I am thinking of doing exactly the same to a PRS SE semi. Do you prefer the sound of the Wildes in your guitar compared to the original PRS pickups? Nice playing BTW
I thought the stock pickups were awful. Too shrill. This guitar I think would benefit from a total electronic overhaul. I have cleaned and relubed the pots several times and they are still scratchy. Wilde pickups are unimpeachable, some of the best you can buy. But they have a sound that is not for everyone, or for every situation, although they never sound bad to me. They are clear and very responsive. Their treble response is unusual for a humbucker. In this guitar I feel they are maybe a bit too bright. I think the nut and bridge setup may be to blame for that. The 4H is a winner for sure. Very balanced and easy to get along with. The 8H is a crushingly loud pickup. I would not recommend it unless you want to play turnt up rock all the time. It sounds decent split or in parallel however. For the music I tend to play, which is mostly country, jazz, and low to medium gain rock, I haven't really found the sound I wanted out of this guitar. I actually was just getting ready to swap in something like the Duncan Alnico II Pro set which is a little more forgiving of a bright guitar, has strong mids but not too much output. I have them in my hollow body and I constantly get comments about how good it sounds. The Wilde pickups require a more sophisticated touch, but they have a very pleasing character. I would recommend the 4/6H set, 2.8/4H set, or even the 4/4H set with 250k or 330k pots and a smaller tone cap, something like a 5 or 10 nf. Hope that helps. Also, dealing with becky has been a mixed bag in my experience. She is very disorganized and unresponsive. Ive had two defective pickups as well that I had to send back which was a really unpleasant experience.
@@dressedtosmellgood Thanks for such a thoughtful and detailed reply, particularly regarding which Inductance to get. What you say is similar to what I have heard on the forums regarding the 8K being too loud. Two defective pickups is a bit of a red flag, thanks for mentioning that. I think I will start out with just a 2.8H neck pickup and see what it is like. Thanks again, and if you made a video of the new Duncan's that would be great. Subscribed.
@@echolalia1965 I love the 2,8H for neck, I prefer a "normal" humbucker for bridge. I have video on this setup for demonstration ;-) 6/8H set works well for hi-gain.
Would you recommend the 4h neck and 6h bridge combo for versatility? I'm putting together a Tele partscaster and I love the clarity you get even in full HB mode.
The 8h is loud and ballsy. If you want to play heavy rock thats the one to get. When I crank up and throw on a lot of gain it is very satisfying to play the 8h - notes just fly off the guitar. That kind of stuff is about 25% of what I play, so I would probably have been more satisfied with a 4 or 6 in the bridge. I had a q filter in this guitar for a while and it does make the 8h a little more versatile. It takes some tweaking though. I was ultimately never all that satisfied with it. The parallel wiring is working nicely - drops the inductance down to about 2 H I believe.
Dang… That’s some serious tone!
Sounds great!
I am thinking of doing exactly the same to a PRS SE semi. Do you prefer the sound of the Wildes in your guitar compared to the original PRS pickups? Nice playing BTW
I thought the stock pickups were awful. Too shrill. This guitar I think would benefit from a total electronic overhaul. I have cleaned and relubed the pots several times and they are still scratchy.
Wilde pickups are unimpeachable, some of the best you can buy. But they have a sound that is not for everyone, or for every situation, although they never sound bad to me. They are clear and very responsive. Their treble response is unusual for a humbucker. In this guitar I feel they are maybe a bit too bright. I think the nut and bridge setup may be to blame for that.
The 4H is a winner for sure. Very balanced and easy to get along with. The 8H is a crushingly loud pickup. I would not recommend it unless you want to play turnt up rock all the time. It sounds decent split or in parallel however.
For the music I tend to play, which is mostly country, jazz, and low to medium gain rock, I haven't really found the sound I wanted out of this guitar. I actually was just getting ready to swap in something like the Duncan Alnico II Pro set which is a little more forgiving of a bright guitar, has strong mids but not too much output. I have them in my hollow body and I constantly get comments about how good it sounds. The Wilde pickups require a more sophisticated touch, but they have a very pleasing character. I would recommend the 4/6H set, 2.8/4H set, or even the 4/4H set with 250k or 330k pots and a smaller tone cap, something like a 5 or 10 nf. Hope that helps.
Also, dealing with becky has been a mixed bag in my experience. She is very disorganized and unresponsive. Ive had two defective pickups as well that I had to send back which was a really unpleasant experience.
@@dressedtosmellgood Thanks for such a thoughtful and detailed reply, particularly regarding which Inductance to get. What you say is similar to what I have heard on the forums regarding the 8K being too loud. Two defective pickups is a bit of a red flag, thanks for mentioning that. I think I will start out with just a 2.8H neck pickup and see what it is like. Thanks again, and if you made a video of the new Duncan's that would be great. Subscribed.
@@echolalia1965 I love the 2,8H for neck, I prefer a "normal" humbucker for bridge. I have video on this setup for demonstration ;-) 6/8H set works well for hi-gain.
Did you wire the neck the same way? Be great to hear that as well....?
Do you know what magnets the L-90 series use? Is it Alnico or Ceramic?
What does the website say?
Would you recommend the 4h neck and 6h bridge combo for versatility?
I'm putting together a Tele partscaster and I love the clarity you get even in full HB mode.
I just ordered the 8h for bridge. Are you happy with it? They told me that 8 has more highs rolled off then the 6. Cheers.
The 8h is loud and ballsy. If you want to play heavy rock thats the one to get. When I crank up and throw on a lot of gain it is very satisfying to play the 8h - notes just fly off the guitar. That kind of stuff is about 25% of what I play, so I would probably have been more satisfied with a 4 or 6 in the bridge. I had a q filter in this guitar for a while and it does make the 8h a little more versatile. It takes some tweaking though. I was ultimately never all that satisfied with it. The parallel wiring is working nicely - drops the inductance down to about 2 H I believe.
I have the 6 henry L90 I don't like an extremely hot bridge pickup
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