Pick Up suggestions for McCarty 58

[srmd22]

I actually like the pickups that are in here- 57/08's - but I want to try something else for awhile, just for fun. I am looking for something that is basically fatter and warmer - to me the 57/08's in this guitar are bright and very focused. That is a good thing, I just want a different kind of good thing. I am going for something slightly more toward an SG kind of sound, but not quite and mid-range honky.

Has anyone played around with after market pick ups in there McCarty? I don't want super spendy boutique things, as I will inevitable swap back at some point - thinking in the seymour duncan, dimarzio price range. Not Throwbacks, etc. I have a pair of Wolftones that I used in another PRS, but they are still pretty bright and low output - no looking for a vintage low output type of sound; more something fat, warm, a bit higher output.

Thanks!

 

[CantankerousCarl]

I have never played around with the pickups in a McCarty ( and mine has the 58/15s so they are staying put forever) but I really like SD Seth Lovers. They are probably not higher output than the 57/08, but they have a nice low end, and the two guitars I have them in are both hog-bodied, hog-necked (non-PRS) stoptails. I have seen them go for well below $100 apiece. They are unpotted which may or may not be an issue for you. YMMV

 

[tonaholic]

Lollar imperial is as fat and warm as they get

 

[gush]

I had tried 5909s in my McCarty and REALLY liked that. I started tuning it to D for our lower stuff and the 5909s didn't seem to have enough output for that. It currently has Ms.

 

[Zack Matzanias]

I replaced the 57/08's in my SC-58 with a set of Duncan Whole Lotta Humbuckers and it was a great swap. The Duncan set has a little more girth.

 

[watelessness]

The McCarty is a chameleon; it will adapt to many pickups

 

[pjdude]

I'd like to see what my McRosie would sound like with Bare Knuckle's Nailbomb or Rebel Yell, meself. I've heard nothing but great stuff about these Bare Knuckles.

 

[WEDGE]

A Dragon in the Bridge is great, as is a 59/09.

 

[Brad737]

A Dragon in the Bridge is great, as is a 59/09.

Wedge nailed it. Dragon 1s are as fat and warm and you can get, without edging into "muddy".

 

[László]

Didn't our member CRGTR (Chris) do a whole bunch of videos swapping pickups in and out of a McCarty a year or two ago? Or maybe it was a DGT, but similar enough...

There were an awful lot of pickups he demoed, and some of them sounded really great.

Personally, I like PRS pickups, they're voiced to go well with PRS guitars, but I completely understand the fun of swapping 'em out just for grins to see what might happen.

 

[Korina Jack]

The American made PRS 7's are great!