The JB's darkness works really well for late 90s early 2000s metal, and was used by guys like Steph Carpenter for Around the Fur and contributes to the era sound of bands like Alien Ant Farm.
Love this! You do such a great job with comparing pickups. I didn't realize how dark the JB's sound clean. Love the SH-4 (I have the TB-4's in several guitars) but also love the PAF Pro in the Bridge and Neck .... The thing about the Dimarzio in the bridge it just has a better almost strat like clean sound (at least for the sound I like and am looking for). Once distorted they are very close in sound. Both are great but this video I think shows the clarity of the PAF PRO and the versatility both clean and dirty. Love them both!
I have used both pups for 30 years and my conclusion is the JB is better for rhythm and the PAF for solos and melodic material. The PAF has nice wild high mids and the JB has a solid chunky foundation with a top end that cuts trough.
Yo pensaba ponerle una Paf Pro en Neck de mi guitarra pero como no la encontré en las tiendas , decidí ponerle una Paf Joe, buen contenido en este canal, saludos desde Perú.
thanks for making this video Mr Stamper, i have both of these n was deciding upon which one id use for a one humucker strat style guitar, def PAF PRO for me, keep up the great work
On the last example, the DiMarzio has a killer woody knock on the low string palm mutes that's absent on the JB. I've been chasing that tone and have just bought one to see if it translates in my guitars.
PAF pro for me. A Humbucker capable of being a bit too bright is a nice problem to have 😉. You can always dial down brightness but you can never dial in what’s not there to begin with. I personally find the JB absolutely obnoxious voicing wise.
Dimarzios = hex-key poles Seymour Duncan = standard poles common to vintage PAF Maybe thats the cognitive dissonance everyone is struggling with? Because both sound good. Its a very close call. Paf pro sounds more forward and jb has more color in its cleans and fatter pal mute tones. Both are winners here.
Pickups don't need to "cut through the mix". It's one of those terrible cliches that people use all the time. It's the mixing engineers' job to make things audible in the mix.
@@honigdachs. in a band situation yes it does play a role,if the eq of the pickup helps your work at recording I take that anyday of the week since I have a home studio and I am no professional
@@honigdachs. if that’s the case the only thing it matters is your amp and a sound engineer,so I don’t get why are you interested in this comparison anyways
@@peppersprayer Well I already told you in the original comment. Pickups don't need to "cut through the mix". It's just one of those stupid audio phrases that everyone uses. If we're talking about recording, there's no way how you would need a specific pickup to make the guitar tracks sit where they're supposed to. That's a matter of mixing decisions and pickups don't even sound that dramatically different from each other. If you're not being heard in band practice, the pickups are the last thing to be worried about.
clearly different is PAF Pro 8,..k against SH4 16,..k from the value alone it's different, please find a balanced opponent, for example PAF Pro against SH1 or APH2
The Dimarzio by faaar! Open, harmonic and note separation. The SD sounds like a wet towel was put on the amp/pup
okay it's settled now, PAF Pro got the crown.
The JB's darkness works really well for late 90s early 2000s metal, and was used by guys like Steph Carpenter for Around the Fur and contributes to the era sound of bands like Alien Ant Farm.
the guitar industry been sleeping on the PAF pro
Apart from the older guys. My old guitar teacher was a proper 80's shred guy. He was always PAF Pro or Fred is all you need for everything
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ブライトでクリーンです
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wow .. the clarity on the paf pro SMOKED the jb . In my opinion.
Love this! You do such a great job with comparing pickups. I didn't realize how dark the JB's sound clean. Love the SH-4 (I have the TB-4's in several guitars) but also love the PAF Pro in the Bridge and Neck .... The thing about the Dimarzio in the bridge it just has a better almost strat like clean sound (at least for the sound I like and am looking for). Once distorted they are very close in sound. Both are great but this video I think shows the clarity of the PAF PRO and the versatility both clean and dirty. Love them both!
I have used both pups for 30 years and my conclusion is the JB is better for rhythm and the PAF for solos and melodic material. The PAF has nice wild high mids and the JB has a solid chunky foundation with a top end that cuts trough.
do you think an SH4 bridge with a paf pro in the neck would make a good combo?
@@joshholmes9976 That would be a great combination. I use a PAF Pro in the bridge and only play rhythm and love it.
It would be interesting to compare the PAF Pro with de Seymour Duncan 59/Custom Hybrid
Yo pensaba ponerle una Paf Pro en Neck de mi guitarra pero como no la encontré en las tiendas , decidí ponerle una Paf Joe, buen contenido en este canal, saludos desde Perú.
I was very frustrated trying to dail in tones with JB for lower tunings. This video shows why 😂
clean - paf pro
distortion - sd
thanks for making this video Mr Stamper, i have both of these n was deciding upon which one id use for a one humucker strat style guitar, def PAF PRO for me, keep up the great work
Great comparison. I subbed you, hopefully you'll reach 10k subs soon
On the last example, the DiMarzio has a killer woody knock on the low string palm mutes that's absent on the JB. I've been chasing that tone and have just bought one to see if it translates in my guitars.
Great video and very helpful, you play each example just long enough to get the point across.
Winner was never clearer.
PAF pro wins
You deserve more subscriptions than you have
PAF pro for me. A Humbucker capable of being a bit too bright is a nice problem to have 😉. You can always dial down brightness but you can never dial in what’s not there to begin with. I personally find the JB absolutely obnoxious voicing wise.
What guitar are you using?
Thanks man. This was helpful. Installing a dimarzio 59 on a strat Hss set up. What were you using 500k pots?
with what model do I need to combine it with PAF Pro and neck dimarzio pickup for my jackson dinky firestorm.
Grab another Paf Pro for neck. A really huge option for a neck pickup!!!
@@mikestamper single coil for neck..
Fender Texas Special for the neck.
Dimarzios = hex-key poles
Seymour Duncan = standard poles common to vintage PAF
Maybe thats the cognitive dissonance everyone is struggling with? Because both sound good.
Its a very close call. Paf pro sounds more forward and jb has more color in its cleans and fatter pal mute tones. Both are winners here.
PAF pro
To me I almost felt the player's struggle to articulate those metal riffs on the PAF Pro and it sounded effortless with the JB. I may be way off here.
Paf Pro = Metallica
JB = Megadeth
Dimarzio is warm with more character
Why do Seymour Duncans sound as if the volume/tone knob has turned down a little?
the duncan is wound with 44 gauge wire, which can allow for more turns which means more output at the expense of some treble
High DC resistance = less treble usually.
@@MarkLumsley aaah I see. Now I understand. Thank you! 🙏
JB is so dark.
I use PAF Pro in the neck position and I love its presence. The JB sounds more midrange but lacks so e high end
They are really similar,paf pro sounds fuller and richer and sh-4 a tad more aggressive and probably better at cutting through the mix
Pickups don't need to "cut through the mix". It's one of those terrible cliches that people use all the time. It's the mixing engineers' job to make things audible in the mix.
@@honigdachs. in a band situation yes it does play a role,if the eq of the pickup helps your work at recording I take that anyday of the week since I have a home studio and I am no professional
@@peppersprayer If that was the case, all pickups would be just all upper mids and treble. Don't you have EQ knobs on your amp?
@@honigdachs. if that’s the case the only thing it matters is your amp and a sound engineer,so I don’t get why are you interested in this comparison anyways
@@peppersprayer Well I already told you in the original comment. Pickups don't need to "cut through the mix". It's just one of those stupid audio phrases that everyone uses. If we're talking about recording, there's no way how you would need a specific pickup to make the guitar tracks sit where they're supposed to. That's a matter of mixing decisions and pickups don't even sound that dramatically different from each other. If you're not being heard in band practice, the pickups are the last thing to be worried about.
still the JB for chugs high gain etc.
The Distortion is better for that.
O paf pro é muito melhor,imensamente.
clearly different is PAF Pro 8,..k against SH4 16,..k from the value alone it's different, please find a balanced opponent, for example PAF Pro against SH1 or APH2