JBJ vs JB
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Rex_Rocker
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I don't have a JBJ, but I do have the next best thing, I suppose. An Antiquity. My experience with the Ant vs the standard JB is exactly the same as the first video and the video I posted.
That being said, I like the regular production JB just fine. Especially in a Les Paul tuned low.
Honestly, I don't agree with romanticizing vintage. I get it, old JB's have the cool factor. And like the guy says, that's the sound that you hear on those old records. But current day JB's are good too. They're just slightly different (but not all that much and probably more consistent). And they start sounding more similar to the old ones the more they age too. They surely never made a deliverate decision like, "yeah, let's totally make the JB sound worse now." If anything, the changes made were meant to improve it in some way or another.
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Chistopher
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Unless this is a video comparing Joe Bonamassa and Jon Bon Jovi, I'm not watching it
Rex_Rocker
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On a related note, I've never found the contemporary JBs' treble to be problematic, personally. My hot take, I suppose, is that if anything, the treble is pretty rolled off if you start comparing to the Custom, Custom 5, Distortion, Nazgul, Dimebucker, '59B, WLH, PG, etc., and like 80-90% of the Duncan humbucker lineup. So I don't think a little extra treble from the polished magnet in contemporary JB's is that attrocious of a thing.
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i like a current jb, just put one in a friends guitar and it sounded awesome! i get the cool factor of having an old one, and maybe it does sound a little different, bet it still sounds like a jb though.
as far as joe b vs jon bj... i dont care to watch that video. but id love to lay my hands on some of joes gear
as far as joe b vs jon bj... i dont care to watch that video. but id love to lay my hands on some of joes gear
Bill Dennis
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I took it to mean an older MJ wound JB
Th more experienced I get, the more I realize that the nuances I chased around every corner back in the day really don't matter all that much. If its brighter you instinctively tweak the amp, adjust your picking hand etc. and end up pretty much in the same spot no matter what variation on a theme you are using
Certainly not with a thumbnail like that. I have a hard time with guitar influencers.
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