What can I expect if swap my 59b for a JB

[51501984]

I `ve wanted to try the JB for a while probably because Jake E Lee , Warren Dmartini and George Lynch used them and I liked their tone. I`ve currently got a 59b in my Strat with a single 500k vol. control and I love the tone but I just don`t feel like buying another guitar to try a new pickup. So what can I expect if tried the JB ? I play blues low gain to near hi gain hard rock!

 

[midnite_man]

Re: What can I expect if swap my 59b for a JB

You will hear more treble out of the JB at a higher output. I'm assuming you'd put it in your Strat with the SSL-2. Being a fairly bright s.c. pickup in it's own right, the SSL and JB would be a pretty bright combination, I would think. I know what the JB sounds like in my Les Paul, but that's a different wood than your Strat. Still the JB would be a fairly bright pickup to use in any guitar.
If that's not your cup of tea, possibly a Custom might work for you. It's a little warmer but still has great highs and punchy mids. If I was going to put a humbucker in my Strat, I would try that one first. But that's only my opinion, from using it in two other guitars.
Are you using 2 SSL-2's with the hummer in the bridge?
....Bob

 

[51501984]

Re: What can I expect if swap my 59b for a JB

Bump de Bump!

 

[Benjy_26]

Re: What can I expect if swap my 59b for a JB

everything Midnite said +1.