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Nice! I’ve heard a lot of great things about those pickups, especially in PRS guitars. Have you tried any other pickups in your Tremonti to compare the Aldrich’s too? Pros/cons?

What kind of amp do you play through? And what were some of your favorite pups of the ones you tried ?

Definitely give me an update on the Polymath after you get some more time using it! Would love to know what else you find out about the pickup with prior experience on the Silos.

Talk about an expensive journey for tone!! That makes you a valuable person for advice. As I know my current amp is not my last amp, it would be tough to get advice when I’m still deciding between the JP-2C by Mesa, and an Orange Rockerverb.

I only have One volume, and one tone knob on my Santana. I read one of your comments (actually many In different threads) which helped me shed a lot of light on the PRS pickups. I do love these still! But the Silos / Polymath achieved more of the sounds I was looking for, in a way that didn’t...

Dude… don’t take this the wrong way, but you are my guardian angel! This is such a perfect answer that I understand clearly. Bare Knuckle should pay you to write the descriptions from here on out! Your using them in a very similar guitar to mine which is music to my ears. (22 fret Mahogany PRS)...

This is all extremely valuable advice! GreAt thinking. Purchasing multiple pick ups to try-out is the direction I am leaning towards most. As much as I’d love to hit a bullseye my first try, it’s still a slight gamble no matter how much research I do. My biggest concern is how do you know you...

Thank you for the reply! I appreciate everyone’s response so far. I feel like I might have to try a few sets rather than over-analyzing and trying to pick the BEST one without actually hearing what they sound like in my particular guitar. Fortunately the few I have my eyes on all hold their...

The JP-2C is my Bucket List Amp! That’s wild you say that, as I’m ordering one as soon as I get my bonus from work in 3 months. When I was first looking at the Dreamcatcher/rainmaker pickups, a lot of people were talking about how they only sound good through Johns amp being they were tuned to...

Thanks for the fast reply! I appreciate any help that he is this hunt over sooner. Do you have any experience with the Seymour Duncan 59 pickup by chance? I really enjoyed the tones it could make, and am also trying to find a bridge pickup that would play well with it for a “perfect hybrid set”...

Thanks for the tip! I’ve also read quite raving reviews for their Thornbucker. Most of what I’ve seen is the Aldrich, and lots going into PRS bodies. I’ll definitely add that pickup to today’s “research” list. Have you used them yourself? Curious to know a users feedback and how they use them.

Also for my 171th added point, I’ve read great things about the SD 59 as a neck pickup. Works exceptionally well in mahogany guitars, covers all territories well, and sounded like you couldn’t go wrong if you wanted to save some money over PRS OR BKP. It ticked all the boxes for me. Clean...

I play through my one and only amp at home to add some helpful information. crate v-18 with 1-12” (2) EL84’s (3) 12ax7’s for the tubes. this baby shines as a clean/blues amp. If I turn the gain all the way to 10, I can pull some pretty impressive dirty tones from it as well WITHOUT any...

This is the information I need to hear! I’ve gotten overwhelmed with the amount of information I’ve absorbed in the past month of research, making it far to easy to second guess EVERYTHING.

I can ALSO add, during Rabeas demo of the silo pickups, I loved how he could get those spanky Strat tones when he split the coils! It also makes each pickup a lot more clear and clean when he split them, which is a huge plus for me and makes them THAT MUCH more versatile. I haven’t heard the...