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Cool article from Premier Guitar about Maricela “MJ” Juarez!
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From the article, here's MJ's take on the JB controversy:
“I don’t know magic, but it could be one of three things: We changed from the long-legged bottom plate to the short-legged one. [Ed. note. This was primarily to accommodate shallow pickup-cavity routes.] We also used to use butyrate bobbins like the ones in old PAFs, but at some point the vendor didn’t have the material anymore. Also, our old magnets used to be rough-cast, but then somebody switched vendors.” Standard JBs are now made with ground magnets, polycarbonate bobbins, and short-legged baseplates.
But Juarez is quick to add that those components might not even factor into the sound of those old JBJs. “It’s mainly how you wind those bobbins,” she says. “The trick might be in winding it kind of tight. That’s why we still have our handwinding machines in the Custom Shop. We have the scatterwinding machine, and we have one of the newer machines. We know that a pickup wound on the newer machine is going to sound different from a pickup with a scatterwound bobbin.”
Even allowing for those differences, Juarez insists there’s too much mythology surrounding the JBJs, and she plans to conduct a shootout between the three different versions. “We’re going to do a sound test,” she says. “I intend to compare one of the old JBs, one made the new MJ way, and a regular production model. It’s on my to-do list.”“Practice cures most tone issues” - John Suhr
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She is also a wonderful cook, and a very kind, beautifully eccentric person.Administrator of the SDUGF
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Originally posted by Clint 55 View PostSO MJ SAID THE JB WINDS CHANGED YOU FOOZ
But she did mention that today's JB uses a polished magnet and old JBs used a roughcast magnet.
That's going to make a dramatic difference and I mention it frequently.
“Practice cures most tone issues” - John Suhr
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Originally posted by Lewguitar View Post
Didn't catch that. I'll have to read it again.
But she did mention that today's JB uses a polished magnet and old JBs used a roughcast magnet.
That's going to make a dramatic difference and I mention it frequently.
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Originally posted by beaubrummels View Post
She mentioned they have a 'scatter wound' machine and newer 'production' machine and the tightness of the wind could change the sound.
I wonder if Mj plays guitar?“Practice cures most tone issues” - John Suhr
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Originally posted by ErikH View PostWhile she did mention how the wind can affect a pickup, she did NOT say that the wind on the JB has changed, only the bobbin material and the magnet being ground vs. roughcast.“Practice cures most tone issues” - John Suhr
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Originally posted by Lewguitar View Post
Yeah. I did see that. She also says she's going to do a test comparing different JB's.
I wonder if Mj plays guitar?Quality riffs in about a minute...
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2B...Y3EewvQ/videos
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