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I no want wimpy pickups for jazz. Everyone thinks wimpy is the best.
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Originally posted by Gtrjunior View Post
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Originally posted by Blille View PostThe stereotypical jazz sound is mids heavy, not bass heavy and this is a scooped, bright pickup
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Originally posted by Clint 55 View PostThere are guidelines about getting jazz tone, but I'm not aware of any law where it has to be middy like the Seth. I could come up with endless examples of players' tone that could easily be a Jazz with the tone rolled back. The Benedetto has the exact scooped footprint like the Jazz and it has an A5 magnet. The idea that the 'Jazz' pickup can never be used for jazz is pure nonsense!
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Neither of those pickups are my bag, but I'm glad they're working out for you.
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There are guidelines about getting jazz tone, but I'm not aware of any law where it has to be middy like the Seth. I could come up with endless examples of players' tone that could easily be a Jazz with the tone rolled back. The Benedetto has the exact scooped footprint like the Jazz and it has an A5 magnet. The idea that the 'Jazz' pickup can never be used for jazz is pure nonsense!Last edited by Clint 55; 11-24-2021, 03:45 PM.
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Originally posted by Clint 55 View Post
The fact that there are more suitable pickups for playing jazz doesn't mean the Jazz is somehow not suitable for jazz at all and 100% a rock pickup. Give me a break. It's still more of a jazz pickup than a rock pickup. All you need to play jazz is a bit of bass, and the amount of mid and top is a matter of the player's taste. Plus how do you say a super slick sound is by definition only justifiable in rock? Makes absolutely no sense.
The stereotypical jazz sound is mids heavy, not bass heavy and this is a scooped, bright pickup, so if you were to recommend a SD pickup for jazz and name a pickup after the genre, you would not choose a scooped pickup having things like the Seth Lover or A2Pro available.
So can you play whatever you want with any pickup, sure. You can play jazz with whatever you want. And I played fusion live with a SD Jazz in the neck for ten years on a maple guitar.
But endorsing the Jazz as a jazz pickup is a bad idea IMHO. That said, I don’t really care that much.
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Originally posted by solspirit View Post
Where do I get them?
I’d recommend a rough cast A2.
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Amazon, Philadelphia Luthier, Ebay to name a few. The ones I bought on Amazon actually came from Phila Luthier
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