Best body wood for JB/59 ?

[vejiita]

Hey everybody,

i have tried almost every pickup in the world and have always come back
to the Duncan JB in the bridge and Duncan 59 in the neck.
I am building a custom guitar.
what is the best body wood that will sound the best with the duncan JB/59
with a floyd rose bridge and all maple neck/maple fingerboard.

 

[JohnnyGuitar]

Re: Best body wood for JB/59 ?

Hmmmm... it seems like a very bright combo in a guitar with pretty bright features...



Will a chambered mahogany body with a spruce top work with a Floyd? :dunno:

 

[Sanford]

Re: Best body wood for JB/59 ?

Tonal wood descriptions can be found here, as well as some other sites.

I like the JB/'59 combo in my maple body/maple neck/rosewood fretboard semi-hollow guitar. For a solid body guitar I'd probably go with something in the mellower range to offset the all maple neck/fretboard and Floyd. Pot/cap values will also play a part in the sound. Search posts by Blueman335 for good descriptions of how pots/caps/magnets will affect tone. I'd try to recreate that here, but he says it better!

 

[vejiita]

Re: Best body wood for JB/59 ?

I play alot of metal/rock.
so mellow is not something i am after.

 

[vejiita]

Re: Best body wood for JB/59 ?

i realize that
1)JB/59 pickups
2)maple neck/maple fingerboard
3)floyd rose
4)500k pots

will be very bright but those 4 things are a must for me on the guitar.
so i am thinking about a body wood that would make this guitar more balance
tonally.

 

[JohnnyGuitar]

Re: Best body wood for JB/59 ?

If you're not fixed on the Strat body shape a single cutaway like a Tele or a Les Paul or a bigger body like an Explorer should help you balance the brightness.

 

[hamerfan]

Re: Best body wood for JB/59 ?

JB is not bright like a Screaming Demon or a T-Top Humbucker, the JB has a high mid spike. I liked it very much in a in an alder body with a maple neck.

 

[Sanford]

Re: Best body wood for JB/59 ?

Sounds like Alder might be the winner!

 

[vejiita]

Re: Best body wood for JB/59 ?

which is better alder or alder/maple top?
for petrucci/evh/lynch type of tones?

 

[Benjy_26]

Re: Best body wood for JB/59 ?

I'd go with a light cut of swamp ash.

 

[veryhungrycaterpilla]

Re: Best body wood for JB/59 ?

The JB should be fine. But the 59 I don't know. I'd go Jazz or Air Norton.

 

[alashredder]

Re: Best body wood for JB/59 ?

I like them best in Alder bodies. It's a very popular combination in the 80's shred/metal tone. You should also look into maple bodies as well. JB is a bright, but balanced pickup that won't sound ice picky no matter what body you put it in. Had them in Alder and Maple and they sound great and aggressive!

 

[jerryjg]

Re: Best body wood for JB/59 ?

Alder FTW. Poplar also.
The SH2-n neck sounds good in a maple guitar neck ive heard.