swappable between S2 custom 22 semi hollow and SE custom 22 semi hollow?

[Steve Feder]

I have an S2 Custom 22 semi-hollow that has sustained some pretty serious damage; it's likely "totaled".

I also have a perfectly good SE Custom 22 semi-hollow (the older one, with the "slash" soundhole).

Are the S2s pickups and push-pull electronics (allowing switching to single-coil operation) swappable into the SE "as is"? Or am I looking at some kind of modification?

 

[jvin248]

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Pickups and pots are all standard sizes so you should be able to fit everything. You may need to unsolder some wires to snake them around and through the body so label what you change/leave/mod.

Show some pictures of the poor victim guitar.

Here's an SE I bought from a guy that had broken the neck at the body joint, and it had otherwise been overly abused plus gig damage. http://www.tdpri.com/threads/steamed-repairing-a-broken-neck-prs.762673/ I got it back on the playability road. I tend to prefer playing rescued second-chance guitars.

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[Steve Feder]

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Pickups and pots are all standard sizes so you should be able to fit everything. You may need to unsolder some wires to snake them around and through the body so label what you change/leave/mod.

Show some pictures of the poor victim guitar.

Here's an SE I bought from a guy that had broken the neck at the body joint, and it had otherwise been overly abused plus gig damage. http://www.tdpri.com/threads/steamed-repairing-a-broken-neck-prs.762673/ I got it back on the playability road. I tend to prefer playing rescued second-chance guitars.

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Unfortunately, my S2 Custom 22 Semi Hollow---the PRS with the best sound of any PRS I have owned (and I've had a lot of them--core, CE, SE, S2), is so badly damaged that the repair well may be half the cost of a brand new one. PLUS, after the repair, there's no guarantee that it will sound the same.

It was leaning against a wall, in a gig bag, strings toward the wall. I fell into it (I use a cane, and lost my balance)...and the neck pocket snapped right through the body, flush with the neck pickup. Fingerboard is undamaged. It's certainly fixable. This question is whether that makes any sense. :-(

So I'm considering salvaging the electronics, including pickups, from the S2 to an SE Custom 22 semi-hollow that I own (the older type, with the slash-shape soundhole). I'd get better pickups and single-coil tap capability.

In some 50 years, this is the only guitar I've ever had that suffered such catastrophic damage. Seriously sucks.

 

[11top]

Unfortunately, my S2 Custom 22 Semi Hollow---the PRS with the best sound of any PRS I have owned (and I've had a lot of them--core, CE, SE, S2), is so badly damaged that the repair well may be half the cost of a brand new one. PLUS, after the repair, there's no guarantee that it will sound the same.

It was leaning against a wall, in a gig bag, strings toward the wall. I fell into it (I use a cane, and lost my balance)...and the neck pocket snapped right through the body, flush with the neck pickup. Fingerboard is undamaged. It's certainly fixable. This question is whether that makes any sense. :-(

So I'm considering salvaging the electronics, including pickups, from the S2 to an SE Custom 22 semi-hollow that I own (the older type, with the slash-shape soundhole). I'd get better pickups and single-coil tap capability.

In some 50 years, this is the only guitar I've ever had that suffered such catastrophic damage. Seriously sucks.

Tough luck. Sorry it happened to you.

 

[bodia]

You should be ok to swap that stuff.

 

[jvin248]

...my S2 Custom 22 Semi Hollow---the PRS with the best sound of any PRS I have owned (and I've had a lot of them--core, CE, SE, S2), is so badly damaged that the repair well may be half the cost of a brand new one. PLUS, after the repair, there's no guarantee that it will sound the same. ...

Keep the pots and caps with the pickups -- they operate as a system to give you that great tone.
You'll get the same tone out of the SE with that set of electronics.
Someday blueprint that set of electronics and you can sort parts to get that tone too by modding a future new/used guitar.

That guitar may have saved you from damage on that tumble. I've had family members break wrists and knees from those types of falls.

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[Antmax]

If your handy it might be worth a try yourself. I've bought a few junk guitars and fixed them up quite well. Never tried with a nicer guitar that might potentially have some value though. I Cant quite tell what the damage is like without a pic. Sounds like the guitar folded with the set neck popping out the front. What a shame but glad you came out of it ok physically.

I was under the impression that a lot of the pickups and hardware between SE and S2's are the same with a few choice upgrades and it's mostly the assembly of the wooden parts and nicer frets that make up the difference.

 

[Steve Feder]

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Show some pictures of the poor victim guitar.

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I'd post pics, but apparently I need to have a URL to put a pic up here. I can't just upload an image from my hard drive (or phone); that appears to be a limitation of this board.

I don't really maintain any site where I can upload pics in order to have a URL for them, so I don't see how I can post the pics I have.

I have sent the pics to PRS, so we'll see what kind of cash it'll likely take for a fix. I'm not optimistic, and the possibility that the tone won't be the same after repair is a big factor, too.

 

[Steve Feder]

Keep the pots and caps with the pickups -- they operate as a system to give you that great tone.
You'll get the same tone out of the SE with that set of electronics.
Someday blueprint that set of electronics and you can sort parts to get that tone too by modding a future new/used guitar.

That guitar may have saved you from damage on that tumble. I've had family members break wrists and knees from those types of falls.

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Oh, I'll scavenge everything I can if repair isn't in the cards.

It may well have saved me injury; I was falling backward and might have whacked the back of my head on the wall. The guitar broke my fall, so it ended up being kind of an awkward slow-motion sit-down.

Of course, in breaking my fall, the guitar...er...broke. Suuuuucks.

I guess I should be happy this didn't happen to something unrepairable and irreplaceable (like my high-end Parkers from the 90s).

 

[sergiodeblanc]