What combo (H-H) ?

[Doughboy]

Thank you, but I'd pay 100euro for Suhr pups (not a bad price, I think...)
The *combo* s-duncan (jazz + jb) : only 130 Euro.



p.s:
A little ot: in your opinion, dimarzio VV *Solo* and *Blues* (ok, not humbucker I know) are comparable to a pair of humbucker or we're on completely different levels??? (such as sound, power, etc.).

on the Dimarzios, you're on a completely dfferent level tone wise & output wise. They're nto traditional single coil sounding & have a bit more mid & output, but still nowhere near that of a humbucker.

 

[Bruno]

thanks for info but...

my mind really confused.
I realize that I'm choosing the pups based on their price and not their sound.
Unfortunately my experience with humbuckers is very limited.
There are those who exalt jazz + Jb, who tells me it's trash.
Who speaks well of Suhr, who tells me *it's nothing special*
Really, I don't know...
Now, only certainty I have is  the wood (body): mahogany.
I doubt even on the neck: Bubinga/Ebony vs Goncalo/pauferro ...

Poor me...
:icon_scratch: :icon_scratch: :icon_scratch:

 

[rockskate4x]

sounds to me you are going to have to try and see what you like. btw there are a lot of guitars that come stock with the JB/Jazz combo. Go to your local guitar center or sam ash and there is a good chance that you can test that pickup combo in guitars with varying woods and constructions right there in there store.

 

[pabloman]

Regardless of what you get chances are you're going to change them out in 6 mos. to a year anyway. Any of the sets you mentioned will be easily resold. SD even has the test drive program. DiMarzio too I believe.

 

[Cagey]

thanks for info but...

my mind really confused.
I realize that I'm choosing the pups based on their price and not their sound.
Unfortunately my experience with humbuckers is very limited.
There are those who exalt jazz + Jb, who tells me it's trash.
Who speaks well of Suhr, who tells me *it's nothing special*
Really, I don't know...
Now, only certainty I have is  the wood (body): mahogany.
I doubt even on the neck: Bubinga/Ebony vs Goncalo/pauferro ...

Poor me...
:icon_scratch: :icon_scratch: :icon_scratch:

Don't feel bad. Nobody knows. Talking about tone is like dancing about architecture. There's not really any good way to get the message across.

It doesn't help that there are about 2,591 models of the same thing and 5 times as many ways to implement them, not to mention as many different ways to play them as there are players. So, you pays yer money and you takes yer chances. If it doesn't work out, then lather, rinse, repeat.

I will say this, though - price is rarely much of an indicator. You might put in some $10 el cheapo ceramic pickups from the far side of Outer Mongolia and love them to death, while a $380 set of Kinmans doesn't do anything for you. It all depends on what you like.

 

[swarfrat]

Talking about tone is like dancing about architecture.

LOL - never heard that, but it's so true. I can remember as a kid drooling over the Mesa Boogie catalogs, reading about singing tone, and once I finally heard it I figured out they must've meant "Singe-ing" not "Sing-ing".

 

[jay4321]

Some people say that JB is too bright... :icon_scratch:

It may be too bright in an alder or ash bodied guitar with maple neck, but definitely NOT too bright in a mahogany guitar with mahogany neck.

No may about it, tried it myself, and they're pretty bright for sure

 

[Cagey]

Talking about tone is like dancing about architecture.

LOL - never heard that, but it's so true. I can remember as a kid drooling over the Mesa Boogie catalogs, reading about singing tone, and once I finally heard it I figured out they must've meant "Singe-ing" not "Sing-ing".

Yeah, between Mesa Boogie and Carvin, I don't know who has the more colorful, imaginative ad copy writers or talented photographers. Prior to word processors, they must have worn out a new thesaurus every week looking for adjectives to apply to their wares.

 

[bagman67]

Talking about tone is like dancing about architecture.

LOL - never heard that, but it's so true. I can remember as a kid drooling over the Mesa Boogie catalogs, reading about singing tone, and once I finally heard it I figured out they must've meant "Singe-ing" not "Sing-ing".

Good variant on the Zappa quote, Cagey - I think his was "Writing about music is like dancing about architecture."

Bagman

 

[Cagey]

That explains it. I thought it just came to me, but I'm not usually so clever and I've been a big Zappa fan since I was a grasshopper, so I probably heard it somewhere along the way.

 

[lafromla1]

I like my matching set of Burstbucker Pro's in my mahogany VIP (white Korina neck with Rosewood fb).  Having said that, all my future builds will contain Roadhouse pickups as Ken is a pleasure to work with and will wind them to your desired sound.