Thoughts for a PRS Custom 24 with Rosewood Neck

[skeeter]

I have a PRS CuRo24 that I love, but it currently has vintage style pickups that I want to move into a different guitar and get something more high output - probably in the "Contemporary" BKP category.

I've had some recommendations - Rebel Yells, Crawlers.  Anyone with a similar guitar have experience?  While I'd like a hotter pickup, I don't like shrill pickups, I really like that something that is warm, with sustain, but without too much compression, so that it is still articulate.  I don't think I want anything ceramic and Nailbombs would probably at the far reaches or heaviness for me.

Lastly it would be great if they split well as I have a 3-way, push/pull tone knob setup.  FWIW I'm a fan of the Dimarzio pickups in my EBMM Axis, supposedly similar to a Tone Zone.

Anyways, I know it's hard to describe these things. 

Thanks for any help!

[darkbluemurder]

I have a Holydiver bridge and a Cold Sweat neck in my PRS Custom. It also has 24 frets and the 5-way-switch but mostly I play the straight humbucker positions. HD bridge would fit the bill for more output, warm, with sustain and articulate. If you like the ToneZone then you will find the HD much less compressed.

The CS neck is a vintage style neck pickup - at least it feels like one but I find that more than appropriate for a neck pickup.

The Crawlers would work well, too - very warm and fat. I have not played the Crawler and the HD in the same guitar so I cannot give a direct comparison.

On the other hand, the Rebel Yells are quite bright - neck pickup similar to the Cold Sweat, bridge pickup less center mids but much more high mids than the Crawler - on paper it would not be my first choice for your guitar which may have a bright voice due to the RW neck. But then - my RY set is in the brightest humbucker guitar I have and it sounds great.

Cheers Stephan

[Twinfan]

I had a set of Holydivers in a McCarty Rosewood for a while, they were a great match and reading your description I think they'd suit you well too.  Fat but clear, and with superb split tones  :)

[metalmaniac93]

Thanks everyone!! I will also have a Cameron CCV-100 coming in March, so I have to take that into consideration and I was leaning more towards the Cold Sweats for this guitar, but I do like some of the MM clips I have heard.

[Telerocker]

You don't want a Crawler if you looking for something in Tonezone-territory. Another vote for the HD.

[ericsabbath]

alnico miracle man sounds pretty good in the bridge too, and one or two steps closer to the tone zone voicing