Compare

Fender Pure Vintage '65 Jazzmaster vs Seymour Duncan Vintage for Jazzmaster (SJM-1)

Fender Pure Vintage '65 Jazzmaster pickup
Photo: Echoes of Mars (opens in a new tab)
Fender Pure Vintage '65 Jazzmaster
bridge Jazzmaster pickup
low confidence
Seymour Duncan Vintage for Jazzmaster (SJM-1) pickup
Photo: Seymour Duncan (opens in a new tab)

Compared with the Fender Pure Vintage '65 Jazzmaster, the Seymour Duncan Vintage for Jazzmaster (SJM-1) has hotter output.

Specs side by side

differs marks specs where they part ways
SpecFender Pure Vintage '65 JazzmasterSeymour Duncan Vintage for Jazzmaster (SJM-1)
DC resistancediffers6.8k8.4k
Inductancediffers3.18 H (measured, 1 reading)not measured
MagnetAlnico 5Alnico 5
CoilSingle coilSingle coil
Resonant peakdiffers—8.81 kHz (Seymour Duncan's own test load)
Bass (tone chart)differsno chart4 / 10
Mids (tone chart)differsno chart6 / 10
Treble (tone chart)differsno chart6 / 10
Slotbridge Jazzmaster pickupbridge Jazzmaster pickup
Traitsmoderate outputmoderate output, tight lows

How close on each spec

100 means identical on that spec. The score weighs these, and counts anything we couldn't compare as a typical difference. How scoring works

Output
70
DC resistance (no inductance for one of them)
Magnet
100
both Alnico 5
Coil
100
same coil type

Not compared: brightness, mids, bass (a spec is missing for at least one of them).

Videos

No videos for either pickup collected yet.

What players and reviewers say

No forum posts or review excerpts for either pickup collected yet.

Full reviews

Seymour Duncan Vintage for Jazzmaster (SJM-1)

None collected yet.