Calling all PRS Owners/ preowners

[richardhomer]

I toyed with the idea of swooping the dragon iis out of mine but in the end have left them in there. If I want a paf tone I pick up my les Paul and wanted my prs to have a different sound. People complain about them being dark (they are) but a few tweaks of your eq sorts that.

A '91 CE will be Dragon I's won't it? Or is that loaded with Chainsaws I think they were called?

I think they may be HFS & Vintage Bass on a '91 CE. The Dragons came out a little later, I think. I quite like the muted high-end in their pick-ups. They overdrive very smoothly. A PAF-style HB in the bridge position can sound too spiky to me. When the amp is dialled in correctly to eliminate this, the neck pick-up can start to sound 'tubby'. Most PRS set ups seem to avoid this.

[Kebabkid]

I've had some work done some on my PRS CU24 (1989 with 5-way rotary and sweet switch). Sound-wise, it never really worked for me. I swapped out the original pickups (HFS/Vintage) for some Dragon II's thinking they would improve the cleans as I liked the way they sounded on a friend's CU22, but they didn't. I kept the bridge Dragon as I liked the overdrive sound but swapped out the neck for a Lollar Imperial (low wind - makes a difference). Things improved but still not enough for me to call up Stratty/funky sounds so a couple of months ago I changed the 5-way rotary to a 3-way, the sweet switch for a push/push coil split and tone control and the guitar is now where I want it to be. Really good single coil and funky sounds on all positions and nice, classic sounding humbucker sounds, all easy to select and get to. Ergonomically, the 3 way and push/push coil-splitter makes sense and I'm not missing the clunk of that 5-way when you made a selection.

I think ICBM mentioned in another similar post, when you do this coil-splitting mod, you do lose something from the original, smooth PRS volume taper but it's not bothering me.

Note: you can source good parts for the electrics mod and do it for a fraction of the price of the PRS kit (£65). Charlie Chandler did mine using Neutrik etc as I'm a bit kak-handed when it comes to that stuff and a 20+ year old guitar has just come back to life.
I also believe it's reversible process too (just a slightly wider route = 1-2mm for the tone control.

[rockmonster]

I use custom 22's and singlecuts a lot and have chucked the standard Prs pickups. I use Suhr Aldrich pickups in them all. Except the one with 57/08's.

[guitarfishbay]

Not actually limited to DiMarzio for 'double creams' ... Larry's half baked patent actually doesn't apply this side of the pond ... so If anyone wants them just ask a British maker!

Also, I used to frequent the Seymour Duncan board many years ago. It was known that at the time you could get a double cream pickup made at the SD custom shop, but it had to have a cover over it and I think it couldn't have a logo. No idea if they still do this, but a few forum members claimed to have them made this way.

[stevenguitars]

Wow

Thanks for the replies, Iv contacted MOJO pickups too see what he thinks too. looking into the switching too.

Thanks and please may the discussions continue im enjoying reading them.