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Re: VMod Pickups

Post by mackerelmint » Mon Aug 12, 2019 4:21 pm

I'm a fan of the VMods for the JM too. The neck is great, the bridge is good, but both together is more than the sum of its parts. Honestly, they're arguably the best deal going on JM pickups. And I'd say anyone calling them stratlike needs their ears checked. MIJ, yeah. Not these.

Edit: I'm smoking crack and thinking of VMJM pickups, which are more than just good for the price.
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Re: VMod Pickups

Post by dinosaurkale-> » Mon Aug 12, 2019 5:30 pm

agree with the above wholeheartedly
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Re: VMod Pickups

Post by timtam » Mon Aug 12, 2019 5:58 pm

Structurally V-mods do seem like MIJ. Soundwise ? ... YMMV.
From ...
https://mmguitarbar.wordpress.com/2017/ ... c-pickups/
MIJ top, V-mod bottom ...
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Re: VMod Pickups

Post by mackerelmint » Mon Aug 12, 2019 6:02 pm

Whoooooooooooo, those look NOTHING like the Vmods I've got lying around. That's pretty interesting. I wonder if they changed the formula later on, mine are pretty early ones. Or maybe there's just a lot of variation?

Edit: Am I way off base here? Are "VMods" not the pickups from the "Vintage Modified" line? Because if some of us are thinking that, not realizing that it's a new pickup entirely, then forget what I said.
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Re: VMod Pickups

Post by timtam » Mon Aug 12, 2019 6:13 pm

V-Mod pickups are not the VMJM's. The V-Mods are only in the Am Pro AFAIK*. Or after-market as p/n 0992270000 ...
https://darrenriley.com/store/fender-v- ... 992270000/
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More on V-Mods here ...
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=101642&start=615#p1420039

VMJMs ('Duncan-Designed') dissected here ...
http://www.offsetguitars.com/forums/vie ... p?t=107829

*some sites list the MIJ Fender Hybrid Jazzmaster as having VMods. Others are more ambiguous.
https://shop.fender.com/en-PT/electric- ... 02388.html
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Re: VMod Pickups

Post by mackerelmint » Mon Aug 12, 2019 6:47 pm

Oh, OK. Well, I have nothing to contribute here since I've never played them. Mea culpa!

Get VMJM pickups on the cheap, there that's my contribution. :ph34r:
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Re: VMod Pickups

Post by timiscott » Tue Aug 13, 2019 6:24 am

Is there anyone who could post up a comparison between AV65s, VMods and Strat pups?
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