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Soapbar (P90) User Review

January 24th, 2012

Here is a great user review of our Soapbar (P90) pickup set. Check it out!

Frank T
JBE Pickups
Joe Barden Engineering

Jan. 2012

Pete here….I recently installed a set of JBE Soapbars in a Les Paul and wanted to tell you about my very positive experience with them. I’ll try to keep it brief!

I have been […]

By Rick Johnson|December 5th, 2013|P90 Soapbar, Reviews, Tone|0 Comments|

JBE Soapbar Question

March 30th, 2012

Here is a question posed by someone considering JBE Soapbar pickups:

Hello !
I have a little question … well, it is not about asking to reveal any technological secrets, but, here it is.
For instance, you have released a new pickup which adapts to guitars designed for “soapbar” type pickups. It looks like it […]

By Rick Johnson|December 5th, 2013|Design, P90 Soapbar, technical, Tone|0 Comments|

Coil-Tapping vs Coil-Splitting

May 31st, 2012
JBE on Coil Tapping vs. Coil Splitting
I often get questions about how we get single coil tone from our HB Two/Tone and how it compares to the old trick of coil-splitting a humbucker pickup to coax single coil tones from them. The answer to this question lies partially in the differences between “coil-tapping” (as […]

By Rick Johnson|December 5th, 2013|Design, HB and HB Two/Tone, Reviews, technical, Tone|0 Comments|