PRS S2 Custom 24 PUP replacement

[Kurt Webb]

Anyone given any thought to replacing the pickups on the S2? They seem a little bright to me. I had a Santana SE and swapped the stock PUP's for a set of Seymour Duncan Hot Rodded PUP's and it improved the sound considerable.

Any opinions on how this would affect the S2 Custom 24?

 

[andy474x]

I put a Dimarzio Gravity Storm in the bridge of my SECU24, a nice pickup with a touch less high end. But Custom 24's in all incarnations are bright guitars (slightly) to start with, at least to my ears.

 

[Kurt Webb]

Did I post this in the wrong section or does everyone just not give a crap?

 

[John Beef]

It would have been better in the electric guitars section.

The S2 guitars are so new still that I'm not sure anyone has an answer for you. I haven't checked in the last month or two but there previously had not even been S2 guitars at a single dealer in the Phoenix area for me to even go try.

 

[Kurt Webb]

Thanks.

I didn't even try one before I bought it. But I'm very pleased with it so far. So much so , that I pretty much ignore my Fender HSS Deluxe Strat and Lonestar Strat. Would just like to darken the sound a bit. One thing, though, it cuts through the mix pretty well. And it's a beautiful guitar, set up perfectly out of the box (bought it from Sweetwater with 24 month interest free financing).

 

[Hopeful Sinner]

That is a gorgeous guitar Kurt!!! I dig it... Congrats!!!

 

[John Beef]

I think yours is even nicer than the one on the PRS product page!

 

[HANGAR18]

Is it safe to assume that rolling off the tone knob a lilttle bit doesn't make things better for you?

 

[Kurt Webb]

No. It seems like rolling back the tone knob just seems to deaden the sound. Of course I'm a bit hard of hearing anyway.

And, yes, it's an awesome looking guitar. They had 5 in stock when I bought that one and I picked the one with the tightest grain.