Hot JazzMaster Pickups (Seymour Duncan) vs. Original 1965 JazzMaster Pickups | Working Class Music

[@anomalousresult]

Love seeing a new wcm upload. It's a mad old world. Today means we all need to take extra time to look after each other x

[@seymourduncan]

Love this channel!

[@petevadelnieks]

Love the content as a fellow JM lover, but can I make a suggestion? It was hard to follow what JM had which pickups, I had to rewind because I have ADD. In future if you do more comparison videos like this could you also put on the screen what the pickup types are? You noted the pickup position well, just please add the pickup type to screen as well for a dumbshit like me.

[@johanpauwels7894]

Same here

[@JC-je3jc]

Big same

[@lunamatic9775]

Seriously, I feel like the first 3 minutes encapsulates how my friends and I try new gear out. This made my day, thank you wcm kids! 🤘🖖✌💪

[@WorkingClassMusic]

that's the feeling we've tried to give people with our stuff since day 1, thanks so much for watching and sticking with us!

[@mercuryradiotheater]

Saw you on guitar house, and ya'll were so fun I just had to subscribe. ...now I gotta buy a jazzmaster. dangit.

[@6Jeans9]

I just discovered your Channel yesterday and i love it so much!

[@WorkingClassMusic]

*welcome to the party, buddy* we hope you decide to dig into our library of vids, and find more stuff you like!

[@malfunction5448]

"Tia isn't canon" sounds like some weird conspiracy theory, akin to "Paul was actually dead". Don't have a single favorite sushi roll, but I usually go with something that has salmon in it.

[@jasonwelch6306]

I'm a simple man. I see a Jazzmaster video, I stop what I'm doing, watch the video, click like, and leave this comment. Tia and Jason, you two rock!

[@craigbragg2842]

I've been looking to upgrade my CV Jazzmaster with something with a bit more oomph. This might do it. Another great video! And now I want a Las Vegas roll.

[@mjt5576]

The black JM with the maple neck/black inlays is really great looking. Sounds good, too. But it's a cool, unique look!

[@negativeland5207]

Grabbed a classic player jazzmaster off CL a few years ago with a hot for jazzmaster in the bridge and an antiquity in the neck. I still love that guitar very much, super versatile. Thinking of taking out the pure vintage 65 pickups in my other jazzy and throwing in some Novaks (p90 and JMV) Would love to see more JM specific pickup comparisons from you guys down the road, especially some Novak/boutique stuff that barely has any coverage online (PAF, 180, mosrite etc.) Love the videos and everything you guys do!

[@johnpaulohara2019]

Thanks Jason, now I’m going to have jimmy eat world stuck in my head all weekend

[@mrNobody100]

i can't get over how amazing black block inlays look on a maple neck. i wish that shit was more common in guitar land...

[@napoleonljungkvist6947]

What resistance is in the one with with Seymour Duncan? I NEED to know!!!

[@adambrady2932]

You folks do some of the best Jazzmaster pickup demos around - would love to hear a demo of Lollars!

[@WorkingClassMusic]

thanks, and that's a solid suggestion!

[@bobsbigboy_]

CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE FUCKING WALL OF GREEN AND SUNN AMPS????? my fucking god!

[@WorkingClassMusic]

*WE WILL TALK ABOUT IT EVENTUALLY*

[@realxandercuck]

DM me for info or go to my personal channel for an appetizer. Those amps are my life's work

[@carterheekin1974]

"I wanna hear you sayyyy iiit!!!!!" (First little bit she played is Crybaby by Destroy Boys)

[@Ochoduckie]

Dang, the only time I’ve ever liked the sound of a Strat was one equipped with Lace Sensors. Those would be cool to try. It’d be cool to hear the Duncans through the Green and the Zombee tho. You two are great, and spicy albacore hand rolls are what’s up.

[@vizoredd]

Love the vid guys. Just for clarity; Red = SD Pickups and Black = Vintage Pickups right? Also which Orange amp are you using?

[@WorkingClassMusic]

Yes.

[@realxandercuck]

The amp we normally use to record is an Orange AD30R 2x12 combo. The Low input option and on-board reverb make it extremely useful for clean sounds but it also gives a nice punk rock overdrive with the gain cranked so I can use it for my personal work

[@taylornutt]

My Purple Sparkle J Mascis Jazzmaster has Curtis Novak JM-V (neck) and JM- Fat (bridge) and they are awesome. Less bright but more midrange.

[@IronSwan-ll5ju]

Sell me one of the Matamps, please. Good lord.. you bought them all. What about the rest of us?

[@zackjonesmagnephonics]

Really craving a Dragon Roll now

[@lexhitreset]

I was spinning free (whoa oh-oh-oh-oh) With a little sweet and simple numbing me

[@JasonTMays]

Sweet…ness! 😉

[@chidorirasenganz]

This is the video that finally convinced me to listen to the little voice in the back of my head and get a jazzmaster😅 Now I just need to get a hot jazzmaster pickup for the bridge position 🙌

[@Kulturmatt]

Love kappa maki. They have the added advantage of being about the cheapest item in most Japanese places.

[@prinskipperskipple]

I put Lollar Jazzmaster pickups in my CP Jazzmaster and love them. 👍 Great cleans, and they have a bit more punch than the vintage voiced JM pickups.

[@buryme11]

Are you riffing on Tudo O Que Voce Podia Ser? Chords sound similar to that song. Nice review thanks. Buying a hot bridge to balance out my vintage 65 jazz pickups because the neck overpowers the bridge by a lot.

[@oldmanzen6682]

Tia taking over after every one of Jason's blunders should become a thing. Course, it may put him out of work. ;) Great video folks.

[@WorkingClassMusic]

it was a fun change of pace, wasn't it

[@twenty3electronics]

I have an older set of the Duncan. Mine are wound like Stratocaster pickups, as far as the coil being deep rather than wide (Jazzmaster guys know what I mean). I also have quarter pounder for Jazzmaster and they are likewise. This is a big deal to some people. Just a different tone to me. The quarter pounder is much darker. I’m going to do hot in the neck, quarter pound on the bridge

[@abradfordajb]

You know, after years & years of listening to guitar, pedal, amp, speaker, processor demo's, the single simple conclusion is: they ALL sound "good" ..... it all depends on the (1) Context; and (2) Application. (1) is perhaps the most difficult to ascertain, because you're listening to the "thing" being demo'ed in the context of playing it alone, without the integration of a full musical context (band, orchestra, ensemble, etc.). Plus, the listener is hearing some specific sound setup, without regard to any OTHER type of setup. (2) is based most specifically on what a songwriter and/or player requires a guitar to sound like in support of the song. Further, is the required sound to be applied live or in a studio, in which case the guitar can be made to sound like basically anything? So, i guess i'm pretty much jaded at this point in my listening career. Whatever i hear i can "like" AND "dislike" at the same time.

[@realxandercuck]

As a jaded guitar store employee I came to the conclusion "they all sound like guitars." A great chef can cook with mediocre ingredients and a bad cook can ruin a wagyu steak.

[@realxandercuck]

Having said that, I'd prefer the master chef cook me the wagyu lol

[@XenochronyBrain]

I have a question. I have a CME jazzmaster without the rythm switch I'm looking for a rythm low sounding overdrive any recommendations?

[@JasonTMays]

If it's the CME exclusive with the pure vintage pickups, I'd say the Hot Duncans for sure! but any of the hot Duncan pickups work.

[@WorkingClassMusic]

*thanks, Jason*

[@therockandrollcreeps9398]

HI im a pickup maker getting ready to debut a newjazzmaster pickup line , how does one get you to do a review? what are the costs?

[@WorkingClassMusic]

*thanks for reaching out buddy* we really appreciate it! email us at [e-mail] with your info, and we'll see if we could possibly work something out.

[@usynthesis4749]

Hi, new guy here. Digging the videos. Hey I'm interested in these high output Seymour Duncan's. I'm definitely more in the mid to high gain alternative camp. I have a Squire affinity jazzmater and an American performer. I actually really like the bridge pick up on the squire, just don't like the hum. Going to copper tape the cavity to see if that helps. Want to put the hot Seymour Duncan on my American performer (bridge). I'm hoping it's something like the affinity minus the hum. Basically my long winded question is, does the hot Seymour Duncan Jazzmaster pickup have a lot of hum?? 😆 Thanks!

[@reuben2274]

This looks good and sounds good

[@hishandchips]

I like my rolls with yellowtail and masago. I like the v-mod iis in my strat. Tia is canon.

[@bluesvertigo3961]

re: sushi-Can’t live without *unagi* (eel)

[@noalgreene8762]

Mustang pickups (surprising no one) and lipstick tube pickups. Definitely mess with a vegan California roll

[@astridlenore]

Oddly enough I got the exact opposite impression to both of you: to my ears the vintage sounded better clean and the hot ones sounded better dirty. Though I enjoy SDs I've never really taken interest in their hot line; maybe it's time to give them another listen.

[@josephg8222]

Heavy tops, light bottoms 😛😛😛

[@randysutton2120]

Pretty much any sushi, as long as it's vegan, and contains avocado. Tons of wasabi is also a must.

[@WorkingClassMusic]

*yes, to all of this*

[@chanjoe3454]

I wish you were more explicit as to which pickup you were playing.

[@WorkingClassMusic]

Yeah, I mean, it's not like it was on the screen in big white letters for every different pickup. We'll try to work on that, thanks

[@chuckyvincent4511]

Jazzmasters were build to play jazz. Because of jazz musicians didn't like the shape of the body, it was a Fender commercial failure. At first they were very expensive guitars, as much as Stratocasters, but since they were not selling and no one wanted them, they began to drop in price. They became so cheap that young working class instrumental rockers could buy them at reasonable prices. They had an unattainable Gretsch or Stratocaster in their mind, but a Jazzmaster in their pocket, and that's how the sound of surf was accidentally born. I don't deny that your test with distorted amplifiers is cool, and necessary for new users, but those of us who love these guitars prefer to listen to them through a Twin Reverb or a Showman with a tube Fender reverb unit. After your test, it is not at all clear to us what we could find in those Seymour Duncan pickups, but we do know what the old jazzmasters sound like... Nowadays there are many hipsters who like to have an original guitar, but the vast majority of potential buyers are still the same old surfers. Your test is insufficient; cool but insufficient.

[@WorkingClassMusic]

Soooooo is that a long way of saying you'd like this demo more thru a different amp?

[@chuckyvincent4511]

@@WorkingClassMusic 😅 Yeah!, it's just a way to suggest a clarifying test for a large portion of potential users...

[@Return2TheLiving]

J.E.W riffs baby 🤘

[@JustnJeffrsn]

Would love to see a full demo on the limelight! Also, avocado and cucumber roll because im a basic bitch.

[@JasonTMays]

Ohhhh, we’ve got a full demo in the works.

[@JustnJeffrsn]

@@JasonTMays *cackles in anticipation*

[@WorkingClassMusic]

yeah, we can confirm it is definitely recorded, in the works, and on the way.

[@gahangore111]

Any food that encourages seaweed consumption ain't for me.

[@WorkingClassMusic]

*different strokes for different folkx*

[@IronSwan-ll5ju]

I’d sub but all those amps are NOT available to the working class lmao this whole video is a joke, God bless, only love but I have laughed so hard. I’m living in a meme, I swear. Working class.. looks like it.

[@WorkingClassMusic]

Those amps were all bought working in music retail and kitchens. We're the working class buddy. We earned that with hard work and long hours

[@IronSwan-ll5ju]

@@WorkingClassMusic come to east KY and see what “working class jobs” there are. You either gotta be a doctor or a coal miner to make bank. Theres no middle class. God bless, buddy. Enjoy your toys. I’ll have a matamp one day shipped cross the pond. Am I jealous? Sure, I wish I had more opportunities but I have peace and quiet in my shit town.