JeffBlue
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- Sep 16, 2012
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I just replaced my friend's Burstbuckers in a 2000 Gibson Les Paul Standard for Seymour Duncan Jazz/JB and the pots to 50s wiring. Sounds glorious.
When my friend came over to pick up his guitar, we plugged into my 69 Bandmaster Reverb with the Fargen ODS mod. The amp he uses at home is a 50 watt Orange into a Marshall cab.What are you running it thru?
Seymour has stated this is his favorite pickup combo and has probably sold tens of thousands of them.
Jazz is simply an underwound PAF. Some find the JB a bit dark but it sounds great through a distorted amp playing heavier classic rock.
Plays really clean and can get kindly dirty when pushed. The Jazz can do jazz very well.My understanding is the Jazz neck is a sub-8K wind with a normal strength Alnico V (IIRC) magnet, a lot like a '70s T-Top. It's not a "weak" pickup by any means.
My opinion is this "Jazz" pickup was named wrong. What rocker wants anything related to jazz?
I respect Seymour for his non-gouging prices and well built/designed products.I prefer Seymour Duncans for certain.