AndrewTesta
Joined: Mar 18, 2020
Posts: 125
|
Posted on Jun 14 2023 10:37 PM
Installed fender PV 65’s into Squier VM JM. The neck pup always sounded percussive and muddy, the 65’s didn’t help! Now I have to turn tone knob halfway down to get a semi clean tone. Mid/bridge sound great max volume/tone. But the neck sounds close to overdriving my twin reverb while the twins volumes sitting at only 2-3  which is humanly impossible. Its practically buried in the body but it’s still a muddy tone. Anyone have this issue before?
Should also mention that it has little to no drip from my SB metal. The entire guitar seems like it should drip a lot more than it does but the neck is the worst of them
Last edited: Jun 14, 2023 22:50:09
|
symbiotic
Joined: Aug 27, 2018
Posts: 14
|
Posted on Jun 15 2023 12:05 PM
Are you totally sure you didn't install the pickups in the wrong positions? Did you measure their resistance first to ensure the higher-R one went to bridge?
I build guitars and even I have wired a switch backward - things like this can happen to anyone.
|
IceratzSurf
Joined: Oct 22, 2022
Posts: 284
|
Posted on Jun 15 2023 01:32 PM
It's been recently my experience with both the Squire VM Jazzmaster and Jaguar that putting in Fender PU caused the required upgrade of 1 Meg CTS pots as well.
The factory PU and pot combo works as issued bur not well for the AM PU.
I also had a recent issue of an AM PU with reversed polarity.
That was a fun episode...
Not possible to swap wires due to ground.
|
AndrewTesta
Joined: Mar 18, 2020
Posts: 125
|
Posted on Jun 15 2023 02:34 PM
symbiotic wrote:
Are you totally sure you didn't install the pickups in the wrong positions? Did you measure their resistance first to ensure the higher-R one went to bridge?
I build guitars and even I have wired a switch backward - things like this can happen to anyone.
I checked with my multimeter and made sure to put the higher one at the bridge because when they arrived there was no way of telling which was which. I plan on getting a new wiring harness soon, my soldering isn’t the best so I might have someone else do it for me
with that being said, can anyone point me in the right direction to an “as close to original” fender wiring harness for a jazzmaster? I’m sure there’s a number of them that sound just fine but unfortunately I have a complex that makes me want everything to be from 1960. Does anyone make traditional wiring harnesses?
Last edited: Jun 15, 2023 14:45:55
|
chiba
Joined: Sep 02, 2022
Posts: 516
Central VA
|
Posted on Jun 19 2023 09:53 AM
Just add pickups  https://920dcustom.com/products/920d-custom-jazzmaster%C2%AE-offset-wiring-harness-upgrade-jmh-vintage
(Note: I don't have any experience with this harness, just found it with Google.)
Soldering feels like an art sometimes rather than a skill, but it really is just a skill. The more you do it, the better you'll get.
— --
Project: MAYHEM by Hypersonic Secret now available!
|
January Birthdays 
