Good pickup for a bright/thin Super Strat???

[Benjy_26]

Cool...thanks Benjy. Have you ever tried a Breed or a Tone Zone?

No, but I'll be trying an AIr Zone pretty soon. I'll post up a review.

[theodie]

So it seems we have 2 different camps here that have had and have expereince with Maple axes. One likes the CC the other likes the JB in maple. The axe I tried the JB in had a rosewood board and it had a slanted bridge bucker.

[theodie]

+1 on the JB.....80's rock and metallica stuff, it's the ticket

No, only in the right guitar does it rock! Those guitars are few and far between bro! Otherwise, I think it is a horrible pickup for me.

[theodie]

I HATED the JB when I put it in my maple/ebony Carvin DC127 T. The lows were good, but that high mid spike was way too prominent for me. It was too crunchy and abrasive, so I replaced it with a CC and am much, much happier.

Right on, I like the high/mid spike of the JB but, I find the lows SUCK in any other wood except maple. Just flabby and loose as hell like an overweight 50 year old hooker.

[JeffB]

The axe I tried the JB in had a rosewood board and it had a slanted bridge bucker.

RW helps keep things warm, and more importantly...the slant picks up (no pun intended) a little more bass to help even out the EQ..its slight..but it is an improvement.

[Benjy_26]

Right on, I like the high/mid spike of the JB but, I find the lows SUCK in any other wood except maple. Just flabby and loose as hell like an overweight 50 year old hooker.

Mine's a neck thru with an ebony board and a Wilkinson VS100 set to float. Maybe that's the difference I was hearing. Anyway, the JB was just not my cup o' tea in that axe.

Interestingly enough, that same JB worked out very well in another DC127. This one had a maple neck thru construction but with alder wings and a string thru body bridge. It almost sounds like a tele on steroids.

[roadstar II]

sounds like a job for the dimarzio breed?
this pup is a bit more tasty than a tone zone
t has the punch,harmonics and a real good output like a tone zone but just sounds more organic and if you really want to stay truer paf than try the patb-3 blues pup which i heard is a hidden jem, i dont even mind the way it looks if it sounds as great as everyone says!

[Johtosotku]

yeah...the TZ was actually what I was considering as well. How tight is it? Does it sound clear (on open chords)?

I think that it sounds fine on my SG. It sounds a bit thin and bright so they must counter the problems people talk about. I really like it. It seems to be a love/hate pickup. You'll probably just have to try it to really find out.

[AmpliFIRE]

hmm....lots of opinions here!!! I had an Air Zone in my old EBMM Axis and I really liked it (more then the Breed that was in there before that). The JB was my first thought, but I'm just not sure that It'll be tight enough.