JB's are Alnico 5. Did you mean JB Jr's?My other guitars have ceramic Duncan JB's in them so I guess my vote would be for Ceramic otherwise.
Alnico 5 for me.
JB's are Alnico 5. Did you mean JB Jr's?
Ah. Thx for clarifying!Nope. Any time I put a JB in a guitar I'll replace the Alnico 5 with a Ceramic and it makes a massive difference for my use case.
Actually that’s a very good point about the Axe - an EQ block might fix any pupsI had a ceramic Bareknuckle Nailbomb in my 7 string, I always felt the sound was a little too scooped with me disappearing into the band mix. I then got an alnico Nailbomb and bam! I was back in the band mix again. Because according to the BKP website ceremic Nailbombs are a little more mid scooped whereas the alnico's have more mids. So alnico it is for me now. Of course now that I have the Axe I could have easily solved it with an EQ block.
Sort of, but sort of not. You can't really compensate for a badly-placed resonant peak.Actually that’s a very good point about the Axe - an EQ block might fix any pups
Very true. Rex, how do you as a home guitarist check/measure resonant peaks at home, or do you get the info from the sites And apply the info as you try the pickups?Sort of, but sort of not. You can't really compensate for a badly-placed resonant peak.
Without test equipment, you rely on published info — or your ears.Very true. Rex, how do you as a home guitarist check/measure resonant peaks at home, or do you get the info from the sites And apply the info as you try the pickups?
Without test equipment, you rely on published info — or your ears.
With passive pickups, the resonant peak is affected by your guitar cable and the amp's (or pedal's) impedance, so you can't strictly go by published data. Rather than worry about where the resonant peak is, just go for pickups that sound good to you. If you're trying to "fix" a pickup that doesn't sound right (good luck with that ), play with input EQ until it sounds better.
I really can’t beleive how popular Suhr pickups are....is that a commonality particular to FAS heads like ourselves or is that a current/contemporary popular choice in passives?
I myself, as mentioned, seem to gravitate slightly towards the active pickups, but by no means am I exclusive
Enjoy your new pup powermac
JB's are Alnico 5. Did you mean JB Jr's?
Warren D's signature guitars come with a a JB w/ a Alnico 2 in it. I've thought about ordering it from Seymore Duncan's custom webshop. I'm always afraid of doing that because you never know what it will sound like until it's too late and you've bought em.
My answer would typically be Alnico's but I thought about it and the reason is because the PAF had alnico's and I always 'believed' I liked hot wound PAF style pickup like Ed VanHalen. That is until a discovered the that the Duncan Distortion was ceramic. I have one that I have tried in several guitars over the years. Right now is resides in a Ibanez RG, neon orange I bought in '87. That guitar sounds awesome. But I love playing my Charvel, which has Dimarzio Super Distortions. And those pickups are kind of flat sounding without some mid boosting before the amp (Input EQ or a Cliff's PEQ tip). I've wondered what JB's or Warren D's JB would sound like in it (most Charvels come with JBs). But I figure with all of the power in the AxeIII the pickup's tone would be easily compensated for because you can share the eq hitting the front of the amp.