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  • !!! Is There Something Wrong With My Jb !!!1

    i JUST INSTALLED MY JB TB-4 IN MY SQUIER FAT STRAT, I SOLDERED AND TAPED THE RED AND WHITE WIRES TOGETHER, I CONNECTED THE BARE AND GREEN WIRES TO GROUND ON THE VOLUME POT, AND I CONNECTED THE BLACK HOT WIRE TO THE 5 WAY SWITCH.

    THE PICKUP JUST SEEMS TO GET WAY TO MANY HIGHS. IT SOUNDS PRETTY AWSOME ON THE HIGH NOTES, KINDA GETS THAT RANDY RHOADS STYLE OF LEADS. BUT ON THE LOW NOTES IT JUST DOES SEEM TO DISTORT ENOUGH, HECK MY STOCK SQUIER HUMBUCKER DISTORTED MORE THAN THIS PICKUP DID. tHE LOW NOTES ACTUALLY SEEM KINDA MUDDY WITH DISTORTION.

    IVE PRETTY MUCH HEARD ALL GOOD ABOUT THIS PICKUP SO DID I DO SOMETHING WRONG? OR IS THIS JUST THE WRONG PICKUP FOR MY GUITAR? THIS GUITAR HAS A MAPLE NECK, ROSEWOOD FRETBOARD, AND AGATHIS BODY. i PLAY THROUGH A LIL 12 WATT MARSHAL, WHICH SEEMS TO GET TOO MANY HIGHS AS IT IS, WHICH MAY BE PART OF THE PROB.

    SO IF ANY ONE HAS ANY IDEAS ON WHAT TO DO TO BETTER THE SOUND IT WOULD BE WEEEELLLL APRECIATED.

    AND LIKE ALWAYS ROOOOCKKKK ONNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

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    Re: !!! Is There Something Wrong With My Jb !!!1

    i dont think you wont hear any differences between any pickup with a 12wat amp.
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    • #3
      Re: !!! Is There Something Wrong With My Jb !!!1

      Sounds like you wired it right. Maybe just not the right pickup for that guitar. I know from my own experience that JB's like to be close to the strings to sound the best. They thin out a bit if they are set too low so mayb e try raising it a bit.
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      • #4
        Re: !!! Is There Something Wrong With My Jb !!!1

        Originally posted by DonLduk View Post
        i dont think you wont hear any differences between any pickup with a 12wat amp.
        Not true
        When asking for pickup suggestions please tell us what amp you`re using

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        • #5
          Re: !!! Is There Something Wrong With My Jb !!!1

          Originally posted by DonLduk View Post
          i dont think you wont hear any differences between any pickup with a 12wat amp.
          Incorrect.

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          • #6
            Re: !!! Is There Something Wrong With My Jb !!!1

            JB's hate agathis and mahogany it seems?
            I head a JB in a agathis squier strat and it did not even sound like a JB to me

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            • #7
              Re: !!! Is There Something Wrong With My Jb !!!1

              Also, please remember the Caps Lock key has two positions...

              /geez, I'm becoming That Guy... :facepalm:
              "Screw regulations. Bring the noise."

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              • #8
                Re: !!! Is There Something Wrong With My Jb !!!1

                Originally posted by jtougas View Post
                Also, please remember the Caps Lock key has two positions...

                /geez, I'm becoming That Guy... :facepalm:
                When I first got a computer, I didn't know any better and I always wrote in all caps. That's why my username is in all caps.

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                • #9
                  Re: !!! Is There Something Wrong With My Jb !!!1

                  Towards helping the OP:

                  It sounds like your wiring is correct... how well are the studs and strings lining up?

                  IIRC, the trembucker is designed to line up with a Floyd Rose tremolo, which is spaced wider than a standard Fender tremolo...
                  "Screw regulations. Bring the noise."

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                  • #10
                    Re: !!! Is There Something Wrong With My Jb !!!1

                    F-spaced means Fender spaced, not Floyd Rose spaced. Floyd spacing is based off Fender's.

                    And OP, double check your solders again. The hot wire may not have the best joint, or potentially the switch has been damaged. The stock Squier ones are junk, and break easily. I've had to replace these before.
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                    • #11
                      Re: !!! Is There Something Wrong With My Jb !!!1

                      so
                      no one has noticed the date on the OP


                      any one?
































































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                      • #12
                        Re: !!! Is There Something Wrong With My Jb !!!1

                        Ah jeez!!!!
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                        • #13
                          Re: !!! Is There Something Wrong With My Jb !!!1

                          Okay I gotta cry forum goof up for being the first zombie to reply to the 7yr old thread. I just don't know how it came about as I didn't search it , ya gotta believe me
                          When asking for pickup suggestions please tell us what amp you`re using

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                          • #14
                            Re: !!! Is There Something Wrong With My Jb !!!1

                            AHHHHHHH!!!!!

                            Shoot it!

                            Shoot it in the head!!!!

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                            • #15
                              Re: !!! Is There Something Wrong With My Jb !!!1

                              Originally posted by 51501984 View Post
                              Okay I gotta cry forum goof up for being the first zombie to reply to the 7yr old thread. I just don't know how it came about as I didn't search it , ya gotta believe me
                              no problen rich you are a JB fan like me

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