Seymour Duncan JB + 500k pots

aphasiac · Post by **aphasiac** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 5:50 pm

would it work, or would it sound like a over-bright piece of sh#t?

Seymour Duncan recommend a 250k tone pot with their JBs, cos it's so bright. But i like my guitars to sound more open, with higher valve pots.

Anyone try a JB with a 500k tone pot? i know people must have tried JBs or JB Jr's in their mustang/jaguars (1MEG tone pot), so how does that sound??

thanks in advance

Post by **Mike** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 8:54 pm

It's fine.

If it's too bright you can just back off the tone. The cap plays more of a vital role in the amount of treble produced. I've used 250K, 500K and 1MEG pots with a JB before on my JagStang - none of them were overly bright.

aphasiac · Post by **aphasiac** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 9:42 pm

hey thanks. yeh i was actually thinking of putting it in my jagstang. did you change your cap values then??

at the moment the JS has a super distortion pickup, which is absolute b#llocks. also i don't really like the vintage strat neck pickup.

im thinking Jaguar pickup in the neck, JB in bridge and 500k pots. should be fun!

JordanD · Post by **JordanD** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 10:00 pm

The neck pickup, besides the actual neck is the best thing on that guitar.

Post by **Mike** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 10:08 pm

aphasiac wrote:hey thanks. yeh i was actually thinking of putting it in my jagstang. did you change your cap values then??

at the moment the JS has a super distortion pickup, which is absolute b#llocks. also i don't really like the vintage strat neck pickup.

im thinking Jaguar pickup in the neck, JB in bridge and 500k pots. should be fun!

I did lots to that thing before I sold it. Tried taking the cap values lower and lower to eek more treble out of it, straightening the humbucker - the whole shebang, even had a bypass controls option on my switching. Just not enough treble for me - I like bite. Good luck though and happy experimenting.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 10:20 pm

JD wrote:The neck pickup, besides the actual neck is the best thing on that guitar.

I really like the neck pickup on the jag-stang, but I realise that not many do. It might be because I've never tried swapping it out.

Post by **Mike** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 10:22 pm

BacchusPaul wrote:
JD wrote:The neck pickup, besides the actual neck is the best thing on that guitar.
I really like the neck pickup on the jag-stang, but I realise that not many do. It might be because I've never tried swapping it out.

I loved it actually - it was beautiful. Unfortunately me and my dad killed it when taking off the scratchplate the first time.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 10:24 pm

Sell you mine's fer 120 quid.

It was designed by Kurt Cobain you know.

Post by **Mike** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 10:35 pm

No dice, then I'd be -?120 towards the amp.

HawaiianDiscoBollocks · Fri Feb 16, 2007 10:46 pm

Sell you mine's fer 120 quid.

It was designed by Kurt Cobain you know.

It was designed for Stevie Ray Vaughn.

The Texas Special, right?

aphasiac · Post by **aphasiac** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 10:56 pm

HawaiianDiscoBollocks wrote:
Sell you mine's fer 120 quid.

It was designed by Kurt Cobain you know.
It was designed for Stevie Ray Vaughn.

The Texas Special, right?

no - it's a vintage strat pickup from a 62 reissue strat.

why did Fender choose that and not a texas special?? Cheapness i guess - or maybe the fact that the pole pierces are staggered, and therefore match the high radius JS neck.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 11:12 pm

Mike wrote:No dice, then I'd be -?120 towards the amp.

Kurt Cobain didn't even use Marshalls. Whatever, but you're heading in the wrong direction altogether.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 12:46 pm

BacchusPaul wrote:
JD wrote:The neck pickup, besides the actual neck is the best thing on that guitar.
I really like the neck pickup on the jag-stang, but I realise that not many do. It might be because I've never tried swapping it out.

+1 on both quotes.

Imo JS necks are gorgeous second only to the MM, and the neck pup is really sweet especially on clean or with a slight bit of crunch.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 6:43 pm

I usually have mine's plugged into a supergainey amp, but the neck cleans up something lovely with the volume rolled off on the guitar.

I love my Jag-stang, which is why I'm resisting the temptation to give it to you fer the Jazzy.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 7:58 pm

BacchusPaul wrote:I usually have mine's plugged into a supergainey amp, but the neck cleans up something lovely with the volume rolled off on the guitar.

I love my Jag-stang, which is why I'm resisting the temptation to give it to you fer the Jazzy.

Lol, i've come out of the closet about Jag-Stangs and now everyone's admitting their love for the JS. The trooth is out.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 9:02 pm

I've never been ashamed of liking it. It's just tha you talking about them has sparked conversation about.