All user reviews for the Seymour Duncan SH-4 JB Model

It'll be eight months that I use.
I mount my BC Rich Platinum Pro virgin because I had tired of micro BC Rich that manqus potato and personnalit.Et to have with me a guitar with other sonorits than my BC Rich Stealth Chuck Schuldiner and sonX2N (an excellent microphone too).
I play old school death metal, and I wanted a microphone to sonorits old school that sends and carries out the very low tunings. Install in bridge position bass rhythm. I play a Randall RG1OOG3 (hybrid amp) or on my Vox amPlug Lead embter not too neighbors.
What I like most about this mic is the color of the sound I get high saturation, a fat, heavy, but full of biting with heat, which gives it a veritable presence. Great sound that keeps m'tonner every time I play with.
With the pose I pay 120euros. I repeat that choice because I am really fallen in love with these sonorits! To you to try now ^^
He that marries very well with the violin in my bc rich.
un 10/10 for a sound that I fell in love

I mounted the microphone on my Epiphone Les Paul is a long time (classic little mod, which saves a lot in sound quality given the poor microphones installed at the factory. Everything is mounted with wiring to jimmy page ( ability to split each of the microphones, most in series or in parallel microphones.

With the gain, it is a microphone that is doing very well, you can type in the Led Zep, hard rock 70S easy or hard rock 80s to the gun's & roses this stuff. It's really fun, beauuuucoup mediums that allow out of the mix on big solos quite distorted.

The problem is that these mediums in the clear, bah it gives her a duck which is really not very flattering ... Personally after 3 years of use, I'm really disappointed with the clear sound that really is not top

on the other hand once split is nice, it twang so much TV, with a spring reverb can already be a good laugh to do fun stuff style western.

Difficult to put a note because this mic is not bad in itself, it's just that I do not clean top so it is not suitable for me too ... If you're more hard rock, it is very well!

After trying a BC Rich Bich with SH2 and SH4, I'm tempted on my Gibson Flying V was equipped with 57 Classic in bridge and formerly of SH5, SH4 is found on a micro lot Skyscraper as ESP, Jackson ...
Already the sound is present it does not sound hollow, they can swing the Rock, Hard Rock nothing scares him and the worst is that it sounds serious you can even send the big drive ask Mustaine who used Jackson on these ... compared to SH5 it sounds so cold ... and compared to the Classic 57 is nothing to see more open sound that sounds less boxy ... So there it is good for me, completed the changes on this guitar for a long time, the marriage with the Flying V is perfect as the SH2, it was the last change before reselling it so I could not find the sound alchemy on my vintage gear, the reputation of this microphones well worth everything that is told above is not overrated and after the test is not a legend, you can darken

I discovered this microphone when I bought my ESP Horizon NT2 because there is fitted as standard.
Playing only metal I was afraid that is not Sh4 clapped for large distortions because it is rarely presented as a suitable micro metal.
Yet it is just great in this style for its versatility.
I use it for the rhythmic distortions as Deftones, Tool, Gojira (3 groups with guitarists use or have used the sh4) and System of a Down.
It has a large output level, an exceptional grain and warm, giving it the appearance that some describe as "organic." In short an excellent microphone for metal that has nothing to envy to the EMG 81, I have also not appreciated when I compared the SH4.
I bought one to replace my bridge DiMarzio dactivator Iceman because DiMarzio was cold, too loud and lacked precision. I am very happy to have made this change, SH4 gives excellent results on the mahogany body of this guitar.

So more: - versatility
- Accuracy
- Heat and super grain, very "organic" and personal
- High output
- Good retransmission nuances of the violin
Not less.
The price / quality ratio is very good, and I would do this choice without worry.

I tested this with a micro steinberger gt pro deluxe
but I think this guitar gives her a little too cold with these pickups seymour
other than that, this micro lot higher harmonics, long and strong everywhere! the entire sleeve
harmonics last longer than a DiMarzio Fred and especially where they exit fred's hard because it lacks output level
to split, it is still quite powerful: not strat
with a single, it can be a bit of illusion to say strait (bridge + middle), but it is far
So, for super micro solos: large output level
some say it is not a precise micro
pt be compared with a DiMarzio is true or even a emg
I compared with a DiMarzio Fred and emg85
Harmonic level: it beats everyone!
try with a mahogany lp etc.
and to use vibrato whistling harmonics

The Seymour Duncan JB Pick-up is a mainstay in rock since they designed the prototype for Jeff Beck in 1974. I recently bought a Charvel San Dimas that came stock with a JB so I gave it a shot. It has a really good mid grind to it so I can see why it was a great 70s and 80s pick up for sure. Plays classic rock tones perfectly with no issues. I think whether it is perfectly balanced or not will depend on what kind of music you choose to play with it. Balanced for me would mean that it has tons of bottom to go along with a cutting mid range. Is that the JB? No. It has the right balance to play a more mellow rock than today's bottom heavy modern rock sound and even heavy metal. I mean Jeff Beck wasn't exactly playing Master of Puppets now was he? THis was probably put out there as an alternative the the Single Coil pick ups that dominated the blues world back then. FOr the time, this was a pretty agressive tone and definately seperated Beck from the likes of Clapton. This is for playing classig rock to 80's hair for sure. Even the TOne Zone gives a heavier rendition and more bottom than the JB. All that being said, I like it for what it is and what it does. You can get these just about anywhere for a steal. The price is definately right and it does what it is supposed to do. I compared this to a lot of other pick up options and it just comes down to preference really. In the stock category I personally like the Tone Zone and the Gibson Dirty Fingers but the JB would be a close third. In the Boutique arena I would suggest a Motorcity Detroiter or Afwayu for heavy stuff. Good pick up for reasonable money is the bottom line.

The JB seems to be one of the more polarizing pickups out there. People who like it seems to be crazy about it and people that don't like it seems to abhor it.

Personally, I fall more towards the latter category. I hated almost everything about this pickup. The clean tones were thin and flat. It was a completely uninspiring and muddy tone. I don’t expect a bridge pickup to have amazing cleans, but I expect them to at least be decent. The JB did not meet that expectation.

With high gain the muddiness is just amplified. There is so little punch and definition in the low end, its useless. On top of the muddiness it’s just thin. This makes the pickup completely useless for modern metal. The only redeeming quality is the midrange, its nice and crunchy.

That midrange crunchiness is the only thing that makes the pickup useful. It does very well for those classic LP into Marshall style crunch tone. I could easily nail those classic AC/DC style tones. It sounded good enough that I actually thought about keeping it.

The pickup really lends itself to 80’s style power metal tones too. I’d say it handles them pretty well, but that is just an extension of that mid-gain crunchiness in my opinion.

Really though, it’s a one trick pony. It only does one thing well, and that’s mid-high gain 80's style crunch. If you boost the amp it does a very convincing eighties power metal tone. So overall this pickup sucks in my opinion. I hated it and I'll never own one again. However, if you're looking for a pickup to play hair metal on your super Strat or you want an LP to nail the classic eighties crunch, definitely check this pickup out. It'll probably be right up you're alley.

The Seymour Duncan JB Pickup (AKA TB4) is a very nice humbucking pickup. Built in the USA, they were originally designed for guitar god Jeff Beck. The sound is similar to an old Gibson PAF pickup, only with a bit more bite and aggression. The pick attack is crisp and clear, and the output is high, but not ridiculously so. These pickups can also be very smooth and singing in the neck position, with plenty of rich harmonic overtones. The pickup is available in a four conductor version, to allow for split coil sounds, and I'd definitely recommend going that route, as the single coil sounds that can be coaxed from this pickup are quite airy and spanky, like a good Fender pickup.

The pickup really excels at classic rock tones and metal. With coil tapping, it's pretty good for country/chicken pickin', and in the neck position with the tone control rolled off, it can make a pretty nice convincing jazz tone.

In building guitars, this makes a good "calibration" pickup, as many luthiers are familiar with its inherent tones, and it can allow the builder to really hear what contributions the wood and hardware are making to the overall tone before settling on the perfect pickup to complement the guitar. Many times, this pickup still ends up being the final choice!

So many guitars come stock with this pickup nowadays, and with good reason. I've owned a Parker PM-20 Pro that came with this pickup, as well as an LTD M-1000, and I've played a great variety of guitars in music stores where the stock bridge pickup was a JB. I also bought one of these pickups ala carte and put it in a Fender Telecaster - that was a great sound and feel! Oftentimes, the JB pickup is paired with a Jazz (Seymour's personal favorite combination) or a '59 in the neck, and either choice is good. I am a big fan of Seymour Duncan pickups, and I've never really heard a bad one. This pickup is no exception, and I'd certainly recommend it as a good all-around workhorse pickup for anyone.

This is the MODEL says "jeff beck".
a micro catalog since trs long and one of the most sold.
he indeed mdiums juicy but also a good capacity to bring out the harmonics of a single shot pulp distortion.
it saturates bcp ... more than a "jeff beck", if the DSIR with a trs good sustain.
it's more of a micro distortion that's clear, but it is the splitter or to parallle (with switch) if the DSIR.
it is an excellent microphone, not too expensive and with a distortion and not too juicy electric razor!
then recess ... everyone has ... but that's normal: it can rveiller many guitars with Corenne rsultat impressive. there are other good mics, but I recommend it without the inquitude.

Micro alnico studs.
The miro is standard on the grates of a flopped march.
He really gain more than you would think at first glance, the guy!
Trs and its pretty typical of acute, full of mdiums.
It is quite fat and dirty, trs rock'n roll in fact!

In clean, it's not the top, it does well combined a simple, or a soft micro neck, like the SH-1 '59. Splitt trs or certainly, I have not tried one I nvrose not support a microphone to mutilate one of its windings ("/>

In crunch, adpote, always bold, never prcis. But he has a prsence.

In distortion for even the big rock or hard, pani concern. Try not to grind / death with it is not for a!

Well, I use it only when I tap the big boogie sly not fit in it with my drummer, for fun, but frankly, I'm not a fan: plump grain / no prcis / heavy mdiums it's really not my thing.