cast your vote Tone zone or JB in new SLX?

[tonemonster]

you might then also loose your riffage definition.

the LAST thing you want as a guitarist is loss of riffage definition. Trust me. I know.

[kuerbo]

JB for me.

[hunter1970]

If your gonna keep it passive I would suggest Bareknuckle, I like warpig but your taste may differ.But it always had killer riffage definition to me.

[ginsambo]

the LAST thing you want as a guitarist is loss of riffage definition. Trust me. I know.

Yeah but you know what I mean though eh. they are completely different pickups, one has an alnico II magnet with equal coils, the other a ceramic magnet and unequal coils. In my pro mods the JB can be very bright on the top end and a bit 'Rolly' on the lower strings but I like the natural note swell and the dynamic harmonic range on it. In basswood, the guitar isn't going to be as bright as an alder/maple guitar anyway so it might just take the edge off it in a good way. It's definitely a sweeter more rock n roll pickup. The Tonezone is just aggressive and crisp, much more two dimensional and crunchy and bitey all down the string range but it has less dynamic roll and range to each note and it's more on the level, albeit a higher one. I guess you could say it is more 'Metal', more kind of turn up the gain and solid state, but not really necessarily.

Hell the blues rock chatter, it comes from your fingers so it makes no difference really. These are the pups I have in my pro mods in order of rock, but not roll from mild to vindaloo:

Dimarzio 36th Anniversary bridge/neck
Dimarzio AT-1 Holdsworth bridge/Breed neck
Duncan JB Bridge
Tonezone Bridge/Evo neck
Dimarzio Superdistortion bridge/SDS-1 SC neck

And I like them all, but couldn't live with just one set... If he plays Rock-Metal he'll need them all and a Duncan Custom Custom. I'd suggest a longer scale length to fit them all ten of them in there.

'WTF is that?'
'Yes, that is my extra special ten pickup model'
'It'll blow you away man, but you need arm stilts to play it'

[Rich#6]

If you don't like the 102 which is a korean made JB you should go with the tonezone,but for myself I think the TZ would be too basey in basswood. I would change the pots first.(I like the dds myself)

[tomanyjacksons]

Uhm Rick, you can change pickups easily yourself and you've heard all of the pickups you are asking about and the ones that are coming in the guitar. Just sayin bro.

[toejam]

although you might then also loose your riffage definition.

the LAST thing you want as a guitarist is loss of riffage definition. Trust me. I know.

He didn't say lose. He said loose. And the JB is indeed a bit loose on the low end!

[wilkinsi]

I misread it as roughage spelled incorrectly

[toejam]

[tonemonster]

I misread it as roughage spelled incorrectly

OK Ron.

[DRM]

I'm just not a fan of the JB, but overall I do prefer Duncans to Dimarzios of any flavor. In my So Cal, I loved the tone I was getting with the TZ.

If you have the option...I'd vote Custom 5/'59. I'm a really big fan of the TB-14.

[tonemonster]

He didn't say lose. He said loose. And the JB is indeed a bit loose on the low end!

you guys are getting like Ron, bustin my ass for all this grammar. next thing you know you two will be running around buying mini rOdes getarz.

[CHARVEL_strat_81]

Uhm Rick, you can change pickups easily yourself and you've heard all of the pickups you are asking about and the ones that are coming in the guitar. Just sayin bro.

wanted to hear from someone here who used these in BASSWOOD not alder.

[wilkinsi]

you guys are getting like Ron, bustin my ass for all this grammar. next thing you know you two will be running around buying mini rOdes getarz.

Ron's on holiday Don't call me fat, you fat fucking son of a bitch! (South Park quote)