pickups

Hey guys, this is for those of you who have the PRS S2 Standard 24-fret, specifically! If you decided to replace your stock Korean pickups, I'd love to hear why and with what other pickups plus how that works for you. I'm talking about 24 frets specifically, as there might be unique...

Looking for some new pickups to put in my S2 Custom 24. I play rock, blues, gospel, funk, worship. Looking for a good, strong sound. Looking for better sustain... My overdrive tone is similar to Mark Lettieri's. What do you like, dislike, prefer etc about each of these pickups? Thanks!!

Thinking about replacing the pickups in my S2 custom 24... looking for better sustain, more clarity... thinking of putting in the 85/15 pickups. What do you recommend? I play blues, rock, worship, funk, gospel. Looking for a strong sound. Thanks!

Hi, I am new to the PRS world and just picked up a SE Custom 24 with 85/15's. I am coming from a Gretsch Electromatic with Super HiLo'Trons and one thing I loved about the bridge pickup of that guitar was how bright almost "tele'ish" it was. Turning on some drive was perfect for playing power...

Recently I decided to take the plunge and have my Starla's pickups replaced to exactly what I wanted. It's a 2008, and it's been the main studio and session guitar for 9 years. The coil tap, laid back sounds, bigsby, bright pickups meant that it had a real friendly voice. Everything short of...

Hey ya'll. New to the group and looking for some advice to upgrade my PRS SE Paul Allender! With my other guitars, I've made pickup upgrades that, half time, resulted as a mediocre difference and not the tone I want. It was then did I learn that I shouldn't put in a specific set or individual...

Anybody seen any Vela neck pickups being sold? I'd like to get my hands on one for a project. Didn't see anything on Reverb or the Bay. Thought maybe somebody around here might have a line on one.

Is there a difference in sound between the newer pickup design -- which are less rounded on the corners, and more rounded along the top and bottom -- and the old pickup design, which look like a Seymour Duncan? Other than they look more modern, of course, but were there any changes to the...

... US version ONLY! ... which guitar are yours in? ... if only one, which other pup did you pair it with? 2017 Custom 22 SE HFS/VB

Hi Guys, I have a set of black 59/09s, open coil, not covered, the square ones. Just haven't got the edge that I'm looking for, so they aren't used. Will ship anywhere you like. Apologies if I'm in the wrong section here.

A small story, some observations and possible learnings. I've had my McCarty 594 double cut for a few weeks now, and like many others I found the 58/15 LT, in the bridge position a little bit lacking in drive. But I was quite aware that it supported the middle position by blending with the neck...

Yes I ask a lot of my pickups. Problem: McCarty Bridge (58/15 LT) lacks punch and sustain. I like the high end cut but it lacks mid punch in the low mids and the upper mids are annoyingly present with distortion. Overall need more output, but still want lots of cut. Want punch mids but not...

I thought Shawn was onto an extremely good idea. Creating an outline and a summary of the general features and general technical specifications of each PRS pickup. We all know that Paul wants to hold back proprietary information, Which makes sense. but most of the Potential PRS players are...

I recently played a PRS 408 Semi-Hollow w/Rosewood Neck Wood Library guitar but I had to drive 3 hours to get there. I won't mention the dealer but they are sweet people. Lol I did meet several 408 owners and it seems that anyone who owns one of these is in love with it. Anyway, I took some...

Just curious on what everyone's thoughts are on proper pickup heights for a PRS w/ 3 p90s... Thanks Everybody!

Hi, Kind of an extension of a previous post but figured it's its own subject. I bought some 57/08s I'll be putting in my S2 - hopefully Monday. Looked around and saw that they made a 'special edition' S2 with uncovered 57's. Anyone know why they went uncovered? Is there something deeply...

Has anyone upgraded the pickups on their Mira? The stock set-up seems somewhat muddy to me. I would imagine the coil-tap function affects the choices. Kinda new to this. Thanks, Michele

hi there! Does anybody knows how the 509 pickups differ from the 513 ? (output etc..) Are they coil tap or split? why prs went for this kind of design? I.e large pickups is there any idea behind it? And why this particular neck joint as identical to the 513 and not the usual like the cu22/24...

Just wanted to share that, like many before, I changed out the magnets in my S2. I've been unable to pick new pups (too many good choices) and had previously ordered some A5's and A4's - which arrived today. Figured nothing to lose so put the 5 in the bridge and 4 in the neck. Pickups used to...

I've seen a metric crap ton of great demos, and some high level discussions that gloss over the electronics as active piezo under-saddle. I understand the tone/volume control setup and where the battery is tucked away. I was hoping to find some actual meat on the electronics: is it a PRS...