JB Jr. for Tele

[Anficht]

With the JB being the most popular HB, why is there no JB Jr. for Tele?
Was quite surprised to see this, when I just acquired my first Tele and wanted to put a JB Jr. in the bridge of it...

Any particular reason?

 

[Chistopher]

Especially because the JB was originally designed for Tele

 

[Mincer]

The Custom Shop can make one. But my guess is that most Tele owners who like JBs just put a regular JB in there.

 

[RanchManSandy]

if my sources are correct you may, in fact, not have to wait much longer for such a product

 

[Mincer]

They now need a Tele neck size Cool Rails.

 

[Artie]

They now need a Tele neck size Cool Rails.

Then again, with todays availability of replacement parts, (including pickguards), it's no more difficult to put a Strat sized pup in the neck of a Tele, as it is to put a humbucker in the bridge.

 

[Artie]

I wasn't completely thinking when I made the above comment. That assumes the Tele is routed for such a change. If it isn't, taking a router to your new Tele could be quite a daunting task.

Probably why I have had the parts for my Brent Mason Tele for about a decade, and haven't finished it yet.

 

[Mincer]

With the JB being the most popular HB, why is there no JB Jr. for Tele?
Was quite surprised to see this, when I just acquired my first Tele and wanted to put a JB Jr. in the bridge of it...

Any particular reason?

But, funny this should come up now...

 

[MikeS]

They now need a Tele neck size Cool Rails.

I would be first in line.

I'm intrigued by the hint at a JB for Tele... I've been contemplating a pickup change in my baritone thinline.

 

[Artie]

I wonder if they could make a JD noiseless, without losing everything that makes it what it is?

 

[Mincer]

I wonder if they could make a JD noiseless, without losing everything that makes it what it is?

That would be fantastic, and I am sure the CS could do it.

 

[Anficht]

I wasn't completely thinking when I made the above comment. That assumes the Tele is routed for such a change. If it isn't, taking a router to your new Tele could be quite a daunting task.

Probably why I have had the parts for my Brent Mason Tele for about a decade, and haven't finished it yet.

Yes, mine only has a single route and I don't feel comfortable drilling a hole for a humbucker in it.

 

[Anficht]

But, funny this should come up now...

Why do you say that?



(I wonder, in all these years with thousand of JB users (maybe millions?) I surely cannot be the first one to wonder)

 

[Artie]

I wonder how close a Hot Rails Tele would get to Lil' JB territory? The HR comes in at 16k to the Lil JB's 15.2k. Both are Cer mags.

 

[Mincer]

A Hot Rails Tele would have less treble, and a ton more mids.

 

[Artie]

A Hot Rails Tele would have less treble, and a ton more mids.

I guess it's up to the Custom Shop.

 

[Mincer]

I guess it's up to the Custom Shop.

Maybe hold off on that order a few days...

 

[JamesPaul]

With the JB being the most popular HB, why is there no JB Jr. for Tele?
Was quite surprised to see this, when I just acquired my first Tele and wanted to put a JB Jr. in the bridge of it...

Any particular reason?

Appears that you were just a little bit early to the party....

Seymour Duncan Announces the JB Jr for Tele

 

[Mincer]

In a rare occurrence, patience pays off.

 

[Rex_Rocker]

I wished this was around when I had an Esquire.

FWIW, I actually really liked the QP for Tele, and I felt like it almost had a JB kinda vibe to an extent.