Ceramic in a JB

RiffGuy

RiffGuy

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Has anyone put a ceramic magnet in JB? I had a few unidentified magnets laying around from various pickup swaps I did a year or so ago and I put one in a JB and now have this big hot sound similar to a Duncan Distortion but a little more natural sounding and a less compressed. I'm trying to figure out if it's a ceramic mag that I put in. For anyone who's tried this combination, does this sound like a ceramic I put in?

Thanks!
 
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RiffGuy said:
Has anyone put a ceramic magnet in JB? I had a few unidentified magnets laying around from various pickup swaps I did a year or so ago and I put one in a JB and now have this big hot sound similar to a Duncan Distortion but a little more natural sounding and a less compressed. I'm trying to figure out if it's a ceramic mag that I put in. For anyone who's tried this combination, does this sound like a ceramic I put in?

Thanks!
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the Distortion and JB have the same coils, just different magnets. The ceramic magnet in the DD is a little thicker than the typical ceramic magnet but a JB with a regular ceramic mag should be almost identical to a distortion.

less compression and more open sounding describes an A8 mag moreso than a ceramic . . . did the magnet you put in the JB seem physically lighter in weight than a typical alnico magnet?
 
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I think you helped me nail it. I think the sound difference comes from the guitar it's in; otherwise it sounds just like the Distortion. Also I just opened up a Duncan Custom I have laying around and found an A3 magnet that I swapped in, so I think it's the Custom's ceramic that I put in the JB. Thanks man.
 
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that's quite the monster pickup in your avatar, RiffGuy...I'd hate to see the thickness of the lowest B string on that puppy.....not to mention the huge neck for 12 strings - the weight of the neck alone would tear your shoulders up!
 
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The JB with a normal ceramic is what we call the JB+ or Distortion Lite. I think if people that criticised the DD but rave about the stock JB would probably really really like this JB+.

I love the DD and pretty much hate the JB with alnico 5 but if I had to rate the pickups as far as a 1-10 score for overall likeness it would be:

Duncan Distortion (10)
JB+ (9)
Stock JB (4)
 
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Quicksilver689 said:
that's quite the monster pickup in your avatar, RiffGuy...I'd hate to see the thickness of the lowest B string on that puppy.....not to mention the huge neck for 12 strings - the weight of the neck alone would tear your shoulders up!
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Yeah, the guitar that houses the "Longbucker" is quite the bear.:eyecrazy:
 
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Fusion1 said:
The JB with a normal ceramic is what we call the JB+ or Distortion Lite. I think if people that criticised the DD but rave about the stock JB would probably really really like this JB+.

I love the DD and pretty much hate the JB with alnico 5 but if I had to rate the pickups as far as a 1-10 score for overall likeness it would be:

Duncan Distortion (10)
JB+ (9)
Stock JB (4)
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I think I'm a fan of the JB+. I think Distortion Light is a good way to describe it. I'll be messing around with it quite a bit for the time being.
 
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Fusion1 said:
The JB with a normal ceramic is what we call the JB+ or Distortion Lite. I think if people that criticised the DD but rave about the stock JB would probably really really like this JB+.

I love the DD and pretty much hate the JB with alnico 5 but if I had to rate the pickups as far as a 1-10 score for overall likeness it would be:

Duncan Distortion (10)
JB+ (9)
Stock JB (4)
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yeah it's amazing how the JB coils respond to different magnets . . . I'm a fan of the A2 JB myself. like the Custom series, swapping mags in a JB makes it a whole new pickup.

I've noticed less of a difference in the 59, PG, and Jazz with magnet swaps for whatever reason. maybe the difference is more noticeable with higher output pups.
 
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I have tried both small and big ceramic in the JB. The difference is pretty small actually. Of course the big one has a little more momentum, but it's the same character of pickup.
 
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Hi, i did the ceramic JB too. But i liked the JB8 more: more open, less compressed, warm alnico highs but less bass chunk (thats okay with me!!)
 
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I tried the a ceramic in a JB a while ago, but changed back to the A5. It's been so long and I recall loving the way chords sounded, but I can't remember the lead tones.
 
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hamerfan said:
Hi, i did the ceramic JB too. But i liked the JB8 more: more open, less compressed, warm alnico highs but less bass chunk (thats okay with me!!)
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Yup! I just turned my latest JB into a JB8 last night. World's better than the A5. The A2 is nice in the JB, too, but the A8 just fits me better.

-Austin
 
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CaughtLikeFire said:
yeah it's amazing how the JB coils respond to different magnets . . . I'm a fan of the A2 JB myself. like the Custom series, swapping mags in a JB makes it a whole new pickup.

I've noticed less of a difference in the 59, PG, and Jazz with magnet swaps for whatever reason. maybe the difference is more noticeable with higher output pups.
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How did the JB sound with the A2?
 
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