Jackson J-100

I cannot believe that there are no reviews for these pickups...I've owned a couple over the years that I have used in my guitars...and I believe that they are some of THE BEST SINGLE COILS EVER MADE!!!

Super Quiet & Fantastic Sounding Single Coil Pickups here...

First...a little history...(http://zeus.lunarpages.com/~jimshi2/newJacksonsite/jackson_soloists.htm)

By late 1984 Jackson had begun manufacturing their own brand of pickups in-house and stopped using the Seymour Duncan brand as a standard. The Jackson pickups of this era have no 'Jackson' logo on the tops and are identifiable by the black screws and magnets in the humbuckers. Stock models were J50 humbuckers (J50B for bridge and J50N for neck positions) and J100 single coils.

By very late 1984 Jackson had began manufacturing their own brand of pickups in-house. The initial models were the J100 single coil and J50 humbucking pickups. From the top these pickups were identifiable by their black pole pieces and adjustable screws. Underneath they had a foil "Jackson Made in USA" sticker applied to the bottom before potting. One early set of factory pickups I have encountered were made either as custom pickups, or before the foil decals were delivered. The pickups were labeled "Neck" and "Distortion" in a handwriting often seen in the factory logs (and eerily like my own handwriting). These tapes were applied before potting and were protected with wax. By late 1986 Jackson expanded the pickup line to include high output and low impedance pickups both in their guitars and available as replacement.

On an interesting note, John Page stated February 24, 2005 ""We had our own winders, Tanaka's, we bought them from Jackson Guitars. In fact when I bought them, Abby (Yabarra) was working for them (she got caught up in the CBS layoffs of '85). I was fortunate enough to be able to hire her into the CS at that time. " Fender's famous Masterwinder of pickups was winding pickups for Jackson in the mid-late 80's! On the very same machines used in the Fender Custom Shop today!

This little excerpt should tell you the quality of these "handwound" little beauties.

Several different ones through the years...I'm about to drop a set in a Kramer E.E. SC3 Tele Custom Mutt.

Most beautiful sounding single coils with an extemely low noise level for a single coil.

I'd say Vintage to Vintage Plus Output Levels...w/o an actual reading...

Great for blues, rock, etc.

Find them...buy them...use them...BEFORE EVERYONE ELSE DISCOVERS THEM and DRIVES UP THE PRICE!

Be sure to check out reviews on the DiMarzio SDS1 Single Coils and Gibson HB-R & HB-L Humbuckers as well...two other AWESOME PICKUPS THAT DESERVE TO BE HEARD!