Historical question: How did the JB & Jazz become the Hot Rodded Humbucker set?

[Ed Hunter]

Re: Historical question: How did the JB & Jazz become the Hot Rodded Humbucker set?

Re: Historical question: How did the JB & Jazz become the Hot Rodded Humbucker set?

The Dimarzio Super Distortion isn't super distorted if your amp is set for a clean tone - there's no real distortion in the pickup so I guess that Dimarzio mis-names their pickups too.
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I cant even imagine how many players would like this pu if they knew this about it. The super d is a very toneful pup as many a past recording has proved. AL DIMEOLA used one in his LP for years and i always liked his tone. He is not a guy you would think would use a pup named "super distortion" but lke gypsyblue already said it is not all that distorted.
Names can make or break a pup, i know many that said the screamin demon sucked because it is not a super hot pu and the buyers thought it was.

 

[Jessie's ghost]

Re: Historical question: How did the JB & Jazz become the Hot Rodded Humbucker set?

Re: Historical question: How did the JB & Jazz become the Hot Rodded Humbucker set?

Early 80s rigs were much simpler - Channel switching amps were new and rare. I just think having the low output neck pickup facilitated metal music of the day - making it easier to go from a dirty distortion to a usable clean.

That's exactly what I do between the JB bridge and the '59A2 neck in my sunburst Soloist.

I guess I didn't realize that the history of the Jazz goes back so far. I see the '59 paired up with the JB a lot more often in OEM sets (Jackson, Schecter, etc.), so I thought that maybe the '59 had the longer history. Honestly, I could see many players liking the '59 better than the Jazz -- and I think many do -- even though I perceive that preference among the general population as opposed to the subset who are buying hard rock/metal guitars with JB's in the bridge.