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Shawn confirmed on a thread a while back that while similar, there is more to it than just the cover.
Shawn confirmed on a thread a while back that while similar, there is more to it than just the cover.
Shawn confirmed on a thread a while back that while similar, there is more to it than just the cover.
ok, so removing the covers lowers capacitance which means more highs..... supposedly more articulate also....
My only worry is removing the cover and having a bunch of wax on top, I wouldn't think so but ya never know.
Yeah, but it's barely audible. Those covers are metal. I really don't think it's worth it.What? PRSh confirmed that they are the same pickup underneath, though the covers do change the sound signature somewhat, which makes them different pickups.
Also, since the wire is magical, each pickup is going to be different, and since the guitars are handmade, each guitar is going to be different, so each pickup in each guitar is going to be different.
Anyway, sorry to contribute to the entropy, gah, ack, ptui.
I was switching back and forth between a bridge 57/08 and the 85/15, I preferred the 5708' heat, but it seemed muffled, when compared to the 8515.I'll disagree with the others and say that when I add/remove covers I think the difference is pretty audible and that adjusting pickup heights is completely different from adding/removing covers.
Removing the cover won't sound like the same pickup with more highs. It sounds like the same pickup with the cover removed. The change is a bit more complex and affects both the mids, top end and the attack, but it's hard to describe in text. Personally, I like the sound of a covered pickup in the neck because it has more honk, and I prefer the sound of an uncovered pickup in the bridge because it sounds more 1970s.
That said, I'm with everyone else who suggests getting a set of 85/15 and preserving the 58/15.
It's going to have wax on it. Pickups are typically potted after the cover is installed so that the cover doesn't vibrate and cause feedback. The wax is easy to remove, but if you ever decide to reinstall the covers without the wax they may cause feedback.
I have seen Paul actually say that, in person, at a PRS shindig downtown DC. Or maybe it was Experience '16, but yes, that's what he said. (I'm pretty sure it was at the shindig downtown, I think @dogrocketp and his son was there, too. Something Room was the place.)I haven't seen Paul actually say that. I think it's just been people's interpretation. I suspect the magnets are different because while they measure the same resistance, the differences in voicing are bigger than just a cover.
I have seen Paul actually say that, in person, at a PRS shindig downtown DC. Or maybe it was Experience '16, but yes, that's what he said. (I'm pretty sure it was at the shindig downtown, I think @dogrocketp and his son was there, too. Something Room was the place.)
I will admit, I have since come to notice that he's very careful not to outright lie, but he'll hem and haw and qualify, so I don't remember if he did that. I think I could play poker with him now. Not sure, don't commit me to that.
We should ask him again, at Experience '18. Because yeah, this is getting ridiculous.
It's easy to pot them yourself if not. I melted down a bunch of Chanukah candles in a double boiler for some Tremonti S pickups.Hi, Can anyone confirm if the 58/15's are wax potted? If so, I will leave them alone. otherwise it's easy enough to put the covers back on.
Thanks
It's easy to pot them yourself if not. I melted down a bunch of Chanukah candles in a double boiler for some Tremonti S pickups.
I have seen Paul actually say that, in person, at a PRS shindig downtown DC. Or maybe it was Experience '16, but yes, that's what he said. (I'm pretty sure it was at the shindig downtown, I think @dogrocketp and his son was there, too. Something Room was the place.)
Pete, I think the pickup recipe changes. What may have been true then may not be true even 6 months later. I was there downtown, but not with my son. I would have killed that peckerwood for the way he abused the $10,000 acoustic. Even Paul had to say something.
That...that's actually a pretty good theory. I can one-up you, though, I bet revisionist PRSh can tell us anything he wants, true or not.I think the pickup recipe changes. What may have been true then may not be true even 6 months later.
Well, it does sustain for 8 nights now...You forgot to mention that now the guitar wants to play klezmer music.
Oy vey!You forgot to mention that now the guitar wants to play klezmer music.
I have seen Paul actually say that, in person, at a PRS shindig downtown DC. Or maybe it was Experience '16, but yes, that's what he said. (I'm pretty sure it was at the shindig downtown, I think @dogrocketp and his son was there, too. Something Room was the place.)