Ibanez RG / Seymour Duncan JB tone comparison

Two RGs, same pickups, slightly varied tone. Most clips are with distortion, the last two are clean.

2002 Ibanez RG220B (black)
Basswood body
Maple neck
Rosewood fretboard
TB-4 bridge position (f-spaced JB)

2009 Ibanez RG350m (yellow)
Basswood body
Maple neck
Maple fretboard
SH-4 bridge position (regular spaced JB)

Neither guitar has a tone knob connected, and the signal is going direct into my Fender practice amp (no settings changed) with a 25' Monster Cable.

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[InfiniteMisery003]

very nice thanks for helping choose. though you do deserve a better amp ;)

[ridefour15]

@InfiniteMisery003 Haha glad I could help.  The amp used in this video is just my practice amp. For YouTube stuff I use a PodXT Live now, and I have a Peavey 6505+ through a Marshall 1960A for band stuff so I think I'm okay in the amp department :)

[jasonism123]

should i buy F-spaced pickups for an Ibanez RG guitar? I'm planning to get Ibanez RGR321EX or RGT6EXFX..is it still ok if I buy the normal pickups (dimarzio)? is the sh-4 ok with your rg350m?

[ridefour15]

@jasonism123 it depends what kind of bridge you have. if it has a fixed bridge (which i think the RGT6EXFX has) then you can use a regular, if it has a floating bridge (aka floyd rose style) you can use f-spaced. you don't NEED f-spaced pickups but it makes the poles line up better, so it is okay to buy non f-spaced pickups for a floating bridge guitar

i didn't like the sh-4 in the rg350m, but i like it a lot in three other guitars of mine that have it.

[Schpudd]

they should sound almost identical, are the pickup heights similar?

[ridefour15]

@Schpudd I had set everything as identical as possible, even disconnecting tone knobs. Only difference between the pickups was the pole spacing. This is why I was so baffled by it.

[youaergay]

yellow for me.

[Kaelan66]

i prefer the rg350 all around

[dburn42]

Inside crystal mountain...evil takes it's form....

[dburn42]

Inside Crystal Mountain....evil takes it's

[dmohr7]

@ridefour15 does F - spaced also count for edge 3 tremelos?

[ibzmav]

duncan JB is a killer bridge pickup paired with a 59 neck. \m/

[ralfcaetano]

yelow sounds better anyone notice the jb sounds better on a maple fretboard

[anurags]

hi, what are the other pickups on the neck and middle on both the guitars?

[ziger824]

@ridefour15 it might be because of the fretboards, maple usually sounds brighter than rosewood.

[Pmichteinz]

the rg has a basswood body right?