As far as you all know I did a crazy thing by dismounting my 513 pups for two reasons: (A) What signs of PRS employees will I find in the cavities? (B) How do the 513 pups look under the surface?
Before I took a screwdriver I used a caliper and measured the heights for reinstall the pickups.
I explored the things I wanted to know. And I reintalled and adjusted the pickups.
But my 513 didn´t sound like the way I was used to.
I was slightly irritated.
I checked the recommedations of an expert in a guitar magazine, I called my Austrian for good advice, I looked at PRS Customers Support Center and called them by e-mail, I had correspondence with the PRS Technical Manager of PRS Europe.
In the end I selected Nick´s (PRS Tech Mngr) figures.
I remained the guitar with that setting for a few weeks, but wasn´t overall satisfied.
My daughter cracked her headphones´ cable. Therefore I called a friend who makes his living as a guitar and amp doc (By the way: His workshop is wall to wall to the lucky guy, who won Billy Gibbons as a new customer. Touring Germany they met Billy at one of the gigs, presented one of the Helliver guitars to him, Billy played and purchased it. And in the end he ordered the same type of guitar with custom order specs (Pinestripes and so on). Work in progress...)).
Dave fixed the cable. And I asked him if he would check the pups heights of my 513.
I played it linked to his Orange. He switched through all modes and positions and statet, that the volume of bass the treble side and bass, middle and treble pups is erratic.
By the blink of an eye the adjusted the heights to an overall balanced volume.
Yeah, MY guitar´s sound came back home.
I swear: I´ll never ever touch my 513 pups with a screwdriver playing Sherlock 513 or 513 Explorer! A few things must remain in professional or skilled hands. (My thirst to explore miracles is satisfied! :biggrin
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