1982 SB1

[Chef]

Yessir, typically nice 1 11/16, "not so deep" neck. My fave

 

[jetagegreg]

I thought it was a refin only based on the colors I have seen in the old early 80s ad for the SB basses. White, black, red, and blue. I have seen one JJ SB-2 that was very dark midnight blue and looked original. I wonder if this is the lighter blue color from the ads and has just faded, or maybe a custom one off? The neck pocket would prolly be revealing.

I usually play my JJ SB-2 with either both pups on or the bridge only. Last night I was inspired by your SB-1 to switch to the neck pup. Very raw single coil sounds and I was loving it.

I've owned both a midnight blue SB-1 and SB-2 over the years, so I'm pretty sure that was a factory color.

I'm thinking about wiring my old beater 1983 G&L SB-2 like a Reverend Rumblefish XL (parallel/neck/series), since I never use the bridge pickup solo. Has anybody tried wiring a first version SB-2 in series? I'm really curious how that would sound....

Thanks,
-GB

 

[Chef]

I've wondered this myself...

 

[spideyjg]

I've wondered this myself...

Probably akin to the El Toro flipped into series in passive. Similar pickup positions so the sonic change would be along those lines only with single coil flavor.

Jim

 

[Chef]

Prolly; I find the single coils "stay brighter" in series...
Also, I don't like the El Toro in passive much.