Clean Tone Video clip of my S2 Standard 22/Archon

[Chris Lee]

Hey, everyone- I've been sick the past few days, so decided to make a clip showcasing my S2 Standard 22 and Archon 100. I know this one is drenched in delay, but that was my mood! I'll be sure to get some low-gain bluesier clips up too, as well as more high gain. It's crazy how versatile this amp is. The clean channel really is astounding, and VERY clean. I'm loving the chimey bell like tones.

Chain:
PRS Guitars S2 Standard 22 - Moog Music Inc. MF104M Analog Delay - PRS Archon 100 - Suhr Custom - Guitars | Amplifiers | Pedals | Pickups RL -Two Notes Audio Engineering Wall of Sound (using Marshall 1965B w/ G10L-35s on the right and G10 Greenbacks on the left)

 

[vchizzle]

Nice -that Moog delay is sick too!

 

[markintime]

That is killer right there!

 

[Chris Lee]

Nice -that Moog delay is sick too!

Thanks man! It's basically ruined delays for me...it sounds soooo good. I love how you can adjust the output and drive as well, so you can set it for a slight volume boost - very handy to add in a psuedo "solo boost" by clicking the FX loop on from the footswitch.

That is killer right there!

Thanks man!

 

[IRG]

SOunds great, very nice cleans. Great delay tones too. I have the same guitar, and like it a lot. I've been on the fence with the pickups. With cleans they sound great, very full sounding, almost too bass heavy, especially with gain added. Not sure if I'll change them or not at this point. But I like your tone a lot here.

 

[guitarman001]

Sounds amazing man, great video!

 

[Chris Lee]

SOunds great, very nice cleans. Great delay tones too. I have the same guitar, and like it a lot. I've been on the fence with the pickups. With cleans they sound great, very full sounding, almost too bass heavy, especially with gain added. Not sure if I'll change them or not at this point. But I like your tone a lot here.

Thanks! I agree. The Standard 22 is definitely a very fat sounding guitar under gain, due to the solid mahogany body. I feel like it could use some brighter sounding pickups. It's weird though, because I can easily get a bright chimey clean tone. The 7's on my Satin Singlecut sound much more balanced to me, but that isn't an S2 model.

Sounds amazing man, great video!

Thanks!!!

 

[IRG]

I agree, bright pickups would help. I'm thinking about maybe a set of some higher gain SD pickups, maybe the Nazgul and Sentient, or the ubiquitous JB/Jazz combo.

 

[garrettb]

Glad I'm not the only one who feels that way about the S2 #7 pups. They were gone in less than a month on my S2 Singlecut Standard.

Great little tune, Chris!

 

[Chris Lee]

I agree, bright pickups would help. I'm thinking about maybe a set of some higher gain SD pickups, maybe the Nazgul and Sentient, or the ubiquitous JB/Jazz combo.

Let me know what/if you decide to swap out. I would love to hear others' opinion post-swap. Anyone know how difference or close the S2 7's are to the 57/08s?

Glad I'm not the only one who feels that way about the S2 #7 pups. They were gone in less than a month on my S2 Singlecut Standard.

Great little tune, Chris!

Thanks! What do you have there now and what are your thoughts?

I wonder if there is a difference between the S2 7s and the ones that used to come in Singlecuts. Hmm, perhaps a comparison video?

 

[andy474x]

Let me know what/if you decide to swap out. I would love to hear others' opinion post-swap. Anyone know how difference or close the S2 7's are to the 57/08s?

My experience has been that they're similar in output, but not in tone and feel. The 7's have more subdued high end and looser lows, the 57/08's have more bite and thump. The 7's probably wouldn't be my first choice if I had a limited arsenal, they aren't as versatile, but they've found a good place in my current lineup. They can do the upper registers without being piercing, for example arpeggios with delay, or with lots of gain they'll still be very creamy sounding.

My disclaimer is that I've not played them in the same guitar, see my sig. But I'm confident between how they react to me and what others have said that it's a fair assessment.

 

[IRG]

Let me know what/if you decide to swap out. I would love to hear others' opinion post-swap. Anyone know how difference or close the S2 7's are to the 57/08s?



Thanks! What do you have there now and what are your thoughts?

I wonder if there is a difference between the S2 7s and the ones that used to come in Singlecuts. Hmm, perhaps a comparison video?

I have a CU24 that has the 57/08 combo in them, but I wanted higher output pickups. Was just thinking maybe I should put them in my S2. But in looking on ebay, the 57/08 seem to command a pretty good price. I could sell them, still get a good set of SD or something, and have change left over. Who knows. One guitar at a time I guess.

 

[garrettb]

Thanks! What do you have there now and what are your thoughts?

I wonder if there is a difference between the S2 7s and the ones that used to come in Singlecuts. Hmm, perhaps a comparison video?

Suhr Thornbuckers. Love 'em! About the same output, but clearer, brighter and more balanced than the S2 #7. It's still definitely a warm, dark-ish sounding guitar, but I feel like it lives up to its potential now.

There are differences in the original #7 vs. the S2 version, since the originals were wound in-house and the S2 are done by G&B overseas. But who knows what, since PRS are tight-lipped about their pickup specs.

 

[JTroska]

Funny, I always feels my #7s possibly err on the side of too bright. Actually considering trying a higher capacitance cable to see if it rounds out the "clinky" quality in the highs

But my guitar is a semi hollow. It's considerably more vibrant acoustically than my solid body.

 

[garrettb]

Funny, I always feels my #7s possibly err on the side of too bright. Actually considering trying a higher capacitance cable to see if it rounds out the "clinky" quality in the highs

But my guitar is a semi hollow. It's considerably more vibrant acoustically than my solid body.

Plus you have the maple top. Putting them in a big slab of solid mahogany makes a big difference. Amp choice is also a factor. I bet they're great through a bright British style amp.

 

[JTroska]

Plus you have the maple top. Putting them in a big slab of solid mahogany makes a big difference. Amp choice is also a factor. I bet they're great through a bright British style amp.

I also want to try stringing all my guitars with the same gauge of string next time. My solid body has .010-.052 on it. The semi hollow, which I'm perceiving as brighter, has .011-.048. The thicker low strings on the solid body are stiffer and darker. But I've been playing it that way so long that it's the standard I unconsciously reference others against. So the thinner .048 strings over my #7 pickups seem bright to me.

 

[jfine]

That sounds great! Vibrato and delay are kind of made for each other, don't you think? What pickup setting were you using? Sounds like both on, but it's a bit hard to tell. Maybe at some point you can post a clip showing the different pickup settings with a clean sound?