Jackson Humbuckers

[UnderTheFlame83]

I picked up a set of Jackson high output humbuckers on Reverb really cheap and put them in an LTD. Wow, these pickups sound great! Great harmonics and they sound really good clean too with the volume rolled back slighty. Really surprised with the tones I am getting with these. If anyone is needing cheap pickups for a parts guitar or anything, pick up a set. They're very nice and underrated I think.

 

[Mincer]

What are the specs on them? Do they have model names?

 

[UnderTheFlame83]

What are the specs on them? Do they have model names?

I don't have any idea of the specs or what model. They just go by Jackson High Output far as I know. Ones I got are from a 2018 Dinky.

 

[Mincer]

Gotcha. I'd be interested to know exactly how high output they are. Maybe someone here knows.

 

[Adieu]

Iirc, somebody on another forum mentioned swapping the cheap Jackson Dinky buckers with Duncan Distortions and being disappointed that they were strikingly similar

Not exact knockoffs, maybe, but same general recipe

There's some youtube videos showing similar conclusions as well

 

[Tally_Ho]

i rate the jackson high output humbuckers, sometimes refered to as JE10's

ceramic based with neck output at 8.75k and bridge at 15.45k

 

[travisty7]

I bought a natural finish Jackson Warrior X Series WRX24 in 2020 and like everything about it, but the pups were only okay: Duncan HB-103s (no offense JD). In 2021 I bought a white X Series Warrior WRX24M because it's white, has a reverse headstock, and a maple neck. The Jackson pups sound GREAT for what I play - very clean, crunch, and very hard rock seeping into metal. I finally got around to buying a Belcat Jackson set from Ebay which said they came out of a Jackson Rhoads X series guitar. I measured the outputs at 15.75 B and 8.94 N OHMs. After I installed them, my natural Warrior was transformed and I'm loving playing it now. Jackson does not sell pickups, you have to watch and wait for them to show up on Ebay or Reverb. I still buy Seymour Duncan's, just got an SSL-1 vintage strat pup for my 1974 Mocha Stratocaster with maple neck I bought in 1975 whose middle pup stopped working.

 

[Rex_Rocker]

The old Jackson pickups from the 80's have a pretty good rep!

 

[Masta' C]

Simply saying "Jackson pickups" means absolutely nothing. They get their pickups from multiple OEMs and specs have changed significantly over the years and from model to model.

 

[freefrog]

The old Jackson pickups from the 80's have a pretty good rep!

Not without reason. I've never changed and won't change the stock Pu's in my old Charvel CH4... and I've just realized it's the only electric guitar with all original transducers among the few dozens of instruments that we've at home. I've not resisted to the temptation to mod its wiring, though.