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The best. The best all-around pedal there is. Everyone knows it, you can do anything with it.

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Gold standard of versatile passive pickups. If you need the best of versatile pickups, don't waste your time with other pickups, get a Seymour Duncan JB.

When it comes to guitar tones, midrange is always extremely important to my guitar tone. The heart of a perfect guitar tone lies in the perfect amount of midrange with balanced low's and high's, along with a perfect amount of gain that will cut through the mix for high-gain tones, but retain clarity and character for clean tones as well.

Enter the Seymour Duncan JB. Before I had the trembucker version, I was originally using the SH-4 on my Ibanez S521 MOL, and even that did the job pretty damn well for a while. The trembucker version, however, fixes a lot of issues in terms of string spacing for superstrat guitars from brands such as Ibanez, ESP, Strandberg, and others.

So what makes the JB stand out from others? It has a tight low-end, which allows for palm-mute chugs to sound tight AF. The low-mid "growl" adds the extra attack to your pick attack, but it doesn't go over-the-top to the point where your ears become tortured. The Alnico V magnets help to tame the harsh frequencies while retaining the mids that are crucial to my high-gain tone. The treble frequencies also add a nice presence to my guitar tone, giving it a nice sparkle for clean tones. Oh, and did I mention that this pickup is 4-conductor as well? You can do split coils with this pickup, which sounds very close to a strat for mid-gain tones. Pretty neat.

If you're looking for the ultimate versatility and you don't know where to start, take a serious look at the JB. After upgrading my S521 MOL, I'm making serious considerations to phase out the DiMarzio's on my RG Prestige for the JB/59 combo as well.

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It’s ok

I’ve installed JBs in a Les Paul and a jazzmaster. I was never satisfied. My tone just sounded kind of flat. I replaced the les Paul JB with some £55 a set random pickups and my jazzmaster JB with some Railhammer Humcutters. They both outperformed the JB. Seymour Duncan has solid marketing, but I jus the sound it created.

Articulate, well-defined and very powerful!

I have a few instances of the JB, in quite a few flavours (standard size, trembucker, open coils, covered...). It is one of my go-to pickups and, definitely, a building block!

The sound is punchy, but articulate. It is overall very well balanced over the spectrum and cleans up very smoothly when you roll off the volume. I usually pair it with 500kOhm pots (unless the guitar "asks" otherwise).

It excels in classic Hard Rock and Heavy Metal tones, but it is versatile enough to cover both the "darker" and "lighter" sides of the force.

Trivia: "JB stands for Jazz Bridge"

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Sounds nice

Sounds great for alternative and hard rock music. Looks great in my fender strat

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

Great

This is the best aftermarket pickup that I’ve put in any of my guitars. Very crisp but takes distortion great, especially in lower tunings.

You can't go wrong with the classic JB.

There's no much to say about it, cool sounding and useful pickup. It might be bright for some people. There's no much difference between the Trem and the Humbucker in my opinion other than satisfy my OCD.

Yuuuuhhhhssssd

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

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.