JB (bridge) and Evo I (neck) on basswood Ibanez RG3EXFM1?

[JMarz]

http://ibanez.wikia.com/wiki/RG3EXFM1

Complete specs of the guitar.. I'm just wondering if any JB/Evo owners would know how these two would sound together in a basswood guitar.

Thanks!

 

[kev]

I've got the JB in one of my basswood ibanez. Its got such an excellent bite and sounds very organic in comparison to say an EMG 81. For leads, dare I say i'd choose no other pickup! I put a dimarzio EVO in the bridge of my strat (alder) which has a great sound, although i havent played it extensively it has a similar midrange I think. FYI the ibanez i have the JB in is paired with a dimarzio breed in the neck, and that complements it very well.

 

[Metaltastic]

Really not a fan of the JB, very loose/flubby IMO; for that guitar EMG85 in the bridge/81 in the neck ftw, why use anything else?

 

[kev]

Really not a fan of the JB, very loose/flubby IMO; for that guitar EMG85 in the bridge/81 in the neck ftw, why use anything else?

Hmm. May depend on the guitars in question Marcus, but i've found the JB to be tight as a ducks ass (and as good as the 81 in that department). I have only played one fitted to a basswood guitar though. Any experiences your end?

 

[Forceps]

I have a S-classic with a JB in bridge posistion. Guitar is tuned in B en sounds very nice to my ears

 

[Metaltastic]

Hmm. May depend on the guitars in question Marcus, but i've found the JB to be tight as a ducks ass (and as good as the 81 in that department). I have only played one fitted to a basswood guitar though. Any experiences your end?

Not in a basswood guitar, just in multiple mahogany ones (Fernandes Montery Elite, my Ibanez RGA321 when I bought it secondhand, some others I can't remember), but all equally disappointing to me I'm sorry to say!

 

[BrettT]

JB's aren't the best in mahagony...a bit too loose/bassy. I pulled the JB out of my Blackjack for this reason and replaced with a BK Miracle Man, and I'm going to put the JB in my basswood Omen 6.

 

[Splat88]

THe JB is a little bit loose in a mahogany guitar, but extremely tight in basswood. The only downside of it in basswood is that it can get a little shrill in the top end. I still live that pickup though.

 

[Rex Rocker]

Not a fan of the JB either, personally... Haven't tried it with basswood, but even on a mahogany guitar, I find the pickup a bit honky and ice-picky.

JMO.

 

[ParsonsMatt]

The JB sounds like asshole in every guitar/amp combo I've ever heard it in ( alder, ash, mahogany, 5150, VHT, ENGL, etc... ). That said, a lot of people do seem to like it.

The Evolution neck sounds pretty cool in basswood.