New found love for the JB.........

[jasonP]

I bought a Schecter with a JB and friend has a charvel with a JB in it. I think they sound great.

 

[rupe]

I like the old JB's. The new ones seem to sound a bit too thin and boomy.

I don't think SD changed the formula.

they used to be handwound till late 80's
usually labeled as JBJ and wound by hand by the custom shop manager maricela juarez (yeah, a woman)

And how does does being hand wound make it better/different? What sort of tonal characteristics does that impart?
Unless you are talking about a scatter wound vintage design (which the JB is not), I think its all a bunch of corksniffer BS.

 

[sandman]

I like the old JB's. The new ones seem to sound a bit too thin and boomy.

I don't think SD changed the formula.

they used to be handwound till late 80's
usually labeled as JBJ and wound by hand by the custom shop manager maricela juarez (yeah, a woman)

And how does does being hand wound make it better/different? What sort of tonal characteristics does that impart?
Unless you are talking about a scatter wound vintage design (which the JB is not), I think its all a bunch of corksniffer BS.

The Tone is in the fingers man!! I guess it doesn't actually apply to the person playing the guitar. Could be the person that wound the pickups

 

[AmpliFIRE]

never liked the JB...never will

 

[rupe]

I like the old JB's. The new ones seem to sound a bit too thin and boomy.

I don't think SD changed the formula.

they used to be handwound till late 80's
usually labeled as JBJ and wound by hand by the custom shop manager maricela juarez (yeah, a woman)

And how does does being hand wound make it better/different? What sort of tonal characteristics does that impart?
Unless you are talking about a scatter wound vintage design (which the JB is not), I think its all a bunch of corksniffer BS.

The Tone is in the fingers man!! I guess it doesn't actually apply to the person playing the guitar. Could be the person that wound the pickups

 

[stephen sawall]

I like the old JB's. The new ones seem to sound a bit too thin and boomy.

I don't think SD changed the formula.

they used to be handwound till late 80's
usually labeled as JBJ and wound by hand by the custom shop manager maricela juarez (yeah, a woman)

And how does does being hand wound make it better/different? What sort of tonal characteristics does that impart?
Unless you are talking about a scatter wound vintage design (which the JB is not), I think its all a bunch of corksniffer BS.

The Tone is in the fingers man!! I guess it doesn't actually apply to the person playing the guitar. Could be the person that wound the pickups

+1 .... best use so far award needed.

 

[SQUAREHEAD]

Shit....any maple/mahogany combo has sounded god awful with a JB IMO

BS, Mahogany sounds great with a JB?!

Amen!!

 

[stephen sawall]

Shit....any maple/mahogany combo has sounded god awful with a JB IMO

BS, Mahogany sounds great with a JB?!

Amen!!

That's what I was thinking.

 

[Ayrton]

I have a JB in my Mahogany Charvel, and that is where it will stay.

 

[sandman]

I like the old JB's. The new ones seem to sound a bit too thin and boomy.

I don't think SD changed the formula.

they used to be handwound till late 80's
usually labeled as JBJ and wound by hand by the custom shop manager maricela juarez (yeah, a woman)

And how does does being hand wound make it better/different? What sort of tonal characteristics does that impart?
Unless you are talking about a scatter wound vintage design (which the JB is not), I think its all a bunch of corksniffer BS.

The Tone is in the fingers man!! I guess it doesn't actually apply to the person playing the guitar. Could be the person that wound the pickups

+1 .... best use so far award needed.

Glad u liked it...i about spit diet coke out of my mouth when i thought of that !!

 

[stephen sawall]

I can see myself using some form of it at TGP now ...

 

[sandman]

I can see myself using some form of it at TGP now ...

 

[flyangus]

Anyone try a JB in an EBMM Axis or EVH?

 

[flyangus]

Anyone try a JB in an EBMM Axis or EVH?

I used to have a new JB (non-magically wound) in an old Charvel Model Series that was made of basswood and it sounded awesome. And now that I recall, I liked that guitar's tone better than the EB Axis (stock DiMarzios) I had at the time.

Thanks. Do you think it would still work with the maple top?

 

[droptrd]

I agree about the neck pups being scooped and low. Thats why years ago I started running SD Pearly Gates Plus bridge pups in da neck. Exactly what I was looking for. I have 3 guitars with them in the neck right now.

i always heard jason becker liked SD's in the bridge and dimarzio's in the neck. i tend to agree with him 9/10 of the time.

I'm not a dimarzio guy, but I get what you mean
most duncan neck models are scooped and too low output, except the sh6n and sh8n that are the extreme opposite
the '59 was the worst and most sterile neck pickup I ever had, including most stock pups
I like the jb, screamin demon, custom, custom custom
distortion is fine, but gets muddy too easily

 

[SQUAREHEAD]

Anyone try a JB in an EBMM Axis or EVH?

Yep!!! (Ernie Ball EVH) BIG IMPROVEMENT over the muddy bridge pickup in the stock EBMM EVH - in my opinion...

keith

 

[stephen sawall]

The guitar I play the most is a LP DC .... mahogany / maple top / rosewood has had a JB in it for a long time.

Anyone use a JB with a P-Rails SHPR-1 ? .... or try the P-Rail.

https://www.seymourduncan.com/products/e ... ils_shpr1/

https://www.seymourduncan.com/products/n ... _duncan_9/

https://www.seymourduncan.com/products/e ... _jb_model/

 

[flyangus]

Anyone try a JB in an EBMM Axis or EVH?

I used to have a new JB (non-magically wound) in an old Charvel Model Series that was made of basswood and it sounded awesome. And now that I recall, I liked that guitar's tone better than the EB Axis (stock DiMarzios) I had at the time.

Thanks. Do you think it would still work with the maple top?

I think so, I didn't think the Axis was too bright. I have never really been a fan of DiMarzio humbuckers, they all seem too compressed, I really like their singles though.

Thanks, I agree I don't think the Axis is particularly bright either. Might have to try one of these out!

 

[flyangus]

Anyone try a JB in an EBMM Axis or EVH?

Yep!!! (Ernie Ball EVH) BIG IMPROVEMENT over the muddy bridge pickup in the stock EBMM EVH - in my opinion...

keith

Sounds promising Keith! What's the output like? I'll be using it with a SLO, will it have enough low end do you think?

 

[stephen sawall]

https://www.seymourduncan.com/comparetones/view/58

All the info is here ....