PRS Pickup Questions

[Deleted member 47113]

Hi, new guy here.

I have a set of uncovered prs usa pickups. They have a 2006 rolhs sticker but are still round bobbins. They read 8.7 bridge and 8.3 neck.

Here is the weird part, they are only 2 conductor. 1 black wire with shielding. I cant find any pickups that are like this. Any ideas?

 

[Slo-mo]

I can't say which pickups that are. As to the 2 conductor question, my guess is they came out of a Singlecut without any coil split/tap. They would just have hot & ground.

 

[Deleted member 47113]

Thanks for your reply. So, there are US PRS Guitars without a coil split. I wasn't able to find a model that didn't have at least a coil tap. So maybe a SC245 or 250 is your guess?

 

[Stephen J.]

rolhs

What is “ROLHS?” I don’t remember seeing that before.

 

[aamefford]

What is “ROLHS?” I don’t remember seeing that before.

That's the "the solder used in here doesn't have lead in it" rule. The sticker means it complies.

 

[Bowtiefanatc]

245’s with no cover?

250’s have multi wire bridge pickup.

 

[Deleted member 47113]

That's the other thing that makes it tough, no cover. And no evidence there ever was one (solder on baseplate) They have the gold baseplate with the embossed PRS USA logo, uncovered, and the round bobbins. They show zero evidence of ever being taken apart. I though maybe someone snipped the white wire off but the hole is so small it couldn't be completely removed with taking off the baseplate.

I've got them in a guitar now, a Cort MGM (Matt Guitar Murphy) blasphemy I know but they sound great. They remind me of the Pickups from a core Mira, minus the coil split.

 

[Bowtiefanatc]

Can you post a photo of them?

 

[Deleted member 47113]

Can't make photos work. Won't let me upload from Google.

Bought them on ebay last week. https://www.ebay.com/itm/2262517612...0bdLbrIQ3C&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

 

[Abe]

Can't make photos work. Won't let me upload from Google.

Bought them on ebay last week. https://www.ebay.com/itm/2262517612...0bdLbrIQ3C&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Use this: https://postimages.org/

to upload it there,

then copy and paste here from where it says "Hotlink for forums:"

 

[Prina]

So, there are US PRS Guitars without a coil split.

The 2011 57/08 pups on the Stripped 58 are also 2 conductor

 

[Bowtiefanatc]

Based on this it’s entirely possible that they could be Artist pickups

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[Bowtiefanatc]

The 2011 57/08 pups on the Stripped 58 are also 2 conductor

I have an OG covered 59/09 that doesn’t tap as well

 

[DISTORT6]

245’s with no cover?

They added a wire when they allegedly turned the 245’s into Mira pickups.

 

[gush]

Based on this it’s entirely possible that they could be Artist pickups

Updated List of PRS Pickup Specs

I had posted this to the original pickup list thread. But I decided to move this to its own thread so that it's easier to note list updates and allow people to recommend changes and additions specific to this list without getting lost. This list will continue to expand as I add older pickups...

forums.prsguitars.com

Artist is my guess as well.

 

[Bowtiefanatc]

They added a wire when they allegedly turned the 245’s into Mira pickups.

I remember that those were the same just without covers and the tap wire. Good ol recycle pickups with slight differences.

 

[Deleted member 47113]

Thank you all for your help. I got them for a decent price so I really couldn't lose unless they were broken. They sound great, surprisingly thick on the bridge and the neck has a lot of character. My Cort MGM is very PRS "like" so having a set of PRS pickups in it feels right.

 

[Rod/]

Thanks for your reply. So, there are US PRS Guitars without a coil split. I wasn't able to find a model that didn't have at least a coil tap. So maybe a SC245 or 250 is your guess?

Yes… my 2 conductor 245’s which I installed in my SE Santana came out of a SC245…
They measure 10K bridge and 8.5K neck…

 

[MarcWink]

Maybe #6 pickups?

 

[DISTORT6]

Maybe #6 pickups?

They (#6 pickups) split in my 06 Singlecut Standard Satin.