Seymour Duncan SH-4 JB Humbucker Pickup
The Seymour Duncan SH-4 JB Humbucker 4 conducter pickup uses a completely balanced coil configuration to produce great harmonics and a high output with just the right blend of sustain and distortion. With the Seymour Duncan Humbucker you get the b... read more
Seymour Duncan SH-4 JB Humbucker Pickup
"It seems that Kurt sometimes used Seymour Duncan Hot Rails pickups, which are humbuckers, but reduced to the size of a single coil picku... more
Billie Joe Armsrtong's guitar tech mentions that Billie uses an SH-4, Aka, the Seymour Duncan JB. more
According to http://www.seymourduncan.com/ Tom Morello uses as Seymour Ducnan JB in his gutiars. more
Pictured in photo on Frankenstrat Wikipedia page. As well as many other pictures of Van Halens early Stratocaster guitars. more
He used few times Randy Rhoades signature Jackson. Almost every guitar has JB in bridge position and it is easy to see on few pictures th... more
Reviews
Trusted musician and artist reviews for Seymour Duncan SH-4 JB Humbucker Pickup
Based on 9 Reviews
Rocks in the bridge of my SG
Does classic rock very well. Cuts through nicely.
Love it, worth every penny
I can't remember how much I paid for the pick up but I love it, excellent tone in my strat. Have it closer to the strings than most people would which I know kills sustain but I love how it drives the amp just that bit more without getting muddy. The definition between notes is brilliant. I have heard that they can be quite shrill with the top end but if you just roll the tone back a little bit this problem is none existent. I use the strat when I don't want a squeaky clean sound and rather than use abit of overdrive I just let this guitar do the work as it sounds much nice than any overdrive. The pick up if lowered to the correct heigh can do anything from jazz to slayer
actually string pull is less prevalent in humbuckers because the magnet is a bar magnet and even in pickups with individual polepiece magnets the big offender for string pull is the neck pickup
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I slapped this in my mustang and it totally beefed it up. I refrained from playing my stang for a while cuz the bridge pickup was sooooooo thin, but since I got this my mustang had become my main guitar
Awesome pickup
Have it in my Kramer EVH 5150 guitar, great for hard rock and 80s metal
VERSITILE
With the JB, you can't go wrong... Jazz, Rock, Blues, Metal..... the list goes on, it works superbly for all genres, the ultimate pickup, as far as I'm concerned.
Obviously I have this, name a guitarist who doesn't use this
I use this for the bridge position in my Fender Kurt Cobain Road Worn Jaguar and the bridge position in the Yamaha Revstar.
Totally worth it
I must say this pickup is very versatile, no regrets. I can play whatever I want with this pickup. Even you have it in crappy guitar, it still sounds good.
Also have in bridge position in my SG
Overall great pickup, slightly hot and can be shrilly if set to high up. If you get the right setup its a great pickup overall and can cut through. Its the most popular aftermarket pickup for a reason.