'm back playing keys and guitar with Combo Tezeta |
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Joined: Mar 12, 2017 Posts: 30 |
Posted on May 26 2017 11:11 PM
DannySnyder wrote:
I'm aware. But I don't intend to play the middle position only. I'll be playing all three just as much. |
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Joined: Mar 12, 2017 Posts: 30 |
Posted on May 26 2017 11:13 PM
Reverbenator wrote:
It'll be for surf, and for my own little pieces of music, which takes inspiration from 70s/80s new wave. I've heard of the Barden, but also heard that they sound the least like the vintage JM tones compared to other options. |
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Joined: Jul 26, 2015 Posts: 257 San Diego, Ca
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Posted on May 26 2017 11:48 PM
If that's the case, I wouldn't hesitate to install the Novak noiseless. The reviews I read about the Bardens is that they are pretty good at delivering modern/aggressive tones. Vintage, eh, not so much. —-Cheers, Clark- -Less Paul, more Reverb- |
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Joined: Mar 12, 2017 Posts: 30 |
Posted on May 27 2017 12:44 PM
Let me ask you and the others this then, since you guys don't got for noiseless types. How do you prefer to control the noise in less than friendly venues? Last edited: May 27, 2017 14:19:57 |
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Joined: Jul 26, 2015 Posts: 257 San Diego, Ca
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Posted on May 27 2017 09:24 PM
Is the control cavity of your guitar shielded? Well shielded? I'm going to assume (And I usually prefer not to assume) that you do have a good quality cable, correct? The last, cheap thing you can do to to mitigate unwanted noise, is to roll back the tone control. That will usually do it for me. Rolling it from 10, down to 7 or so, will get it to where I can at least tolerate the noise. Above and beyond that, we single coil aficionados have to be willing to suck it up, after that point. That having been said, I do have a Strat I guess that would make me more of a pragmatist, than a purist. —-Cheers, Clark- -Less Paul, more Reverb- Last edited: May 27, 2017 21:30:39 |
Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle
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Posted on May 27 2017 11:31 PM
Always_Ben wrote:
It has just never been an issue for me. Power in Seattle isn't great, but you can't hear the 60-cycle hum over a band so it is kind of irrelevant. I've heard some hum in my days, but I can't imagine it ever being so bad that it caused someone to not want to use single-coils. Just gonna echo what was written above, about checking your shielding. Pickups potted enough? |
Joined: Aug 23, 2006 Posts: 2123 The jungle 
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Posted on May 28 2017 02:01 AM
Have you considered keeping the normal Jazzmaster pickups and getting one of these? BOSS NS-2 Noise Suppressor — |
Joined: Apr 28, 2009 Posts: 460 Victoria 
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Posted on May 28 2017 04:12 AM
After much looking around, I settled in Kinman. Bloody brilliant. PM replied to Ben — |
Joined: Jul 13, 2012 Posts: 490 San Diego CA
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Posted on May 28 2017 12:08 PM
As Danny said ...I mostly use the middle position , never an issue . |
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Joined: Mar 12, 2017 Posts: 30 |
Posted on May 29 2017 02:58 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiRvBmixxtI&t=0s Demo of the Kinman pickups that I requested of someone on Youtube. What do you all think? Last edited: May 29, 2017 14:58:57 |
Joined: Oct 05, 2011 Posts: 744 France
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Posted on May 29 2017 04:03 PM
They sound definitely humbucker-y to my ears. I really like how they handle the dirt, but for clean tone I'd rather put up with hum... but that's just me. —Old punks never die... They just become surf rockers. |
Joined: Oct 17, 2009 Posts: 521 Walkersville, MD
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Posted on Jun 05 2017 11:20 AM
LHR wrote:
Based on your recommendation, I ordered two - one for my guitar pedalboard and one for my bass pedalboard. Works a treat! Since the majority of my guitars have single coil pickups, I'm really loving this pedal. Thanks, LHR! The doofus formerly known as Snorre |
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Joined: Jul 26, 2015 Posts: 257 San Diego, Ca
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Posted on Jun 05 2017 06:38 PM
I'm glad to see that you found something that is working out well for you. Even when you install high quality components, there is always the possibility that, for some reason, that they don't work as well as you had hoped. —-Cheers, Clark- -Less Paul, more Reverb- |
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Joined: Mar 12, 2017 Posts: 30 |
Posted on Jun 05 2017 06:45 PM
LeeVanCleef wrote:
Since everyone has their own takes on sound, for you, what makes it sound humbucker like? Last edited: Jun 05, 2017 18:45:42 |
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