One time I re-wired my les Paul and thought I was the shit. Then I plugged it in and I could hear an AM radio channel playing through my amp. So long story short dm me for a professional re-wiring
For all the ultra-modern hi-fi pickups, 400$ boutique pedals and amp sims "that sounds like the real thing" I think there's something so good and true and refreshing in hearing a simple Duncan in the bridge of a Les Paul into a good tube amp modded or pushed with your run-of-the-mill overdrive. If it's good enough for Jerry Cantrell or Adam Jones or Brent Hinds it's good enough for me.
I had gotten into a panic fight/flight mode when I thought there was a harmonica dude broke into my house the first minute of this video. Screw you Fluff, for that background music. Love the Burny tho.
@@RiffsAndBeards You could do a video on wax potting. Fairly straightforward process with, when done correctly, minimal chance of lighting your house on fire :)
Rewaxing wont bring up additional treble or output that the JB had. :) JB in Les Pauls is one of the main go to safe pickup swaps one can opt for. Rewaxing would eliminate microphonics, but that's pretty much it.
Loyal JB/Les Paul user here; been playing that pickup for over ten years. I pair it with a jazz pickup on the neck. Definitely get a wide variety of sounds with that combo, and the cleans I get from the Jazz are just fantastic.
The JB is a classic pickup. does everything from rock to metal. I saw that you had a Duncan Custom 5 on IG. i'd like to hear that in there as well. good job as always
The JB is, for me, the perfect rock/hard rock/grunge pickup. It does everything very well, doesn't break the bank but isn't cheap crap. Absolutely love the one in my Fernandes Ravelle and would be my humbucker of choice in future H/HH/HSS guitars.
I bought a new Jackson King V a while back, For a few days I played at low bedroom volume, then when i took it to rehearsal I found out that the bridge pickup was very noisy and feed backing like crazy, I tried wax potting it and it didn't work..
I've got an 80's Burny Randy Rhoads. I don't know if it had the VH1 pickups, but I took the stock pickups out and put in a set of Zakk Wylde EMGs. Sacrilege? Irony? I don't know. But it looks and sounds awesome. It has the head stock inlay just like a Gibson and basically everything but the name Burny and the EMGs is just like a LPC...
The JB definitely sounds more powerful. It's not the same as the original, but more suited to rockier tones than the original Burny pickup, which also sounds good. I've heard people say the JB doesn't work well with Les Pauls, but it sounds good here. If the previous owner of my Edwards LP hadn't swapped out the JB that was stock, I may have kept it in. Got Bare Knuckle Emerald pickups in it now, and I've never loved it more.
They're similar. But, I prefer the VHII as it has a certain charm to it that the JB just doesn't have in my ears. As someone who owns like 25 MIJ guitars from the 60s up till the 2010s, and have bought and sold a lot of those over the past year and a half, I say leave it stock unless it doesn't work. The JB seems to be a standard for many Les Paul guys , but I personally never liked the tone that pickup produces. If anything, I'd have recommended a Dimarzio PAF36th in the bridge if you're gonna go with one of the two big pickup companies, or a Mojotone 59 pickup if you wanted something more boutique for a lower cost. But at the end of the day, it all comes down to personal preference of course, if you're happy then that's all that matters :)
The same guitar here . I didnt’ like JB in Edwards but here’s more juice in your test.Stock pickups aren’t bad , just quiet and quite soft. I wonder what are other swaps.Just a bit more push in low mids and harmonics.
Hey Fluff, would it be annoying to ask for another chance for Burny's original pickup? It sounded so amazing when you added drive, which I found unfair to test / compare it with the nickel cover versus the JB open cover. I think the original pickup of Burny deserved another chance with a new application of wax and test it without the nickel cover versus JB like this (without the cover).
Also, if you need someone local to look at those pickups, I’m in Tacoma and build pickups for a local builder. If you decide you want to pot them after all, it’s easy and I could do it for you.
Question here: I want to change my shitty licensed floyd rose with a better one, for an explorer type guitar. Which floyd will give me the lowest action possible? FR Original, FR Pro, Schaller,Special, Gotoh?
Tone wise, I thought they are both good sounding pickups, but to my ears, the Burny stock pick up was a little softer on the attack, where as the SH-4 is more aggressive sounding, and lends itself better to the rock tones. JB for the win in my opinion. Nice video Fluff, thanks.
Even though I have a white Les Paul custom, your Burny is giving me terrible GAS. Looks like it plays so much better than the Edwards LP Custom I had years ago.
hey fluff! i found the fluff was very bitey and trebly. adjusting the polepieces helps tweak that part of the eq a bit :) i still had to ditch mine for a lower output paf though haha
I always found, that reamping the DI of a specific pickup takes away half of the equation. There is an interaction between the pickup and the input of the amp. By putting both sounds through the same reamp box, you pretty much took that away. Maybe try going straight to the amp and compare then? Call it voodoo, but I find, that it makes a big difference.
Oh man, you just did exactly what I want to do as soon as I get a Les Paul (maybe a Burny? 🙃). I love the fact you’re from Seattle and love Jerry Cantrell as much as I do! BTW, check out the Motorcity Afwayu, it’s the pickup Jerry is using since the Dinossaurs album, it’s just like a JB but with a little more growl on it!
I dont get it. I heard so much goid info on the jb. I put a jb in my tele, bridge position. I dont think it sounds good, at all. Is the jb not a good match for tele's in general?
I told you to put in the Custom 5 first, after you throw a JB in a mahogany/maple guitar its not easy to rip it out ;-) Nice video btw, glad to hear you liked the JB, it's a solid pickup with a surprising amount of versatility.
No neck pickup replacement? Just figured of you were gonna swap out one you would have done both to match and get higher quality sound. The jb sounds fuller in every aspect compared to the stock you had.
Might want to check and make sure those pickups were SUPPOSED to be wax potted in the first place. If there’s a nod to authenticity, original PAFs weren’t wax potted at all. Even though it doesn’t work for high gain amps as well, it’s this very thing that allows PAFs to speak in such a special way.
hey fluff, if you watch Metallica’s “Making of Hardwired”, James laughs loud enough to be picked up by his guitar pickup. Are his pickups microphonic as well or is it bc of some other reason? Thanks!!
Did the same thing on an Epiphone LP Custom and I love it, too. I use the trembucker tho. I prefer the hotter wind and wider spacing Btw please put an uncovered PU in the neck, the look has suffered;)
Ah man, when I was a kid, I thought screaming into my pickup was such a cool effect, had no clue the microphonics was supposed to be an "undesirable" thing.
I thought the JB opened it up a bit more, brighter sound but I liked the original pup better, to each their own I just prefered the deeper darker growl that original one had, wondering how it would sound wax potted
One time I re-wired my les Paul and thought I was the shit. Then I plugged it in and I could hear an AM radio channel playing through my amp. So long story short dm me for a professional re-wiring
Ha ha ha... happened to me too, more than once...
AM music I think was playing through my pos first and second amps.
For all the ultra-modern hi-fi pickups, 400$ boutique pedals and amp sims "that sounds like the real thing" I think there's something so good and true and refreshing in hearing a simple Duncan in the bridge of a Les Paul into a good tube amp modded or pushed with your run-of-the-mill overdrive. If it's good enough for Jerry Cantrell or Adam Jones or Brent Hinds it's good enough for me.
Well said my dude. Perfect references to drop.
#PickupsMatter
I had gotten into a panic fight/flight mode when I thought there was a harmonica dude broke into my house the first minute of this video. Screw you Fluff, for that background music.
Love the Burny tho.
You should get the stock pickup re-waxed and compare it with that that clip. Just curious how the tone might be affected.
@@RiffsAndBeards You could do a video on wax potting. Fairly straightforward process with, when done correctly, minimal chance of lighting your house on fire :)
That would be a great video
Rewaxing wont bring up additional treble or output that the JB had. :) JB in Les Pauls is one of the main go to safe pickup swaps one can opt for. Rewaxing would eliminate microphonics, but that's pretty much it.
Or just remove the pup cover
Jerry Cantrell is my favorite guitarist!
And now we demand a proper DiMarzio Super Distortion vs Seymour Duncan JB comparison. Thanks in advance!
...AND what about the Golden cover pickup?
It's not just me then? I just don't think it looks as good with the coils exposed.
@@johnnymittens77 It's so sad he dont put the goldcover on it again..
you can never go wrong with a JB. very well rounded pickup.
Got a JB in my LTD EC-401VF (which is the much thicker more vintage-y Eclipse), and I love it.
I've used the JB for years. Have them in about 4-5 guitars. Great pickups for metal. Clear & articulate.
Just had to say it... " I thought aftermarket pickups don't matter"...LOL
Loyal JB/Les Paul user here; been playing that pickup for over ten years. I pair it with a jazz pickup on the neck. Definitely get a wide variety of sounds with that combo, and the cleans I get from the Jazz are just fantastic.
I feel like the JB is a stepping stone for a lot of guitarists on their journey for heavy tones, or the last stone stepped lol
Cool clip. I put the JB in my Epi Les Paul when I found out Adam Jones uses the Hot Rod set. It didn't disappoint.
"after much research" aka "asking my instagram followers which one" lol. The JB is my favorite pickup. It has such a magical voice.
I died a little on the inside when I watched you blow on that solder joint....
@@RiffsAndBeards Gotcha. Nothin like dust and dirt to make a solid wiring job go out of whack pretty fast, so I definitely can't fault you on that
Original comment made me laugh harder than it should have.....
Lol
The JB is a classic pickup. does everything from rock to metal. I saw that you had a Duncan Custom 5 on IG. i'd like to hear that in there as well. good job as always
What did you think of the quality of the Burnys pots and caps? I just got a 90s Burny LPC and was thinking of switching everything out.
I actually prefered the Burny pickup, eventhough I feel like most people would like the Duncan one much better
Ive got an 80s burny les paul custom in black. It sounds killer....i think some people just like changing pickups regardless lol
Why don't you have 1 million subs yet? The quality of your videos deserve that or even more
I bought a Burny Les Paul and have the same microphonic issues. Decided to swap them out for a Seymour Duncan JB and an SH-1 '59. Will report back!
Man!! I've wanted one of those for years.. with the sustainer pickups!!!
Maybe one day....
JB's are nice, I have one in my Les Paul, excellent pickup
250k or 500k?
Same here 500k definitely an upgrade over the stock pickups, just dont use it for a clean tone 😂
The JB is, for me, the perfect rock/hard rock/grunge pickup. It does everything very well, doesn't break the bank but isn't cheap crap. Absolutely love the one in my Fernandes Ravelle and would be my humbucker of choice in future H/HH/HSS guitars.
Jared Brandon from Brandon wound pickups did me right! Wicked fast turn around. I would suggest him
I bought a new Jackson King V a while back, For a few days I played at low bedroom volume, then when i took it to rehearsal I found out that the bridge pickup was very noisy and feed backing like crazy, I tried wax potting it and it didn't work..
Much warmer , I have dimarzio 36th anni in my 78’ Burny FLG it’s awesome.
Same. Love it
add a JB in the neck too... I used to love JBs! and get a covered set of Pups and add some push pullage for single coil and out 'o phase stuffs...
I've got an 80's Burny Randy Rhoads. I don't know if it had the VH1 pickups, but I took the stock pickups out and put in a set of Zakk Wylde EMGs. Sacrilege? Irony? I don't know. But it looks and sounds awesome. It has the head stock inlay just like a Gibson and basically everything but the name Burny and the EMGs is just like a LPC...
To my ears, the JB has more clarity, note definition and obviously a bit more output. I absolutely love JB's though. Great demo!
The JB definitely sounds more powerful. It's not the same as the original, but more suited to rockier tones than the original Burny pickup, which also sounds good.
I've heard people say the JB doesn't work well with Les Pauls, but it sounds good here. If the previous owner of my Edwards LP hadn't swapped out the JB that was stock, I may have kept it in. Got Bare Knuckle Emerald pickups in it now, and I've never loved it more.
Yeahhh, I have one JB on my LP. Seems that it was build for it. Amazing pickup
That thing looks about twice as thick as a Gibson les Paul. How’s the weight?
Fluff, I own a Les Paul copy loaded with a DiMarzio Super Distortion. Do you think it's a good choice for rock/metal tones? Or should I put JBs on it?
Ah yes, the good old keyboard stand + guitar case combo, it's what everybody uses as a workbench
They're similar. But, I prefer the VHII as it has a certain charm to it that the JB just doesn't have in my ears. As someone who owns like 25 MIJ guitars from the 60s up till the 2010s, and have bought and sold a lot of those over the past year and a half, I say leave it stock unless it doesn't work. The JB seems to be a standard for many Les Paul guys , but I personally never liked the tone that pickup produces. If anything, I'd have recommended a Dimarzio PAF36th in the bridge if you're gonna go with one of the two big pickup companies, or a Mojotone 59 pickup if you wanted something more boutique for a lower cost. But at the end of the day, it all comes down to personal preference of course, if you're happy then that's all that matters :)
The same guitar here . I didnt’ like JB in Edwards but here’s more juice in your test.Stock pickups aren’t bad , just quiet and quite soft. I wonder what are other swaps.Just a bit more push in low mids and harmonics.
Thats a beauty geetar, id love to have the Burny John Sykes model
Had a 90s burny before and pick up sounds very good.. sold it tho because im stupid to chase other brand. Burny pick ups are really good
Hey Fluff, would it be annoying to ask for another chance for Burny's original pickup?
It sounded so amazing when you added drive, which I found unfair to test / compare it with the nickel cover versus the JB open cover.
I think the original pickup of Burny deserved another chance with a new application of wax and test it without the nickel cover versus JB like this (without the cover).
Also, if you need someone local to look at those pickups, I’m in Tacoma and build pickups for a local builder. If you decide you want to pot them after all, it’s easy and I could do it for you.
That fretboard is gorgeous.
Question here: I want to change my shitty licensed floyd rose with a better one, for an explorer type guitar. Which floyd will give me the lowest action possible? FR Original, FR Pro, Schaller,Special, Gotoh?
the JB has a nice high end range and you can chug on it with high gain and doesn't get too muddy great choice love the vids
a JB in a Jackson is still my favourite crunchy tone ever
Tone wise, I thought they are both good sounding pickups, but to my ears, the Burny stock pick up was a little softer on the attack, where as the SH-4 is more aggressive sounding, and lends itself better to the rock tones. JB for the win in my opinion. Nice video Fluff, thanks.
I got an original 70's VH1 in the neck for one of my super Strats. Just saying without any specific reason. Proud maybe. :)
The biggest difference for me was on the chugging with distortion. The new one had a TON of punch!
Is it just the camera angle or is that Burney super thick?
Even though I have a white Les Paul custom, your Burny is giving me terrible GAS. Looks like it plays so much better than the Edwards LP Custom I had years ago.
hey fluff! i found the fluff was very bitey and trebly. adjusting the polepieces helps tweak that part of the eq a bit :) i still had to ditch mine for a lower output paf though haha
I always found, that reamping the DI of a specific pickup takes away half of the equation. There is an interaction between the pickup and the input of the amp. By putting both sounds through the same reamp box, you pretty much took that away. Maybe try going straight to the amp and compare then? Call it voodoo, but I find, that it makes a big difference.
Duncan JBs are great. Sounds really nice on the Burny!
Oh man, you just did exactly what I want to do as soon as I get a Les Paul (maybe a Burny? 🙃). I love the fact you’re from Seattle and love Jerry Cantrell as much as I do! BTW, check out the Motorcity Afwayu, it’s the pickup Jerry is using since the Dinossaurs album, it’s just like a JB but with a little more growl on it!
Stick a DiMarzio X2N in the bridge and a PAF in the neck and I think you would be happy.The Duncan sounds better than the originals for sure.
I'm a very big fan of Seymour Duncan! I use the Distortion (SH-6b) and the Jazz (SH-2n)!
Was the guitar strung with new strings on both instances, stock and jb?
Sounds great with the JB. Just a tad more high mids or highs, giving it that nice, cutting tone. :)
I dont get it. I heard so much goid info on the jb. I put a jb in my tele, bridge position. I dont think it sounds good, at all. Is the jb not a good match for tele's in general?
Are you gonna put a cover over it so it matches the neck pickup
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The golden cover change pickup sound?
Metal covers definitely affect the sound-they cut some highs off.
They do change the sound, but not to a degree that it'll be worth it to ruin the guitar without the covers
I told you to put in the Custom 5 first, after you throw a JB in a mahogany/maple guitar its not easy to rip it out ;-) Nice video btw, glad to hear you liked the JB, it's a solid pickup with a surprising amount of versatility.
No neck pickup replacement? Just figured of you were gonna swap out one you would have done both to match and get higher quality sound. The jb sounds fuller in every aspect compared to the stock you had.
Billie Joe Armstrong also uses the JB in his “Blue”. Good choice
Needs a gold pickup cover, or one of those fancy dancy gold pickup covers with the cut-out.
2006 Korean Epiphone LP Custom vs Burny LP? What’s the call fluff?
Might want to check and make sure those pickups were SUPPOSED to be wax potted in the first place. If there’s a nod to authenticity, original PAFs weren’t wax potted at all. Even though it doesn’t work for high gain amps as well, it’s this very thing that allows PAFs to speak in such a special way.
hey fluff, if you watch Metallica’s “Making of Hardwired”, James laughs loud enough to be picked up by his guitar pickup. Are his pickups microphonic as well or is it bc of some other reason? Thanks!!
Did the same thing on an Epiphone LP Custom and I love it, too.
I use the trembucker tho. I prefer the hotter wind and wider spacing
Btw please put an uncovered PU in the neck, the look has suffered;)
Love the JB in the bridge of my ESP Eclipse. I've heard good things about the JB in the neck, can anyone confirm this?
I don't like TB-4 with my guitars, but I like SH-4 with any kind of Les Paul type guitars.
I need a Burny, so bad
The JB is always a good choice!
Ah man, when I was a kid, I thought screaming into my pickup was such a cool effect, had no clue the microphonics was supposed to be an "undesirable" thing.
This just further confirms why the JB is a standard in the bridge.
I have question, is the SD JB same with SD SH4?
Thank you for this video.
Have AirPods in and all of sudden some dude starts playing a flute while I'm watching this video. Kept taking them out to see if I was hearing things.
What happened to the SD Custom you posted the pic of? No likey?
Would love
I thought the JB opened it up a bit more, brighter sound but I liked the original pup better, to each their own I just prefered the deeper darker growl that original one had, wondering how it would sound wax potted
Can you please do a video on how to change a pickup?
i have 2 JB guitars, a strat and a tele. i really love the tone for mid-high gain but it doesnt sound great to me.
TFW you don’t have a workbench, so you use a keyboard stand and a guitar case 🤘🏻
Oddly, I find the Burny pickup sounds better and I love JBs.
Yep...
Ive got a 80s burny lp custom that sounds killer with the stock pickups.
I think a Motor City 2nd Degree Black Belt or a Detroiter would be a strong contender
Love the JB
Are you planning on giving the JB a gold cover? Looks so out of place in my eyes lol
I'll buy that microphonic pickup from you!!
ive got 2 early 80s Greco lpc's those japanese copy's are fuckin awesome
JB vs Beard Combers lol
Use the old gold pick-up cover for the seymour duncan. Would look a lot better.
Please tell Santa that I've been wonderful. He thinks I'm a dick.
Fluffs pickup installation tutorial ?
Why didn't you go with the gold pick up cover...
I bought an ESP EC-1000 that someone had swapped in a Duncan JB in the bridge. Absolutely awful sounding in that guitar. Totally guitar dependent.
Yeah I would agree the JB sounds better !
What’s the pickup height?
The JB sounded more crisp and dynamic
Put a black winter in it next aha