I put a 470k resistor in the way of ground making the tone value about 500k and it livened the rhythm pickup right up. The jazzmasters rhythm circuit has been maligned and misunderstood over the years theyre far more than just mud switches if you know how to use them.
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Jazzmaster wiring no rhythm circuit. Discussion in other. Also while in rhythm mode the pickup selector switch and master volume and tone controls become non functional. It has a jm wiring scheme that swaps the rhythm circuit toggle and the roller knobs for a seriesparallel switch along with the gl style highlow rolloff circuit. Like with his jm 90 this will fit in a standard jazzmaster pickup route. I made the mistake of putting the resistor to ground in the pictures of an. Here well lay out some wiring mods that can give your offset more versatility and put the rhythm circuit to good use.
I notice the standard tone pot value lead circuit is a linear pot. Post by micyourbrain mon oct 22 2007 1254 am. Im showing a log audio pot because thats what is in my av65 jm. Stb super mod this mod features dual volume controls in the lead circuit a ptb tone stack in the rhythm circuit and seriesparallel switching via the slide switch. This makes the rhythm circuit sound very dull indeed. You lose conventional voltone controls they both become volume and the gl roller knobs are your tone control but the seriesparallel switch sounds like what youre after.
No series just bridge parallel and neck. More than one unaware player has mistaken a jazzmaster in rhythm mode for one with a faulty bridge pickup. Jazzmaster with dual volumes one mod reconfigures the lead circuit to make the guitar more like a les paul by employing two independent volume controls one for each pickup. Jazzmaster wiring diagram no rhythm circuit post by emperor of mars tue dec 27 2016 505 pm im resurrecting this post because i used this exact wiring for my jm project but would like to add a treble bleed mod and wanted to see if anyone had some input as this is my first jm. Fender jaguarjazzmaster wiring mods. The three position toggle selector chooses between the bridge or neck pickup or both.
The american professional jazzmaster offers a departure from the traditional jazzmaster controls. Heres the wiring if you simply want both pickups and the selector active on the rhythm circuit. Jazzmaster rhythm circuit on both pickups. Most notably there is no rhythm circuit and the three way pickup selector was moved above the strings. This is the mod we demonstrated in the reverb tank article titled jazzmaster wiring mods.
Gallery of Jazzmaster Wiring No Rhythm Circuit
