I don't know why the JB gets such a bad rap here.....

Re: I don't know why the JB gets such a bad rap here.....

I've never been a huge fan of the JB, but I was luck enough to get one pre-installed in the Schecter I bought from Mike and I will say it sounds very good in that particular guitar. Its a keeper.
 
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Despite the fact that I hate the **** out of the JB, it's probably one of the best sounding recorded pickups. It's lack of lows and mid-spike fit perfectly in the mix, and everything is nice and clear.
 
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The JB gets a bad rap due to the same reason the Pearly Gates does as well as a few other buckers and almost all singler coils...it's articulate meaning that if you are a piss poor player it will tell on you where a lot of other pickups will hide mistakes...
 
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Wow...who went and started another JB bashing thread. Seems like I see one each time I sign into the forum. I just put a Jazz/JB combo in my Les Paul, and I get nothing but compliments on my tone. I know you all say you do not like the JB in Mahogany set neck Gibson style construction, I just can't figure out why. My Les paul has never sounded better, even with the stock 500k pots. Rock on!
 
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ljberbi said:
Wow...who went and started another JB bashing thread. Seems like I see one each time I sign into the forum. I just put a Jazz/JB combo in my Les Paul, and I get nothing but compliments on my tone. I know you all say you do not like the JB in Mahogany set neck Gibson style construction, I just can't figure out why. My Les paul has never sounded better, even with the stock 500k pots. Rock on!
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Damn right.:fingersx:
 
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I am a JB lover as well..here's a recent story:

About 6 months ago I spotted a 1965 Gibson Melody Maker at the local Guitar Center. It had been heavily modded with two seymour duncan humbuckers and a Schaller one piece bridge that allows for full intonation on each string. It was also autographed by several famous guitar players. It was tagged at $600, so I plugged it into the closet Marshall Halfstack. Within five minutes a small crowd gathered around to hear this thing. The crunch on the bridge pickup during power chords was just fantastic, and high register notes were smooth and fat with great harmonic overtones. I knew within seconds of playing what kind of pickup was in the bridge.

If I didn't buy that guitar right on the spot, there was two other guys just drooling over it.

Last week, I opened up the pickguard and my suspicions were confirmed by a little white JBJ sticker. The neck is an old '59, which also sounded great in that guitar.

Here's a pic:

melodyfront.jpg
 
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Jeff Dunne said:
Despite the fact that I hate the **** out of the JB, it's probably one of the best sounding recorded pickups. It's lack of lows and mid-spike fit perfectly in the mix, and everything is nice and clear.
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I love mine in general, but I did hear one in a solo recorded, and it just sounded top-notch. When the guitarist when into this arpeggio thing, it really shined in detail!
 
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the guy who invented fire said:
The JB gets a bad rap due to the same reason the Pearly Gates does as well as a few other buckers and almost all singler coils...it's articulate meaning that if you are a piss poor player it will tell on you where a lot of other pickups will hide mistakes...
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Thats not the reason I like it. The reason I dont like it in most guitars is, the lack of tightness on the low end. In the right setup the low end tightens up and it still has that cutting/singing midrange and highend that makes the JB unique.
 
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It's a great sounding pickup. But it's not my sound.
I actually don't think its that bad in gibson-style and/or mahogany bodied guitars, FWIW
 
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I love Jb ,but i need more "oomph" on my guitar.Niels plays a different style so it really depends on the fingers ,body ,neck and the music style.It depends if you are a hard hitter ,a sweeper ,alternate picker and so on.If you hear Mustain ,you will love Jb!!!If i hear it from a friend ,who can really play good ,i hate it!!!And it doesn't suit to my guitar ,and my style too.!
 
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Upto now i found only one setup i liked the JB in, which was an ESP Amott V(all mahogany/set neck/24,75" scale), with 11-59 strings tuned to C played through an Engl Powerball(was the only amp i really wanted to try it out with since it would give a good reference to what the guitar should sound like in my own setup).
 
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Rid said:
I'll never get the lack of "tightness".
Hehe play different!!
;)
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You tell me to play different, I could say to you, play through a different amp you might hear it too???
I usually like very tight pickups though!
 
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Rid said:
I use it through alot of different amps, it is tight enough:D
More tight and it would be considered constipated:13: hehe
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:laugh2: :laugh2: :laugh2: :laugh2:

You are just a man that likes it loose by my standards! :chairfall :chairfall :chairfall :chairfall :chairfall :chairfall :chairfall

We all have different ears, standards, and different wants in tone. Also, different guitars and rigs!:)
 
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I had a JB on an Alder Jackson V and didn't like it.

Now it's on my basswood, maple fretboard Ibanez. It soo much better there. A bit more focused, with a stronger attack, yet sweet when you roll back the tone a bit. :fingersx:
 
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element062 said:
I've got one in my all mahogany set neck gibson sg special and I really like it. I've never heard a jb in an alder bolt on guitar, but yeah I'm impressed with it so far. I'm installing push/pull pots to coil split it though, I'm not sure how thats gonna sound.:fingersx:
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I have one in a Hamer, and the coil split sounds fine.
 
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hacker said:
I am a JB lover as well..here's a recent story:

About 6 months ago I spotted a 1965 Gibson Melody Maker at the local Guitar Center. It had been heavily modded with two seymour duncan humbuckers and a Schaller one piece bridge that allows for full intonation on each string. It was also autographed by several famous guitar players. It was tagged at $600, so I plugged it into the closet Marshall Halfstack. Within five minutes a small crowd gathered around to hear this thing. The crunch on the bridge pickup during power chords was just fantastic, and high register notes were smooth and fat with great harmonic overtones. I knew within seconds of playing what kind of pickup was in the bridge.

If I didn't buy that guitar right on the spot, there was two other guys just drooling over it.

Last week, I opened up the pickguard and my suspicions were confirmed by a little white JBJ sticker. The neck is an old '59, which also sounded great in that guitar.

Here's a pic:

melodyfront.jpg
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Sweet Axe! :hijacked:
 
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