Tremonti PUP's

[jabps]

So it has high mids like the JB, but with no spike?

To me it just had that flavor...especially in regards to harmonics. Seemed pretty even across the mids in the Tremonti pups. Again, personally I just couldn't get that lower end, lower mid grind that I like with them but I could see why Mark designed them that way because his base tone starts with a Boogie. I kinda wish I had never commented on them because in general...pickups IMO are the single hardest thing to analyze as a player. We all like what we like. All hear things differently. And with pups "feel" things differently... but with pickups that's like magnified x100...just no right or wrong and sadly one of those things that you just gotta try. Which is a pain unto itself because of the time and process it takes to check them out.

I feel you man...I'm just wanting to get a PUP that I like the first time, that way I don't have to waste money and time replacing PUP's...I'm 15, so time and money are limited! haha

At 15 you gotta lot of time to experiment lol. I tell ya though, I hate dealing with pickups. Since no 2 guitars sound the same, even if it's the same model it's darn hard to get any consistency even with the same pups. The pots are a whole other story. Luckily I pretty much know right away if a pup is gonna work for me. I will say this...if your replacing pups in your PRS then yeah, the Tremonti probably would be a good one to try as it's not going to be something so over the top that it's hard to deal with. I was lucky with all my old ESP's as the JB's sounded really good in all of them. I'd experiment every now and then but always come back to the JB's. When I switched to Les Pauls...I actually liked the stock 500T's (after numerous changes)...suprising since I'm not a big fan of ceramics. I'm digging the MC Torque in one of my PRS's and liking the Tone Zone in another...that thing was sitting in a box for 5 years collecting dust. Wired it up and was impressed. Eventually all my PRS's will have the same pup...just need to decide. Good luck on your search.

 

[lespaul3013]

Bumpity bump bump...still curious, just got a new PRS and considering a PUP change.

I've got an Anderson H2+ and a Dimarzio Air Norton in my Custom 24. The H2+ is absolutely perfect for my tastes. Not completely sold on the Air Norton. It sounds good, but a bit heavy on the mids. Seriously check out Anderson pickups if you haven't. They've got their own thing going on.

Not a bad price either...I can't find any clips of these. Can you describe how they sound?

 

[lespaul3013]

My FAVORITE pickup set by far. I love riding the volume knobs too, so IMO, yes, they do react very well.

I've been through SOOO many duncans, dimarzios, EMGs, Suhr Aldrich, etc., and these beat them all out for me.

If you have any other specific questions, feel free to PM me.

Eric

Bam, there it is. There's a reason I have them in every guitar I won except for one (P90 guitar).

Excellent pickups. Great in terms of clarity and punch, very difficult to get them to mud up. I even dig the coil-tapped tone on the bridge pickup.

The Tremonti treble is about as far from any JB I've ever played as you can get. Doesn't have that odd mid spike.

Wow...forgot about this thread

I feel like my #6's that came stock in my PRS get really muddy. Especially on the neck pickup, its almost unusable with gain-unless playing some single note lines. But I even prefer the neck PUP in my Epi LP over the ones in the PRS. Just looking for a better option.