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--- In SurfGuitar101@y..., Damon <dei77@y...> wrote:
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> Another classic tone helper might be to change out the
> reissue pickups (if you have the Japanese re-issue,
> I've never played one of the American ones and they
> probably have great pickups) and put in something more
> like the old jazzmasters have. I don't like the
> re-issues at all because of their choice of pickups.
> I heard the pickups their using are basicly strat
> pickups with a few mods, not the 60 rev single coils
> like on the old ones. I think Seymour Duncan makes a
> couple different kinds of replacement pickups for a
> jazzmaster.
You can also buy the pickups they are putting into the new American
Vintage series Jazzmaster/Jaguars from places like Smart Parts. They
are cheaper than Seymour Duncans and they sound fantastic, IMHO.
Seymour Duncan also makes a number of pickups for the Jag/JM that
differ from the vintage sound if that is your thing. But if you want
a classic surf sound I think the American reissue pickups do a nice
job.
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