Ahhhh! Les Paul bridge pickup!
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theodie
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I use the same setup in my Explorer! Its my favorite combo! I think you will like it alot!Slash2987 said:
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Lewguitar
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The JB is Duncan's #1 selling pickup. Amazingly enough, it seems like most people here find it to be a little to aggressive in the upper mids/treble. It does sound cool when turned down a bit...kinda Tele like. It's a pickup that always impresses the heck out of me when I hear it again after not having heard one in a while, but then I get tired of it and it seems to hurt my ears. Weird!
It's Seymour's favorite humbucker but he uses it with 250K pots which bleed off some of the treble even when on "10". I tried that but it made the JB a little dull sounding to my ears.
Anyways: I'd go for the Custom.
The JB is Duncan's #1 selling pickup. Amazingly enough, it seems like most people here find it to be a little to aggressive in the upper mids/treble. It does sound cool when turned down a bit...kinda Tele like. It's a pickup that always impresses the heck out of me when I hear it again after not having heard one in a while, but then I get tired of it and it seems to hurt my ears. Weird!
It's Seymour's favorite humbucker but he uses it with 250K pots which bleed off some of the treble even when on "10". I tried that but it made the JB a little dull sounding to my ears.
Anyways: I'd go for the Custom.
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STRATDELUXER97
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Lew...I'm not a fan of the JB,never have been,and I still don't use this pickup.. :laugh2: :burnout:
Lewguitar said:
Lew...I'm not a fan of the JB,never have been,and I still don't use this pickup.. :laugh2: :burnout:
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Yeah...I feel much the same way about it. I'll tell you one thing though: it's my favorite humbucker when split or in parallel. Very good "single coil" tones when split or in parallel...maybe the best I've heard. But in series it's just a little "to much" for me. To loud and hard sounding. But it still remains Duncan's #1 selling pickup! Why do you suppose that is? Lew
STRATDELUXER97 said:
Yeah...I feel much the same way about it. I'll tell you one thing though: it's my favorite humbucker when split or in parallel. Very good "single coil" tones when split or in parallel...maybe the best I've heard. But in series it's just a little "to much" for me. To loud and hard sounding. But it still remains Duncan's #1 selling pickup! Why do you suppose that is? Lew
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For some reason I can't picture a JB in anything but a strat/Jackson type guitar. That's why I can't do it in the Les Paul. But yeah, I love Ceramic/A2 bridge/neck pickup combos in Les Pauls, it's the way to go I think. Lew, have you tried 300k pots with the JB? I'm thinking that may be the cure for it. I think it's the best selling pickup because it's the most esteemed, the Seymour Duncan JB is easily the most recognizable and famous humbucker around. People actually like the Custom more, but the JB has just earned such a name for itself that people buy because they hear such great things. Even if it's the bestselling, you can't say how many of those people end up taking it out of their guitars.Xeromus said:
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theodie
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I have wondered the samething. I would say becasue, they are used OEM pickups in alot of guitars and also alot of "Hype" about them.
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I have wondered the samething. I would say becasue, they are used OEM pickups in alot of guitars and also alot of "Hype" about them.
Gearjoneser
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I've always thought the JB sold the most because it sounds noticeably better and richer than the vast majority of stock pickups...like a lowest common denominator pickup that the most amount of players will agree sounds better than stock. Also, the name implies an affiliation with one of the greatest players of all time. On top of that, Duncan puposely markets it hard, and retailers request them because they've been popular for so long. In addition, people see that it's Seymour's personal favorite Duncan, in his most played guitar.
I've always thought the JB sold the most because it sounds noticeably better and richer than the vast majority of stock pickups...like a lowest common denominator pickup that the most amount of players will agree sounds better than stock. Also, the name implies an affiliation with one of the greatest players of all time. On top of that, Duncan puposely markets it hard, and retailers request them because they've been popular for so long. In addition, people see that it's Seymour's personal favorite Duncan, in his most played guitar.
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