Do you like the HFS/VB? (US Made ONLY)

[MichaelS]

... 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

 

[drdoom8793]

Had a CE24 that had them. Swapped them out for some SDs. Just wasn't a big fan of how they sounded.

 

[kes7u]

I have a set in a McCarty Singlecut Private Stock. I love the sound, and feel like it represents THE PRS Rock sound.

Kevin

 

[sergiodeblanc]

I’m down.

 

[DISTORT6]

My first PRS (94 CE24) had them.
Into a cranked, heavily distorted Marshall, they were thrash nirvana.
Pulverizing.

 

[sergiodeblanc]

My first PRS (94 CE24) had them.
Into a cranked, heavily distorted Marshall, they were thrash nirvana.
Pulverizing.

Absolutely! They’re like passive EMGs... well not like the ones EMG makes but, you know what I mean.

 

[markd21]

I HATE them. It has been a long time since using them, but they were all in 2006 and older CEs. The "tone" just clashed with my amp rig. I don't remember specifics other than there were weird frequencies that I couldn't dial out. In fact, it was pretty much that pickup combo that kept me away from PRS for years.

 

[DISTORT6]

There you have it!
HFS/VB are like a light switch, full on or full off!
No middle ground.

 

[László]

I prefer a vintage tone. I had PRSes with the HFS/VB over the years and wasn’t fond of the pickups.

When PRS came out with the 5x/0x series, I was in hog heaven.

 

[bodia]

I've got a set in my '95 CE. I dig 'em!

 

[Bowtiefanatc]

Not a fan personally. Mine have been long gone out of my CU24

 

[veinbuster]

I like them in my SAS.

 

[davegixer]

Love em, got them in my '08 CU24; perfect for rock and metal covers band stuff.

Use my '14 CU24 when I need more tonal variations in a different band.

 

[strat63]

I have them in a 91 CU24 and I they work okay. Great for balls out gain, crap for clean. This guitar has a sweet switch and would need a tone control to make these work in a cleaner setting.
I also had a set of these in an 86 CU24 and they worked much better. Actually very impressive

 

[VHTStark]

I don't wanna say I HATE the HFS, but if I bought a PRS with one in the bridge it would be coming out. It came out at a time when hair metal and hard rock were king and it is really meant to hit the front end of an amp hard or drive a signal through a long chain of effects/rack gear.

It does what it is supposed to do for sure: it is hot, tight, clear and very bright. It always sounded shrill to my ears and had a hard, unpleasant way it interacted with my playing style. I disliked the Seymour Duncan Custom for many of the same reasons. For the "high output" PRS pickups, I think the Tremonti and Metal are both much better and the Dragon 1 as well.

 

[Shizzrock]

I have one set in a 2006 CE that are just ok but the '94 I just picked up they are pretty decent. Dragons are the best ever and the only pickups I've heard that do a great clean and great high gain sound.

 

[ieso]

I have a set in a CU24 and like them a lot.

 

[gush]

I HATE them. It has been a long time since using them, but they were all in 2006 and older CEs. The "tone" just clashed with my amp rig. I don't remember specifics other than there were weird frequencies that I couldn't dial out. In fact, it was pretty much that pickup combo that kept me away from PRS for years.

Same here.

 

[gush]

I prefer a vintage tone. I had PRSes with the HFS/VB over the years and wasn’t fond of the pickups.

When PRS came out with the 5x/0x series, I was in hog heaven.

Same here

 

[gush]

I don't wanna say I HATE the HFS, but if I bought a PRS with one in the bridge it would be coming out. It came out at a time when hair metal and hard rock were king and it is really meant to hit the front end of an amp hard or drive a signal through a long chain of effects/rack gear.

It does what it is supposed to do for sure: it is hot, tight, clear and very bright. It always sounded shrill to my ears and had a hard, unpleasant way it interacted with my playing style. I disliked the Seymour Duncan Custom for many of the same reasons. For the "high output" PRS pickups, I think the Tremonti and Metal are both much better and the Dragon 1 as well.

Same here