Does the JB make a decent neck pickup?

[gnugear]

I've got a 80s vintage JB with a busted coil (I think). It only reads 8k and I can't get it to split ... but other than that, it sounds great!

Anyways, it's just sitting around so I'm wondering how the JB sounds in the neck position?

 

[Benjy_26]

Re: Does the JB make a decent neck pickup?

It'll probably sound good at 8K at the neck, that is, combined with an appropriate bridge pickup.

 

[msplines]

Re: Does the JB make a decent neck pickup?

Sounds great but you probably need to set it lower than usual and it's a peach split (slug side is (marginally) better).
Have you tried disconnecting the coils from each other and remeasuring to find out what's what?

 

[Farkus]

Re: Does the JB make a decent neck pickup?

I think a JB sounds rather 'Strat-esque' when split. You'd be ok there probably, depending on what you like in a Strat sound. I used to use a JBn-JBb setup and I had a lot of trouble gettting them to match up volume wise. Once I did, though, the sound was awesome. With one coil being busted on yours however, it'll probably work (volume wise) just great. Good luck!

Farkus