Recent content by Perry

Thanks for updating us. I wonder how a pickup magnet gets demagnatised?? I had a problem a while back with my 513 neck pickup and ended up buying a new replacement from PTC Europe.

I required help repairing/replacing my 513s neck pickup last year and found PTC in Cambridge extremely slow in their communications. If I were you, I would go with Montys as they appear to have served you well so far.

Thanks everyone for your suggestions. I should have said that I already use luminous side fret dots as well as the luminous strips on the fingerboard; both of which eventually slip away under the heat of battle. Oh and yes, I developed a gut years ago, though my guitar doesn’t quite sit...

I gig my Custom 24 most weekends and, with varying stage lighting, have always found it difficult seeing the 12th fret bird inlay. The abalone has a mostly darker colouring, whereas the rest of the inlays along the board are of a lighter colour. I have used luminous fret markers but these...

Yeah, I slept in……

Sorry for being late to this thread, but here are my 513 10-top details. 11176091, PRS standard nut, phase III tuners, DOM 06/16/11

Just by way of update and a huge thank you to Maertl513 for helping me contact the right people, I received a replacement neck pickup (pricey, but not as costly as I anticipated), which I wired direct to the 5way superswitch. Excellent results with no unwanted noise. The neck pickup is now...

I’m going to try this. Does the tip unscrew or is it a press fit?

You’ve answered your own question Justin. No neck relief is great for shredders and legato playing. For the rest of us, we like to hear notes ring out clear with a nice bloom on longer notes. I set my relief by eye, holding the D string down at the first fret and the fret where the neck meets...

Yes, mine is a 2011 and has the pcb in the cavity like yours. My problem is not so much the wiring, but the neck pickup itself, which has an intermittent break/connection. Ideally, and cost permitting, I would like to purchase a new neck pickup from PRS. I have emailed PTC Europe nearly 3...

Ok, I’ve emailed PTC Europe here in the UK to enquire about either a pickup repair or purchasing a new replacement. If neither is possible then us 513 owners are basically screwed if our pickups fail as the sculptured pickup cavities don’t look as if they can accommodate any after market brand...

Hey, thanks everyone. I will contact PTC here in the UK.

I’m fast falling out of love with the pickups in my 513. At home volumes the guitar sounds perfect, but playing live, the neck pickup in particular seems to take on a life of its own, becoming microphonic in behaviour. My Custom 24 in the same situations has no such problem. I have checked...

I think I read in an earlier thread that 509 pups are not the same as the 513. I don’t recall the source giving a reason why not, though.

I keep reading how the DC resistance is not a particularly useful measurement, though we continue to use it, mistakenly perhaps, to identify how 'hot' or 'strong' a pickup is likely to sound in a guitar. Outside the general consensus boundaries of 'the hotter the pickup, the more muddy it may...