what makes the JB so rich in tone?

[Jag513]

Re: what makes the JB so rich in tone?

You can read all about it here: http://www.ainian.com/jb4.html.

Wow, up until now, I'd thought it was named JB for Jeff Beck...

I called the neck pickup JM-neck for John Milner whose one of Jeff's favorite characters in the movie "American Graffiti" but later changed to Jazz Model-neck so a player could better indentify with it for it's clean smooth tone. The bridge pickup became the JB because you can play Jazz and Blues with it.

Interesting read.

 

[Davey]

Re: what makes the JB so rich in tone?

I called the neck pickup JM-neck for John Milner whose one of Jeff's favorite characters in the movie "American Graffiti" but later changed to Jazz Model-neck so a player could better indentify with it for it's clean smooth tone. The bridge pickup became the JB because you can play Jazz and Blues with it.

wait a minute...

seymour originally designed a neck pup to go in one of beck's teles right? so reading that, the Jazz is that pup and the JB is voiced for a bridge counteraprt, which in turn isnt associated with JB in any way, but is a pup that stands on it's own...

=P

LOL .. nevermind me, i'm just insane

 

[Lewguitar]

Re: what makes the JB so rich in tone?

Remember too that the JB has stellar single coil tone when split. It's over 16K and when split you'll get two 8K single coils. The JB has my favorite split and parallel tones of any humbucker I have ever owned. If you have a JB and are not taking advantage of the split, series and single coils tones you're missing out on alot of versatility. The Parallel mode reminds me of a nice Tele bridge pickup!

 

[papersoul]

Re: what makes the JB so rich in tone?

For a pickup similar to the JB but fuller and with bigger bass, try the Rio Grande BBQ. It's like a beefed up JB. I was a big JB guy till I tried this pickup.

 

[JammerMatt]

Re: what makes the JB so rich in tone?

I just saw Megadeth the other night. Now, typically, my ear has a difficult time hearing lead solos in a live situation. I don't know if it's just me, or this is true for everyone. Maybe it's cause I'm short and the mid freqs are filtered out by the freaks standing and fighting in front of me. But, seems the bass and drums just totally drown out everything else.

In contrast, I could hear Dave M. and his guitar player better than I normally can during a concert. I know Dave plays the JB, and I'm guessing so did his hired gun. Mainly I could hear Dave's solos real well. He's a JB man.

 

[ranalli]

Re: what makes the JB so rich in tone?

I just saw Megadeth the other night. Now, typically, my ear has a difficult time hearing lead solos in a live situation. I don't know if it's just me, or this is true for everyone. Maybe it's cause I'm short and the mid freqs are filtered out by the freaks standing and fighting in front of me. But, seems the bass and drums just totally drown out everything else.

In contrast, I could hear Dave M. and his guitar player better than I normally can during a concert. I know Dave plays the JB, and I'm guessing so did his hired gun. Mainly I could hear Dave's solos real well. He's a JB man.

That AND the Marshalls is what you heard.

He could have been playing a JB through another amp and his sound might have been buried.

If he was using Marshalls and a JB he's REALLY pushing those upper mid frequencies which make the guitar heard so well in a mix.

 

[ankalar]

Re: what makes the JB so rich in tone?

It's obviously the musical crack.

 

[theboatcandream]

Re: what makes the JB so rich in tone?

What frequencies are considered to be upper mids?

 

[Jag513]

Re: what makes the JB so rich in tone?

wait a minute...

seymour originally designed a neck pup to go in one of beck's teles right? so reading that, the Jazz is that pup and the JB is voiced for a bridge counteraprt, which in turn isnt associated with JB in any way, but is a pup that stands on it's own...

=P

LOL .. nevermind me, i'm just insane

Did you read the interview? Seymour made both a neck and a bridge pickup.

I had to rewind a broken pair of old Gibson '59 "Patent Applied For" humbuckers that were damaged when the covers were removed. ... I used the heavier gauge to wind the neck pickup also because I had only a small amount. I used the finer wire to wind the bridge pickup because I could get extra turns on the bobbins for increased sustain, harmonics and output. ... I have my JM-neck and JB proto in the bridge and can be heard on my recordings "King Tone Blues" and "When A Man Loves A Woman".

 

[Davey]

Re: what makes the JB so rich in tone?

Did you read the interview? Seymour made both a neck and a bridge pickup.

ah... no, i didnt read the whole thing.. just the part that was quoted earlier :smack:

 

[SABOTAGE]

Re: what makes the JB so rich in tone?

What frequencies are considered to be upper mids?

the two bands after 500K to the right side then it goes to treble freqeuncies

 

[Mac-P]

Re: what makes the JB so rich in tone?

Mids

 

[flashbax]

Re: what makes the JB so rich in tone?

I have just purchased a guitar (Shamimura hand crafted 59 Les Paul) which has a 59/JB installed in it I am hoping that it has good tone. I have an Orville by Gibson that I just installed 'DarkBurst pickups in. You want tone to the bone check these out. I don't know how they compare to Seymours but I can tell you they do capture Duanne to a T. NO KIDDING ( I saw him at a small state college in NH and these are the ones for that tone.)