ChurchHill
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Yes, they are, but I didn't think Charvel was making anything 24.75" scale anymore??
DanTravis62
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Like I said, I'm only considering 24.75 scale
SonVolt
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Brain fart. I had those backwards in my head.
JackBootedThug
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Put an a2 in your jb and it will be your favorite new pup….
Uzi Nein Millimetah
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I LOVE it!
It's kind of an alternate take on the Charvel 750XL formula to satisfy that need for a while. It's thicc and feels substantial yet ultra speedy. Shreds like mad, and the middle toggle position gives excellent cleans. Instantly summons LaRocque and '80s Thrash and Shred, which was my goal. The JB just seems to work in thicc guitars, especially 24.75" scale in my experience.
Huge bonus in that it comes with factory SS frets, which alone is worth about $700 in my area. And it's really stunning in person, hard to fully capture in pics...
scottosan
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They’re literally the same pickup with a different magnet. You could try a A8 magnet in the JB and get the same output of the DD with the benefit of the higher inductance/lower resonant peak of ALNICO
Rottweiler
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How close would ghat be to the custom custom?
JackBootedThug
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No idea brother….
ChurchHill
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It's been a while since I've done that, but not that close to a Custom Custom. The JB has a 16.6k wind and the CC is 14.1, so the coils are pretty different out of the gate. As I recall, the A2 JB didn't cut as much and was much softer on the low end. What was already a full mid became muddy and indistinct. Keep in mind, though, that I'm not a fan of the JB, although I do think it sounds great when other people use it. The CC doesn't work in everything, but in a bright guitar like a Strat with a maple board, it's got good mids, present highs, and the lows aren't loose. In mahogany bodies, it gets loses too much of its cut.
SonVolt
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Are they? People seem to strongly disagree on both sides of this argument.
scottosan
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I heard if one a Duncan employee at a guitar show. Just like the of the custom picks are just different mags.
That said, the ceramic in the DD is thicker, so a magnet swap is harder in the DD without changing spacers.
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