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Re: What does the "JB" stand for?

3/26/2003 1:32 AM
Steve A.	Re: What does the "JB" stand for? Dave: Well, I have the Jazz Bridge pickup on one of my guitars and it is nothing like the JB, but is very clean and precise. FWIW I believe that Seymour Duncan supposedly looked at Jeff Beck's LP back in the late 60's or early 70's. So my assumption was that the JB was based on the bridge humbucker on that guitar, but boosted up to about 12k DC resistance. Then again I was not aware of Jeff's tele with the two humbuckers, so that explanation might be closer to the truth. Didn't the JB come out in the early 80's? I remember DiMarzio coming out with their line of aftermarket pickups in the mid 70's and it was in the late 70's that Seymour Duncan pickups started appearing in the local music stores. The 1980 edition of the Donald Brosnac book does not mention the JB pickups, just the '59 humbuckers, which were supposedly more authentic than the DiM PAF's (I had both of them and liked the SD's better myself). --Thanks! Steve Ahola

3/26/2003 1:32 AM

Steve A.

Re: What does the "JB" stand for?

Dave:

    Well, I have the Jazz Bridge pickup on one of my guitars and it is nothing like the JB, but is very clean and precise.

    FWIW I believe that Seymour Duncan supposedly looked at Jeff Beck's LP back in the late 60's or early 70's. So my assumption was that the JB was based on the bridge humbucker on that guitar, but boosted up to about 12k DC resistance. Then again I was not aware of Jeff's tele with the two humbuckers, so that explanation might be closer to the truth.

    Didn't the JB come out in the early 80's? I remember DiMarzio coming out with their line of aftermarket pickups in the mid 70's and it was in the late 70's that Seymour Duncan pickups started appearing in the local music stores. The 1980 edition of the Donald Brosnac book does not mention the JB pickups, just the '59 humbuckers, which were supposedly more authentic than the DiM PAF's (I had both of them and liked the SD's better myself).

--Thanks!

Steve Ahola

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