The alt-rock guitar hero is aiming to bring out another side of tone, though, with his new signature set of Fender Jazzmaster electric guitar pickups.
The new pickups, Mascis said in a press release, have "sweeter, more vintage" sounds on tap than those that can be found on either his recently-released signature ‘58 Telecaster or his signature Jazzmaster.
The wax-potted pickups feature Alnico 2 rod magnets with enamel-coated magnet wire, and flush-mount polepieces, and are wound to Mascis's specifications.
According to Fender, they offer a modernized, slightly warmer tonal palette than typical Jazzmaster pickups, but are also designed to, of course, respond optimally to drive and fuzz pedals.
Fender's J Mascis signature Jazzmaster pickups are available now, as a full set, for $129.
In tandem with the pickups, Fender also released a broader line of Mascis signature accessories.
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Each of the straps retails for $32, with the cable ringing up at $59. The pick tin, meanwhile, contains six medium gauge printed picks, and is available now for $11.
Jackson is an Associate Editor at GuitarWorld.com. He’s been writing and editing stories about new gear, technique and guitar-driven music both old and new since 2014, and has also written extensively on the same topics for Guitar Player. Elsewhere, his album reviews and essays have appeared in Louder and Unrecorded. Though open to music of all kinds, his greatest love has always been indie, and everything that falls under its massive umbrella. To that end, you can find him on Twitter crowing about whatever great new guitar band you need to drop everything to hear right now.