boardn10
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Hey guys,
I have and really like my 2001 SC. It has gold pickups, which is not my preference since I am a nickel chrome guy but it's cool to have some variety. That said, the neck pickup is a PRS #7 with vintage raid wiring. The bridge is a Suhr Aldrich with 4 conductor wiring. The pickuos are out of phase.
Now, for my CE-22, my tech installed a PRS Tremonti bridge pickup to go with the Dragon neck pickup. These were also out of phase or had polarity issues. He said he adjusted the wiring to resolve and it wounds great. Not sure why the Tremonti is out of phase with the Dragon since both are designed to work with the PRS 5 way rotary. He said there was no need to flip the magnet in one of the pickups since it is easy enough to just switch the wires. Not sure if he switched the bridge or neck pickup wires.
This is the question and it is two fold - tone matching/pickup matching and resolving the out of phase issue.
Would it make more sense to just get a Suhr Aldrich neck pickup to match the bridge pickup or leave the #7 neck pickup and see if it is as simple as just switching the bridge pickup wiring so that the ground is now hot and the hot is now ground? This is the black and white wires. My Les Paul has a Tremonti bridge pickup with the Gibson Burstbucker Pro neck pickup and it seems to work fine. That is a rather low output neck pickup, probably similar to the PRS #7. The Suhr Aldrich neck pickup is hotter.
Not sure what to do, keep the #7 and switch around the bridge pickup wiring or install a Suhr Aldrich neck pickup.
Curious if your opinion and advice.
I have and really like my 2001 SC. It has gold pickups, which is not my preference since I am a nickel chrome guy but it's cool to have some variety. That said, the neck pickup is a PRS #7 with vintage raid wiring. The bridge is a Suhr Aldrich with 4 conductor wiring. The pickuos are out of phase.
Now, for my CE-22, my tech installed a PRS Tremonti bridge pickup to go with the Dragon neck pickup. These were also out of phase or had polarity issues. He said he adjusted the wiring to resolve and it wounds great. Not sure why the Tremonti is out of phase with the Dragon since both are designed to work with the PRS 5 way rotary. He said there was no need to flip the magnet in one of the pickups since it is easy enough to just switch the wires. Not sure if he switched the bridge or neck pickup wires.
This is the question and it is two fold - tone matching/pickup matching and resolving the out of phase issue.
Would it make more sense to just get a Suhr Aldrich neck pickup to match the bridge pickup or leave the #7 neck pickup and see if it is as simple as just switching the bridge pickup wiring so that the ground is now hot and the hot is now ground? This is the black and white wires. My Les Paul has a Tremonti bridge pickup with the Gibson Burstbucker Pro neck pickup and it seems to work fine. That is a rather low output neck pickup, probably similar to the PRS #7. The Suhr Aldrich neck pickup is hotter.
Not sure what to do, keep the #7 and switch around the bridge pickup wiring or install a Suhr Aldrich neck pickup.
Curious if your opinion and advice.