Seymour Duncan SJM-1 Vintage Jazzmaster ?

[Bronco Billy]

Hey Guys.

I'm looking around to try some new pickups to try in my '59 Partscaster, that has been my main guitar the last 8-10 years.

When I built it, I put in SD Antiquity 1. As I remember it, at that time, you could get Ant1 and Ant2 ,didn't realize SD made a "vintage jazzmaster" pickup.

I have been around Ant2 and Lollars in other jazzmasters, and moved on. The ant2 was kinda too bright, and the Lollars seemed a bit too modern for me.

Why don't people talk about the SD SJM-1 Vintage jazzmaster set?

I'm feeling my JM is a bit too midrangey at times. It's my favorite guitar to play, but I don't quite feel like the pickups are matching the guitar. I've been around swapping pots, been at every combination, 1meg, 500k 250k and a mix of all.

[madmarcus1960]

Just put these in a 40th Anv Sq JM. I live them a lot better than the factory PuPs. Less shrill, tighter low end on the neck. IMHO

[Bradley-Jazz]

I’ve had these in my MIJ JM for about 25 years. I’ve messed with pot values just to see what I liked and gone back to 1Meg. I’ve never felt the need to change the pickups out.

[madmarcus1960]

[eternal learner]

I bought my first Jazzmaster, MIJ , about 11 years ago, it arrived with a set of SD Vintage for Jazzmaster pick ups, had them wired in by a veteran guitar tech, no other mods, left the stock wiring pots etc in it, just a Mustang bridge other than the pick ups, I love them! The tech bloke I refer to said the sound was the closest he's heard to an original 59 set. I describe them as the "languid sound", real warmth to them. I believe the reason you don't hear about these too much is that the more commonly referred to Antiquity 1/Antiquity 2 items had a catchier name. Had had a listen or two to Antiquities and I much prefer the Vintage for Jazzmaster that I have, I hear them (antiquities) as a little thinner than the Vintage pair.

[Bronco Billy]

Thx Guys...
keep the reviews coming, I'm so close to pulling the trigger!

[andy_tchp]

Great pickups! I agree with eternal learner’s comments.

If you can’t wrangle an excellent sound out of them the equipment isn’t to blame.