What guitar are you playing today?

Although I own some fine classics, I only play the latest incarnation of my diy Stratocaster. Today new with Gotoh 510 trem. The Fender N4 Noiseless and the DiMarzio Anniversary PAF are a great match. Two volume controls and a tone control just for the SCs make my stage work much easier.20250701_090220.jpg
 
Rick said:
My newest guitar, received in trade for another great guitar, is a 2019 PRS Special SemiHollow Limited Edition. It sees its first gig (with me, anyway!) tomorrow night. I’ve been loving the great tone and versatility. I never really got what semihollowbody guitars were about, but I’m sure digging what this one does. Nearly 50 years of playing, and still learning there’s more out there! Reflections of FM9T/FC12 rig in the pickup…

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I have one also, and it’s an amazing guitar.
 
Rick said:
My newest guitar, received in trade for another great guitar, is a 2019 PRS Special SemiHollow Limited Edition. It sees its first gig (with me, anyway!) tomorrow night. I’ve been loving the great tone and versatility. I never really got what semihollowbody guitars were about, but I’m sure digging what this one does. Nearly 50 years of playing, and still learning there’s more out there! Reflections of FM9T/FC12 rig in the pickup…

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Nice!

I notice the neck pickup has the screw coils towards the bridge. Did it come that way, or did you flip it yourself? Are you happy with the times from that pickup?

I've been thinking about doing that on my Collings, to lessen low mid buildup, and hopefully be more comparable to the bridge pu.
 
Dave Merrill said:
Nice!

I notice the neck pickup has the screw coils towards the bridge. Did it come that way, or did you flip it yourself? Are you happy with the times from that pickup?

I've been thinking about doing that on my Collings, to lessen low mid buildup, and hopefully be more comparable to the bridge pu.
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Why do you think it will do that? You would be putting the slug coil in an even more woolly position. I also think you would only hear a small difference in to a one channel tube amp with no fx and one high end cable.
 
Andy Eagle said:
Why do you think it will do that? You would be putting the slug coil in an even more woolly position. I also think you would only hear a small difference in to a one channel tube amp with no fx and one high end cable.
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I could be completely wrong, but my thinking was this:
If you adjust string balance with the exposed screws, they must be doing a lot of the picking up.
If that's the case, flipping the pickup around, so more of the string sensing happens more towards the bridge, would give it more of what you get picking closer to the bridge, ie, more treble, less woof.
Back in the day I'd often flip the bridge pickup around for the opposite reason, to get a little LESS of that, which I thought at the time made a noticeable difference.
 
Dave Merrill said:
I could be completely wrong, but my thinking was this:
If you adjust string balance with the exposed screws, they must be doing a lot of the picking up.
If that's the case, flipping the pickup around, so more of the string sensing happens more towards the bridge, would give it more of what you get picking closer to the bridge, ie, more treble, less woof.
Back in the day I'd often flip the bridge pickup around for the opposite reason, to get a little LESS of that, which I thought at the time made a noticeable difference.
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Screw the poles flush and adjust the overall height.
The poles are not necessarily stronger and adjusting them up weakens the signal.
 
Greg Ferguson said:
I have one also, and it’s an amazing guitar.
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It is. I’m looking to trade for another eventually so I’d have two for gigging, something I got in the habit of years ago for trem guitars. It’s an expensive proposition in this case, but I’ll get there.
Dave Merrill said:
Nice!

I notice the neck pickup has the screw coils towards the bridge. Did it come that way, or did you flip it yourself? Are you happy with the times from that pickup?

I've been thinking about doing that on my Collings, to lessen low mid buildup, and hopefully be more comparable to the bridge pu.
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Apparently flying in the face of supposition, I think it does a lot in this configuration, as the coils are tapped, not split, on the MT (Multi-tap) versions. It’s fractions, but those little bits do matter when mixing with other pickups in other locations. I’d have also scoffed at those possibilities relating to the orientation before getting this guitar but now, having played it, I’m convinced that as a package it is doing something plainly audible. Not just the orientation, but how they’re wired and tapped in combination with the “backwards” positioning. It undeniably gets clearer, less bassy tones in any position using the neck pickup, and has been more useful in that position than any split pickup option I’ve ever tried. I’m very familiar with PRS pickups, as I have owned many and currently have 7. I’ve been playing PRS since my first 513 in 2006, and have had the opportunity to actually play many of the pickups and combinations. I’m telling you, this is different, and is why, as much as I like the 58/15LT pickup, I’m not looking for a later model with that pickup… this particular combination of pickups and switching is indeed special, and I want that 58/15MT pickup, in that orientation, with the stock wiring, exactly as shipped. It does indeed matter to me! I’m not a tech expert, but I have good ears. This setup does something that I’m not messing with… whatever factors cause it to do what it does.

If you get a chance to play one of the original limited edition versions from late 2018 or 2019, jump on it and tell me what you think!
 
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