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What kind of pickups would be best for my Warmoth Jazzmaster?
I play all kinds of music, mostly rock, particularly trending towards indie/post-rock stuff.

The guitar has an alder body, maple neck and rosewood fingerboard.

My gear: Guitar (as yet unfinished) -> Cusack Screamer -> BBE Sonic Maximiser -> 1976 Fender Bassman 10

Any suggestions?

Lollars, Novaks or Seymour Duncan Antiquities seem to be the best choices for vintage sounding pups...

have a look on their sites...they offer different ones...some vintage sounding, some with hotter output.

Novak pups come as P90s, and even PAF-style humbuckers....still in a Jazzmaster pup shape though....

http://www.curtisnovak.com/

http://www.lollarguitars.com/

http://www.seymourduncan.com/

+1 there used to be no chices for Jazzmasters, these days it's a tough decision.

Do the antiquity II's actually sound any better than the standard vintage pups or is that just hype?

they are good, I have used them for years. the AVRI pickups are good to, if I were going to spend the money I would go with Novak or Lolars so I could get them custom wound to my spec.

http://www.vintagevibeguitars.com/windo ... zzWin.html

Another option - haven't heard anything about these, though.

As far as Antiquity II's go, they are nice, although a bit harsh to my ears. (could be the basswood body of my JM though), but the AVRI Fender pups are very nice in an Alder body JM.
I had a CIJ Jag with Curtis Novak's and this was an absolute stunning guitar. So I guess he's JM pups must be great as well.

Also a good idea would be to mix a set of SD Antiquity I and II. A "I" neck with a "II" bridge. I think someone here has that combination, which he absolutelly loves)

don't forget to take a pic of this warmoth JM, pls ....

ohm-men wrote: As far as Antiquity II's go, they are nice, although a bit harsh to my ears. (could be the basswood body of my JM though

As far as i know a Basswood guitar is actually warmer than alder and would in fact be less harsh ,so maybe the antiquities are too harsh?

I like SD vintage,both jaguar and jazzmaster.

They're  cool pups. Neck : 7.75 k,Bridge : 8.4 k ,im gonna put 'em in the JZ i get next month fo sure!

Have a looksie

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mcjt wrote: don't forget to take a pic of this warmoth JM, pls ....

Whats the color of the JM in your Avatar?

hi val66c,
my 1960 jm is natural alder in that pic. just sealer on it at the moment. some day soon it should be nitro sonic blue, though-
or LPB. or ice blue
or....