CuniFe Wide Range Humbuckers in a Jazzmaster?!?!

[@dennis-ln5tq]

it’s a crime you don’t post more bro. found you on my feed randomly last year with your jaguar video, love the content

[@kdennis2427]

also inspired me to make my own shit video about some Behringer pedals, lol little plug on my alt. Do you have any plans to make videos about squire guitars Kip?

[@thekipinator7660]

@@kdennis2427 I’ve always had my eye on the classic vibe starcaster so there may be a video on that sometime 🫣

[@kevinbothwell8425]

Eyyy! Your video on the j mascis jazzmaster was one of several factors that convinced me to get one.

[@robclarke6273]

I was looking at putting these into one of the new player II’s… those clean tones have convinced me that it’s a fantastic idea

[@gloryxkid]

I have a Curtis Novak set in mine, big fan

[@thekipinator7660]

Only heard good things about those 🤤🤤

[@gloryxkid]

@@thekipinator7660they’re awesome and priced about the same haha recently put a p90 style CN in the neck. Try mix and matching the pickups you have, I play shoegaze as well and a p90 in the neck/WR in the bridge is perfect for my needs

[@noaha3006]

Great Video! Keep going

[@johngeddes7894]

First Q - Did you have a .1 uF cap on the tone pot and 1 meg pots? That’s what’s recommended, and what I’m looking to hear for comparison. If you chose to run 500k pots, then you have too much plunk. When I do a JM, there will be no rhythm circuit, I want sparkle not ice pick with some girth. Maybe just the $300 Cunife JM pups is the delio.

[@billyhughes9776]

I've been interested in trying something different in my Jazzmaster. Black Mass and Stonewall make version of these that are a good bit cheaper than the Fender CuniFe WR humbuckers. Your demo at the end -- I liked the clean tones a lot, drive tones were a bit highendy, but, 4 bills is a bit too steep.

[@ryfipassword]

Try looking into the CuniFe pickups from Madlove Pickups. Cheaper and they have the ability to coil split straight out of the box

[@guitarhackr]

Just saved me $400. Thanks! I like my Jazzmaster the way it is, but I love my 70s Tele Thinline pickups, so I was considering it. Maybe finding some Squire 70s Thinline pickups is a good budget option. That and a pickguard that can hold them. Nice video! Do more.

[@account-pi3nj]

Man this is a high quality video! I cant believe it doesnt have 100k views 😮

[@surf247365]

The JMJ is awesome, I just put a roller bridge it’s amazing. The beefy neck and frets make it easier to play for my hands and stock pickups are perfect. Just enough gain for most Rock and clean enough for most surf music.

[@Firewaltzwithme]

First of all, where did you get that tremolo arm ? I’m thinking of getting only the bridge pickup for my vintera 60s modified since it’s bridge pickup is to shrill / trebly. I like the first thing you played there Btw im not sure anything makes a boss ds-1 sound good. Especially not with a fender

[@ezequielsaucedo98]

How does it feel citizen?

[@thekipinator7660]

Yes🤭

[@EmeraldStargazer]

Thanks for a sincere review! Usually people can't be honest about something they've spent big money on. I feel like I might also agree with you because humbuckers aren't usually my type of sound (even those pick ups claimed to be sparkly and single coil like). It seems back in the day smart guys figured it out perfectly from the start - a P-90! :)

[@isissa8546]

It’s weird how perfectly catered this video is. 1. JMJ 2. Was curious abt these pickups 3. Im a shoegaze guitarist lmao

[@thekipinator7660]

@@isissa8546 it was meant to be

[@henryhester1897]

Ha… I bought two Wilkinson humbuckers for $39. Stock in my 2011 Vintage Modified Special may be better and I’m leaving it up to my luthier. Your demo sounds good and clean. All distortion any guitar, any pickup, amp, pedal box, sounds great to me the proof is in the clean channel.

[@jjclem8759]

If you have any of the Ama price checking extensions/tools/etc, you can see that the cobalt chrome/cunife JM set went on sale for $125 or $130 (for the set) a couple months ago. I was restoring an old ‘00 CIJ from my past, hadn’t been playing for a while and just noticed they were the cheapest fender JM pups, and were normally $300, so I bought em, and I like em a lot

[@markrichardson239]

I like that you didn't kick dirt on Fender.

[@paulaopp]

Ahh citizen... So good. The WR sound good tho

[@simonsmith2642]

So they are like split single coil, like a P bass or Z coil, but for JM? Not actual HBs like the thinline tele?

[@thekipinator7660]

@@simonsmith2642 they are actual humbuckers, just have an odd appearance. When you take the covers off, they just look like normal PAF style humbuckers.

[@jezmez68]

Are those actually humbuckers or are they Jazzmaster style pickups with CuNiFe magnets? Because they make Strat and Tele pickups with CuNiFes as well. The demo I've heard from the Strat pickups are ice-picky (ultra bright). I think these sound kind of good. Would be cool if you could combine the audio/video from this demo and do it with the demo of the stock pickups. Funny, my desktop speaker these sounded bright and tinny. Through my 1990s speakers/subwoofer they sound sort of muddy!

[@thekipinator7660]

@@jezmez68 they’re actual humbuckers!

[@Lornewolfe]

This was a super informative video. I have this guitar and was also looking at these pick-ups but the ones from Madlove and Black Mass. I think we all just might be chasing the dragon.

[@LilUncleHoagie]

Those sound amazing

[@DareBear2099]

EMG JMasters can handle the high gain without sacrificing the 60 cycle hum. Plus they are 200 for the set. Much cheaper and a damn good sounding pickup

[@beckerhead89]

I dunno, I'm a strat player, I love single coils but dam those cleans sounded really good to me! I didn't care for the distortion tones however.

[@K24120_]

jazzmasters are so pretty i should save up for one (i’ve just started playing)

[@baudelaire8193]

what are the pot value you are using here? 500k or 1Meg?

[@thekipinator7660]

@@baudelaire8193 500k

[@baudelaire8193]

@@thekipinator7660 arigathanks!

[@Brannington]

bruh these things need some fuckin seasoning. middle position sounds good though

[@Vraxx7]

I think I agree with your assessment. The cleans sounded nice but, man those dirt tones just didn’t do it. And yes I do like some shoegaze. It just felt like some of the “meat” was missing in the distorted sound. Like lots of texture but, with very little body. I too have a JMJM and those stock pickups are fantastic! These sound expensive, like I can hear the clarity and presence over cheaper pickups but, I don’t think they’re what I’d be interested in. Great video!

[@thekipinator7660]

@@Vraxx7 100% what you said, no meat at all, glad you liked it!

[@markferguson3745]

It's not the right pickup for a JM. To my ears,- and I've heard differing takes, - the JM is piano like in it's resonance, sustain, and attack, and as noted ,the broader eq and scooped mids don't work for the design's actual strengths.For the exact same reason, they work well in Tele's. Originally, Firebirds utilized a P90 ish design in a mini humbucker cover; they make that guitar unique and work well, but unlike Cunife in a JM , Alnico 2 mini humbuckers actually are a viable alternative. I've found that Leo usually got it optimally right the first time.

[@voidburner8271]

You can find these on reverb for 200-250 for a set. No one should be swapping their stock pickups hnless youre using a heavy amount of fuzz/overdrive. If ur not using a tube amp dont even bother getting them

[@snicker576]

Man, I would just get Madlove's instead! They're half the price of Fender's, are cunife and built the exact same way. Sound amazing

[@dramaticdrummer0397]

Great vid, you are fucking hilarious

[@markrichardson239]

Try the H&H Telecaster, amazing. Whole guitar, $800.00

[@ryfipassword]

Yo, CuniFe pickups from Madlove Pickups are much better. They sound better, cheaper, and they have the ability to coil split out of the box, so you can always switch between humbucking and jazzmaster tones.

[@necrophoniac]

I love your vids, but that inclusion of the theater kid at the very end was an unwelcome edit as I was vibing to your tones looking at j mascis guitars on sweetwater. That clip will be the death of me one day.

[@richardlucascronley5128]

They’re 739$ now

[@jonmarbach1]

Your clean tones sounds great, but your distorted tones sound terrible. Are you more of a distorted tone player?

[@mortemsteam]

are you unfamiliar with shoegaze?

[@MayonnaiseOreo]

You misspelled rhythm in your video a few times - forgot the first H. $400 is nuts for a set of pickups though and I can't imagine a world where any are worth that much money.

[@thekipinator7660]

😞😞

[@kosmonument2682]

They'll probably be off the market soon.

[@Hyperlink1337]

good lord man, i don't know what you're expecting out of a humbucker but they absolutely do not suit what you're playing. maybe try a hotter p90 set

[@cinamarmagedon]

COUCH DOG!!!!!!

[@thekipinator7660]

@@cinamarmagedon yesssss

[@alvaradoalberto7]

I enjoy your videos but bro, take that Boss distortion and burn it, sell those pickups and buy a better distortion pedal then make the videos with the Jazz again pleaseee😂

[@Minnie-xk7tq]

I love your videos and would like to work with you, how can I contact you.