TheBabalooneys
Joined: Feb 22, 2022
Posts: 3
|
Posted on Feb 06 2023 06:14 PM
First post! Hi everybody. I bought a Squier Jazzmaster classic vibe specifically for gigs overseas. The base pickups are really bad. I saw that Deke Dickerson was using a Squier Jazz too and asked what kind of pick ups he was using. He said that they were J Mascis pickups and that they were hot and did a great job. I ordered some right away but now I’m wondering if they are good for a classic 666 setting on a reverb tank? Should I go with 65 reissue pickups? (I see cheap ones often for sale). I’m not putting Seymour Duncan’s antiquity II in my Squier..
Last edited: Feb 06, 2023 18:15:40
|
synchro
Joined: Feb 02, 2008
Posts: 4125
Not One-Sawn, but Two-Sawn . . . AZ.
|
Posted on Feb 06 2023 11:37 PM
TheBabalooneys wrote:
First post! Hi everybody. I bought a Squier Jazzmaster classic vibe specifically for gigs overseas. The base pickups are really bad. I saw that Deke Dickerson was using a Squier Jazz too and asked what kind of pick ups he was using. He said that they were J Mascis pickups and that they were hot and did a great job. I ordered some right away but now I’m wondering if they are good for a classic 666 setting on a reverb tank? Should I go with 65 reissue pickups? (I see cheap ones often for sale). I’m not putting Seymour Duncan’s antiquity II in my Squier..
It should be fine. I use Gretsch Supertron pickups for Surf, which are fairly hot, and they work fine with a tank.
— The artist formerly known as: Synchro
When Surf Guitar is outlawed only outlaws will play Surf Guitar.
|
Tqi
Joined: Dec 07, 2014
Posts: 1222
|
Posted on Feb 07 2023 03:18 AM
-
Last edited: Feb 02, 2024 15:57:29
|
synchro
Joined: Feb 02, 2008
Posts: 4125
Not One-Sawn, but Two-Sawn . . . AZ.
|
Posted on Feb 07 2023 07:59 AM
Tqi wrote:
TheBabalooneys wrote:
I’m not putting Seymour Duncan’s antiquity II in my Squier..
Why not?
Though, the Squier CV pickups are Roswells. They're not bad, but they're not the best, and their big sin - the bridge pickup is massively overwound. So if the bridge annoys you more than the neck, that's the reason. There's a fairly expansive range in between to choose from. There's some "designed in the west, made in the east" aftermarket brands that are pretty competitive but have traditional designs that might be worth exploring if budget is an issue on this guitar?
Squier JMJM pickups aren't really traditional JM pickups, so they wouldn't be my first choice. The new Fender JMJM pickups are interesting - Alnico II is weird for a JM but they're not overwound. I've not heard them up close yet.
I would agree. If the guitar itself is suits you, add the pickups you desire.
On some of the Squier guitars, the pickups look the same, but might be constructed quite differently, form the original design. I have a CV ‘70s Telecaster Thinline with the Squier version of Wide Range Humbuckers. I read an online review of the WRHB pickups which exist, and they concluded that even the Squier WRHBs sounded fairly similar to the originals, in spite of being constructed quite differently. If it sounds good, it IS good.
— The artist formerly known as: Synchro
When Surf Guitar is outlawed only outlaws will play Surf Guitar.
|
TheBabalooneys
Joined: Feb 22, 2022
Posts: 3
|
Posted on Feb 07 2023 09:01 AM
Thanks for the inputs guys. I’ll try them on, I’m curious to hear how they will sound. They’re not that expensive for a pair. It’s going to be an experiment!
|
Fady
Joined: Mar 07, 2010
Posts: 2226
North Carolina
|
Posted on Feb 07 2023 10:37 AM
It's not 6-6-6 drip drenched, nevertheless, this performance gave me goosebumps in the room back in 2015. Pretty sure it's a stock J. Mascis Squire Jazzmaster, granted this is from 2015 and I don't know if there have been any changes to what they have now. Tone is subjective, but pretty much anyone and everyone in the room had the same reaction I did.
Hope this helps your quest!
— Fady
El Mirage @ ReverbNation
|
synchro
Joined: Feb 02, 2008
Posts: 4125
Not One-Sawn, but Two-Sawn . . . AZ.
|
Posted on Feb 07 2023 12:15 PM
Fady wrote:
It's not 6-6-6 drip drenched, nevertheless, this performance gave me goosebumps in the room back in 2015. Pretty sure it's a stock J. Mascis Squire Jazzmaster, granted this is from 2015 and I don't know if there have been any changes to what they have now. Tone is subjective, but pretty much anyone and everyone in the room had the same reaction I did.
Hope this helps your quest!
That’s a great sound.
— The artist formerly known as: Synchro
When Surf Guitar is outlawed only outlaws will play Surf Guitar.
|
Ariel
Joined: Aug 29, 2009
Posts: 1555
Israel
|
Posted on Feb 07 2023 12:50 PM
However, the stock J. Mascis Squire pickups are not the same as the new released J. Mascis branded pickups.
A lot of info here.
|
TheBabalooneys
Joined: Feb 22, 2022
Posts: 3
|
Posted on Feb 08 2023 07:08 AM
it does help! I’m guessing my Jazz will have a mosrite feel and I’m ok with that 
Fady wrote:
It's not 6-6-6 drip drenched, nevertheless, this performance gave me goosebumps in the room back in 2015. Pretty sure it's a stock J. Mascis Squire Jazzmaster, granted this is from 2015 and I don't know if there have been any changes to what they have now. Tone is subjective, but pretty much anyone and everyone in the room had the same reaction I did.
Hope this helps your quest!
|
Samurai
Joined: Mar 14, 2006
Posts: 2141
Kiev, Ukraine
|
Posted on Feb 08 2023 08:54 AM
Tqi wrote:
TheBabalooneys wrote:
I’m not putting Seymour Duncan’s antiquity II in my Squier..
Why not?
Though, the Squier CV pickups are Roswells. They're not bad, but they're not the best, and their big sin - the bridge pickup is massively overwound. So if the bridge annoys you more than the neck, that's the reason. There's a fairly expansive range in between to choose from. There's some "designed in the west, made in the east" aftermarket brands that are pretty competitive but have traditional designs that might be worth exploring if budget is an issue on this guitar?
Squier JMJM pickups aren't really traditional JM pickups, so they wouldn't be my first choice. The new Fender JMJM pickups are interesting - Alnico II is weird for a JM but they're not overwound. I've not heard them up close yet.
I just love pickups on my CV Jag. I think overwound bridge is what I need in Jaguar, cause I couldn’t find any good bridge sound in AVRI Jaguars, but found it in Classic Vibe Squire.
— Waikiki Makaki surf-rock band from Ukraine
New Single is out!
https://waikikimakaki.bandcamp.com/album/rhino-blues-full-contact-surf-single
Waikiki Makaki
https://linktr.ee/waikikimakaki
Lost Diver
https://lostdiver.bandcamp.com
https://soundcloud.com/vitaly-yakushin
Last edited: Feb 08, 2023 08:54:29
|
synchro
Joined: Feb 02, 2008
Posts: 4125
Not One-Sawn, but Two-Sawn . . . AZ.
|
Posted on Feb 08 2023 09:04 AM
synchro wrote:
Tqi wrote:
TheBabalooneys wrote:
I’m not putting Seymour Duncan’s antiquity II in my Squier..
Why not?
Though, the Squier CV pickups are Roswells. They're not bad, but they're not the best, and their big sin - the bridge pickup is massively overwound. So if the bridge annoys you more than the neck, that's the reason. There's a fairly expansive range in between to choose from. There's some "designed in the west, made in the east" aftermarket brands that are pretty competitive but have traditional designs that might be worth exploring if budget is an issue on this guitar?
Squier JMJM pickups aren't really traditional JM pickups, so they wouldn't be my first choice. The new Fender JMJM pickups are interesting - Alnico II is weird for a JM but they're not overwound. I've not heard them up close yet.
I would agree. If the guitar itself is suits you, add the pickups you desire.
On some of the Squier guitars, the pickups look the same, but might be constructed quite differently, from the original design. I have a CV ‘70s Telecaster Thinline with the Squier version of Wide Range Humbuckers. I read an online review of the WRHB pickups which exist, and they concluded that even the Squier WRHBs sounded fairly similar to the originals, in spite of being constructed quite differently. If it sounds good, it IS good.
— The artist formerly known as: Synchro
When Surf Guitar is outlawed only outlaws will play Surf Guitar.
|
Tqi
Joined: Dec 07, 2014
Posts: 1222
|
Posted on Feb 08 2023 03:15 PM
-
Last edited: Feb 02, 2024 15:57:50
|
April Birthdays 
