Jazzmaster flatwork

[madialex]

Dont forget

The spacing between the top and bottom flatwork is critical for the original tone. The newer versions are spaced wider than the originals and hence dont sound quite the same, I think the spacing between the top and bottom where the windings go is about only 1/8th an inch, the new ones are almost 1/4 and they sound like a P90 to me, not a true Jazzmaster.

[Spence]

Okay, got it, kinda/sorta like a dogear P90, though not 100%.

Thanks for your patience, gentlemen...

More like a soapbar P90 in a SG Special. If I remember rightly they were supposed to be Fender's take on the P90; fat single coil etc. They're great in the neck position but not so hot in the bridge. Because of the shallow profile of the coil the magnets have to stick out either side to give them some chance of holding a strong magnetic charge. They just wouldn't generate enough current in the coil otherwize.

[Zhangliqun]

The dogear is not hight adjustable though.. just the poles are. But that's the way it's put together... more-or-less.

Just think of a Jazz bass pickup. Only wider.

How do you adjust the height on a Jazzmaster?

[David Schwab]

How do you adjust the height on a Jazzmaster?

How do adjust it on a Jazz Bass? You have four screws. The Jazzmaster is the same. You loosen the screws to make the pickup higher, and tighten them to make it lower.

[David Schwab]

Okay, got it, kinda/sorta like a dogear P90, though not 100%.

Thanks for your patience, gentlemen...

No, it's actually more like a regular P-90, except the adjusting screws are on flanges just like on a Jazz Bass pickup. Dogears are not hight adjustable and are held in place by the cover, but on a Jazzmaster you can remove the whole pickup... just think of a Strat pickup. Only that's made to secure on a pickguard, and the Jazzmaster screws right into the wood.

[Zhangliqun]

Okay, I got it. The foam pushes it up against the cover and you raise and lower with the 4 screws without need of springs.

Sometimes I'm just a little thick.

[Mark Hammer]

Personally, I'd be suspicious of anyone selling Jazzmaster replacements who advertised "scatterwinding". Not a whole helluva lot of room for scattering in there! :-)

[madialex]

Personally, I'd be suspicious of anyone selling Jazzmaster replacements who advertised "scatterwinding". Not a whole helluva lot of room for scattering in there! :-)

Exactly........

[Zhangliqun]

There's probably room enough in the cavity to make a slightly taller bobbin to allow for some scatter.

[madialex]

There's probably room enough in the cavity to make a slightly taller bobbin to allow for some scatter.

But as I said before, if you want a Jazz master you have to have the 1/8th space between the bobbins. Or else you are making a P90. There is no way around it for the Tone.

[madialex]

Jason can give you the dope on a true jazz master tone.