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I have 24 PRS guitars and aside from my ME1s my 2 305s are probably my most played/gigged in recent times. One is a stock 25th anniversary the other I believe to be a prototype it’s from 2009 and has neck and bridge 513 pickups with a pull pot on the tone which reduces their output to give more...

I have a few ME1s over the years I have tried all the 5x series pickups and all have eventually got their RPs back I find the trick with them is pickup height too high and they become harsh and muddy but find the sweet spot and they are magical, the other point I noticed was all my ME1s...

for me the original ME1 ( I currently have 5) 2 SC, 2 DCT and 1 DC HT, I also have an MEIII trem which pops in and out of favour but is a fine guitar too ;-)

Go steady when adjusting pickup height on 513s especially the earlier ones with a pcb if you adjust one screw too much the pcb can flex causing dry joints, intermittent no sound faults so make small adjustmebt to all 4 screws on the humbuckers especially ;-)

I have a braz rw necked 513 and two 305s, one is a 21 25th anniversary model the other according to Sound Affects/PRS was made by private stock team for an "artist" who never collected it it has a pull tone pot that S A described as a sweet switch.. When I realised it had no effect on the middle...

I have both guitars a brw neck 513 and a maple neck/board Brent Mason. They are both very much their own thing, my 513 has been modded with a push push tone to add the bridge pickup to any others selected by the 5 way, I will do a similar mod to the BM next timeI change the strings. The 513 has...

Hi before swapping pickups try adjusting the height - they get clearer when further from the strings - make small adjustment testing for the sweet spot. The Sgs shorter scale will make the string tension lower (easier bends) try ).5 or 1 grade lower on the PRS for a similar feel. If you have...

If you look at the schematic for a sig ltd and a 408 there is a subtle difference (the sig ltd has a cap coupling that the 408 lacks) the Brent mason appears to be similar to the sig ltd (with an extra pickup) I have a sig ltd and find that it gets darker/more compressed as you increase the...

if you want to fine tune your single coil sound use a mini trim pots of say 3k3 value instead of a fixed value resistor then adjust to taste ;-)

Over the years I have had a lot of guitars - currently down to 21 (17 PRSi) - at one point I had 20 + PRS and over the years have probably had 30 + but every now and then I wish i had one of the many I have let go. So now if I am not playing a particular guitar I just leave it in the rack...

I found this a few years ago and it seems to work with most amps I have come across, the aim (as far as I can see) is to detect the points where an amps responsiveness changes, this then make playing changes (volume touch etc) more responsive making expressive playing easier, each amp (I have...

Carr Slant 6V has 4 6v6s, 2 cathode biased, 2 fixed biased, you can use either pair or all 4 for 18, 22 or 40 (very loud) watts. 2 channels completely independent, great amps (have 4 various ages and configurations) along with PRS, Two Rock, Marshall, Rivera (Venus 6 another 4x 6v6 amp but it...

had a similar noise issue on a Carr Slant 6v, only on clean channel (channels are completely individual on Slant), problem only present when volume turned up which implied first half valve circuit and tone stack. Not the valve, so theory/experince implied 100k anode resistor was most likely...

I think it maybe pickup from the transformers, I solved it on mine by moving the reverb tank into the speaker enclosure. I have seen a similar issue with Two Rock Custom Reverb heads if the reverb tank is fitted the wrong way round the tranformers induce mains hum into the reverb .