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so yesterday i put a JB in my gibson explorer, but i had to wait till today to make a final judgement cause i did it late last night and i really wanted to give it the crank test. the results? damn! its one hell of a pickup. im not sure if i like it better than my DD thats in another guitar, but theyre pretty damn different anyway. i still prefer the tight low end chugging rhythm tone of the DD, but the first the i noticed about the JB was the lead tone. holy ****! its definately the most searing kickass lead tone ive ever gotten. love it. its rhythm tone is still awesome, but i dont think ill ever find a rhythm tone i like better than what comes outta the DD. the JB is a little more smooth too, and i guess i prefer the chunky palm mute sound of the DD. but while i prefer the bottom end tightness of the DD, the mids of JB dominate- theyre so much more usable than the mids of the DD. sometimes the DD sounds like its got so much mids, and because of the texture or whatever of them, theyre kinda too crispy or something, just not really what i want. but the JB, while it certainly has a lotta mids in there, has a lot more smoothness to the mids that dont really make it as chunky sounding, but just sounds better as a mid frequency overall. the JB also has damn good harmonics. not astonishingly more than the DD, but enough that you can tell. PH's scream just a bit more with the JB i think. and, i havent noticed any quot;ice-pickinessquot; like some people say about the JB. i really like its high end actually. and im pretty sure my explorer came with 500k pots (ok im not positive, but its a good guess). in a lighter bodied and different wooded guitar it could be too bright, but it sounds great in a giant peice of mahogany like the explorer. overall, a great pickup and im really happy with it. oh and one more thing i noticed- i now have all my main genres covered with guitars/tone. the explorer (w/ JB) is perfect for NWOBHM and classic metal stuff like maiden, priest, etc. the ex-351 (DD/'59) is perfect for more thrash kinda stuff like Metallica, megadeth (even though dave mustaine uses JB's, i get a much better megadeth tone with the DD), slayer, etc. because of the tighter bottom end and more aggressiveness of the DD. and my viper is perfect for the stoner rock/southern metal stuff like down, COC, etc. cause its got even more low end and a bit less mids, but still has really good clarity and handles downtuning like none other. so im a happy man. but this also shows that i really dont have much use for the invader thats in my bc rich, so im thinking of getting rid of it and putting in an EMG 81. as my only trem-equipped guitar and with its raw maple neck, itd be great for leads with an 81 in there.

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pretty nice to see you like it dude... and pretty nice too seeing that you can cover all the music you like w your guitars...

btw i won´t be the only one who is gonna say you to try the 85 better on that axe

i love mine too in my stratocaster,really bites and cant seem to fell any high end spike either and mine has 500 k !!! but the anderson h3 on my mahogany washburn has way more loads a low end,just like in yur viper,but harmonics really lack compared to JB.
the jb lead tones are addicting!!!


Originally Posted by WaR HeaDbtw i won´t be the only one who is gonna say you to try the 85 better on that axe

i dunno....im kinda torn about the invader anyway. cause it sure sounds good, its just not exactly what i want there. so itll be a while before i get around to changing that one, i still gotta decideOriginally Posted by madguitar26but the anderson h3 on my mahogany washburn has way more loads a low end,just like in yur viper,but harmonics really lack compared to JB.hmm. i think the anderson has pretty good harmonics, not as much as the JB, but not disappointingly less.

I like the JB in mahogany too. It sounds really rich and full in my ephiphone les paul. [Edit 5 years later: I only like the JB in some mahogany guitars. It is good in my les paul, but was bad in my Schecter C-1 classic.]

Hey ex-250, I have a DD too and love it for palm muting and metal in general. But how would you compare the invader with the DD and JB? Curious

Congrats Men!! Glad you like it...


Originally Posted by bubbahotep2k3But how would you compare the invader with the DD and JB? Curious

honestly, i like the DD and JB a ton more than the invader. the invader a whole lotta low end, and a rediculous amount of mids that makes it sound really grainy a lot of the time. im sure it would be better if i had everything set up for it, but my amp is EQed for the DD, JB, and pickups like it. itd be too annoying to have to drastically fiddle with my settings everytime i wanted to use the guitar with the invader in it

Thanks for the help! I'm going to keep my DD and pass on the invader...

cool. btw- i love that movie (bubba hotep). did you hear theyre making a quot;bubba nosferatuquot;?

Really? That is awesome bubbanosferatu--I cant wait...Bruce Campbell rules...

yeah, its gonna be a prequel, so itll have young elvis and young JFK

Ha ha ha That is funny! Campbell does rule. Bubbahotep had me laughing my ass off