humapuma Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Hi All, I've been considering upgrading the pickups on my recently acquired 2013 Squier VM Jazz V - mainly because it has a great Audere JZ3 preamp on it and I want to see what it can really do. Also, the stock ones hum like French cheese even in a quiet environment when you start to isolate them. The trouble is the stock pickups seem to be an unusual size, and I've not yet found any third party pickups that would be a straight fit. Would prefer a reasonably vintage, passive, hum-cancelling design (or at least something well-shielded). Has anyone done this mod, what pickups did you use, and what was the end result? This is more of a feeler (in theory) at the moment, though if I know what to look for there's always 2nd hand kit out there. Alternatively, has anyone just added copper shielding to the pup and control cavities and noticed a big improvement? Also, pickguards - does anyone stock something that's an exact fit off the shelf? Apologies if all this has been discussed before: I couldn't find a thread. Also, further apologies if you really like French cheese! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbyrne Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 DiMarzio Ultra Jazz? They do them in 5's. G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary mac Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 what about these? [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/229789-custom-wizard-84s-5-string-j-unused/"]http://basschat.co.u...tring-j-unused/[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humapuma Posted June 18, 2014 Author Share Posted June 18, 2014 Thanks for the replies As far as I can tell neither the DiMarzios or the Wizards would fit the existing routing, unfortunately. Either sound like good options otherwise. The overall dimensions of the existing pups are: Neck, 18mm wide, 99mm long; Bridge, 18mm wide, 102mm long. Obviously a bit of an air gap around the edge of the pups wouldn't be a big issue, but I think the screw lugs are positioned a bit awkwardly as well (the outermost edge of each lug is about 20mm from the end of the pup). I know it should be possible to get better guts put inside the existing cases, but there probably won't be anything like that 2nd hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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