SE Santana

[bonsai]

Guys do you know if PRS sell pick ups from another Santana line like Santana1 or2.Thank you

 

[maxtuna26]

I don't think they do anymore, or never did! You could try to search it up on the bay, but I doubt anyone will sell their Santana pickups. You can try the other lower-output PRS pickups like the 59/09 series, they get all the rave reviews around here. :cheers:

 

[bonsai]

Thank you e bay is not my forte.I will find US PRS dealer and try to do something.Here in canada is so bad.10 stores 5 guitars and if you want to order well you cant have in hands to see or try.

 

[maxtuna26]

well, that was me until last month when a PRS dealer opened close to where I live! Before that, there's just a smaller shop, 2 rows of electric guitars on the racks, one side of the wall hung with acoustics. Only one solid-state marshall (because I bought the other one while starting out!), a couple of fender mustang II, one line6 spider IV, some x-brand amps which, you don't wanna know how they sound like, and that's about everything! There, even the MIM fenders (3 blacktops and 1 standard) are kept in a glass room where you need to ask for retail assistants whenever you wish to try anything inside. Pretty "nice" place for gear hunting....

That said, they had a couple of the SE Semi-Hollow Soapbars which I don't see in stock anywhere else. If only I have more dough... :iamconfused:

 

[rubalup]

hi all.

I just traded some gear for a used santana SE a few weeks ago. Its my first PRS even tought i,ve been dreaming several years for a singlecut.

The thing is that i´m absolutely surprised on how good this guitar is... nice construction, playability and good sound.

It has installed a Gibson pickup on the bridge position (no idea wath model... it just says Gibson USA on the back) and it sounds good but it seems too small for the cavity. It keeps gigling and moving while playing and i found it disturbing.

Are the humbuckers on this guitar bigger than normal ones? or is that the gibson pickup is small?

thanks all.

 

[John Beef]

Gibson pickups, in general, have really long legs that attach to the height adjustment screws. So, if you use short springs with long legs, it's probably going to move all over the place. If you like the pickup, longer springs will help, otherwise get another pickup with short legs.

long legs:

short legs:

No legs:

 

[rubalup]

Gibson pickups, in general, have really long legs that attach to the height adjustment screws. So, if you use short springs with long legs, it's probably going to move all over the place. If you like the pickup, longer springs will help, otherwise get another pickup with short legs.

long legs:

short legs:

No legs:

its not loose because of the long legs... its just that the pickup is to narrow or the original frame/cavity is to big

sorry for my english

 

[rubalup]

thanks for the answer John... its not that the legas are long... its like the pu is narrow or the frame is too big... just wondering if tha slots of the guitar are standard and the pu is smaller than normal or viceversa

 

[John Beef]

Oh, I don't know then. If you post a pic that would help. Several pics would be even better, including removing the pickup ring with the pickup mounted in it so we can see the bottom and how it's mounted.