Quintessential JB records?

[Dave Locher]

This has probably been discussed before but I wonder if anyone can point to some specific songs with what you would consider "the JB tone."
I always see references to hair metal but a lot of that is Super Distortion and I don't really know specific artists or records that are definitely JB.
What song do you think most exemplifies the und of the JB?

 

[Chistopher]

If you want to go down quite the rabbit hole, EVH used a broken JB on quite a few tracks.

 

[BeKindRewind]

MD 45-The Creed.(Remaster) - YouTube
I love the roar it's got in this song. this sort of tone is the first thing I think of, when I think about what I like about the JB

 

[STLMTLHD79]

There was a thread on this many years ago, but i will list some of the "JB Records" that come right off my head:

Rust in Peace
Countdown to Extinction
Invasion of your privacy
Out of the Cellar
The Ultimate Sin
Nevermind
Dirt
Facelift
Undertow

 

[dave74]

Hard to really assign an album tone to a specific pickup. We all know that amp and speakers have more to do with tone than pickups, and then there is all the studio "magic" with micing, stacking, post-eqq/compression ect...

 

[Clint 55]

Here's some quintessential JB upper mid slop for ya.

 

[Artie]

Isn't Jeff Beck's "Blow by Blow" more or less the original JB/Jazz used throughout the album?

 

[dystrust]

There was a thread on this many years ago, but i will list some of the "JB Records" that come right off my head:

Nevermind

Nevermind would've been Super Distortion as Kurt didn't switch to the JB until the subsequent tour. The only Nirvana record that's definitely JB is In Utero.

 

[Mononoaware]

Surfing With the Alien is largely JB in a Kramer Pacer. Many songs are EQ-tweaked into oblivion, but I still hear "that sound" on nearly every track.

 

[Dave Locher]

Hard to really assign an album tone to a specific pickup. We all know that amp and speakers have more to do with tone than pickups, and then there is all the studio "magic" with micing, stacking, post-eqq/compression ect...

True. I'm hoping that listening to quite a few of them will allow me to "hear" the common elements that the pickup imparts.

 

[soulforger]

Most Queensryche albums are full of JB tones! Mindcrime, Empire, Rage...Michael Wilton uses them still!

 

[dave74]

True. I'm hoping that listening to quite a few of them will allow me to "hear" the common elements that the pickup imparts.

That is the best strategy for sure, although so many of those classic albums are Super D and JB but in the context of the mix and recording they are somewhat still easy to mistake for each other despite them being so different in real life raw/guitar-only.

 

[Lovegun]

I can think a few more JB users like Scott Ian, Eric Petersen has used them too, Alex Skolnick too, Iron Maiden from the 90*s on at various times.

 

[PFDarkside]

Dookie, JB into the modded Marshall.

 

[STLMTLHD79]

Hard to really assign an album tone to a specific pickup. We all know that amp and speakers have more to do with tone than pickups, and then there is all the studio "magic" with micing, stacking, post-eqq/compression ect...

That is true in most cases however, Marty's leads on Rust in Peace really show the character of the JB. The lead tone just soars with that JB midrange.

 

[STLMTLHD79]

Surfing With the Alien is largely JB in a Kramer Pacer. Many songs are EQ-tweaked into oblivion, but I still hear "that sound" on nearly every track.

Yea forgot about that one. If there was 1 piece of guitar equipment that made everything played through it sound the same, it was the Rockman preamp. There are lead lines on "Echo" that do have some JB character I must say. I have always read about the fact that Joe used a JB on SWTA, but was there documentation of him saying this?

 

[STLMTLHD79]

Most Queensryche albums are full of JB tones! Mindcrime, Empire, Rage...Michael Wilton uses them still!

I always read that DeGarmo used 59s on those albums. Wilton also used Duncan Custom's here and there from what i have read in interviews.

 

[jeremy]

Isn't Jeff Beck's "Blow by Blow" more or less the original JB/Jazz used throughout the album?

cause we've ended as lovers is the telegib for sure, dunno about the rest of the album

 

[Artie]

cause we've ended as lovers is the telegib for sure, dunno about the rest of the album

That song still makes my current playlist.

 

[Mincer]

cause we've ended as lovers is the telegib for sure, dunno about the rest of the album

Funny, as it doesn't sound like a typical JB to me. I am sure it is the original, but if any JB I tried sounded like that, I'd dig them.