The Most Affordable CuNiFe Wide Range Humbuckers
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- čas přidán 26. 08. 2024
- This past week I received my order from Madlove Pickups. I had ordered CuNiFe Wide Range Humbuckers in the size of a Jazzmaster pickup to create my own Jazzblaster. I had been researching many different pickups for my Jazzmaster and ultimately decided to try these out!
In this video, I wanted to show the process of installing the new pickups as well as point you in the right direction if you want to do a similar modification to your guitars. I also wanted to compare the stock pickups to the WRHB so I compiled audio of each position of the stock configuration to the new configuration. All backing music was created using the new pickups!
If you have wanted to try something new with your guitar but have been scared to mess something up, I just want to say I have been there, but what can be messed up can also be fixed or replaced in a lot of aspects! Be bold, be you, be careful.
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:51 Soldering
2:58 Final Product
3:26 Sound Comparison
8:29 Final Thoughts
9:38 FUZZ
The video I am referencing for my wiring is found here by Breja Toneworks:
• Dual Humbuckers with M...
I highly recommend checking out the video, they break down exactly what you need to do so easily, it made this process so simple to achieve.
The list of components I used are as followed:
-Set of Wide Range Humbuckers from Madlove Pickups
-Bourns 1 Meg Audio Taper Guitar Pot w/ Push-Pull Switch
-CTS 1 Meg Audio Taper Pro Guitar Pot w/ Brass Shaft
-Switchcraft 3-Way Right Angle Toggle Switch w/ Black Tip
-Orange Drop .022 & .047 Microfarad Tone Capacitors for Guitar & Bass
-Switchcraft 1/4" Guitar Jack w/ 3/8" Threaded Collar
Thanks for watching!
Hey mate, great video, great sounds and thanks for the kind words. A lot of love goes into my pickups and it’s great to see and hear them in cool guitars like this.
I can tell the love that goes into these!! I’m glad I found y’all, i’m still so happy with these!
Love these pickups!! To my ears they actually retain a ton of the Jazzmaster pickup character, but more powerful and obviously hum free. Pretty amazing
i completely agree, i love how these sound, especially the bridge! i do love the tone of the stock bridge but whenever i kick on my heavy distortions/fuzz’s it’s just painful, i’m glad these game that a bit while still being clear!
I actually like the original pickups better 😉
I debated this for so long about a year ago whether to go with single coils in a JM build or the WRHB. The HB still sounds like a JM but the singles have so much raw emotion. That sounds funny to say about a pickup. I don’t want to use all the same tired words people use to describe guitar tone. I guess it depends on the music you play. I can understand the want for less noise with the HB and you’re still getting the essential JM sound. Great pickups!
I was really expecting these to sound awful which is why I’ve come to hate a lot of WR humbucker JM replacements but honestly these were nice. Still definitely prefer to true single coil JM pickups but these actually sound like JM pickups while just being a tiny smoother & thicker. I think the only position that really suffered was the middle & honestly that’s a deal breaker for me.
Man, I have cunife wide ranges in a jazzmaster and found the middle position ever so slightly lacking that magic, very close. So I put an EQ pedal on my board and went back and forth between 2 guitars, one with these and one with normal jazzmaster pickups and dialed in the EQ so that the wide-ranges were as close as possible, and it's litterally like 98% there now. Def worth it for me personally for the extra power in neck and bridge and no hum
Great video, my only suggestion to put the samples against each other one stock one upgrade. Thx for the video.
i completely agree, i wish i had done it that way!
@@lifeinsteadofjesss Keep it up with this great job! 👍
Weird I prefer the stock pickups. Really nice gritty sound.
Ran into MLove just weeks ago looking for real full Fender size WRHs (thank you spongy Australian dollar!)
Sounds like maybe check your new bridge ground to stink that buzz?
The background music is sick do you have a link to it?
i actually came up with all these little riffs when i made this video! i don’t have it posted anywhere just because i came up with them on the spot but i can put it on soundcloud when i get a chance! other than that my band lowercoaster sounds like that a bit! :-)
Howdy,
What is your go to hight for these pickups?
i actually just raised and lowered them until i though they sounded good while playing :-)
those stock pickups are harsh.
yeah very pokey/sharp