How is the Jackson J-90c or Chavel J-90c?

[xenophobe]

Re: How is the Jackson J-90c or Chavel J-90c?

X2N or Invanders are two of the hottest passive pickups you can get, and comparing them to pickups designed 10+ years earlier isn't quite fair I don't think. For their day, the Jackson pickups WERE considered pretty high output.

Anyways, I like the J50c and the J90c, they're great and helped define Jackson and Charvel's sound in the late 80's. I prefer the J95 out of them all, but thats probably the most uncommon of their pickups.

My favorite of my current guitars is a J50C in my strathead Jackson.

Of course I prefer the EMG 85 or 81 over it easily.

I like the Jackson pickups more than any SD I've tried.

[Bumblebee1]

Re: How is the Jackson J-90c or Chavel J-90c?

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X2N or Invanders are two of the hottest passive pickups you can get, and comparing them to pickups designed 10+ years earlier isn't quite fair I don't think. For their day, the Jackson pickups WERE considered pretty high output.

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I'm pretty sure Seymour Duncan Invaders have been around for well over ten years. I bought one in (I think) 1989, or there abouts.

Or are you talking about another Invader?

[Zerberus]

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X2N or Invanders are two of the hottest passive pickups you can get, and comparing them to pickups designed 10+ years earlier isn't quite fair I don't think. For their day, the Jackson pickups WERE considered pretty high output.

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I'm pretty sure Seymour Duncan Invaders have been around for well over ten years. I bought one in (I think) 1989, or there abouts.

Or are you talking about another Invader?

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No, but he means that the Jackson pups were mid/late 80´s and the X2N and Invader came later. But they actually all came into existence at about the same time, I´ve seen Invader ads from ´85 IIRC [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[xenophobe]

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I don't remember hearing anything about them back then, but I was a Jackson fan with wood for EMGs... [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

Come to think of it, I still am! [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[nor]

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Hi, Mats! Welcome to the JCF.

The J-90/J-90c pickup defined the sound of metal in the 80's. It will do Metal just fine, but...
...if you want a super-saturated 'thick' modern tone, you'll need to run it through a rig with lots of bottom.
...remember these pickups are approx. 20 years old. Some will still sound crispy and new - some will sound like ass.


Use your ears. That's the only opinion that matters in the end.

[Soloist1]

Re: How is the Jackson J-90c or Chavel J-90c?

If you want a rounder more full toned Jackson pickup then try and find a J95. They are hard to find but people love them. If I recall they were the pickup Jackson used for the import Charvel model 88 that had a Mahogony body.

[mulder1966]

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I use J-90's, J-90C's, and Duncan Customs. I think the J90C's have a little more midrange than the J-90's, while the Customs have a little more bite. All three are similar though. Good pickups for a higher gain amp.

[Bert]

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Yeah I find the J90-C's have a nice singing upper mid hump in their response.... Nice for generating that "endless sustain", but can be a bit nasally with the wrong guitar/rig.

[viva_360]

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looks like i will have a look at the X2N ... some people sa yit is an EMG81 passive version of it but not sure. Never Heard of the J-95 thats really one mega pickup i guess ....

[viva_360]

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Does anyone have any info on the J-95 and the J-85?

[Soloist1]

Re: How is the Jackson J-90c or Chavel J-90c?

Go to http://www.jacksonsoloist.com/ and the wiring diagrams and pickup specs. Jim's site has all the info you should need. They never made a j85 that I know of. Just a j80 and j80c.

[viva_360]

Re: How is the Jackson J-90c or Chavel J-90c?

I read in the forum that the J-85 i think is a Blade Jackson Pickup ..

[viva_360]

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Thx for th eLink by the way Soloist1 !

[Kyle G]

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Damn, now I wanna try one of these. I always assumed they were crap since so many people swap them out.

[Kisonen]

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X2N or Invanders are two of the hottest passive pickups you can get, and comparing them to pickups designed 10+ years earlier isn't quite fair I don't think. For their day, the Jackson pickups WERE considered pretty high output.


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X2N came out in 1979 according to Dimarzio website.