Thinking about giving the JB another go......

[rumblebox]

Right now I'm running a full shred with flathead screws and an A8 mag(C8?), but the guitar has a floyd with a basswood body. So the palm mutes are more boomy and woofy rather than tight and punchy. I used to use a DD in the same guitar with good results except for the ear pearcing treble, but that was before i got into mag swapping.

So now I'm debating whether or not I'd like a JB/JB8 or if i should skip it and go with the alt8.

I used a JB in a couple of mahogany guitars and hated it, but i've never tried it in a strat or darker sounding guitar.

I've never used an alt8.

Im also considering a dimebucker with a 250k pot or an L500XL(spelling?) oddly enough, i actually did like the dimebucker in a mahogany guitar.

Keep in mind, this guitar is used strictly for metal and hard rock. I have 2 other guitars that do classic rock superbly.

[51501984]

Re: Thinking about giving the JB another go......

I just put a JB back in my ash w/rosewood neck super strat after about a year and a half. That guitar is pretty bassy so the JB works well and palm mutes really nice. It's everything that I remember, thick and compressed, almost sounds a little congested but I think that's due to me using the Bareknuckle VHll in two other guitars and that pickup is really open and uncompressed. I'm using a Splawn SS and a 2x12 w/M75 Scumbacks

[Mr. B]

Re: Thinking about giving the JB another go......

I hated on the JB for years. I kept trying it in mahogany guitars and strats. I have a Jackson DK2M with A JB/Jazz combo, and I've never found anything I like better in it. I also really liked the Duncan Distortion in the bridge of that Jackson, but came back to the JB.

[darthphineas]

Re: Thinking about giving the JB another go......

if you didn't like the ear piercing treble of the DD, the JB would take that down a notch.

[rumblebox]

Re: Thinking about giving the JB another go......

if you didn't like the ear piercing treble of the DD, the JB would take that down a notch.

My main concern is punchy tightness with the JB. Maybe the JB8 is my ticket.

[Aceman]

Re: Thinking about giving the JB another go......

but the guitar has a floyd with a basswood body.
Keep in mind, this guitar is used strictly for metal and hard rock.

This is a PRIME candidate for a JB. I say give it a shot as is and spend some time adjusting/dialing in. Then, if still not loving it go the a8 route. I have no idea what that a8 will be in Basswood/Floyd. But I really love it in Mahogany.

[darthphineas]

Re: Thinking about giving the JB another go......

My main concern is punchy tightness with the JB. Maybe the JB8 is my ticket.

That you think it lacks that or it has too much of that? The JB8 sounds to me like a JB with everything turned up a notch to the point of being over-saturated. The Alt-8 would be better for more tightness.


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[chris effect]

Re: Thinking about giving the JB another go......

I'm considering a JB in my SG standard. Not sure if that will jive or not...

[Mr. B]

Re: Thinking about giving the JB another go......

It will not. At least that has been my experience.

[rumblebox]

Re: Thinking about giving the JB another go......

It will not. At least that has been my experience.

Agreed. Unlikely.

[youngthrasher9]

Re: Thinking about giving the JB another go......

I don't recommend the Alt.8 for any guitar unless it's somewhat bright, or has a high value pot in it. I've used it in a mahogany guitar and the attack just wasn't there. It probably didn't help that the guitar had a cheap floyd, it was a pretty dark sounding piece of mahogany and I couldn't adjust the pickups due to direct mounts, though.

[darthphineas]

Re: Thinking about giving the JB another go......

I don't recommend the Alt.8 for any guitar unless it's somewhat bright, or has a high value pot in it. I've used it in a mahogany guitar and the attack just wasn't there. It probably didn't help that the guitar had a cheap floyd, it was a pretty dark sounding piece of mahogany and I couldn't adjust the pickups due to direct mounts, though.

just the opposite here. had a dark-sounding hunk of mahogany and the Alt-8 brightened it up and gave it a bit of life.

[Chris of Arabia]

Re: Thinking about giving the JB another go......

just the opposite here. had a dark-sounding hunk of mahogany and the Alt-8 brightened it up and gave it a bit of life.

That's pretty much how I've found it in 'Braveheart', my Warmoth LP, that has a wenge/ipe neck on it though, which makes it just a little different.

[youngthrasher9]

Re: Thinking about giving the JB another go......

Huh, maybe the guitar had 250k pots...

[rumblebox]

Re: Thinking about giving the JB another go......

so i bought a JB, and i'll probably buy an alt8 and A/B them.