[yevetz]

I playing on mahagony 6 string ibby that has Jazz/JB and I love the sound (or like we said here "Urinate with boiling water" )

[eaeolian]

Originally Posted by The Dark Wolf

Sure.

They try to make them the same, but the biggest difference is the size of the pickups. It seems to make a difference.

The DC resistance of the JB7 I sent Wolfe was in the 19.2K range. When he rewound it to about 16 (pretty much matching the '80s JB6 I have), it opened the pickup up and de-mudded it - same bite, but a nice full bottom end without "wool"...

[scott from _actual time_]

Originally Posted by Leon

hmm... this has me wanting the Jazz/Custom combo in my Dean Evo7, which is mahogany.

i have that combo in my homemade S7, which is african mahogany, but i modded the Custom with an Alnico V magnet. it sounds awesome--thick chewy midrange that has tons of depth and character. makes my other guitars sound thin and bland by comparison. i heartily endorse Jazz+Custom, especially if you can score an A5 magnet.

[loktide]

Originally Posted by yevetz

I playing on mahagony 6 string ibby that has Jazz/JB and I love the sound (or like we said here "Urinate with boiling water" )

i also have the same PUs in my rg3120 (which is mahagony) and it just compliments the 'mahagony' sound really well. I wouldn't put them in a basswood ibby though. That'll probably end up beeing too trebly...
You'll also have to drill holes on your ibby to fit the duncan's polepieces :S

[The Dark Wolf]

Originally Posted by loktide

You'll also have to drill holes on your ibby to fit the duncan's polepieces :S

Or replace the polepieces with shorter screws. (Much better idea, to me, but hey.)


You can get shorter polepiece screws on the net.

[playstopause]

Originally Posted by The Dark Wolf

Or replace the polepieces with shorter screws. (Much better idea, to me, but hey.)


You can get shorter polepiece screws on the net.

... or just cut them, like i did. On my S-7, they were long enough to get trough the back of the guitar!

[yevetz]

Originally Posted by The Dark Wolf

Or replace the polepieces with shorter screws. (Much better idea, to me, but hey.)


You can get shorter polepiece screws on the net.

Anyway that holes are small.......so I will go with drilling

Originally Posted by playstopause

... or just cut them, like i did. On my S-7, they were long enough to get trough the back of the guitar!

Or do like that!

[loktide]

I read many people claiming that cutting the lower part of the pole pieces will affect sound... it's supposed to be a known mod from the 80's

[playstopause]

For real?

I've done research before doing it and all the info i gathered got me to think it would change about 1-2% of the sound. Unoticable, really.

[nbarts]

JB, 59, Jazz are all great PUs, they don't have any noise issues.

If I had only one guitar I'd get 59/59 set & it can cover anything. '59 is the best Duncan I've ever heard. Duncan Distortion on the other hand sounds thin, I hate that thing.

If you like to get more aggressive in top end JB is a great choice for bridge. However IMO it would be better to switch Jazz with '59, I like jazz a lot, but '59 is way more versatile, especially if you play rock or metal.