Something people don't realize is that there is a tone knob on the Jazzmaster. From a rock context through a bright amp (marshall) at stage volume, a Jazzmaster on 10 will make your ears bleed. I keep mine around 4-6 and it has a great middy growl. When you want just a bit of extra sparkle or cut, increasing that tone up a bit makes a notable difference, especially on the Neck!
You are right. People tend to play the Jazz with the tone on ten on videos and sounds very thin. Playing it on ten does not show the guitars capabilities. Turn the tone to about 5 and with the gain the guitar becomes middy and angry. So much so that I prefer it to my p90 tele and to my ordinary single coil tele. That's for the bridge. As for the neck, the noise, the atttitude and the aggression that it can give off simply surpasses all other single coil guitars.. It can be a real beast.. And finally, put it with gain on the rhythm circuit and the guitar performs wild stuff.. My jazz has unexoectedly become my favourite guitar ! And it is not even a Fender, but classic vibe squire !
i’ve been playing a lot of reggae lately so a bright and snappy tone usually fits my sound best. I think the jazzmaster pickups would be better in that situation.
Absolutely can't go wrong with either, but Marley had no problem making p90s in a Gibson work - all about the amp for the little details at that point and making it work with your band
I’m really used to the typical strat sound, not even worrying about what pick up they have. I really fell in love with P90s. They have the right amount of brightness and muddiness that i’m looking for!
Couple things...I don't understand why you only have only 300 Likes. Seriously great video! Also, great playing. You definitely riffed in a way that showcased these pickups. Great job!
Would love a JM pickup in the neck with P90 in the bridge! (That is, so long as the middle position was reasonably JM-like -- it's my favorite. You never know until you try it out, though.)
The P90s sound warm, but won't cut as well in a heavy mix as the jazzmaster. Sometimes more trebley fizzy ends up sounding better on the mix with a lot of instruments.
Yep, I'm actually working on a track right now for Fridays video with a jazzmaster and as always I use a bit more high end than I would if I was just playing in the room isolated guitar. Things can get muddy real quick.
Thanks for that Rick, I think for these guitars a P90 in the bridge with the traditional in the neck would be damn near perfect but man... p90s are just something else indeed.
Back and very much enjoying this video! Both sets of pickups sound fantastic and the demo really shows how different characteristics in pickups exist and it’s about finding your sound and preference. Both are great options, the fuller warmer p90s sound less harsh in some scenarios but in others the sparkle of the Jazzmaster pickups shines - giving good reason for both 🙂😂😄
@@AudiomoMusic haha amazing! That will make yours super versatile when you have both options and definitely intrigued about what a middle position of those would sound like!!!
I really enjoy my J Mascus it has a very comfortable neck. Not sure what the pickups actually are. How about a jaguar with a 25.5 neck compared to a 24"?
Thanks for the demonstration, I'm wanting a Jazzmaster and was wrong in thinking they all came with P90's. Dude that riff you play at 6:30 is epic ! 👍👍
It's a huge difference right? I didn't know it for years, took a tech in so cal to explain to me why my guitar sounded so wimpy with gain 🤣. Thanks I appreciate it!
Great comparison, and yes it’s night and day but for all around use I guess I learned I prefer the Jazzmasters because it is lower output generally and brighter, effects can always give extra output and darkness. Did I hear Creep Chord progression
Yes that was Creep, we've been playing that for a few months and I think it's a good baseline for the neck pickup on clean. Wife loves singing that song
The funny thing is that you can be even more specific than this comparison. This sounds like the 60s style super treblely JM pickups. If you through in some Antiquity 1s or Lollar Black Bobbins, the Jazzmaster pickups might sound much warmer. That would be a fascinating comparison.
@@AudiomoMusic good to hear - i have antiquity 1s in another jazzmaster so I will be curious how they compare when I finally get the fralin's installed. now to quander the 500 k volume pot situation.
I was listening to this video while browsing around at guitar stuff, and every time I jumped back to the video bc I heard something I really liked, it was the JM pickups.
Thanks and I agree they sound very full especially compared to traditional JM style pickups. Either way, Lindy and the team really make the best stuff.
My understanding is that the Jazzmaster coils are wide and short, while P90 coils are narrower and taller. The shape of the coil makes a huge difference. Jazzmaster pickups usually have less winds as well, but that depends on the pickup you're comparing it to.
I will admit i was one who assumed jazzmaster had p90s. Ordered from sweetwater without every playing. Strummed and immediately was like hmm how is a p90 pushing less then my strat. Needeless to say I know have a p90 and traditional Jazzmaster and absolutely love both
to me, they both have a really similar high-mid bite, but the P90s have a lot more low-mid presence. it gives the impression that the JMs are almost a high-pass filtered version of the P90s. I bet you could get a JM sound out of the P90s by cutting the low-mids a bit.
I have no experience with Jazzmasters but I love P-90 pickups so I might be a little biased. But man, was I blown away by the sound of the MIJ one! So if ever I get myself a Jazzmaster I would be swapping the stock pickups for those P-90 ones. Well atleast the bridge pickup. Nice video!
Thanks man I'm glad you found it useful... it really is a shockingly large difference between a P90 and a traditional Jazzmaster pickup, but they both definitely have their uses. I think p90 in the bridge is absolutely the way to go as well
Hi! I'm getting informed after buying a Harley Benton Jazzmaster. The thing that made me getting interested, is that the original brightful Jazzmasters, they have some natural woody scoop on the mids and that makes them soo perfect for rythm playing in a complex mix. That is something very different to the rest of guitar design, very focused on lead playing. Don't get me wrong, i'm lead player, but i'm searching for something with new character, to stack guitars on the side and leave nice space to the lead guitar. Futhermore, I feel that they have a very pleasant natural compression. Am I right?
You are on the right track but there is one problem with the HB, that does not have Jazzmaster pickups in it. The pickups in that guitar are far closer to the P90s int he dark blue guitar featured in this video. The originals have a great thickness but clarity on top of that, where as the P90s are certainly very aggressive and good clean but they simply don't have the same kind of vibes.
@@AudiomoMusic Yeah, just what i was thinking on. Also i saw you answering to another guy, and saying that after having the blue one, you will hardly return to the reissue. Could you share your thoughts on that, please?
This is down to personal taste, but if i were to build a jazzmaster from scratch it would have the bridge pickup from the blue guitar, and the neck pickup from the Gold guitar. This would also require different potentiometers and tone controls for each pickup ( which wouldn't be that bad on these guitars since there is a rhythm circuit on vintage style ones. I've come to find in general that when I really wanted a more aggressive tone yes the Blue one did a better job than the gold one HOWEVER it still didn't nearly do as well as other guitars I had with Humbuckers so I didn't end up using it as much as I had anticipated. Conversely, there are no other gutiars i have that can do the clean sounds the gold one can - so I'll let you figure out which one ended up staying and going haha
Prefer the jazzmaster single coils. I'm more of a fan of trebly and low-output, so perhaps that's why. Both sound fantastic in their own right though. Love how the P90 has that sort of saturated/compressed warm feeling in comparison.
I think after doing this and some other experiments I prefer the same thing even in both positions. If a more aggressive and fatter sound is needed I'd rather just use a different guitar. Using the P90 in the bridge with the JM in the neck resulted in the middle position being significantly effected to me so it kind of killed off that idea
Love the Hybrid II's, I bought 2 of the mutha's and want to mod one with P90's. So wondering if it was the Fralin Steel Pole P90's or the Hum-Cancelling Steel Pole P90's you fitted?
Shit man those P90s are great! I have a J Mascis Jazzmaster and was considering switching to true jazzmaster pickups only because the Mascis weren’t true jazzmaster pickups… I really don’t want to now👍🏽 JM pickups are really harsh… I already have a jagaur that can get a little harsh at times, no need for another harsh sounding guitar
I get tired of hearing people call Jazzmaster pickups P90s. Their tone is not even close. I can see why the uneducated can get mixed up though. Although Jazzmaster pickups are single coil pickups they have a bigger casing. Except of course when P90s are designed to fit in a Jazzmaster. I enjoy both types of pickups but prefer the middle position tone of the Jazzmaster.
I love the middle and neck pickup of the Jazzmaster pickups, they are both stellar and I agree... but I agree and i read so many comments on here when I post about jazzmasters where people tell me they love p90s in their jazzmaster... when its a model like an american original.
@@AudiomoMusic yes I agree and the P90s sound great in that example with that Jazzmaster. I like the P90s that I have in a few of my guitars too, my LP Junior Special, a Yamaha Pacifica which has one in the neck and the Epiphone branded P90s in my big body Epiphone Zephyr Blues Deluxe. I like owning different guitars with a variety of pickups.
P90s sounds like a single coil version of a humbucker and always felt the Jazzmaster pickups sound more like a fat sounding Strat Pickup. Jazzmaster has the jangly tones of a Strat ive always felt like. Jazzmaster pickups are always too bright in my opinion. But theyre always paired with 1 Meg pots which is too much IMO. I wonder what they sound like with 500K pots? Ive heard them with 250K and that was too low and was choking the guitar. But I think they should be paired with 500K pots like the P90.
I've tried it in the past, you lose a bit too much of the high end for my liking with the 500ks, but it absolutely beefs up more. All depends what you're going for at the end of the day
@Audiomo Music Some people run Jazzmaster pickups with 250K pots which I think is too low for them. Some Fender or Squier models come with 250K stock. Just would think 500K would be a happy medium.
It seems i am the one who preferred sound of real jazzmasters pups over p-90 in every scenario. I changed p-90 to Humbucker even in my Gibson Jr. Didn't like p-90s tone at all. IMHO it has too narrow application and too thick tone.
No I will not, because if I had a dollar for every time someone asked me about the "p90's in their Jazzmaster" thinking proper jazzmaster pickups were p90's I could buy a pretty decent overdrive pedal at this point. The title is like this deliberately to help dispell that completely incorrect idea many have.
@@AudiomoMusic I get what you are saying, I really do. But it just through me off and I didn't want to finish the video after that. Thank you for clarifying your point and I hope you do well with rest of your videos
I think a 500k for the p90s would have a huge impact as well, it's amazing how much of a difference pot values make. They are both great in their own very, very different ways ( except the stock jazzmaster bridge pickup, i'll never be sold on those 🤣 )
Yeah man, the sound quality is so bad that Lindy Fralin actually use this video on their own website to sell their pickups without me being involved in any sort of deal or agreement, so surely must be a completely unreasonable terrible sound.
My personal preference is the P90’s, they sound fuller and mellower to me. The Jazzmasters are very ice-picky to my ears.
The bridge pickup especially, I'm not sure I can go back to using the stock Jazzmaster one in the goldie after this one.
The guitar has a tone knob. You can set the high frequency amount to taste.
it's supposed to sound like that and I really like the sound and how it plays as chords
P90 bridge & jazz master pickup neck will be great !
Something people don't realize is that there is a tone knob on the Jazzmaster. From a rock context through a bright amp (marshall) at stage volume, a Jazzmaster on 10 will make your ears bleed. I keep mine around 4-6 and it has a great middy growl. When you want just a bit of extra sparkle or cut, increasing that tone up a bit makes a notable difference, especially on the Neck!
You are right.
People tend to play the Jazz with the tone on ten on videos and sounds very thin. Playing it on ten does not show the guitars capabilities. Turn the tone to about 5 and with the gain the guitar becomes middy and angry.
So much so that I prefer it to my p90 tele and to my ordinary single coil tele.
That's for the bridge.
As for the neck, the noise, the atttitude and the aggression that it can give off simply surpasses all other single coil guitars..
It can be a real beast..
And finally, put it with gain on the rhythm circuit and the guitar performs wild stuff..
My jazz has unexoectedly become my favourite guitar ! And it is not even a Fender, but classic vibe squire !
@konstantinosntinas8139 exactly! I play mine this way through a PRS Archon 50 and it sounds meeeeean
Really shows the importance of pickups. Both had unique characteristics. Loved them with the benson on.
It really makes a gigantic impact, and that’s why I never skimp if im replacing them in a guitar I love everything else about
i’ve been playing a lot of reggae lately so a bright and snappy tone usually fits my sound best. I think the jazzmaster pickups would be better in that situation.
Absolutely can't go wrong with either, but Marley had no problem making p90s in a Gibson work - all about the amp for the little details at that point and making it work with your band
I’m really used to the typical strat sound, not even worrying about what pick up they have. I really fell in love with P90s. They have the right amount of brightness and muddiness that i’m looking for!
P90s are awesome, they are mean but can clean up really well
Oooh, I instantly preferred the P90s in the blue guitar lol 1:39 (I timestamped a bit of the other guitar for comparison)
They are much, much bigger and fuller. I can definitely see the appeal for both but man they can really transform this model.
Couple things...I don't understand why you only have only 300 Likes. Seriously great video! Also, great playing. You definitely riffed in a way that showcased these pickups. Great job!
Would love a JM pickup in the neck with P90 in the bridge!
(That is, so long as the middle position was reasonably JM-like -- it's my favorite. You never know until you try it out, though.)
The P90s sound warm, but won't cut as well in a heavy mix as the jazzmaster. Sometimes more trebley fizzy ends up sounding better on the mix with a lot of instruments.
Yep, I'm actually working on a track right now for Fridays video with a jazzmaster and as always I use a bit more high end than I would if I was just playing in the room isolated guitar. Things can get muddy real quick.
Difference was huge! Thank you, just what I needed.
Happy to help Harold, it is indeed a major difference
This just reminds me why P90s are my favourite pups.
This is the way to do an AB comparison. Great job, man.
Thanks for that Rick, I think for these guitars a P90 in the bridge with the traditional in the neck would be damn near perfect but man... p90s are just something else indeed.
Back and very much enjoying this video! Both sets of pickups sound fantastic and the demo really shows how different characteristics in pickups exist and it’s about finding your sound and preference. Both are great options, the fuller warmer p90s sound less harsh in some scenarios but in others the sparkle of the Jazzmaster pickups shines - giving good reason for both 🙂😂😄
the real selling point, you can actually get away with playing some screamo with a p90 in the bridge!
@@AudiomoMusic haha amazing! That will make yours super versatile when you have both options and definitely intrigued about what a middle position of those would sound like!!!
Wow the Jazzmaster is so clear and defined. Both sound great. Now I would like to hear the J Mascus in the mix.
Yess, I’m trying to decide about getting the j mascis Jazzmaster with p90s or squier cv Jazzmaster with regular pickups
I really enjoy my J Mascus it has a very comfortable neck. Not sure what the pickups actually are. How about a jaguar with a 25.5 neck compared to a 24"?
@@garyp5522 jacob is right! the squier j mascis pickups are essentially p90s! same goes for the Mexico Classic player from the 2010's
Totally cool comparison video. 👍👍😃♥️🎸
Great demo and comparison! Best one I’ve seen. Thanks!
Thanks I'm happy you enjoyed it!
Thanks for the demonstration, I'm wanting a Jazzmaster and was wrong in thinking they all came with P90's. Dude that riff you play at 6:30 is epic ! 👍👍
It's a huge difference right? I didn't know it for years, took a tech in so cal to explain to me why my guitar sounded so wimpy with gain 🤣. Thanks I appreciate it!
Great playing!!! Pickups sounds good on both, I like the P90s better. But that playing!! Thanks.
Great comparison, and yes it’s night and day but for all around use I guess I learned I prefer the Jazzmasters because it is lower output generally and brighter, effects can always give extra output and darkness. Did I hear Creep Chord progression
Dude youtube is really screwed up, it just posted responses to several incorrect comments 🤣
Yes that was Creep, we've been playing that for a few months and I think it's a good baseline for the neck pickup on clean. Wife loves singing that song
@@AudiomoMusic I did wonder why I was being called Allan :D
The funny thing is that you can be even more specific than this comparison. This sounds like the 60s style super treblely JM pickups. If you through in some Antiquity 1s or Lollar Black Bobbins, the Jazzmaster pickups might sound much warmer. That would be a fascinating comparison.
this was really helpful - i have a box of the exact fralin pickups and have yet to install them. now I know a little of what to expect. thank you.
I adore them, I've tried a bunch of different types in this specific Jazzmaster. This is the set that finally got me to stop that search.
@@AudiomoMusic good to hear - i have antiquity 1s in another jazzmaster so I will be curious how they compare when I finally get the fralin's installed. now to quander the 500 k volume pot situation.
I was listening to this video while browsing around at guitar stuff, and every time I jumped back to the video bc I heard something I really liked, it was the JM pickups.
Haha thats actually really cool! They absolutely have their own thing going on
Nice comparison. I definitely lean toward the Lindy P90s. They have full sound and are not as trebly and ice-picky as the stock pickups.
Thanks and I agree they sound very full especially compared to traditional JM style pickups. Either way, Lindy and the team really make the best stuff.
The Ventures used Jazzmasters on their early albums but I don't hear those ice picky tones. I wonder what amp they used then.
Mainly played Strat and Tele occasionally Les Paul but after i subscribed to your channel couple months ago, i might get my first Jazzmasters.
Out of sheer curiosity, why the Jazzmaster over the other two offsets?
Great guitar playing! 👍
Just comparison playing, you sound great!
Are the pot and cap values same on both guitars? They make a huge difference in tone.
Was that the Hollies Air that I breath at 3:08? 😂
It was, and I think actually it was another song too before Radiohead stole it hahaha
@@AudiomoMusic 😄 Thanks man, I picked up a Jazzmaster Xavier from GF tonight. Thanks for your review. Love the Tama set also.
Good video!
My understanding is that the Jazzmaster coils are wide and short, while P90 coils are narrower and taller. The shape of the coil makes a huge difference. Jazzmaster pickups usually have less winds as well, but that depends on the pickup you're comparing it to.
They really do sound different. I don't hear a surf music sound with the P-90s.
Absolutely, all the surf is GONE with the p90s.
Yeah, 100% correct. Need that top end for the surf.
Cool, this helped me decide to use my Epi Casino on more aggressive music over my JM
I will admit i was one who assumed jazzmaster had p90s. Ordered from sweetwater without every playing. Strummed and immediately was like hmm how is a p90 pushing less then my strat. Needeless to say I know have a p90 and traditional Jazzmaster and absolutely love both
to me, they both have a really similar high-mid bite, but the P90s have a lot more low-mid presence. it gives the impression that the JMs are almost a high-pass filtered version of the P90s. I bet you could get a JM sound out of the P90s by cutting the low-mids a bit.
Exactly the video I was looking for thanks :)
And what about a firebird pickup in the bridge and a jazzmaster neck hmmm?
You'd likely have to do some routing for that to work out, but it'd be interesting for sure. I've seen jazzmasters with dual firebird pickups before
P90s are my favorite. Clean, sparkly yet fat. Overdrive, nothing but nothing growls like them.
Hi there! What's that chord progression from at 2:08? Driving me crazy, right on the tip of my tongue
The song is "Every Monday" by the Marvelous 3, although Butch used a bit more gain on the guitars for that haha
I have no experience with Jazzmasters but I love P-90 pickups so I might be a little biased. But man, was I blown away by the sound of the MIJ one!
So if ever I get myself a Jazzmaster I would be swapping the stock pickups for those P-90 ones. Well atleast the bridge pickup.
Nice video!
Thanks man I'm glad you found it useful... it really is a shockingly large difference between a P90 and a traditional Jazzmaster pickup, but they both definitely have their uses. I think p90 in the bridge is absolutely the way to go as well
What riff or song is that starts 4:10? Very good 👍
Just something I came up with while filming the demo, thanks!
Thanks for just playing that shit. Appreciate your style. Cheers.
Hi! I'm getting informed after buying a Harley Benton Jazzmaster. The thing that made me getting interested, is that the original brightful Jazzmasters, they have some natural woody scoop on the mids and that makes them soo perfect for rythm playing in a complex mix. That is something very different to the rest of guitar design, very focused on lead playing. Don't get me wrong, i'm lead player, but i'm searching for something with new character, to stack guitars on the side and leave nice space to the lead guitar. Futhermore, I feel that they have a very pleasant natural compression. Am I right?
You are on the right track but there is one problem with the HB, that does not have Jazzmaster pickups in it. The pickups in that guitar are far closer to the P90s int he dark blue guitar featured in this video. The originals have a great thickness but clarity on top of that, where as the P90s are certainly very aggressive and good clean but they simply don't have the same kind of vibes.
@@AudiomoMusic Yeah, just what i was thinking on. Also i saw you answering to another guy, and saying that after having the blue one, you will hardly return to the reissue. Could you share your thoughts on that, please?
This is down to personal taste, but if i were to build a jazzmaster from scratch it would have the bridge pickup from the blue guitar, and the neck pickup from the Gold guitar. This would also require different potentiometers and tone controls for each pickup ( which wouldn't be that bad on these guitars since there is a rhythm circuit on vintage style ones. I've come to find in general that when I really wanted a more aggressive tone yes the Blue one did a better job than the gold one HOWEVER it still didn't nearly do as well as other guitars I had with Humbuckers so I didn't end up using it as much as I had anticipated. Conversely, there are no other gutiars i have that can do the clean sounds the gold one can - so I'll let you figure out which one ended up staying and going haha
Would be cool to also compare d'armonds to p90s and jazzmaster pickups!
Definitely preferred the P90's; however, I think that for a lot of applications the jazzmasters would be easier to mix
Prefer the jazzmaster single coils. I'm more of a fan of trebly and low-output, so perhaps that's why.
Both sound fantastic in their own right though. Love how the P90 has that sort of saturated/compressed warm feeling in comparison.
I think after doing this and some other experiments I prefer the same thing even in both positions. If a more aggressive and fatter sound is needed I'd rather just use a different guitar. Using the P90 in the bridge with the JM in the neck resulted in the middle position being significantly effected to me so it kind of killed off that idea
@@AudiomoMusic Ah, good point. Haven't thought about the middle position being effected.
Love the Hybrid II's, I bought 2 of the mutha's and want to mod one with P90's. So wondering if it was the Fralin Steel Pole P90's or the Hum-Cancelling Steel Pole P90's you fitted?
These were the regular fralin steel pole jazzmaster pickups
You're a legend, thanks for the heads up@@AudiomoMusic . Love the channel, keep up the great work
Apologies for not asking the first time... straight Stock Bridge or 5% Overwind .... and do the original MIJ covers fit the Fralin's@@AudiomoMusic
Now if I could hear them without the tone on 10, that would be awesome.
P90 in the bridge, JM in the neck.
Is that riff at 6:30 part of a track or was it just for this video ? I really like it!
That's from a song I wrote many years ago, thanks man!
@@AudiomoMusic Nice! Whats it called? Id love to check it out.
Shit man those P90s are great! I have a J Mascis Jazzmaster and was considering switching to true jazzmaster pickups only because the Mascis weren’t true jazzmaster pickups… I really don’t want to now👍🏽 JM pickups are really harsh… I already have a jagaur that can get a little harsh at times, no need for another harsh sounding guitar
wonder what guitar today has a true jm pickup
the fender japan heritage 60's JM and the american vintage ii 100% do
👍🏻👍🏻
I get tired of hearing people call Jazzmaster pickups P90s. Their tone is not even close. I can see why the uneducated can get mixed up though. Although Jazzmaster pickups are single coil pickups they have a bigger casing. Except of course when P90s are designed to fit in a Jazzmaster. I enjoy both types of pickups but prefer the middle position tone of the Jazzmaster.
I love the middle and neck pickup of the Jazzmaster pickups, they are both stellar and I agree... but I agree and i read so many comments on here when I post about jazzmasters where people tell me they love p90s in their jazzmaster... when its a model like an american original.
@@AudiomoMusic yes I agree and the P90s sound great in that example with that Jazzmaster. I like the P90s that I have in a few of my guitars too, my LP Junior Special, a Yamaha Pacifica which has one in the neck and the Epiphone branded P90s in my big body Epiphone Zephyr Blues Deluxe. I like owning different guitars with a variety of pickups.
having so many options is sometimes half the fun !
P90s sounds like a single coil version of a humbucker and always felt the Jazzmaster pickups sound more like a fat sounding Strat Pickup. Jazzmaster has the jangly tones of a Strat ive always felt like. Jazzmaster pickups are always too bright in my opinion. But theyre always paired with 1 Meg pots which is too much IMO. I wonder what they sound like with 500K pots? Ive heard them with 250K and that was too low and was choking the guitar. But I think they should be paired with 500K pots like the P90.
I've tried it in the past, you lose a bit too much of the high end for my liking with the 500ks, but it absolutely beefs up more. All depends what you're going for at the end of the day
@Audiomo Music Some people run Jazzmaster pickups with 250K pots which I think is too low for them. Some Fender or Squier models come with 250K stock. Just would think 500K would be a happy medium.
I like the stock P90s better
I can totally see that, they are vastly, vastly different
P90 anyday!!
The p90s sound "fuller" to me.
Yep, more bottom end and low mids for sure
It seems i am the one who preferred sound of real jazzmasters pups over p-90 in every scenario. I changed p-90 to Humbucker even in my Gibson Jr. Didn't like p-90s tone at all. IMHO it has too narrow application and too thick tone.
I ended up agreeing with you and still do. Neither of my jazzmasters have p90s, great jazzmaster pickups just work with this guitar.
If out of the gate you says its not a comparison, then change the name, guy!
No I will not, because if I had a dollar for every time someone asked me about the "p90's in their Jazzmaster" thinking proper jazzmaster pickups were p90's I could buy a pretty decent overdrive pedal at this point. The title is like this deliberately to help dispell that completely incorrect idea many have.
@@AudiomoMusic I get what you are saying, I really do. But it just through me off and I didn't want to finish the video after that. Thank you for clarifying your point and I hope you do well with rest of your videos
Both sounded good and I would choose the Jazz master pickups over the P90s if forced to make a choice. 😎😎
I think a 500k for the p90s would have a huge impact as well, it's amazing how much of a difference pot values make. They are both great in their own very, very different ways ( except the stock jazzmaster bridge pickup, i'll never be sold on those 🤣 )
@@AudiomoMusic will we get to hear a bridge p90 with 500k pot? Did you say some modding was afoot?
how about dialing your amp to a reasonable sound before posting something like this?
Yeah man, the sound quality is so bad that Lindy Fralin actually use this video on their own website to sell their pickups without me being involved in any sort of deal or agreement, so surely must be a completely unreasonable terrible sound.