The JB in basswood?

[UnderTheFlame83]

Anyone have the JB in a basswood guitar? How do you like it? I've used the JB in mahogany, maple, alder, poplar, but never in basswood.

 

[Artie]

I have the Duncan Designed JB/Jazz combo in a basswood Tele, but I'm not sure how to characterize the sound other than to say that it sounds like a JB and Jazz.

 

[Synapsys]

For many yesrs I've had a TB-4 in an Ibanez RG527R-LTD, which had a basswood body, 24-fret maple neck with a rosewood board, and an Edge tremolo.

Very present mids and even lows and highs. Found it to be tighter in the lows than when installed in an alder body.

Definitely keeps the voicing, turning any guitar into an awesome lead instrument.

 

[SFW]

The JB sounds fantastic in basswood.


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[playas]

Anyone have the JB in a basswood guitar? How do you like it? I've used the JB in mahogany, maple, alder, poplar, but never in basswood.

Out of curiosity, what does it sound like in poplar?

(As against alder or mahogany for example.)

 

[solspirit]

What were 98 mim strats made out of? I had in one there and loved it

 

[CipherArcher]

JB is my go to in RG550's.

 

[Mr. B]

I have tried the JB in several Basswood Ibanez RG's over the years. Never liked it much in them. I like it better in Alder. In basswood, I have found more I liked in the Dimarzio lineup. Tone Zone, Air Zone, Fred, Crunch Lab, Ionizer.

 

[dave74]

I tend to favor ceramics in about everything, but especially basswood. With the jb I've liked it best in alder/ash/maple/ebony guitars.

 

[Mincer]

I think the tone of a JB tends to override any differences in wood tone. It imparts its sound on whatever it is installed in.

 

[Despair]

JB does work in some basswood guitars, but when it doesn't, it varies from one trick pony to useless. When it works well, it's brilliant at what it does. The upper mid spike is amazing for leads, not to mention great for cutting through live. Some guitars it even just sounds balanced in.

I have an SH-4 JB that used to be the bridge pickup in my ~'89 Ibanez RG570. It sounded bad there, cutting upper mids, but flubby low end, but no real highs or deep low end. Bloated yet nasal. With an A3 magnet & 0.75" hex screws under the wound strings, it's a fun neck pickup (fat for solos and riffs, but articulate enough for cleans). [I also have it with stud polepieces towards the neck, and the bass side screwed nearly all the way down and the polepiece screws adjusted to compensate, which makes it fat under the high strings but tighter and more bite on the low strings.]

I currently have a PATB-1b Original Parallel Axis trembucker as its bridge pickup, which has more deep bass yet isn't flubby, much brighter yet less piercing, with tons of harmonics and plenty of mid drive. Much more useful all around pickup that responds better to the tone & volume controls, not to mention pick dynamics.

 

[pskorz]

What were 98 mim strats made out of? I had in one there and loved it

Poplar, if memory serves.

 

[eaeolian]

I had one in my basswood Zion Turbo for years, sounded great with 250K pots, was too bright with 500s but that guitar is very bright to begin with.