I currently own a CU24 with a set of 59/09 squabbins, whilst I love the dynamics they have, I find the bridge pickup to be a little too warm and has quite a flubby bass response. I've been looking to replace the bridge pickup for something a little tighter with more output, seeing as I want to keep my 59/09 neck pickup, I'm limited to a squabbin style bridge (for aesthetic reasons).
I also currently own a Tremonti II and I find the bridge pickup to be a little too high in output and it suffers from a lack of note definition, so that rules the tremonti treble out. The \m/ metal sounds very appealing, though seeing as PRS do not sell them separately in an uncovered design and finding one out of a floyd model here in Australia is almost impossible, that rules that out. This leaves me with the HFS.
A few years ago I tried out an older CU24 with a bobbin style HFS and I found the top end to be a little too shrill and ice picky. I thought that would rule out the HFS, however recently I've listened to quite a few clips of squabbin style HFS's and they seem to sound a lot more focused, tight and less fizzy. I know that the new squabbins have the pole pieces directly under the strings as apposed to the older Gibson sized bobbins. Whether or not that makes a difference, or perhaps the squabbin style HFS is using the new winding wire from the 5x/0x series?
TL;DR: Does anyone own both styles of HFS pickups and can confirm or deny whether they have any tonal difference?
Thanks.
I also currently own a Tremonti II and I find the bridge pickup to be a little too high in output and it suffers from a lack of note definition, so that rules the tremonti treble out. The \m/ metal sounds very appealing, though seeing as PRS do not sell them separately in an uncovered design and finding one out of a floyd model here in Australia is almost impossible, that rules that out. This leaves me with the HFS.
A few years ago I tried out an older CU24 with a bobbin style HFS and I found the top end to be a little too shrill and ice picky. I thought that would rule out the HFS, however recently I've listened to quite a few clips of squabbin style HFS's and they seem to sound a lot more focused, tight and less fizzy. I know that the new squabbins have the pole pieces directly under the strings as apposed to the older Gibson sized bobbins. Whether or not that makes a difference, or perhaps the squabbin style HFS is using the new winding wire from the 5x/0x series?
TL;DR: Does anyone own both styles of HFS pickups and can confirm or deny whether they have any tonal difference?
Thanks.
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