Screaming Demon vs JB?

[Aceman]

The piercing thing on a JB is not the "brightness" - And that is when/if it occurs (like in a Les Paul. Sometimes. Maybe)

I think of a Demon like this; All pickups in the PAF-ish class of Duncan are more "tilted" versions of a PAF...Less Bass, More highs.

59 - the standard
Tilt the EQ with a little less bass, and more highs, That's a PG
Tilt it even more, that's a Demon
Full Tilt - That's a Full Shred

Each pickup becomes more reticulate, and less goofy/boomy, and brighter as you go.

None of them are particularly hot, but the get a little spicier each level.

 

[beaubrummels]

The '78 Model is also a PAF somewhere in between or in the ball park the Demon and Full Shred. It's like a PG with the bass rolled off.

 

[jeremy]

i dont think of a demon or fs as a paf at all. seth, 59, pg, antiquity, yes

 

[Artie]

A dual Screamin Demon setup is great. Speaking from experience.

Dual bridge pups?

 

[Mincer]

Dual bridge pups?

Yeah, a handful of people like that for some reason.

 

[jeremy]

i mean... the demon isnt that high output and its bright bright. back in the day, gibson made one humbucker pup and put it neck and bridge so its not new to have similar pups in both positions

 

[Aceman]

The '78 Model is also a PAF somewhere in between or in the ball park the Demon and Full Shred. It's like a PG with the bass rolled off.

Never played a 78. But I can believe that.

 

[Aceman]

Yeah, a handful of people like that for some reason.

Well, the EQ curve and output of each is the same, so there is that.

 

[Aceman]

i dont think of a demon or fs as a paf at all. seth, 59, pg, antiquity, yes

Yeah - not PAF toner, no doubt they get hotter and brighter at the same time...still, that's just how I think of them in terms of dealing with bass/treble in a guitar.

 

[ErikH]

Dual bridge pups?

Yup. The Demon is a great neck pickup too.

 

[donaldr]

@OP if you go Screamin Demon bridge and neck, I would swap the magnet on the bridge for an A8. Just to give a bit of a different sound from the neck.
FYI, I had an SD in the bridge of a Fender Strat and it worked well with 250K pots.

Here's a video showing how a split SD sounds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-xkwOtdvRM&t=68s

 

[Rex_Rocker]

Dual bridge pups?

I think the original Ibanez Jems came with Dual PAF Pros.

 

[beaubrummels]

I seem to recall weren't there some Jacksons that came with dual JBs? The JB neck was just a JB bridge with the logo printed on the other bobbin.

 

[Mincer]

I seem to recall weren't there some Jacksons that came with dual JBs? The JB neck was just a JB bridge with the logo printed on the other bobbin.

I remember this too. And a few LPs?

 

[AdrianSD]

Tried the JB in the neck of 2 guitars. Played with height, poles, magnet and what not. Nope, no good.

 

[donaldr]

I seem to recall weren't there some Jacksons that came with dual JBs? The JB neck was just a JB bridge with the logo printed on the other bobbin.

I cannot stand one JB on a guitar, I can't imagine having two...

 

[GuitarDoc]

I cannot stand one JB on a guitar, I can't imagine having two...

:biglaugh:

 

[orpheo]

I cannot stand one JB on a guitar, I can't imagine having two...

I hated the JB until Seymour himself told me that he designed and made the JB to act, sound, like a tele pickup but hotter and noiseless. Since then, I came to understand its tone. Jazz is like the tele neck pickup, but hotter and noiseless. I have 1 guitar, a tele, with a JB, and it's perfection.

 

[Rex_Rocker]

Yeah, I've had the JB in the neck too, and it didn't work for me either. I didn't have dual JB's, though. For me, it was Black Winter/JB.

Really dark and muddy. If you try it, you kinda realized the JB isn't all that bright like many people say it is.

 

[Artie]

I cannot stand one JB on a guitar, I can't imagine having two...

Wire one reverse polarity. Then they cancel each other out.