JB with 250K pots ?

[wolf5150]

Guys, I'm told that the JB sounds best with 250k Pots and that Seymour prefers it this way.

Can anyone who has it set this way please describe how the tone is improved ?

Thanx

[Diocletian]

I put a 250K push/pull in with a JB and didn't like it as much. I like the brightness a 500K pot gives it.

[blueman335]

Some of us think that a JB is only usable with 250K's to take off some of the (ample) treble. It shifts the EQ curve more towards the middle. JB's are known for being fussy about the wood they're in, and most members say they sound best in bright woods (although a few like them in mahogany).

Another option if you find your JB unbearable, is to swap magnets & put in an A8 or A2, which shifts the EQ curve even more to the middle. In my opinion, an A2 JB is a very good, full-sounding PU. With the stock A5 in it, the 'ice pick' spike is iritating to me.

[AudioWonderland]

Guys, I'm told that the JB sounds best with 250k Pots and that Seymour prefers it this way.

Can anyone who has it set this way please describe how the tone is improved ?

Thanx

It moves the resonant frequency down a bit ie lowers the treble a bit. I prefer 250k pots with most all pickups but definitely the JB

[blueman335]

It moves the resonant frequency down a bit ie lowers the treble a bit. I prefer 250k pots with most all pickups but definitely the JB

+1. Takes away most of the scooped sound of an A5.

[Diocletian]

I imagine we're all using them for different things. I use mine for playing stuff like Maiden through to Megadeth. 500Ks work best for that IMO.
For blues and classic rock, 250Ks might well work a bit better.

Only way to find out is to try it yourself and see what YOU like.

[bungalowbill]

I liked the JB with a 250K in my alder bodied strat...it was much smoother than with a 500K.

[Stef]

alder body:
250K volume, NO TONE!
or 500K + 500K

250K+250K = compressed, muddy tone

[Christopher Caruana]

i like my JB's with an A2 mag and a 500k pot

[Aceman]

I like the stock 300k Gibson's for pups like:
500T
Distortion
etc....

JB would fit in there IMO.

Just takes the edge off.

[oilpit]

I've heard a JB with a 500k volume/tone, both 250k and wired directly to the output, all in alder bodied Strat style guitars.

I've liked it every single time I have heard it, 500k and no pot at all sound very similar. 250k just smooth it out a bit.

[Stef]

both 250K pots was unexepteble to me - unless you don't want the bridge pickup position to sound like the one in a regular guitar (super strat)

I've liked and used this configuration:
JB bridge-250K Vol,
SSL-1 middle -250K V + 250K Tone,
SSL-1 neck- 250K +250K, .1uf cap

+1 for A2 JB - didn't try it but sounds like a good idea ( for 500K+500K pots)

[bungalowbill]

both 250K pots was unexepteble to me - unless you don't want the bridge pickup position to sound like the one in a regular guitar (super strat)

I've liked and used this configuration:
JB bridge-250K Vol,
SSL-1 middle -250K V + 250K Tone,
SSL-1 neck- 250K +250K, .1uf cap

+1 for A2 JB - didn't try it but sounds like a good idea ( for 500K+500K pots)

What kind of amp were you playing through?

[King IzzO)))]

A2 JB = Big grins on my face

[Conker09]

A2 JB = Big grins on my face

So you would recommend the A2 for the JB as opposed to the A8? I have a JB in my s-1 elite, and have enjoyed the sound I get from it, but based on what so many people say on this forum, I'm interested in trying a different magnet for it just to get a feel for the different tones I can actually get with it.

[Stef]

What kind of amp were you playing through?

Marshall amps - 1972 JMP 50, 1980 JCM800
Vox AC15 - blue alnico
Laney VH100R - not really played, just tested through
6505+ -same here

[blueman335]

So you would recommend the A2 for the JB as opposed to the A8? I have a JB in my s-1 elite, and have enjoyed the sound I get from it, but based on what so many people say on this forum, I'm interested in trying a different magnet for it just to get a feel for the different tones I can actually get with it.

A JB is going to be warmer with an A2, and have a little more bite with an A8. Both swaps are popular here. Depends on your guitar & what tone you're looking for.

[guitarded]

Guys, I'm told that the JB sounds best with 250k Pots and that Seymour prefers it this way.

Can anyone who has it set this way please describe how the tone is improved ?

Thanx

It is less brash and ice picky on the upper mids

[King IzzO)))]

So you would recommend the A2 for the JB as opposed to the A8? I have a JB in my s-1 elite, and have enjoyed the sound I get from it, but based on what so many people say on this forum, I'm interested in trying a different magnet for it just to get a feel for the different tones I can actually get with it.

Get both and try them out, the JB AII is a little loose on the low end, so it's not an optimal junn-junn wee-wee or AJFA Metallica pickup. What it does have is an angry sounding mid growl, good pinch harmonics, and the best lead sound I've heard yet, and it rounds off the harsh top end of the A5 JB. I did have to raise them up a little higher, so it does lessen magnetic field strength, but not by much.

[Conker09]

I"ll have to buy them both then. I hope I don't screw my pickups up while replacing them...never done that before.