I’ve got one of the 20th Anniversary of Private Stock Ltd. guitars; this is a three-pickup model with some interesting details. First, the pickups are two of the Paul’s guitar narrow 408s, and a 57/08 Narrowfield in the middle. It preceded the 594 by a few months, but has the 594 scale length (though not the asymmetrical neck carve). It’s got a Gen III locking trem (the one with the little screws that hold the string more tightly in the saddle, PS-only), and a 5-way blade. Also, it’s a bit thicker than a McCarty, and the ratio of mahogany to maple is different; the mahogany is thicker.
It’s a wonderful guitar. Plenty of pics of it, it’s my “Northern Lights” one.
But I also have several other PRSes.
Anyway, a few months ago I got a Pettyjohn EQ pedal called the Filter. It’s got sweepable mids, high and low boost/cut, a few different switchable turnover points on the high and low EQ, etc. Sounds really nice.
Basically, I’ve been leaving it on nearly all the time. What I didn’t realize, and found out the other day simply by switching the pedal off and on with my guitars, is that unconsciously, and slowly and subtly, I’ve been tweaking the EQ to make all of my guitars sound a little more like PS20. I was kind of surprised, to say the least!
True, they don’t sound precisely the same; after all, they’re different models. But the character I seem to have been tweaking the pedal to achieve is that rich midrange, brighter treble, PS20 tone.
As I said, it’s subtle, but it made me realize how close to “the sound I hear in my head” PS20 actually is. If you had asked me before I came to this realization, I’d have probably said that The Hammer Of The Gods (McCarty SC) or 594 Soapbar were closer to the types of tones I was after.
It’s a strange feeling to realize that what I thought I was after, and what I was actually after, aren’t the same thing at all!
It’s a wonderful guitar. Plenty of pics of it, it’s my “Northern Lights” one.
But I also have several other PRSes.
Anyway, a few months ago I got a Pettyjohn EQ pedal called the Filter. It’s got sweepable mids, high and low boost/cut, a few different switchable turnover points on the high and low EQ, etc. Sounds really nice.
Basically, I’ve been leaving it on nearly all the time. What I didn’t realize, and found out the other day simply by switching the pedal off and on with my guitars, is that unconsciously, and slowly and subtly, I’ve been tweaking the EQ to make all of my guitars sound a little more like PS20. I was kind of surprised, to say the least!
True, they don’t sound precisely the same; after all, they’re different models. But the character I seem to have been tweaking the pedal to achieve is that rich midrange, brighter treble, PS20 tone.
As I said, it’s subtle, but it made me realize how close to “the sound I hear in my head” PS20 actually is. If you had asked me before I came to this realization, I’d have probably said that The Hammer Of The Gods (McCarty SC) or 594 Soapbar were closer to the types of tones I was after.
It’s a strange feeling to realize that what I thought I was after, and what I was actually after, aren’t the same thing at all!