Which pickup for Jaguar bridge?

GreenKnee · Post by **GreenKnee** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 7:31 pm

Aaages ago I swapped out the bridge pickup of my jag for jb jnr humbucker. It sounded ace at the time, and still does overdriven, but it clean it sounds so cheap and 'floppy'.

One of my mustangs is vintage (restored by our very own DGNR8) and has vintage pickups that sound great driven and clean. Maybe it's the extra tension too due to the mustang bridge system, but my jag has 11s on, so they're not exactly loose.

Any tips are greatly appreciated!

I was thinking of trying an antiquity II for it, but I've changed the pots to 250k, and so I'd like to try something that sounds aggressive clean, but still nice and clear when distorted.

Basically, I want my jag to sound like my Mustang haha

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avj · Post by **avj** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 7:39 pm

The AV '62 pickups can be purchased from Darren Riley for $40 each. I used them to replace the stock pickups in a CP Jaguar, thinking they'd be a cheap first replacement set -- but I haven't felt the need to replace them again.

othomas2 · Post by **othomas2** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 8:13 pm

I'm using the cool rails... I went from where you are now with the JB jr to this and it's a lot nicer IMO.

It's kinda got the best aspects of the humbucker and single coil rolled into one. Very tight sounding humbucker without the mid heavy woolyness.

I have for sale a Quarter Pounder 3 if you're interested... nice sparkle but I feel it's a little lacking in character.

honeyiscool · Post by **honeyiscool** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 9:35 pm

Ever tried putting the JB jr in parallel? Sometimes that really opens up these buckers.

GreenKnee · Post by **GreenKnee** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 11:44 am

I'll try the parallel idea, thanks

I have also ordered the AVRI pickups seeing as they were cheap as chips

I'm thinking the AVRI will be more suited to my tastes, as a 15 year old metal head I would have avoided single coils at all costs, but now they seem to have much more character. Humbuckers seem to sound all so similar to one another, whereas, for me, single coils show the character of the guitar, player, pedals and amp so much more than the 'buckers.

othomas2 · Post by **othomas2** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 11:53 am

GreenKnee wrote:
I have also ordered the AVRI pickups seeing as they were cheap as chips

I was looking recently, find somewhere in the UK that stocks them ?

GreenKnee · Post by **GreenKnee** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 3:32 pm

othomas2 wrote:
GreenKnee wrote:
I have also ordered the AVRI pickups seeing as they were cheap as chips

I was looking recently, find somewhere in the UK that stocks them ?

Got them from Darren Riley, $40 each + postage worked out about Â£57, as they refunded some of the shipping

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 3:56 pm

If they dont work out try an SJAG-2. That particular model impressed me clean and dirty.

honeyiscool · Post by **honeyiscool** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 4:35 pm

Fran wrote:If they dont work out try an SJAG-2. That particular model impressed me clean and dirty.

I personally think they're rather terrible. Muddy with no real jangle. I'm one of those people who think that single coils should either be ice cold or a P90, or I'm going humbucker.

GreenKnee wrote:Humbuckers seem to sound all so similar to one another, whereas, for me, single coils show the character of the guitar, player, pedals and amp so much more than the 'buckers.

While I might agree with this in principle, I think moderate output humbuckers are great. And hot output humbuckers once wired in parallel will truly surprise you. Even a Dimarzio Super Distortion has a lot of awesome jangle once it's paralleled. Parallel wiring on a hot humbucker often gives you a sound that is balanced, powerful, yet bright.

kylinder · Post by **kylinder** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 9:03 pm

How about the Seymour Duncan lil 59?

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 9:58 pm

honeyiscool wrote:
Fran wrote:If they dont work out try an SJAG-2. That particular model impressed me clean and dirty.
I personally think they're rather terrible. Muddy with no real jangle.

What amp did you try it through?

honeyiscool · Post by **honeyiscool** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 10:26 pm

I mostly play with a modeler, usually through some AC15/30 type of setting. When I play through a normal amp, it's usually the lowly Vox Pathfinder 15R through a 12" cab. I know it's not a particularly jangly amp, but my Mustang, with its Lace Sensors or its stock '65 RI pickups, always had treble to kill.

The only position that I really liked the SJAG-2 was both pickups on, strangled. Anything that they were good for, I felt like it just sounded better on P90s.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 10:41 pm

I dont want to appear snobby but i dont think any piece of equipment can be seriously judged through a Modeller or similar. Its all relative to what you use i suppose but the best test is through a decent Valve Amp.

honeyiscool · Post by **honeyiscool** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 11:44 pm

I never really got tube amps, though. I've only really liked solid state, and after a stint on the Peavey Delta Blues 210, I switched back to solid state pretty quick. It might be that my first real amp was a JC 120. Lately, I don't even like real amps.

Anyway, most of my guitars sound great through a modeler, so it is what it is.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 2:02 am

lol you didn't get tube amps?

you played a peavey db, and that was all it took to convince you that they're all overstated?

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