513 question

[JoeMoose]

hey everyone. long time player/collector here. bought a 513 and im in love with it. modded with additional 3 tones via a push/pull pot. i did notice something and im curious if any other 513 owners have/had this as well. ive noticed that the bridge pickup when in modern/overwound positions has a pretty nasal-y sound to it. im running just a JHS Bonsai and keeley compressor and thats it. it almost sounds like i have a wah wah clicked on and slightly rocked back. not sure if this is normal. every other position sounds amazing. i have a special 22 as well but no issue while in bridge humbucking position. let me know if you guys want a sound clip.
thank you!

 

[Maertl513]

A sound clip would be fine.
I don't those nasal voicing in my 513s. They do only have their 13 sounds. Maybe some routing is faulty with a too strong resitor.

 

[bodia]

It's been a while since I've had a 513 but I certainly don't recall anything that sounded like that. Hey @Rider1260 and @RickP maybe you can chime in?

 

[Steve's addiction]

I have 2 of them and neither one is nasaly. However I'm very nasaly!!

 

[Matte82]

My first PRS was a 513. It was very cool but not the one for me. Anyway I also don't recall it being nasal sounding in any mode. IMO it was maybe a touch sterile/hi-fi, almost sounding like active pickups. So I would def double check the wiring and make sure it's all correct.

 

[Jazzedout]

Normally the heavy humbucker sound is a little darker and louder than the normal humbucker sound.
I would check the wiring and solder points under the pickups to see if everything looks normal...

 

[Glide-bpm]

Gotta be something wrong... My current and all previous 513's are/were thick as a brick...

 

[Anachronism]

I have owned 3 513s, and my current 513 Rosewood has been modded by the PTC with a push/pull to activate both the bridge and neck pickups at the same time. I have never found the full humbucking sounds to be nasally.

 

[JoeMoose]

Hey everyone sorry for the late reply. Here’s a video of the sounds. 68 vibrolux reissue amp, treble at about 4, bass about 3.5, JHS bonsai for some distortion.

 

[BrianC]

great playing

 

[Glide-bpm]

great playing

Yeah, ditto on the playing!

 

[Glide-bpm]

Hard to tell, but definitely sounds like something possibly going on with the heavy HB mode

 

[JoeMoose]

Hard to tell, but definitely sounds like something possibly going on with the heavy HB mode

Thanks for the positive comments! I agree on the tone. I think I’m going to reach out to PCT and see if they can give me any clarity.

 

[Glide-bpm]

Thanks for the positive comments! I agree on the tone. I think I’m going to reach out to PCT and see if they can give me any clarity.

Don't blame you on that. My overwound is very thick and powerful.

 

[Rider1260]

I had a Vibrolux , I seem to remember some of that happening with the 513 and that amp.
Amp is gone
Ill try the 513 tonight but I live on the bridge pickup going between the modes on that guitar

 

[JoeMoose]

I had a Vibrolux , I seem to remember some of that happening with the 513 and that amp.
Amp is gone
Ill try the 513 tonight but I live on the bridge pickup going between the modes on that guitar

Been debating going to an orange amp. Let me know how it sounds! I’m wondering if maybe the JHS bonsai might make it worse as well. I also tried my music man cutlass with a DiMarzio in the bridge position and that has a similar tone.

 

[Maertl513]

Oh, man, your playing is great.
I tend to notice a slight wah-esque voicing in full humbucking mode. It's - for my ears - very suble.

 

[Rider1260]

Been debating going to an orange amp. Let me know how it sounds! I’m wondering if maybe the JHS bonsai might make it worse as well. I also tried my music man cutlass with a DiMarzio in the bridge position and that has a similar tone.

I just got a Klon Clone that has an interesting thing going on in the mids , but yea the 10" speakers on the Vibrolux ( and no mid control ) make the Vibrolux an interesting beast , I do have one recording playing not so great no pedals just an attenuator

https://soundcloud.com/the-pedal-guy%2Fvibrolux-first-record-for-tone-sloppy-as-hell

 

[bodia]

I've got nothing on the issue, but the playing is awesome!

 

[JoeMoose]

I’m wondering if a EQ pedal would help. Also wondering if putting an orange drop capacitor in there would help…….waiting on PCT to get back to me