Beyond Black
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My buddy's got a beautiful '91 PRS that's really dark and bassy sounding with the stock pups. What's a good pup (on the hot side) that will brighten and tighten it up? Suhr Aldrich? Thanks in advance. 
Rushtallica
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Duncan Distortion.
spirit7
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BKP Ceramic Nailbomb or Aftermath. I only use them in my Custom 24s. Tight, warm, huge.
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Mudder
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Duncan JB.
Alternately he could also start by fooling with cap values.
Alternately he could also start by fooling with cap values.
DoomBuggi
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Bare Knuckle Painkiller in darker guitar would sound really good and a tight in my opinion.
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Anonymous
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what is the guitar made of?
mahogany body?
maple cap?
maple neck with rosewood board?
an aldrich would work for that
so would a duncan custom or a pearly gates,
or even an EVO1 from dimarzio.
a lawrence l500xl is an interesting pickup too....i really like them lately!
mahogany body?
maple cap?
maple neck with rosewood board?
an aldrich would work for that
so would a duncan custom or a pearly gates,
or even an EVO1 from dimarzio.
a lawrence l500xl is an interesting pickup too....i really like them lately!
lolzgreg
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Mahogany Body/Neck?
I would try EMGs. I have EMGs in my PRS Mike Mushok SE and the thing sounds monstrous. It adds the high mids and cuts a little of the flub inherent to all mahogany guitars (if it is indeed all Mahogany/entirely a dark wood.
I would try EMGs. I have EMGs in my PRS Mike Mushok SE and the thing sounds monstrous. It adds the high mids and cuts a little of the flub inherent to all mahogany guitars (if it is indeed all Mahogany/entirely a dark wood.
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Anonymous
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i was going to say the duncan ahb3 blackouts....love it in one of my LPs...has so much bite!
rockify
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Depending on which prs, I'm assuming its either a custom 22 or 24 with a wide fat neck.
I've found the bare knuckle pickups are of good benefit. Did wonders for my custom24.
Email tim @ bkp, he should be able to sort you out!
I've found the bare knuckle pickups are of good benefit. Did wonders for my custom24.
Email tim @ bkp, he should be able to sort you out!
Beyond Black
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Thank for all of your replies guys. I forgot to clarify that it's a CU24 with a mahogany body and a maple top. Not sure about the neck itself. Rosewood FB of course.
ericsabbath
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bare knuckle cold sweat
most open sounding ceramic pickup ever
most open sounding ceramic pickup ever
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tc8849
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try a emg 81 ive got one in my PRS singlecut and it sounds awesome, but i am wanting to try a Duncan Distortion ive heard nothing but good reviews on those
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Anonymous
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i'd highly recommend a duncan custom sh-5 or the ahb3 blackouts
a suhr aldrich will sound good too, as well as a JB.
a suhr aldrich will sound good too, as well as a JB.
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Anonymous
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Beyond Black":3a4803rq said:
this being the case then, bridge position, i'd highly recommend a duncan custom sh-5 (adjusted to around 1/16 on the treble side, and 1/8 or touch higher on the bass side) or the ahb3 blackouts (just about as close to the strings as you can get without it feeding back).
a suhr aldrich will sound good too, as well as a JB.
an alnico 2 pro neck is pretty much a can't go wrong pickup in the neck of a guitar with those woods, if you like nice sweet neck tone, that is super customizable responsewise with a few simple adjustments to the poles and height settings. the older A2P necks from duncan are my favorite neck pickup, aside from a few 70's gibson stock pickups i have....they just have this sweetness to them (i havent tried the slash model).