Scored a Nailbomb for my Jackon Pro Soloist!

[gdog]

Can not wait to hear the sound of this thing! Should I keep the mid boost package that came in the guitar of ripit out?
Thanks
G

[ericsabbath]

keep it

I always boost my mids with an EQ before the amp

[Dr. Vic]

if you are talking about the jackson J-1200 Active electronics mid boost circuit, well you can throw it away.

The guitar is great by itself and doesn't need that thing (I had a bad experience with that with my jackson Rhoads (93 era) which came with that feature as standard.

Let's add that the Nailbomb doesn't lack mids.

if you need a boost for your lead parts, a stompbox will be better.

and welcome to bare knuckle forum !  :good:

[shobet]

if you are talking about the jackson J-1200 Active electronics mid boost circuit, well you can throw it away.

The guitar is great by itself and doesn't need that thing (I had a bad experience with that with my jackson Rhoads (93 era) which came with that feature as standard.

Let's add that the Nailbomb doesn't lack mids.

if you need a boost for your lead parts, a stompbox will be better.

and welcome to bare knuckle forum !  :good:

A different opinion, but the boost circuit in my Charvel Mod 6 is a J-1200 and it gives quite a nice range  of boost in my opinion.

Jackson made 3 active circuits, each doing something a bit different. Google for the J-1500, J-1000 and the J-1200

To help you out here's the manual page for the J-1200 - http://audiozone.dk/cm/displayimage.php?album=66&pos=5, tell Henrik I say hello! ;)

[gdog]

Thanks guys for the feedback! I have the J-1200 mid boost. I am not sure which way to go as I do not want anything taking away from the pickup output or tone.
G

[Dr. Vic]

I think you answered you question by yourself

I do not want anything taking away from the pickup output or tone.

the interesting link from shobet explains that the JE-1200 adds on the mids lows of your tone....

Maybe it works with the jackson stock pups like the J-80...but as for me I really had a dislilke on that active electronics circuit (and also some issues with it).

But at the end, do you like your JE-1200 ?
Maybe you could decide whether to keep it or not when you'll see what's the result with a NB on your guitar. :D

[ericsabbath]

Maybe you could decide whether to keep it or not when you'll see what's the result with a NB on your guitar. :D

this.

[gdog]

To be honest, the mid boost is only so so with the stock pup now. Yes it makes it a bit thicker, but not an earth shattering difference in tone.
G