TVFV
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They replaced a Gibson BB3 in the bridge and a Golden Age pickup which was too hot in the neck measuring in at 12k. I had to lower the Jazz neck quite a bit to balance with the bridge. After some adjustments, I plugged in to a Hot Rod Deluxe with the EQ set flat and I can easily say these are the cleanest, clearest humbuckers I've ever played.
Starting with the neck it has a full, clear voicing that didn't sound cold and had enough warmth for my taste. When I split the neck I was impressed how close it was to a true single though there was a bit of volume drop when I split the pickup.
The middle position was not something that was talked about when I was researching this set. In full humbucker mode it has a nice chirpy sound that I want out of two humbucker guitar. Once split the Jazz set revealed a much janglier tone.
Finally, the bridge is probably my favorite position so far. It is very rare to find a usable bridge humbucker on a clean setting. But it's not just usable, it's great on a clean setting. Split, the Jazz Bridge sounded great for a split tone but there was some noticable volume loss. With some overdrive I noticed it was still full and clear with virtually no flub on the low end. Both the bridge and neck cleaned up great with the volume knob.
Some other things I need to mention is even with the tone rolled back to zero I could still every note very clearly. However the tone knob didn't provide alot variation until it hit zero but I suspect that maybe an Issue with the capacitor and not the pickup.
Other than some minor but fixable issues I can't say anything bad about these pickups. 10/10, would do again. And finally Zebra coils in the neck and reverse Zebra coils in the bridge look amazing!
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Starting with the neck it has a full, clear voicing that didn't sound cold and had enough warmth for my taste. When I split the neck I was impressed how close it was to a true single though there was a bit of volume drop when I split the pickup.
The middle position was not something that was talked about when I was researching this set. In full humbucker mode it has a nice chirpy sound that I want out of two humbucker guitar. Once split the Jazz set revealed a much janglier tone.
Finally, the bridge is probably my favorite position so far. It is very rare to find a usable bridge humbucker on a clean setting. But it's not just usable, it's great on a clean setting. Split, the Jazz Bridge sounded great for a split tone but there was some noticable volume loss. With some overdrive I noticed it was still full and clear with virtually no flub on the low end. Both the bridge and neck cleaned up great with the volume knob.
Some other things I need to mention is even with the tone rolled back to zero I could still every note very clearly. However the tone knob didn't provide alot variation until it hit zero but I suspect that maybe an Issue with the capacitor and not the pickup.
Other than some minor but fixable issues I can't say anything bad about these pickups. 10/10, would do again. And finally Zebra coils in the neck and reverse Zebra coils in the bridge look amazing!
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