Seymour Duncan JB/59 vs Distortion SH6/TB6 

When I was four, I used ceramics to put my artwork on the fridge. Ceramics are nostalgic.

I've used a lot of pickups and the JB is simply the most all-around adaptable pickup I've ever used. Either that or a Custom SH-5. I also love the Distortion. But the JB has the right amout of everything. It shines in guitars with a lot of natural mids because it helps them cut through and makes the sound big and bright. It works great in mahogany, basswood, alder as well. I just wouldn't put it in maple because I find that way too bright. I would put it in swamp ash but not regular ash. If you've got an Ibanez or Gibson solid body the JB is superb.

How Abt if used on poplar?

@@laylatigreal7510 Don’t listen to him… a JB sounds great in any wood. Especially if you’re playing distorted tones, at that point the wood has absolutely no affect. During cleans, possibly but most likely not. Tone wood only really matters in acoustic guitars

Yes. It's great in poplar. I have in it a poplar Squier right now and it sounds amazing, just like the poplar Kramer I Baretta I had in '87 that came stock with a JB. The only issues I've had with a JB were in very bright guitars, but I generally avoid very bright guitars. In most guitars it's going to sound great. @@laylatigreal7510

Wrong. Tonewood matters, but less so if you are playing cranked out ultra-high gain metal. Not all distorted tones are the same either. If you are using a very scooped, ultra gain Uberschall tone then you could be playing a baseball bat with a microphone and it's going to sound metal. For the sort of tones demonstrated in the video above, tonewood makes much more of a difference. I had a guitar a few years ago that was very bright with a maple fretboard and the JB didn't work well with it. I changed it to a Duncan Custom Custom TB-11/SH-11 and that worked a lot better. Otherwise, I throw the JB in everything and give it a chance. Most of the time it's great.@@ShaneStoneOfficial

Well, you are pretty fast satisfied then…

Very nice!

I think both pickups sound amazing with 500k pots! Just use a .047uF capacitor on your tone pot, OR dial your tone knob back a bit, 'til you hit the sweet spot! Tone pots don't have to be turned up to 10, and I know that this is why people hate on the JB so much! Yes, Seymour designed the pickup around a 250k pot, no question... however, if ANYONE ever bothered to check out a Duncan wiring scheme when they purchase a JB or Distortion for that matter, Seymour uses .047uF capacitors with 500k pots!

Me too. I may try it some day, although these are superb sounding in a different way.

Why would it matter. There’s no electricity on a desert island 😂

A good player shows you the potential of a pickup. Results may otherwise vary.

I was thinking to do the same, jb and sh6 neck. How did it go? Sounds good??

I'd go with the Jazz. It pairs better with a JB than anything else. The 59 is a good pickup but it's just a bit too pinched sounding at times. The Jazz is a bit more open.

Sure, that's what Seymour says! In all honesty... probably because he couldn't use Beck's name without paying him royalties, to do so. We ALL know that he made that first pickup for Jeff Beck! That is common knowledge! So, do you really think the JB didn't stand for Jeff Beck? Also, back in the late 70's/early 80's, Seymour had rewound Eddie Van Halen a pickup. A few months later, guitar magazines had run an ad by Seymour listing his pickups. There was a new pickup on that list, a Custom, that was said to have a ceramic mag. It was listed as the Van Halen pickup, without EVH's consent. Eddie tells the story, and says he got pissed and phoned Seymour, and told him to take that ad down! I am thinking Seymour (who always took notes of what he did), just copied what he did to Eddie's pickup, and created the Custom.

@@jsadctnfn1Interesting. But I've never seen Beck with a humbucker in the bridge on a strat. Just saying.

​@@analogman9697 It was in the bridge of his Tele. There are pics and RU-vid vids of Jeff playing it. Not to mention, a whole write up about it. I think Seympur might have even given him that guitar? Some had happened to Jeff's Les Paul, or something. Anyway...

@@jamesjohnson5790 Thanks...never thought about Jeff and the tele that much. I have been dispensing erroneous info to anyone who would listen, so I stand corrected.

They are both Seymour Duncan

@@bucknaked31 Thanks. I meant the black version. 👍

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