TheTrueZoltan!
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@James Freeman Have you ever tried the Custom 5?
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James Freeman
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Yeah that's common knowledge by now, I read it on almost every thread that has both 'JB' and 'Distortion' words together.
Not going to mod a pickups though, I'm not there yet.
Nope.
Looking at the specs and EQ it is kind of the opposite of what I want from a humbucker, I want a hot mid boost that is present in the JB, Distortion and the Black Winter.
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...yet :-DYeah that's common knowledge by now, I read it on almost every thread that has both 'JB' and 'Distortion' words together.
Not going to mod a pickups though, I'm not there yet.
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I can almost hear my diy lacquer potter whispering to me at night.
The Duncans are wax potted though, they are really disgusting when unboxing.
TheTrueZoltan!
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You can easily change magnets without having to re-pot the pickup.I can almost hear my diy lacquer potter whispering to me at night.
The Duncans are wax potted though, they are really disgusting when unboxing.
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You don't have to change magnets at all if you wind your own! Come to the dark side... We have spreadsheets!You can easily change magnets without having to re-pot the pickup.
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Do you mean classic or really classic?
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Both.
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I really like using the Super Distortion, only wish I'd tried it years ealier.
Also rekindling my love for the FRED. I'd consider both classics at this point.
Can't go wrong with a PAF spec either.
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Yup. My strat, tele and prs have all got vintage spec pickups in them. Most of the sounds I really like were made with those pickups and the farther I move away from them the harder I've found it to get those sounds.
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I was playing my JS6 last night (PAF PRO/FRED) and just kept thinking of all of the different humbuckers I’ve tried over the years and how these and pickups like the JB just get the job done.
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At the end of the day, the mighty JB wins for me.
The JB is slightly lower in gain than its ceramic brothers but it is tighter with less low frequencies which effectively produces the most pleasing palm mute chug when boosted.
Seldom people nail it from the first try but Seymour did, the JB was launched in 1976.
I own three guitars with the JB in the bridge now, Edwards LP, Gibson LP, and Ibanez GRG, it just perfect for me.
My humble SD stack;
The Hot Rodded set is in the Les Paul and the SH-2 and TB-4 are in the GRG Ibanez.
The JB is slightly lower in gain than its ceramic brothers but it is tighter with less low frequencies which effectively produces the most pleasing palm mute chug when boosted.
Seldom people nail it from the first try but Seymour did, the JB was launched in 1976.
I own three guitars with the JB in the bridge now, Edwards LP, Gibson LP, and Ibanez GRG, it just perfect for me.
My humble SD stack;
The Hot Rodded set is in the Les Paul and the SH-2 and TB-4 are in the GRG Ibanez.
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Hmm, something about the Fluence Modern I don't particularily like.
Voice 1 is too tight and honky, while Voice 2 is very close to a passive ceramic like the Duncan Distortion but not tight enough.
On the RG5121 the neck pickup is also a Ceramic Modern which is a weird choice by Ibanez because the stock Modern set has Alnico in the neck.
Fluence Classics are due.
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Hmm 2, maybe they are good.
Directly comparing the JB in my GRG121 and the Modern Bridge Voice 2 in the RG5121, they are very similar.
Voice 1 is too tight and honky, while Voice 2 is very close to a passive ceramic like the Duncan Distortion but not tight enough.
On the RG5121 the neck pickup is also a Ceramic Modern which is a weird choice by Ibanez because the stock Modern set has Alnico in the neck.
Fluence Classics are due.
EDIT:
Hmm 2, maybe they are good.
Directly comparing the JB in my GRG121 and the Modern Bridge Voice 2 in the RG5121, they are very similar.
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I've been doing a lot of research since writing this. Listening to demos and looking at BKP's and I'm starting to think I should be looking to get Aftermath's.
Given the name's on there it's very hard to not conclude that Aftermath is the modern, progressive, seven string sound.
I want to take the plunge. Someone push me in.
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It's almost like Overdrives. There are a few basic recipes----and then everyone and
their Momma saying they have put their special sauce on it that makes "all the difference."
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True. Except mine, of course. They really are special.It's almost like Overdrives. There are a few basic recipes----and then everyone and
their Momma saying they have put their special sauce on it that makes "all the difference."
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Don’t get me started on pedals. Talk about an over saturated market. Wake me up when someone releases a pedal that is actually revolutionary and not just another clone of an existing pedal with minor changes to differentiate Itself from the others.It's almost like Overdrives. There are a few basic recipes----and then everyone and
their Momma saying they have put their special sauce on it that makes "all the difference."
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Do you mean that sounds where the guitar sounds like someone swearing in Russian with a stutter?
Buh, buh buh blyat. Blyaaa, buh buh blyat!
I haven’t tried the Aftermath but i did put a Nailbomb Alnico in the bridge of my Ibanez Prestige. It woke the guitar up. Of course it came from the factory with the absolute worst pickup on earth (The Tone Zone) so anything was an improvement.
The Nailbomb is extremely sensitive to pickup height adjustments. It makes the difference between loving and hating it.
