I have always kept away from PRS guitars as they in my opinion played flawlessly but always sounded
too hard and bright with pickups that tended to be too high output. I did play a soap bar once along time ago but still not been tempted. But recently I took the plunge and purchased a 2017 S2 Mira with 85/15 humbuckers on it. And yes after a month or so I thought this wasn't for me and would have to go for all the above reasons.
Then I thought lets see if I could improve it and the first thing was a complete set up from scratch and yes it played as it should, but still sounded terrible. Then I went against PRS recommendation of string size 9/48 and put my usual 10/46 which I use on all my Fenders. This was a revelation the sound had more power but still it was too hard and bright. So the pickups had to go and I set about finding a good set of Humbuckers. I went with a pair of DiMarzio 36th Anniversary PAF made with the original Gibson 50's Humbuckers in mind.
This has transformed the guitar it now sounds full and punchy and has all the scale a good guitar should and I am convinced it is because of the slightly lower output. While I know PRS likes the 85/15 but I just can't see it perhaps they are good for headbangers but for my sort of playing they are awful.
too hard and bright with pickups that tended to be too high output. I did play a soap bar once along time ago but still not been tempted. But recently I took the plunge and purchased a 2017 S2 Mira with 85/15 humbuckers on it. And yes after a month or so I thought this wasn't for me and would have to go for all the above reasons.
Then I thought lets see if I could improve it and the first thing was a complete set up from scratch and yes it played as it should, but still sounded terrible. Then I went against PRS recommendation of string size 9/48 and put my usual 10/46 which I use on all my Fenders. This was a revelation the sound had more power but still it was too hard and bright. So the pickups had to go and I set about finding a good set of Humbuckers. I went with a pair of DiMarzio 36th Anniversary PAF made with the original Gibson 50's Humbuckers in mind.
This has transformed the guitar it now sounds full and punchy and has all the scale a good guitar should and I am convinced it is because of the slightly lower output. While I know PRS likes the 85/15 but I just can't see it perhaps they are good for headbangers but for my sort of playing they are awful.
