I always liked the iconic sounds of a Tele and a Strat, but I'm really surprised by the sweet sound of the Jaguar! Great to hear those guitar/pickup styles in comparison, gives me a much better idea of the sounds than I had before.
I like the idea of the db's being measured. I hate how most "tone" comparisons are way to subjective. Would love to see a step further and see an actual sound spectrum analysis.
The two Best TH-cam Videos EVER ! theese two Videos 5 Types Of Humbucker Pickups and 7 Types of Single Coil Pickups gave me all what i wanted to know. Now i know which Way to go with my Guitar Mods. Thank you so much for this two exellent videos. cheers from Germany.
Very detailed, well done .For me a short version with each pick up positions on clean settings would be perfect. Not a bash just quick video for those who understand the differences to just hear the pick up comparison.
Im not sure if you realised but the end of part 2 has basically that (goes through all 7 on the neck, then on the bridge, same playstyle). It has clean and dirty for each, so not exactly what you wanted but its still only 6 minutes.
Love the Jag, they’re super cool. However, i don’t like that they took all the unique switching options away. That was the fun of a jag!!! Still a great guitar though.
Squier totally should start manufacturing copies of these new Jaguar and Jazzmasters by US Fender. Maple board, and Series Wiring? That's a dream come true. I would be the first one to buy it.
I added the Fender Hot Noiseless pickups to my Fender Mexican Stratocaster hooked up to a Fender Blues Junior IV Tweed amp with a Ibanez Sonic Distortion Mod this rig is Serious Blues guitar Single Coil pickups are fine nothing wrong with them But the Noiseless pickups are just so much more I don't have the 60 cycle hum A big difference
Good video guys! I only wanted to say that pickups in American Professional Jaguar and Jazzmaster are completely different from what you will find in a typical jazzmaster and jaguar. Typical jazzmaster sounds nothing like what is shown here.
Good comparison, but you really need to roll the volume pot down to 8-9 on the JM, as the pickup basically runs open at 10 due to the pots, and sounds thin and harsh. Roll the volume to 8, and you'll get thick warm tones unlike any other Fender, you can get PAF sounds out of the bridge (vol 8, tone 3)!
to me, the jaguar would be a perfect guitar if not for the bridge and vibrato going out of tune so easily (and the smaller scale length). but it's so damn beautiful
That Jazzmaster sounds so straty to me, like a hot strat pickup. In fact, in this series the pickups are not the way you described... Anyway, great product placement video.
Hi, that sounds simple but it's not. 😆 Tube amps kind of need volume to sound great so I'd go for a -Katana 100 combo (the 100 for the bigger cabinet - more bass), -Line6 Catalyst 60 or 100 -Quilter Overdrive 202 -Fender Tone Master Deluxe Reverb (this isn't the tube version, it's a modeller and amazing for low volumes too) If you really want a tube amp, maybe try the Fender 68 Custom Princeton. Cheers //Kris
Please provide a valid link for the DBA Meter... I've seen 4 posts asking an the link does not work and no one is telling the make and model number.. Thanks
Great lesson Guthrie as usual ! Just got an HAAR Stratocaster with Suhr ML pickups modern set..Sounds awesome but look for a warmer neck pickup ( I remember the Fat 50 I had on a Stratocaster years ago, but NO BLUES SPECIAL sound for me..!). Which set is warmer , bassier ? An slightly higher output , well balanced with the fuller bass sound you can get ! Fender , Fralin, lollar , Raw power, Kloppman 62, another bnand or model please ..Thanks for your answer, best regards from France
9:30 Sorry, but I disagree here... It might not sound like Texas Special singlecoils, but it still does sound like singlecoils, including "vintage singlecoils"... because let's not forget there's not one and only one kind of vintage singlecoils, but multiple ones. You can even pick two exact same strat from the exact same year of product with same pickups, setup, etc... and they would still sound different, with even more differences between them than between this Elite Strat and a Vintage one. And if you don't believe, go check the video done by a german guy (in English) that compare two original '54 Fender Strat, supposed to be identical that sound absolutely not the same. Not worse or better, just "different". Depending your style of playing, music genre and what you're looking for, you might like one model over the other, but it someone else with another style of playing, music genre, might like the other. It's just different in the end... just like the Elite Strat is different from the Texas Special, but still sound very singlecoil-ish.
The Edge played a 1973 Strat, with a DiMarzio FS1 bridge pickup (25% louder and warmer than a standard Strat bridge pickup), and the middle and neck pickups were stock. The FS1 and the stock Fender pickups have Alnico 5 magnets.
I believe Clapton used a Stratocaster with 3 Lace Golds and, of course, it sounds outstanding. Lace has a few videos on TH-cam demoing them, and I'd say I recommend the 3 standard Golds more than the Fender Noiseless because of Lace's superior tone and noise cancelling.
He says in the video, noiseless single coils are stacked humbuckers. The top coil actually picks up sound and the bottom coil is primarily there to cancel hum.
theyre technically humbuckers, but theyre not really considered humbuckers because theyre the closest thing to having noiseless passive single coil pickup sounds. they dont sound like a traditional humbucker
In essence yes, but there is a little more to it. If the bottom coil is without magnets passing through, the signal will not be hot like a humbucker, it'll just buck the hum. There might be a little change in the top end (because of higher resistance), but using the right pots and a little eq change, can make the difference next to nothing. Having the phase correct is crucial if you want to split them, for real singlecoil sound, you don't want to hear the bottom coil!! The DiMarzio HS-2 sounds great split (top coil). Mojotone Quiet coils or GFS neo-vintage are side by side rails wound for a vintage sound (low resistance) and are a different approach to noisecancelling, still humbucking, but probably not good for coil splitting. Hotter rail pickups will work better coilsplitting, but not give you the sweeter sounds of vintage winds. Rails pickups works best with ceramic pickups. I like Kent Armstrong cool rails as a great middle ground in parallel wiring (4K) sounding close to a DiMarzio Cruiser, giving a strong clear sound, better bass than a single coil and great clarity FWIW
TBH, Jazzmasters have always sounded quite generic to me. Their tone reminds me of a Harmony guitar that my friend used to let me play when I was a wee lad. Needless to say, this is not a good thing lol.
Was soll diese Unart, jemanden zu filmen, wie er gefilmt wird? Warum spricht dieser Typ immer wieder mit jemandem, der schräg hinter mir zu stehen scheint? Dort ist niemand! Dämliche Modeerscheinung!
I always liked the iconic sounds of a Tele and a Strat, but I'm really surprised by the sweet sound of the Jaguar! Great to hear those guitar/pickup styles in comparison, gives me a much better idea of the sounds than I had before.
These videos are amazing. I would love a comparison between the different single coils (fat 50s, texas special...)
i love the sound of that jazzmaster. the jaguar looks fun, too.
I like the idea of the db's being measured. I hate how most "tone" comparisons are way to subjective. Would love to see a step further and see an actual sound spectrum analysis.
We'll take that into consideration!
The two Best TH-cam Videos EVER ! theese two Videos 5 Types Of Humbucker Pickups and 7 Types of Single Coil Pickups
gave me all what i wanted to know. Now i know which Way to go with my Guitar Mods.
Thank you so much for this two exellent videos.
cheers from Germany.
Very detailed, well done .For me a short version with each pick up positions on clean settings would be perfect. Not a bash just quick video for those who understand the differences to just hear the pick up comparison.
Im not sure if you realised but the end of part 2 has basically that (goes through all 7 on the neck, then on the bridge, same playstyle). It has clean and dirty for each, so not exactly what you wanted but its still only 6 minutes.
Love the Jag, they’re super cool. However, i don’t like that they took all the unique switching options away. That was the fun of a jag!!! Still a great guitar though.
That clean jag neck pickup sounds awesome.
Yeah man! I put an SD quarter pound in mine and it sounds very nice. Maybe a bit more smooth than stock.
Squier totally should start manufacturing copies of these new Jaguar and Jazzmasters by US Fender.
Maple board, and Series Wiring? That's a dream come true.
I would be the first one to buy it.
Great great great explanations on everything. Looking for something with singlecoils now since I only have humbugging guitars haha
nice detailed demo, thank you sir :-)
great information
great content as always. May I live a suggestion?
Can you guys make a surf rock video ? Thanks in advance :)
If you're looking for a surf rock guitar, the Mim classic lacquer jazzys or jags will get you a lot further than these for less
Thanks mate. I think a strat(classic vibe) would be more than ok. Its the reverb pedal and the strings that interest me more.
I added the Fender Hot Noiseless pickups to my Fender Mexican Stratocaster hooked up to a Fender Blues Junior IV Tweed amp with a Ibanez Sonic Distortion Mod this rig is Serious Blues guitar Single Coil pickups are fine nothing wrong with them But the Noiseless pickups are just so much more I don't have the 60 cycle hum A big difference
Good video guys! I only wanted to say that pickups in American Professional Jaguar and Jazzmaster are completely different from what you will find in a typical jazzmaster and jaguar. Typical jazzmaster sounds nothing like what is shown here.
Good comparison, but you really need to roll the volume pot down to 8-9 on the JM, as the pickup basically runs open at 10 due to the pots, and sounds thin and harsh. Roll the volume to 8, and you'll get thick warm tones unlike any other Fender, you can get PAF sounds out of the bridge (vol 8, tone 3)!
to me, the jaguar would be a perfect guitar if not for the bridge and vibrato going out of tune so easily (and the smaller scale length). but it's so damn beautiful
I wish the jumbo MFDs by G&L made it into the mix
Which pickups will provide the hugest fattest beefiest monster Strat tones ever? I am looking for that. Hugest tones ever!
Try and find one with a s1 switch I’ve got a roadhouse and it sounds fat
great video, thanks Kris!
Thanks a lot! :) Ohh gosh is this an old video. Haha!
//cheers, Kris
That Jazzmaster sounds so straty to me, like a hot strat pickup. In fact, in this series the pickups are not the way you described... Anyway, great product placement video.
its built closer to a strat, taller and narrower winding rather than flat and wide
great demo.
Well compared and explained. Thanks!
To me the Tele will be always the perfect allrounder guitar, but never NEVER will be a Jaguar unloved for his unique sound😃
Great one my friend. Cheers.
Maan, i realy love the noisseles, why are those not that cool?
A cool solution to single coil hum is to use a wireless system, I think :)
How?
The pickup's magnetic field will still be subject to radio interference, wireless or not.
Do you know anything about the mp-90 pick ups Fender use in their player series Mustang 90? Thanks x
The N4 Noiseless sound great to me and the guitar looks cool !
Can I ask you the simple question which amplifier is the best for single coil strat sounds at home?
Thank you
Hi, that sounds simple but it's not. 😆 Tube amps kind of need volume to sound great so I'd go for a
-Katana 100 combo (the 100 for the bigger cabinet - more bass),
-Line6 Catalyst 60 or 100
-Quilter Overdrive 202
-Fender Tone Master Deluxe Reverb (this isn't the tube version, it's a modeller and amazing for low volumes too)
If you really want a tube amp, maybe try the Fender 68 Custom Princeton. Cheers //Kris
@@ThomannsGuitarsBasses Yeah thanks so much. That works...
You now the Tone king gremlin?
Please provide a valid link for the DBA Meter... I've seen 4 posts asking an the link does not work and no one is telling the make and model number.. Thanks
Great lesson Guthrie as usual ! Just got an HAAR Stratocaster with Suhr ML pickups modern set..Sounds awesome but look for a warmer neck pickup ( I remember the Fat 50 I had on a Stratocaster years ago, but NO BLUES SPECIAL sound for me..!). Which set is warmer , bassier ? An slightly higher output , well balanced with the fuller bass sound you can get ! Fender , Fralin, lollar , Raw power, Kloppman 62, another bnand or model please ..Thanks for your answer, best regards from France
I‘m late, but check out Alexander Pribora pickups, handwound in Moskow. Here on YT. On ebay- „Priboraa“ (for warm bluesy sound: „blues classic“ IMO
Super i like the idea of the show but ypu probably need 2 guys in this show ! It would be great
Amp settings would be nice. My texas specials are way bassier. Thanks
With the bass at 2
The pickups in the AMPRO jazzys are just strat pickups! It's a shame, the AVRI's where perfect
hendrix used the middle pickup a lot
He used the neck pickup most
TylerLarsonThe ShredGod your name makes me think of Music is Win
Jaguar and Jazzmaster make me think about P90s
9:30 Sorry, but I disagree here... It might not sound like Texas Special singlecoils, but it still does sound like singlecoils, including "vintage singlecoils"... because let's not forget there's not one and only one kind of vintage singlecoils, but multiple ones. You can even pick two exact same strat from the exact same year of product with same pickups, setup, etc... and they would still sound different, with even more differences between them than between this Elite Strat and a Vintage one.
And if you don't believe, go check the video done by a german guy (in English) that compare two original '54 Fender Strat, supposed to be identical that sound absolutely not the same. Not worse or better, just "different". Depending your style of playing, music genre and what you're looking for, you might like one model over the other, but it someone else with another style of playing, music genre, might like the other.
It's just different in the end... just like the Elite Strat is different from the Texas Special, but still sound very singlecoil-ish.
Where is the Noise in the singlecoils?
How do you run the victory with 16 ohm in mono on the harley benton wich has 8 on mono and 16 in stereo?
Nice Video. May I know the brand of that noise decibel meter?
Dateq - it's this one right here: tho.mn/bz1ml //Philipp
Thank you! Please keep making awesome and informative videos!
I throw away Fender Noiseless from my American Deluxe and put Kinman’s on it.
Does anyone know some strat pickups that would have an edge/U2 sound from Joshua Tree/Rattle and Hum era?
The Edge played a 1973 Strat, with a DiMarzio FS1 bridge pickup (25% louder and warmer than a standard Strat bridge pickup), and the middle and neck pickups were stock. The FS1 and the stock Fender pickups have Alnico 5 magnets.
Texas Special sound like strat
i always heard that Stevie Ray Vaughn used the stock pickups in his old strat though?
He did
If the tex mex pickups are so good why are they si cheap ??
04:20 what? if you use disforthy's? what are you saying before "funk stuff bla bla"?
Cool sound if you use distortions, for example.
//Andy
Thomann Music lol thanks
No worries. //Andy
Where are you from man?
To long, all talk, very little action.
What dba meter do you use?
This one: tho.mn/bz1ml //Philipp
Thomann Music 739€??? Why?
Yeah. Very Cool DB Meter.
What about Lace noiseless?
Leonid Denisenko I use lace sensors ,they can pickup noise if you get close facing the amp !!! love them though
I've a Strat' loaded with Blue, Silver and Red Lace sensors. I love them too, they chime.
edit: That American special 70s big head stock nice.
I believe Clapton used a Stratocaster with 3 Lace Golds and, of course, it sounds outstanding. Lace has a few videos on TH-cam demoing them, and I'd say I recommend the 3 standard Golds more than the Fender Noiseless because of Lace's superior tone and noise cancelling.
I thought noiseless pick ups are in essence humbuckers
He says in the video, noiseless single coils are stacked humbuckers. The top coil actually picks up sound and the bottom coil is primarily there to cancel hum.
theyre technically humbuckers, but theyre not really considered humbuckers because theyre the closest thing to having noiseless passive single coil pickup sounds. they dont sound like a traditional humbucker
In essence yes, but there is a little more to it. If the bottom coil is without magnets passing through, the signal will not be hot like a humbucker, it'll just buck the hum. There might be a little change in the top end (because of higher resistance), but using the right pots and a little eq change, can make the difference next to nothing. Having the phase correct is crucial if you want to split them, for real singlecoil sound, you don't want to hear the bottom coil!! The DiMarzio HS-2 sounds great split (top coil). Mojotone Quiet coils or GFS neo-vintage are side by side rails wound for a vintage sound (low resistance) and are a different approach to noisecancelling, still humbucking, but probably not good for coil splitting. Hotter rail pickups will work better coilsplitting, but not give you the sweeter sounds of vintage winds. Rails pickups works best with ceramic pickups. I like Kent Armstrong cool rails as a great middle ground in parallel wiring (4K) sounding close to a DiMarzio Cruiser, giving a strong clear sound, better bass than a single coil and great clarity FWIW
Cut to the chase. 2 parts for the same subject? 😳
How aren't there people in-house speaking up? I find this very ominous.
they are every now and then... but we're too loud and can't hear them! lol
None of these pickups worked for me!!!
Where can I get that DB meter?
if i put the pick up of the strat in the jag it sound like strat ?
Math91650 yesss
Nah
The answer is telecaster. Every time.
just try the 432 hz tuning please
TBH, Jazzmasters have always sounded quite generic to me. Their tone reminds me of a Harmony guitar that my friend used to let me play when I was a wee lad. Needless to say, this is not a good thing lol.
Was soll diese Unart, jemanden zu filmen, wie er gefilmt wird? Warum spricht dieser Typ immer wieder mit jemandem, der schräg hinter mir zu stehen scheint? Dort ist niemand! Dämliche Modeerscheinung!
That's not even a real jaguar if you know what i mean, you should compare them with an avri at least, the traditional one..
I just can´t get over the ugliness of the Jazzmaster
Gee that's a very harsh judgement. At worst I'd say its a bit plain and personally I like it, but I don't love it.
I find strats pretty ugly in comparison to the jazzmaster
are you serious? i love it damn
Hi. Is it possible to use Jaguar neck on Jazzmaster or Strat?
Call warmoth
They have the same necks