Jeff Beck in the Neck.

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I have a JB in the neck position, and I love the highs and mids. It's great.

But the bottom end is mush.

Does anybody have a suggestion on how to improve the bottom end?

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Re: Jeff Beck in the Neck.

Calling Dr. Zerb! And welcome to the forum. Until Zerb can be located...what sort of guitar is it? Give us make model and neck & body woods, please, to better help the doctor diagnose the tonal problem....
 
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It's a Yamaha SBG2000, all mahogany, tune-o-matic, 24.75.

Thanks for the welcome, by the way.
 
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Actually, JB doesent mean"Jeff Beck". Ive heard that Duncan found out Becks Les Paul was wired hotter than an aveverge one, and when it was stolen, it was retrieved with different pickups., so Duncan wired in a couple of custom jobs. I dont know, thats what I read somewhere. But JB doesnt stand for 'Jeff beck". It stands for Jazz Bridge" or something. Jeff Beck,even though he was Duncans influence and inspiration, has no official affiliation with the JB humbucker.-Seymour Dunc....er....Jerryjg
 
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jerryjg said:
But JB doesnt stand for 'Jeff beck". It stands for Jazz Bridge" or something. Jeff Beck,even though he was Duncans influence and inspiration, has no official affiliation with the JB humbucker.-Seymour Dunc....er....Jerryjg
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U almost got it man.
i believe its Jazzy Bluesy or Jazzy Blues, hmmm :fingersx:
 
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Yeah, and EVH doesn't have anything to do with Edward. Ha ha.
- Seymour "too cheap to pay for endorsements" Duncan

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blackflag said:
I have a JB in the neck position, and I love the highs and mids. It's great.

But the bottom end is mush.

Does anybody have a suggestion on how to improve the bottom end?

:afro:
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That is just part of what the Jb is and its personality. You can change out the flat head pole screw poles for allen head poles and this will tighten it up a bit.
 
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Theodie made the first obvious suggestion ,
if it doesn't work enough you could make an "air-JB" by removing the metal spacer were the screws go through , very efficient mod .
( for more info use the search fonction or read my recent posts )
 
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blackflag said:
Yeah, and EVH doesn't have anything to do with Edward. Ha ha.
- Seymour "too cheap to pay for endorsements" Duncan

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it's not that with JB, the story is Jeff and Seymour have known each other for years, just diving in there and entering a sponsorship deal really isn't his style!

plus, jeff beck's had 2 strats out by fender.. it'd be like clapton fronting les pauls for gibson today :)

tom
 
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SeymourDuncan.com said:
In 1974, a twenty-something American blues guitarist named Seymour W. Duncan was burning it up in London’s bars and clubs by night. During days, he performed guitar repair for Ivor Arbiter at the Fender Sound House on Tottenham Court Road. It was during those days that Seymour struck up a friendship with his all-time guitar hero, Jeff Beck.

After sending his favorite Les Paul® to a shady repairman who switched out the P.A.F.’s for newer, squealing, pickups, Jeff came to Seymour for help and advice. Seymour repaired Jeff’s Les Paul, and then set about creating a special guitar for Jeff with a pair of pickups that would capture Jeff’s amazing ability to coax a wide range of tones out of his axe.

The result was a guitar that Seymour gave to Jeff as a gift. The body and neck were clearly Telecaster®. But the pickups were two re-wound humbuckers made from broken P.A.F.s Seymour rescued from Lonnie Mack’s Flying V®. Seymour called the guitar a “Tele-Gib,” and nicknamed the bridge pickup “JB” and the neck pickup “JM,” after the hot rod racer, “John Milner,” in the classic film, American Graffiti. (Eventually, “JM” would change to “Jazz Model,” which is what it’s called today.) Jeff used the Tele-Gib on his amazing 1975 release, Blow By Blow, where it gained notoriety for the haunting volume swells heard on “Cause We Ended As Lovers,” which Jeff dedicated to Roy Buchanon. Interestingly, it was Seymour who introduced Jeff to Roy a few months prior.

The JB bridge pickup became very popular, very quick. Soon, many of England’s top guitarists, including more than a few legendary names, sought out Seymour’s “JB Mod” for their guitars. They found that the JB gave increased output (16.4K Ohms) without sounding harsh or dark, like other high-output pickups of the mid-‘70s. When Seymour returned to the USA the next year, his reputation as a pickup designer and the JB’s reputation as a great pickup preceded him. And the rest was history.

In traditional marketing study, products generally have a life cycle with a period of growth, followed by maturity and eventually decline. However, the life cycle of the JB flies in the face of traditional marketing. Year-after-year, for the last 30 years, it has continued to gain in popularity, easily garnering its spot as both the oldest and the most popular Seymour Duncan pickup. Nowadays, the JB can be heard on recordings by such diverse rock bands as 311, Allman Bros. Band, Bad Religion, Garbage, Kings X, Megadeth, Motorhead, Sevendust, and Static X; Country recordings by the likes of Trisha Yearwood, Kentucky Headhunters, Garth Brooks, Kenny Chesney, and Reba McIntire; and pop acts such as Jessica Simpson, Bee Gees, and Shania Twain.

According to England’s Guitarist magazine, "You really can't beat the beefy tone of a genuine Duncan JB. Not for nothing is this humbucker Seymour's personal favourite, and it's also probably ours; the fact that it can handle almost all styles equally well is a big bonus..." Long live the JB!
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http://www.seymourduncan.com/news/newsletterwinter04.shtml#product_spotlight
 
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theodie said:
That is just part of what the Jb is and its personality. You can change out the flat head pole screw poles for allen head poles and this will tighten it up a bit.
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Seriously? The bottom end blows.

I might try the allen head deal...but I don't think the "air mod" is going to tighten it up, is it?

Anybody want to buy a JB? Or suggest something that sound similar, but with a more articulate bottom end?
 
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putting a 16k pup in the neck is a tricky thing, especially in a short scale mahogany guitar that doesnt have a super tight bottom to begin with.

i had a jb in the neck of a jackson rhodes that sounded great but thats a much different beast
 
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Yeah, that's true. I'll probably have to switch it to something else.

I don't mind "dark," really. But this is just mush.
 
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If you like a hot pickup in the neck, try a DM Paf Pro. It does great in the neck of my mahogany, long scale Schecter. Balances out very well with the Custom in the bridge. Really warm, with lots of presence. No flabby bottom end.
 
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jerryjg said:
Actually, JB doesent mean"Jeff Beck". Ive heard that Duncan found out Becks Les Paul was wired hotter than an aveverge one, and when it was stolen, it was retrieved with different pickups., so Duncan wired in a couple of custom jobs. I dont know, thats what I read somewhere. But JB doesnt stand for 'Jeff beck". It stands for Jazz Bridge" or something. Jeff Beck,even though he was Duncans influence and inspiration, has no official affiliation with the JB humbucker.-Seymour Dunc....er....Jerryjg
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That chick is really hot.
 
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