ttosh
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Anybody that has played both pickups can I get some input as to the overall mid content of the Nailbomb compared to the JB as well as the characteristics of the pickup?
9ball
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the only guitars i've ever liked the JB in have been string through fixed bridge.(tone pros tune-o-matic)
tried it in a dark sounding floyd and hated it - it was still too trebly if that helps.
never played a nailbomb.
tried it in a dark sounding floyd and hated it - it was still too trebly if that helps.
never played a nailbomb.
glpg80
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played a JB in an alder and maple neck/fretboard guitar and it was seriously upper-mid or trebble shifted. coming from a wolfgang pickup i thought the JB lacked.
i recently put a JB in my very dark toned prestige that was so dark in tonality i was willing to put it up for sale. now i am glad i didnt - the JB which i have never really liked fit that guitar's tonality perfectly and is the perfect mix. great cutting character, low's are better defined, and solo's are more life-like and not blanketed
i cant comment on the JB vs nailbomb, but the JB does have slightly less output compared to a tonezone which i am also familiar with.
hope this helps.
i recently put a JB in my very dark toned prestige that was so dark in tonality i was willing to put it up for sale. now i am glad i didnt - the JB which i have never really liked fit that guitar's tonality perfectly and is the perfect mix. great cutting character, low's are better defined, and solo's are more life-like and not blanketed
i cant comment on the JB vs nailbomb, but the JB does have slightly less output compared to a tonezone which i am also familiar with.
hope this helps.
9ball
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glpg80":1nbkhilm said:
i had the dimarzio mo'joe/PAFjoe set in my mahogany RG 520 before i tried the JB/jazz in it, which is a really dark sounding guitar - even unplugged. it has an edge tremolo.
i wanted to try them in that guitar because i liked them in my other guitars which are string through/fixed bridge. same wood though - mahogany.
i don't know if it was because i was comparing them directly to the dimarzios or what, but as soon as i finally plugged it up after soldering them in and for the whole two weeks i left them in i couldn't do anything but think about how much better the mo'joe/PAF joe set sounded in there.
and when i put the dimarzios back in it was like WOW so much better. in the same vein, "kind of" the same thing, just so much better without any harsh treble and a little bit of a tighter, more defined low end than the JB.
i also tried the mo'joe with the jazz in the neck and it just sounded different.
if you switch out again give the no joe/PAF joe set a try dude.
they're medium output pickups that really perform good with a high gain amp.
i never really recorded a clip that captured the sound dead on.
JakeAC5253
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The JB has an 'air' to it, it's not a very compressed sound. The treble can definitely be ear piercing, but I've found that with a simple mod it was easily subdued without changing the character of the pickup. All of the DiMarzio's I have tried all had the same quality to them i.e. dark, processed, plastic, and muddy. Except for the PAF PRO, that was a pretty rockin' pickup which I will probably keep.
I've never played a NB, but I've heard comparison clips of a JB and NB and the NB sounded a lot more 'wider' if that's possible, but the JB would probably sound better in a mix for that reason because it is more mid focused by comparison.
I've never played a NB, but I've heard comparison clips of a JB and NB and the NB sounded a lot more 'wider' if that's possible, but the JB would probably sound better in a mix for that reason because it is more mid focused by comparison.
9ball
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JakeAC5253":368t8uzo said:
the mo'joe/PAF joe set i have has never made me think of any of those qualities.
to me that set is what the JB/jazz set "could" be if perfected lol. very responsive to the volume knob and never really too heavy on anything. they're EQ'd at 5/5/5.5 i think or something like that lol.
but as with any pick ups they're not meant to "do it all" - for me in my set up they come pretty close. it will take a an at least decent high gain amp to do metal with them but i think they can.
for anything else they're a shoe in IMO.
nbarts
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Very different, that's all I can say.
titanamps
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i have one of each.
the JB is pretty balanced. not too crunchy, not too smooth. nothing really stands out about it, which is part of why i like it.
the nailbomb has a very pronounced low end with great mid and treble response and is super crunchy. it is a little dark, but not muddy at all.
the JB is pretty balanced. not too crunchy, not too smooth. nothing really stands out about it, which is part of why i like it.
the nailbomb has a very pronounced low end with great mid and treble response and is super crunchy. it is a little dark, but not muddy at all.