I love the JB for riffing but hate I it for leads

[Top-L]

I dont know what most of that stuff is. Isnt the Timmy a boost? Does it have a tone knob?

These must be first world problems.

The JB is a well loved lead guitar pickup for rock and metal.

 

[ehdwuld]

Sounds like the pickup is too close to the strings
My experience says thats the ice pick zone

1/8 inch below the strings is the sweet spot

 

[Demanic]

I love the JB for both.
It might need some adjustment on your amp.

 

[Clint 55]

He's not having it with the cheap solutions that will work, he's exchanging the pickup.

 

[Eclipsed]

Sounds like the pickup is too close to the strings
My experience says thats the ice pick zone

1/8 inch below the strings is the sweet spot

It's already over a 1/4 inch below the strings

 

[Eclipsed]

I dont know what most of that stuff is. Isnt the Timmy a boost? Does it have a tone knob?

These must be first world problems.

The JB is a well loved lead guitar pickup for rock and metal.

I love the JB for both.
It might need some adjustment on your amp

Adjusting my amp and pedal settings, and my tone knob were the first things I tried and it didn't work for me

He's not having it with the cheap solutions that will work, he's exchanging the pickup.

Aside from swapping the volume pot and tone cap, I've tried all the cheap solutions and they didn't work

 

[AdrianSD]

Practising with in ears can be tricky, I have tinnitus so... Eclipsed, what other guitars and pickups have you played in the same setup?

 

[Eclipsed]

Practising with in ears can be tricky, I have tinnitus so... Eclipsed, what other guitars and pickups have you played in the same setup?

I'm using in ears in a band situation.
I have an ESP EC1000 with a pair of porters that have ceramic magnets that aren't harsh the way the JB is

 

[Top-L]

pair of porters

Ah, why didn't you say so. Nothing compares to porters.

 

[Aceman]

I can't speak to in-ears, but on a live stage, in the mix, the JB does exactly what it needs to do.

 

[Aceman]

Sounds like the pickup is too close to the strings
My experience says thats the ice pick zone

1/8 inch below the strings is the sweet spot

In my old age, I almost always go with Uber-hot pickups a little further, than closer.

 

[nienturi]

Dimarzio Tone Zone

 

[Juanhanglo]

The ec401vf came out in 2009. The 400vf I have is from 2008, and I think they meade the 400vf from 06-08, or 07-08.

I wondered if the 36ths were a better suite for it over the JB/59.

And I totally agree about th9em being les paul killers

I couldn't tell you if they are better or not. The JB, like it or not, always imparts that sound.

The 36ths are more hot vintage than hot rod, if that makes sense.

The neck is a thing of beauty. The bridge is a middy keranggg! machine. Once you eq to get the neck pickup sounding great, you're done. It allows the bridge to do its thing.

Most adjust more bass in for the bridge to balance it out, and then complain the neck is muddy.

 

[IMENATOR]

How do you go from rythm to lead? I either do a channel swtiching where the lead channel is thicker with less trebble, or use an overdrive that rolls off treble... you get the point: For leads I get more sturation but less treble.

 

[Rex_Rocker]

Many people dig the JB with an A2.

I've never tried it, but I'm not sure I'd like it. I'd be afraid the JB would be left without any high-end in it at all.

 

[Rex_Rocker]

I couldn't tell you if they are better or not. The JB, like it or not, always imparts that sound.

The 36ths are more hot vintage than hot rod, if that makes sense.

The neck is a thing of beauty. The bridge is a middy keranggg! machine. Once you eq to get the neck pickup sounding great, you're done. It allows the bridge to do its thing.

Most adjust more bass in for the bridge to balance it out, and then complain the neck is muddy.

I love the whole EQ and voicing of the 36ths. I just wished they made a version without the Airbucker thing. I feel they're almost perfect, just would like a bit more push. I do wonder if the whole Airbucker thing affects the EQ a lot to the point of where being de-aired would just transform them into radically different pickups.

 

[Mincer]

Many people dig the JB with an A2.

I've never tried it, but I'm not sure I'd like it. I'd be afraid the JB would be left without any high-end in it at all.

It still sounded like a JB to me...not my thing.

 

[beaubrummels]

Many people dig the JB with an A2.

I've never tried it, but I'm not sure I'd like it. I'd be afraid the JB would be left without any high-end in it at all.

JB A2 to me sounds like a really loud Whole Lotta humbucker bridge. It's a great heavy rock pickup. With everything dimed, it sounds like a produced record. I used mine in a Les Paul Studio. Keep in mind, the first JBs were designed with A2. The one in Jeff Beck's TeleGib was A2. Of course, that was an Ash Tele, so a brighter body wood only makes it better.

 

[Juanhanglo]

I love the whole EQ and voicing of the 36ths. I just wished they made a version without the Airbucker thing. I feel they're almost perfect, just would like a bit more push. I do wonder if the whole Airbucker thing affects the EQ a lot to the point of where being de-aired would just transform them into radically different pickups.

You can hear and feel the differences between the norton and air norton.

Guys have installed a metal bar in the gap to de air the pickups.

my guess is that the 36ths would have more output, more immediate attack, and a tonal difference similar to the one between the pearly gates and the PG+.

 

[Rex_Rocker]

You can hear and feel the differences between the norton and air norton.

Guys have installed a metal bar in the gap to de air the pickups.

my guess is that the 36ths would have more output, more immediate attack, and a tonal difference similar to the one between the pearly gates and the PG+.

So they'd sound more A5? It would seem I'd like them, LOL.