Rebel Yell, Holy Diver and Seymour Duncan JB

[Slartibartfarst42]

If the Holydiver is a thicker less bright sounding version of the JB I will be in tone heaven

It is  :D Review to be posted shortly.

[darkbluemurder]

these are from james lugo's 2009 pickup shootout

I think these show the differences very well. Thanks for posting, Eric.

Cheers Stephan

[JagAlskarKatter]

I had a JB in my Ibanez and I swapped it out for a Holy Diver set because the JB was too thin sounding and lacked sustain and clarity under gain. By comparison, the HD has a much thicker, saturated bottom end which is really nice for huge rhythm sounds \m/  And as for the neck pickup, the tone is really open with lots of fluidity and an earthy, vocal-like lead tone. The perfect pickups if you like the mids of a JB but want a more ballsy sound :)

[darrenw5094]

Just pulled the JB from my Charvel for a Holy Diver.

Diver far less hot, Diver less bass, Diver clearer tone.

Having not liked the JB in the Les Paul Standard i have, i think it was ok in the Charvel at crunch amp settings, the hot output was great for leads.

[ericsabbath]

it feels a little less bassy cause it needs to be set a lot closer to strings than the JB, due to its lower output

[darrenw5094]

The newer Charvels don't have any way to adjust height, they are direct mounted and have nothing underneath to push the pickup up. I am about 4mm from the strings.

[fdesalvo]

The newer Charvels don't have any way to adjust height, they are direct mounted and have nothing underneath to push the pickup up. I am about 4mm from the strings.

U can shim the pickup with foam or a bit of wood.

[darrenw5094]

Sticky foam......that's were it's at. 8)