Jb?

[guitarded]

Re: Jb?

I found out the hard way... the jr's sound quite terrible in alder starts with 500K pots. The full size JB in the same guitar was a bit too heavy on the lower mids, but the Jr's seem to work well for me. I also found the amp has a lot to do with the results, cause the full size JB sounded pretty smoking come out of the resident jcm 800, but no so great out of my Mark IV.

I do classic metal.

As a blues/classic rock player who's tried several JB's in several kinds of guitars, they don't have the tones I'm looking for. I sold my JB's (before I was into magnet swapping).

I have a majority of PAF PU's. The hottest bridge PU's I use are in the 14K ohm range, like C5's & 498T's, and they don't have the infamous JB spike.

 

[super rad stuff]

Re: Jb?

hey chris mang, you listenin'?? just go 'n' get yo' jb and some magnets, mang. it's a kewl pickup for stuff 'n' hair metal 'n' stuff

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

Re: Jb?

Yeah get one(plenty around of those, cheap too) and plug it in and try

 

[Mephis]

Re: Jb?

I think the most sickeningly 80s sounding pickup I have is a dimarzio double whammy. It's 110% mids and it's not really high output. I replaced that pickup with an invader, and then settled on a p-rails for my tone, in series it nails the exact tone I was looking for. Weird progression but for what I want I think you may be able to see the connections.

But hey the JB was intended for it and works for a lot of people.

 

[Luke Duke]

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I don't even know or even care who Jeff Beck is.

PLEASE tell me you're kidding...............

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

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...hehe just another new overly oppinionated I wanna be right all the time member....
We swim in those lately...

 

[Christopher Caruana]

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how does the JB sound clean?

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

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Better with a seriel/parallel switch

 

[Christopher Caruana]

Re: Jb?

Better with a seriel/parallel switch

would that be the same thing as if i put in a push/pull pot?

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

Re: Jb?

Yep...
It has its uses in both modes....

 

[super rad stuff]

Re: Jb?

if you're gonna be putting this into a HxH setup, i'd suggest the coil swap mod. like a coil split with more harmonic complexity, air, less harsh, etc etc... and can be had with one push pull

 

[Christopher Caruana]

Re: Jb?

if you're gonna be putting this into a HxH setup, i'd suggest the coil swap mod. like a coil split with more harmonic complexity, air, less harsh, etc etc... and can be had with one push pull

nope, single humbucker, single volume pot wired right to the input jack. thats it

 

[super rad stuff]

Re: Jb?

the parallel it is!
http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/wiring-diagrams/schematics.php?schematic=1h_1v_sp
:fing2:

 

[der scheiss]

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If your reissue is alder, jump on it. If it gets icepicky, put a 250K vol pot on it. My original Baretta screams with a JB and it's the only guitar I like it in. Ain't a fan but it does what it does, and it does it well. I hate to second the closed minded idiot who doesn't know who jef beck is, but a full shred is my first choice for metal. Especially if your guitar has enough bottom end.

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

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The FS is also loads of 80s fun

 

[metlking]

Re: Jb?

Jeff Beck? Jazz/Blues?

Everyone should know by now that JB really stands for Jonas Brothers.....duh!

 

[super rad stuff]

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:haha:

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

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:biglaugh:
haha

 

[Christopher Caruana]

Re: Jb?

If your reissue is alder, jump on it. If it gets icepicky, put a 250K vol pot on it. My original Baretta screams with a JB and it's the only guitar I like it in. Ain't a fan but it does what it does, and it does it well. I hate to second the closed minded idiot who doesn't know who jef beck is, but a full shred is my first choice for metal. Especially if your guitar has enough bottom end.

my reissue is solid maple like the original barettas from '84 and very early '85

 

[Marshall_Abuser]

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I'm not into this kind of playing, just a matter of preference. I'm into shred/prog/80's not into blues, classic rock or such. So no, I'm not kidding, but there is nothing wrong in liking Jeff Beck, I just don't care personally for him.

PLEASE tell me you're kidding...............