Mississippi Queens or VH11's for PRS Mccarty?

[ericsabbath]

does it hum much louder if you're not touching strings or metal parts?

[MyName]

No it doesn't seem to. Just constant hum.

[Philly Q]

I wonder if that's due to the asymmetrically-wound coils of the VHII bridge?  Presumably that gives less than perfect hum-cancellation?

[MyName]

Hmm i wonder.
Anyone else with vhii's notice this?
The Cornford amp is usually very quiet circuit. Even my strat is almost silent even with a dynocomp and clean boost in front of it as long as im not sat facing the amp.
This hum is just constant. Its not that loud but at jam volume it would be very notice.

[Telerocker]

Hmm i wonder.
Anyone else with vhii's notice this?
The Cornford amp is usually very quiet circuit. Even my strat is almost silent even with a dynocomp and clean boost in front of it as long as im not sat facing the amp.
This hum is just constant. Its not that loud but at jam volume it would be very notice.

VHII in ash Fender-strat: no hum.

[MyName]

You guys thinking wiring issue or pickup fault? Don't think it can be pots or cap as the neck pickup is fine.
I'll have another look at the wiring tonight but unless its obvious I probably wouldn't know what to look for.

Thanks for the help guys.

[MyName]

Just posted a dirty you tube clip of them in action.
Volume was a bit too low as can hear me bashing the strings. Not the finest playing you'll ever hear, a bit mashed, probably regret uploading it in the morning. Just the PRS going into a Cornford Roadhouse amp.

http://youtu.be/VCWAoIKbPNY

[TheyCallMeVolume]

Did you remove the clip?

[MyName]

Yes, sorry. Was not very good,  I'll try and do better next time. Plus the Mic on my macbook sounded like a phaser some of the time.

[tekbow]

More dislike for Mcarty PU's then? i don't think I've ever spoken to anyone with a Mcarty that didn't change the PU's, me included. I don't like PRS PU's in general, i just don't think they have any character whatsoever..

I do hear stories of the "when you find the right guitar for them" type as far as the Mcarty PU's go. Have heard some Gibson owners who also owned mcarty's and changed the PU's in the mcarty then put them in a high end paul and thought they were incredible. Go figure.

I've held onto my set, either to put them back if i ever sell the mcarty or in the hope that i someday own a guitar they get along with

[Philly Q]

More dislike for Mcarty PU's then? i don't think I've ever spoken to anyone with a Mcarty that didn't change the PU's, me included. I don't like PRS PU's in general, i just don't think they have any character whatsoever..

I do hear stories of the "when you find the right guitar for them" type as far as the Mcarty PU's go. Have heard some Gibson owners who also owned mcarty's and changed the PU's in the mcarty then put them in a high end paul and thought they were incredible. Go figure.

I've held onto my set, either to put them back if i ever sell the mcarty or in the hope that i someday own a guitar they get along with

I've got two McCartys and haven't changed the pickups, but only out of laziness... 

They are a bit woolly sounding, I think.  I read an interview with David Grissom the other day where he said although he liked the McCarty pickups, they did sound like there was "a blanket over the amp".

If/when I get round to changing them I'll probably put the McCarty pickups in one of my Japanese SGs or LPs.

[darrenw5094]

More dislike for Mcarty PU's then? i don't think I've ever spoken to anyone with a Mcarty that didn't change the PU's, me included. I don't like PRS PU's in general, i just don't think they have any character whatsoever..

I do hear stories of the "when you find the right guitar for them" type as far as the Mcarty PU's go. Have heard some Gibson owners who also owned mcarty's and changed the PU's in the mcarty then put them in a high end paul and thought they were incredible. Go figure.

I've held onto my set, either to put them back if i ever sell the mcarty or in the hope that i someday own a guitar they get along with

Apart from the new 57/08 PRS pickups, the other were not great sounding in the guitars. I assume at this stage that guitar companies realise that most people are swapping stock pickups for their favourite ones. Maybe time to surrender to this, and not waste too much money in manufacturing costs.

[MyName]

I agree with that Dave Grissom comment, i like what they tried to do with the Mccarty pickups, unpotted vintage style PAF but defnatly sound dull and the bridge is too thin. The VHii set removes that blanket but keeps the vintage tone.

Just had a chance to compare my mccarty with my mates prs 20th anniversary single cut. I wouldn't say my Mccarty totally blew it away but was sweeter sound, more focused tone. Felt the SC was trying to hard to cover everything but not mastering anything. Don't know if that makes sense, i mean it didn't seem to have as much character.
I don't know what pickups they have but they were much better than the original Mccarty pickups.