Custom 24 players, does that 5 way rotary knob bother you?

[steve_k]

I hate the 5 way. Unless you're Carlos Santana, and have 30 seconds between your phases, so you can switch pickups and have a cup of tea, it's just impractical.

So I removed the tone knob (who needs to roll off highs on a PRS!?!) In it's place I put a 'blower switch' that jumps between the bridge pickup, and then to whatever the 5 way is set to. However, now the volume knob is push-pull to tap the bridge humbucker to single coil, and the humbucker position on the 5 way now is the single coil tapped neck pickup. It's actually not as complicated as it sounds, and made the guitar VERY versatile. and you can quickly jump between the bridge pickup and any other pickup setting by using the blower switch.

Yes. But, I disconnected the neck PU and all the split coil stuff. Dropped a Bare Knuckel Mighty Mite in bridge and it now rules....

Steve

 

[Death by Uberschall]

Hated it in my Custom24. Took it out along with the stock pups. Installed a simple 3-way toggle and EMG 81/85 pups, never looked back. Guitar sounds awesome with this set-up.

 

[philb]

I hated the rotary switch on the PRS I used to own.
The knob would slip on my hand and I would always end up on the coil split mode

 

[cyndicate]

I hate the 5 way. Unless you're Carlos Santana, and have 30 seconds between your phases, so you can switch pickups and have a cup of tea, it's just impractical.

So I removed the tone knob (who needs to roll off highs on a PRS!?!) In it's place I put a 'blower switch' that jumps between the bridge pickup, and then to whatever the 5 way is set to. However, now the volume knob is push-pull to tap the bridge humbucker to single coil, and the humbucker position on the 5 way now is the single coil tapped neck pickup. It's actually not as complicated as it sounds, and made the guitar VERY versatile. and you can quickly jump between the bridge pickup and any other pickup setting by using the blower switch.

I like this idea! I don't even know why I use tone knobs on my guitars, I never touch them

 

[squealie]

You shouldn't need to buy a pickup with a reversed magnate. As long as you wire it correctly

With a 3-way, you're correct.

If you use the PRS rotary, you need one reversed pickup.

 

[JTyson]

I hate that 5-way

 

[vchizzle]

I hate that 5-way

What's wrong with a 5-way as long as the other 4 are chicks
I went with the 3-way toggle in mine too. I have occasionally switch back to the 5 cause I like some of the tones. For functionality though the toggle is the way to go. I've used 2 volume and no tone knob. I usually just tap the neck cause I don't love bridge pickups tapped. Then I can switch from tapped neck to humbucker bridge with one movement.

 

[TaronKeim]

Used to play a CU24, was one of the best guitars I've owned - the 5 way and 24 frets on a 25" scale, too crowded for my long fingers in the higher registers, were the only things that bugged me. I wish they'd just use a 5-way four pole Mega Switch because I really do find the inside split/outside split combos to sound unique.

_TJK*