Seymour Duncan JB Jr. (SJBJ-1) pickup
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Seymour Duncan

Seymour Duncan JB Jr. (SJBJ-1)

A bridge Strat single-coil with a ceramic magnet and high output.

high outputdarktight lowstight & aggressivenoiseless

Specs

DC resistance
16.09k
Inductance
10.23 Hmeasured, 1 reading
Magnet
Ceramic
Coil
Hum-cancelling
Resonant peak
3.6 kHzSeymour Duncan's own test load
Seymour Duncan's tone chart, 0–10

From Seymour Duncan's published specs (opens in a new tab). Traits come from these specs by stated rules.

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    No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; tone charts compared against each maker's average.

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What others say

Demos, reviews and forum posts, quoted word for word and linked to where they were published. No videos or player posts collected yet.

It is actually voiced much better for punch and clarity in a neck position that one might expect.
Darth Phineas · Oct 13, 2021Darth Phineas (opens in a new tab)
Sort of that sweet spot if you think the Hot Rail neck has too much brawn and the Little 59 neck has too much spank.
Darth Phineas · Oct 13, 2021Darth Phineas (opens in a new tab)

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