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Woop woop, You Am I. Not a frequent sight these days.

I dont understand the schematic. It shows 1 connection for the bridge pickup on the pickup switch . So i dont have to connect the ground to the volume pot?

Nice video! You were wondering about those extra holes between the bridge and tailpiece. They might be for the larger vibrato that came with the SA-50 of the same era, which is a higher-end version of this same guitar...

The originals sound highly preferable to me. Sometimes gilding the lily is just that...

Best jazz WR walkthrough, review and demo, it helped me a lot, thanks!

hey, i bought a wide range humbucker from a 70s telecaster, do you think i can use the stock pickup cover to mount it on my jazzmaster? im really trying to figure out how to do it...

cheersmate , got this as a chore to do, and you saved me loads of time

Hi there, just stumbled upon this video, I have a red SA-30T from 1967, absolutely love this guitar, it's my favorite one. Any chance you could post some more videos about it? How about the pickup covers, did you manage to get them? Cheers.

Hey, I'm enjoying your restoration thanks. I have one of these I'd like to restore too and I live in NZ. Do you have the website or email of that guy you refer to who lives in NZ and knows a lot about these? Many thanks, Rich

This model is made of poplar. I would LOVE to hear these pickups on alder.

Thank you for making this video! Was curious of how the new CuNiFe Jazzmaster PUs sound, this is a perfect demo! They definitely sound glassier and more "scooped" than the stock J Mascis PUs, while being less "compressed" than a tele neck pickup. I play jazz (as intended on a Jazzmaster! :P) and your low gain demos are very helpful to hear what the PUs really sound like. On a side note, the J Mascis PUs sounds closer to my Am Pro II (with Pure Vintage 65' pickups and 1M pots) than how usually people describe them, most noticibly how the J Mascis are not as unforgivingly sparkly, which i believe is contributed by the different valued potentiometers, 500K on J Mascis (i believe?) vs 1M on "original" Jazzmaster wiring.

I have a Yamaha SA70 bass and cant find replacement bridge height adjustment screws. They dont seem to match any modern measurement standards do you happen to know what the measurement is for these?

@heldmusic wondering where I can find the spring and the base for the spring thanks

Just put a set in a mij jazzmaster. Did you ever adjust them?

Howdy, What was your go to pick up hight?

I think the new mascis sig pups are a better option for $130. The WRHB sound decent and hum cancel. But for that kind of $$$ I’ll look at other options like fralins, Novak, etc. but for my squire JMJM, I’ll be doing the Mascis sigs. FYI, SD does custom HB in JM bobbins for 200.00 a pup. Looks like a JM pup but you can have a JB/jazz or whatever you want underneath.

If you are putting different pickups in a J Mascis Jazzmaster, you’re missing the point of having a J Mascis Jazzmaster. It’s not supposed to sound all nice and sparkly clean and jangly. It’s supposed to be used with a high gain amp and a ton of pedals and sound awesome like J Mascis. Duh. 🤪

Do you have a wiring diagram with the actual color codes in the pickups? Like a picture posted somewhere? I just ordered these my self 😅

Ugly. Horrible guitar too. There are too many Squiers on this planet.

Lovely cat ... good demo. Thank you

Sounds like a proper jazz guitar now. Thanks for the content.

Hi, I'm doing the same swap in my Jazzmaster, just wondering if Red Spot pickup went in Bridge position & Blue in Neck? I don't have access to a multi meter so your advice would be appreciated, Thanks for taking the time to do your video!

I put Fender'65 Pure Vintage jazzmaster pickups in my JMascis and it was a big improvement a fuller sound in my opinion.

If at all able keep uploading your findings! I just came across one of these myself that needs some work and I loved seeing what you’ve found

Ok, but very ugly looking.

Dude the” umm ahhsss “constantly is insane. Sort that out. Otherwise well done.

Sleazy bedroom track huh? Good choice for the intro

I wonder how it would sound in a blues setup. I would like to use my jazzmaster to play blues and I'm not sure if this pickups helps. It possible a demo playing blues?

I installed these was surprised how low the volume/ output was compared to other guitar/pickups. Did you find this?

Man why you make a long ass video then give a bunch of "idk haven't had much experience with them yet" 😂 please do follow up and I'd like to see how they do in metal. More of a jazzblaster situation! Thanks for the video!

This definitely challenged my assumptions on what I thought WRHBs sound like! Great demo, glad to see you're enjoying your guitar

I put Curtis Novak pickups and a Rothstein pre wired pickguard sounds fucking awesome

Keep the originals! Cunife is just nasal and thin!

Thanks very much -- now I know that these (pretty danged good!) pickups would be nowhere near enough of an improvement (if any) over the MFDs (also in the P-90 category) in my G&L Doheny to justify their stratospheric ($400 USD!) price tag. For about half what Fender wants for just these pickups, I could get a humbucker-cut pickguard and have my choice from among the hundreds of great pickup options available nowadays in that form factor.

After saw a lot of “pickup upgrades”… how difficult is to justify spend hundreds dollar when hear the result!!!

Those pickups are just too ridiculously expensive.

Hello! I just wanted to jump in and say that Halon from Greece makes probably some of the highest quality offset bridges in the world and they make a direct replacement to the Tune’o’matic/ adjust’o’matic bridge with adjustable saddles to match whatever radius you throw at it. Plus you can customise the bridge with really unique materials to really enhance certain tonal characteristics. Hope this helps

I noticed that there's shielding tape on the back of the guard. Were the pickguards on the J Mascis not actually made of aluminum?

Thanks, not many reviews of these out there, and you did a very thorough job, the way you cover different types of music. I've been gassing for these since the great demo put out by Fender (but that player could make anything sound wonderful). Ultimately I think it takes away some of what makes a Jazzmaster distinct, so I'll try the Cunife/Cobalt-Chrome single coil set instead.

single coil is way better

Just so that we are clear, these pickups are more expensive, not better and certainly not an upgrade. They are a sidegrade. Your guitar sounds different, but not better. And of course, CuNiFe WRHBs sound even LESS like Jazzmaster pickups than the JMascis pickups do. Not that it is a problem, but do not think that you have made your guitar better or that it is worth more now. Hopefully you enjoy your sidegrade to the bizarre CuNiFe WRHBs that were completely rejected by the marketplace when they were introduced in the early 1970s and remain odd.

I put a set in my vintera 60’s jazzmaster it sounds amazing

I just picked one of these up and i love it!! It’s got some buzzes of unknown origins lol but that can be addressed. It however didn’t come with a case. Do you know if the dimensions on these are similar enough to a es335 that the cases would be interchangeable?

Lovely work there Mr Held and nice to see it all documented. I just realise that I should include a short description of how the vibrato arm should be assembled... The teflon washers go on either side of the arm, so you have the top one correct but the bottom one should 'move up'. I included two nuts (just in case), one with and one without a plastic tightener. The former one should suffice on its own to create enough friction to hold the arm in place but still allow you to move it sideways. If the two nuts work too as you showed, then no issues of course. Really looking forward to your pickup cover solution. I have two bare pickups that are in need of a cover 😁

Dude I have 3 lol. Thanx 4 the videos. Can’t wait to see you rewire it esp toggle switch

It's a shame the cover is integral to the pickup staying together, I dig the aesthetic with it missing. Orpheus pickups in Melbourne could be worth contacting about covers... Super knowledgeable guy.

Great vid! Thoughts on what the holes between pickups might be... Gretsch style mute system? Based on the era that could be a thing? Or... Somewhat crudely mounted piezo or alike pickup?

Great stuff! I'd had this mostly worked out but never got that Bm in there quite right, I was close but it never sounded right! Try whistling this was a great album :)

Please do more Neil videos- this one is awesome 🤩

That was a GOOD lesson. Many thanks !!!