Difference between Jazz neck and bridge version

[racleborg]

Hi
I have actually posted this at the end of another thread but thought I might be lucky starting a new one.

I have a Jazz neck in the bridge position of my Les Paul standard (which I think sounds really nice)
My question is, if I change this for the proper bridge version should I notice much difference?
Thank you

 

[Jocelyn]

Re: Difference between Jazz neck and bridge version

Hi
I have actually posted this at the end of another thread but thought I might be lucky starting a new one.

I have a Jazz neck in the bridge position of my Les Paul standard (which I think sounds really nice)
My question is, if I change this for the proper bridge version should I notice much difference?
Thank you

Yes you would.. The Jazz Bridge is a great VERY UNDERATED pup. You can acpect a little more output

 

[Gearjoneser]

Re: Difference between Jazz neck and bridge version

It's just calibrated a little hotter, but not much. Both the bridge and neck models fall into the output of a neck pickup, so they both sound great as neck pickups. I'm a huge fan of using a Jazz Bridge as a neck pickup in guitars with a hotter bridge like a C-5 or Custom.

Duncan's biggest mistake has been constantly touting the Jazz neck as a neck pickup for other models of bridge pickups. By doing that, nobody knows how great the Jazz Bridge Model is for a bridge pickup. It's one of the best bridge pickups I've ever heard in an HSS strat with vintage singles. It's basically a tighter sounding 59B.

Has anyone ever noticed that the Jazz models are NOT listed in the vintage section, but the progressive section? They have more balls than people think. The Jazz set is one of the best pickup sets you can put in a darker guitar, like an all mahogany guitar.
If you took a mahogany LP Studio and put a Jazz set in it, you'd have a perfect match.

 

[Jazz Rock]

Re: Difference between Jazz neck and bridge version

If you took a mahogany LP Studio and put a Jazz set in it, you'd have a perfect match.

I like the sound of this. It is pretty much what I am about to do... well not in a whole mahogany one but a fairly dark studio

 

[theodie]

Re: Difference between Jazz neck and bridge version

I like the sound of this. It is pretty much what I am about to do... well not in a whole mahogany one but a fairly dark studio

I have a dark sounding 74 Ibanez LP and the Jazz bridge has worked wonders. Before I discovered the Jazz bridge, the C5 worked best in that axe. Both are good but, I like the bit lower putput the jazz bridge provides vs. the C5 and thus, it is more versatile to me.