S2 Number 7 Pickups...I'm liking them

[DogPhishHead]

I've read "oh, they're dark, muddy...blah, blah". After 30 minutes with my newest addition (full NGD post/pics coming) I found them nicely different from the 57/08s in my McCarty. Rich, nice mids, the bridge has a sweet "Kerrang" mid push. I did have to screw the pole pieces down (prior owner had them raised to just barely resting under the strings () and they were fairly gunk covered. Maybe the real fix was the cleaning them and then burnishing them with a 3M pad to remove that polished chrome look - oh do they look so much better on the guitar now.

 

[andy474x]

I've read "oh, they're dark, muddy...blah, blah". After 30 minutes with my newest addition (full NGD post/pics coming) I found them nicely different from the 57/08s in my McCarty. Rich, nice mids, the bridge has a sweet "Kerrang" mid push. I did have to screw the pole pieces down (prior owner had them raised to just barely resting under the strings () and they were fairly gunk covered. Maybe the real fix was the cleaning them and then burnishing them with a 3M pad to remove that polished chrome look - oh do they look so much better on the guitar now.

Nice!

I don’t find them dark at all, in fact I switched out the bridge on my Standard 22 because it was a little too... I won’t say bright, but more nasal than I preferred. And I can’t even say it was in a bad way, I think a country player or other styles would love it, just was almost too up-front for hard rock. I did also recently change out the neck #7 on my S2 CU22 Semi, because it was too thick sounding, but I’m 99% positive that’s more of a “tone of the guitar” thing. In fact, I think any normal Humbucker would’ve been that way, so I went to a Filtertron style. They’ve got character, for sure, but in the right spot they’re fantastic.

 

[Turkeyhead]

I really like #7 pickups. I have them in a singlecut and would never change them out. PRS does a lot to refine and improve their pickups and I think #7s still hang in there with the newer greats

 

[bodia]

Nice! Good to hear.

 

[littlebadboy]

Here was my demo of the stock #7 pickups on my S2. I labeled it wrong in the video. I'll make corrections someday.

 

[shimmilou]

I like 'em in my S2 SC just fine.

 

[dogrocketp]

I put #7's in my SE singlecut trem that I use when I play outdoors. They are extremely sensitive to height adjustments. I think that's the secret to getting the sound you want out of them.

 

[pac90]

yep, they like a maple cap, I am now enjoying mine in a different guitar than they came in