Rex_Rocker
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Wow.
I need them.
I need them.
50th Anniversary JB/Jazz
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Rex_Rocker
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Yeah, it seems to me like it's the same as the 35th Anni. Except you can't get the 35th Anni anymore. Only now you can! I get it, it's not something new. But it's a good opportunity for those of us who missed it last time, I think.
Rex_Rocker
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I wonder if you'll be able to get them separately. I'm sure more of us are interested in the JB than the Jazz.
Masta' C
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Doesn't look like it
Rex_Rocker
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beaubrummels
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In the marketing, they have to dance around not saying the current production sounds different, but IME, an old Seymour-wound JB/Jazz or the 35th Anni JB/Jazz (and presumably this 50th original recipe) vs a modern production JB/Jazz do sound or respond slightly different. The old JBs don't have the overly-prominent high peak that people complain about (ice-picky), and they also clean up with the volume. The old recipe neck Jazz also is more 'toneful' to me (if that's a word), e.g. it has something warm/thick/chunky in the low end without getting boomy and has plenty of treble to stay clear at the same time. It's fun to play.
Rex_Rocker
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I don't have a 35th Anni JB, but I do have a CS JB wound to Antiquity specs, and they do sound different. I've had them in the same guitar, even. Both production and CS JB sound good to me, though, just in different ways. That being said, of course I like the CS better.
I don't remember whose it was, but I remember reading a blog where they measured a few different JB's from different eras, and the old ones seemed to have less inductance.
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Rex_Rocker
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I'm also curious... the "Concept JB" set is A2 in the bridge, isn't it? Yet, they do mention they haven't changed the recipee ever. So... which is it?
Chistopher
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I can't help but feeling this is a good signal we are moving to a "post-pickup" era of guitar
STLMTLHD79
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I still have a 35th Zebra set waiting to go into something. I may pickup up a set or two of black bobbins on this release just to have down the road.
hamerfan
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The 35th Anni JB is a great pickup and reminds me of my MJ made JB. Just for shit and giggles I put an unoriented A5 into a modern JB and I was almost there.
The Antiquity JB I heard in the vids sounded a bit duller (less bass, less highs).
Chistopher
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See to me less bass less highs means more nasal, which is what a JB is supposed to be
Rex_Rocker
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I've never found the JB to be nasal. It's mid-focused. It's cutting. But the mids are voiced in a way that never come off to me like those vocal/nasal DiMarzio mids ala Dominion/Tone Zone.
Masta' C
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The "Concept" JB had a notably higher DCR and used a roughcast A2. That version was never marketed as the "JB", which is why they can say the "JB" formula (that went into standard production) never changed.
Of course, we know that's only partially true because, at minimum, they moved to polished mags and more modern bobbin materials. Plus, magnet, screw, and wire suppliers changed over time.
This anniversary set resembles the early production models, but are really just a reincarnation of the 35th anniversary set, which I think should be the default "JB" production formula anyways. I'll definitely be picking up a set to have on hand.
Side Note: I think it's really cool that they are using the '70s-inspired logo and packaging on these:
