JBJ from 80´s?

[cruffmart]

JBJ from 80´s?

hello everybody i'm new here
I bought these S. Duncan pickups on eBay but I have the impression that the with the JBJ cheated on me, I don't remember seeing short legs in the 80s, I mean, it doesn't come from the eighties ... can anyone help me?
thanks

 

[Masta' C]

Re: JBJ from 80´s?

Re: JBJ from 80´s?

Short-leg baseplates were available in the latter part of the '80s. Looking at the details, this JBJ is *most likely* from the 1988-89 production range, though technically this pickup could have been ordered into the very early '90s without a logo and appeared the same, paper label and all. Still, I'd put my bet on 1988-89.

 

[Mincer]

Re: JBJ from 80´s?

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Welcome to the forum!

It certainly looks authentic to me. I wanna hear how they sound.

 

[cruffmart]

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thank you for both answers!!
I know this pick up are no fake, but my doubt was if belong to date properly indicated by seller
thanks for the helpful observation details
sound of this Sh4 is great!! much better than today´s sh4,
I love PAF sound on humbuckers, but I needed recover old 1987 kramer guitar; my first "good" guitar!! and this old maiden had a sh4 and this pickup died on way...
Im happy to enter on this club
thanks again

 

[Mincer]

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How would you describe the difference between this JB and a newer one?

 

[gibsonclassic2001]

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How would you describe the difference between this JB and a newer one?

This is not a fake.
Its modern bobbin, small logo, short legs.

But its not the golden era square hole bobbins either.
So its even later.
Early 90s maby

 

[GuitarDoc]

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I think he wanted to know how it SOUNDS different than current production JBs (in response to you saying..."sound of this Sh4 is great!! much better than today´s sh4").

 

[Mincer]

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I think he wanted to know how it SOUNDS different than current production JBs (in response to you saying..."sound of this Sh4 is great!! much better than today´s sh4").

Bingo.

 

[cruffmart]

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The sound is brighter, clearer and more defined. The sound of the current pickups is ... you play a distorted chord and listen to a block of more opaque and inconcrete audio in this old JB. Each string is defined more individually and there are more harmonics.
it is my opinion
I do not speak english is difficult to me explain sound in spanish more difficult in english hahahah