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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: ChocoFudgeCake on October 26, 2017, 11:58:39 AM

Title: Advise on brighter pickups for my PRS CU24?
Post by: ChocoFudgeCake on October 26, 2017, 11:58:39 AM

Hi,
 
I'm looking for a pickup replacement for my PRS 30th Anniversary Custom 24.
 
Basically, I absolutely love the guitar, but find the pickups to be kind of muffled and a little too aggressive and compressed.
I also find their volume to be too high, they seem to overwhelm the preamp of anything I plug them into.
 
I'm looking for something to make the PRS more open and clear. I typically play through the Fender amps, (or a Fender voiced Helix). My other guitar is a Nitro Fender Strat with Kinman Woodstock Plus pickups and I really enjoy its sound, I'm happy to get something a little fuller out of the PRS, but I'd like to approach that single coil territory, especially in the neck.
 
I'm looking at the Mules, VH-IIs and Emeralds, any advice or input on which, or volume and tone pot modifications as well, would be greatly appreciated. I play anything from Jazz/Neo Soul to heavy pop-rock, I’m not into blues or metal, so stuff I like the sound of is:
 
Mule Neck
https://youtu.be/J6BM34y4pNs?t=14s
 
VHII Bridge
https://youtu.be/Sgv_vbvT4w0?t=14s
 
Smooth Break up
https://youtu.be/6n2Gp30_uAI
 
Heavy Pop-Rock by Feeder
https://youtu.be/vdD0rRM3om0?t=12s
 
Thanks!

Title: Re: Advise on brighter pickups for my PRS CU24?
Post by: Telerocker on October 26, 2017, 03:03:33 PM

You can play everything with Mules, and they do a terrific job when it comes to clean and breakup sounds. Round yet with sparkle, detailed, dynamic, balanced, it's a great 59 PAF-copy. I'm always surprised how well they can handle loads of gain too.

Title: Re: Advise on brighter pickups for my PRS CU24?
Post by: ChocoFudgeCake on October 26, 2017, 05:26:21 PM

Thanks,

Yeah the mules are definitely what I'm leaning towards, I like their output and their clean qualities. If they overdrive well too then that sounds great.

Title: Re: Advise on brighter pickups for my PRS CU24?
Post by: Dave Sloven on October 27, 2017, 02:07:55 AM

The Emeralds are probably too hot for your needs

Title: Re: Advise on brighter pickups for my PRS CU24?
Post by: ericsabbath on October 27, 2017, 12:59:52 PM

riff raff bridge, mule neck