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Just Installed A SD Jazz and JB In My Friends Gibson Les Paul
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I do love the normal jazz
I think i may try the a2 in one just to seeEHD
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I had a Jazz in the neck of my LP for many years. Never really loved the JB in my LP. I assume the Burstbuckers were aftermarket? A 2000 Standard should have come stock with 490R/498T. The Jazz was a significant improvement over the 490R in my '99 Studio. Looking back, I can't say the same about the JB (granted it's probably been two whole decades since I had a JB).Duncan Pickups in currently in use: '59 (rewound to PATB-3)/'59, Custom/AP2H, Tapped QP set for Tele, Crazy 8/Cool Rails, Screamin' Demon/Stra-Bro 90, Custom 5/Phat Cat, SP90-1/SP90-2, SMB-5D
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Originally posted by MikeS View PostI had a Jazz in the neck of my LP for many years. Never really loved the JB in my LP. I assume the Burstbuckers were aftermarket? A 2000 Standard should have come stock with 490R/498T. The Jazz was a significant improvement over the 490R in my '99 Studio. Looking back, I can't say the same about the JB (granted it's probably been two whole decades since I had a JB).
I know you don't like the JB much as I don't like the Jazz, but I don't think any of the pickups on those sets are objectively bad pickups.Last edited by Rex_Rocker; 03-30-2024, 02:38 PM.
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Originally posted by Rex_Rocker View PostGotcha.
I love the JB, personally, not so much the Jazz. But the JB is a more vesatile pickup than what many people give it credit for.
I love the Jazz, personally, not so much the JB. The Jazz is a more versatile pup than what many people give it credit for.
I especially love the Jazz bridge model in the neck...a little more mids and oomph. I've also tried the Jazz with an A2 (Alnico 2 Pro) in the neck, and it is wonderful.Originally Posted by IanBallard
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Originally posted by GuitarDoc View Post
Are you sure you don't have that backwards?
I love the Jazz, personally, not so much the JB. The Jazz is a more versatile pup than what many people give it credit for.
I especially love the Jazz bridge model in the neck...a little more mids and oomph. I've also tried the Jazz with an A2 (Alnico 2 Pro) in the neck, and it is wonderful.
I've never questioned the verstatility of the Jazz. Just because I don't like it doesn't mean it won't work for a variety of players. I do think I would prefer a Jazz B in the neck better than a Jazz N in the neck. I agree. Especially matched with something hotter like a JB. I honestly don't dislike the Jazz on its own. I do think a '59B/Jazz N set works great. I just don't think it works that well when matched with something hot (like a JB) to really high output (like a Distortion), but that's just me. Most people seem to make it work, though.Last edited by Rex_Rocker; 03-30-2024, 02:43 PM.
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Originally posted by Rex_Rocker View PostI'd say swapping both the 490R/498T or the Bursbucker set for a Jazz/JB set is a crossgrade, honestly. I like the 498T as much as I like the JB, personally. I'd even say there's lots of overlap between them.
I know you don't like the JB much as I don't like the Jazz, but I don't think any of the pickups on those sets are objectively bad pickups.Duncan Pickups in currently in use: '59 (rewound to PATB-3)/'59, Custom/AP2H, Tapped QP set for Tele, Crazy 8/Cool Rails, Screamin' Demon/Stra-Bro 90, Custom 5/Phat Cat, SP90-1/SP90-2, SMB-5D
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Originally posted by MikeS View Post
Any experience I've had with the Burstbuckers would have been in a guitar shop many years ago. But the 490R/498T or JB/Jazz certainly aren't bad, they just all didn't work for me (Jazz actually worked very well, but I landed on a '59n). I'm 90% sure that the 498T was still in my LP when I recorded one of the best rhythm tones I've ever had. The 498T was also the best pickup I ever tried in a Mockingbird I used to have. It was always an "almost but not quite" pickup for me.
The 498 and 500T are my favorite Gibson pickups, but I also like the Burstbucker Pros.
I don't like the 490R, but I overall don't like underpowered neck pickups, and the 490R for some reason in my experience has always been particularly underpowered.
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The 490R is just plain bland. How they used this as stock for high end guitars, I have no idea.Administrator of the SDUGF
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Originally posted by Rex_Rocker View PostI love the 498T. It's got a similar kind of raspy/rude/ugly top-end that many Gibson pickups have that gives them so much character, but it's not as over-the-top as the 500T. It's sorta stuffy like the JB can sometimes be, but the raspier high-end offsets that better and gives Gibsons that have it a very "Gibson-y" vibe.
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They are kind of grainy, raspy and also congested in the mids. I don't know how that even works, but all my Gibson are original Pickup free, unless i plan on selling them.
A mag swap in the 490R can be enough though. But there is definitely a better PU out there for everything quality you think you might hear in this PU.
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