Yay! Thank you! I think it sounds lovely too! 😊 I can’t wait to check the back to back results and hear objectively if it was worth the effort 😅 I hope it was
Shocked by your current subscriber count! Great things are ahead for you! Great editing, lighting, backdrop, and of course, the review! Thank you for the honest review of the PRS and best of luck to you in your TH-cam journey!
Hey terrific video! Having installed new Seymour Duncans in my 24 CU SE and doing it all in the cavity like you did is such a pain. I recommend getting piece of hard card board and cutting it to the shape of electronics cavity. Then remove the knobs and pots ring to pull the pots out of the guitar. Then I place the pots into the cardboard template and do all the soldering outside of the guitar. It has helped me to keep from accidental soldering burns on my sausage fingers and burning other wires that are close in proximity. Oh and using heat sinks like alligator clamps ($1/each) will help to avoid any over heating/frying of electronics. A few thoughts to add to your already amazing video! Thanks again for making quality content!
Thank you for adding so much value to this video with your comment my friend!!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻 I wish I would’ve thought about it 🤣🤣🤣 It’s the hardest part 🤣🤣🤣 I almost panicked when I smelled the little burnt plastic smell, luckily I moved just at the right time and the damage was negligible 🤣🤣🤣 anyway, have a fantastic weekend my friend!! I hope you’re enjoying your guitar as much as I’m enjoying mine! 🤘🏻
I’m so glad it helped! That’s the reason I made it! I was so scared of the process and there was no other video 🤣🤣🤣 so, might as well help the new generation of guitar tinkerers 🙌🏻🙌🏻 thank you for your nice comment!
@@Itsjorgelanzas Swapped the 85/15 out of a swamp ash special and threw in the 58/15 LT TCI. Thankfully I didn't have an issue with the wiring scheme. It was all the same. Now I have a weird Strat/LP hybrid! Cheers!
My first PRS was the se custom 24-08 and I love it. First I change the tuners to locking tuners. Then about a month ago I seen on facebook a guy had the prs custom 24 for sale for about half the price it cost new. So I went and looked at it and still looked new. It’s a truly amazing guitar. I could help but buy it. It has the 85 15 tci pickups and I’m think really hard about putting those pickups in my se too
Thank you for sharing your story friend!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 congratulations on both of your guitars!! And I agree on all counts hahahaha great pickups, the se is a great guitar, worthy of having the great pickups!! I still want to get a core, or at least an S2 now that they have all US electronics! Anyway, thank you for your nice comment friend! Have a great weekend!
I'm no expert, however, do you have the neck pickup installed backwards? Shouldn't the pole pieces be opposite the bridge pickup? In other words, the screw pole pieces closer to the fretboard? Unless PRS core pickups install differently?
It depends on the tone you want. As I understand it having it the way he does will give you a slightly sweeter single coil tone, but a out of phase tone when running both pu together.
Great video! Congratulations! If so, did you keep the same potentiometers? I have an SE and I would like to know, please, if in your opinion the original SE electrical is enough to obtain good results with the 85/15 TCI? Cheers
Thank you so much friend!! I appreciate your nice comment! I did keep the same potentiometers. I gave them a good clean with DeoxIt and it’s been working really well for a long time now! I wonder if the factory was just very dusty or something and the contactes were dirty. I don’t feel the need to change them really. I do wonder if that would be a tangible difference in the sound and not just functionality. In any case, I’m still curious about it but 100% I can tell you that in the sound department the pickups made the exact difference I wanted and to this day, even though this is my most affordable guitar, somehow it’s the one I use the most!! And I feel that that speaks for itself. I should probably do a video about that 🤣🤣
As for if the pots could change the tone... it's possible. In my own experience ,and what others have reported, the S2 line seems a bit darker and more composed than the SE. These comparisons were done when S2 still used the "s" pickups. One could argue tone wood, or pots. Otherwise what's the difference , other than tunning pegs? Just food for thought.
Yeah, this was the time when they’re we’re not even available for purchase 🤣🤣🤣 I felt like an idiot when they became available. I got an ok deal, but still, it’s a pricey upgrade. For me in the studio, it was worth it. Objectively for me, the pickups are such a real upgrade! Thanks for your comment friend!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻
I'm undecided about changing the pickups in my SE. The first thing I did was change from 9 to 10 gauge strings as I was looking for a fatter warmer sound. I'm thinking I will experiment with EQ next. I may eventually change out the pickups if these measures don't do the trick. My favorite all time pickups are Ibanez super 58's followed by Seymour Duncans Phat Cats single coils. Thanks for the video.
I think you’re in the right path! You know what you want from the guitar just trust your guy and have fun during your sound quest!! Thanks for your nice comment! Have a great week!
Hola! Vi que hablas español... Gran video! Gracias! Yo acostumbro hacer splitcoil en todas mis Guitarras con HB... algo que leí en un foro hace años y que yo mismo probé después, es que al momento de cablear la Humbucker Neck, asegurarse de que la bobina que quede activa al momento de hacer splitcoil sea la que está del lado del Brazo de la Guitarra... De esta forma sonará mucho más parecida a la single coil neck de una Strat... Con mas graves y menos medios del área central de la Guitarra, que tampoco es mal sonido, pero se supone que la intención es sonar a una Singlecoil de Strat Yo lo hago en mis Guitarras y el resultado es genial! Te recomiendo probarlo! Saludos!
Asi es!! “Se habla español” 😂🤣 Gracias por tus consejos y tu comentario amigo!! Estoy seguro que ese consejo también tiene que ver con la polaridad de las bobinas, que es un factor mucho más influyente que la posición! Pero si y si!! Concuerdo cien por ciento contigo! 🙌🏻🙌🏻 buen día!! 🫶🏻🫶🏻
need help, I installed some 57/08 in my Santana SE, I didn't put split coil or anything like that, it is like original, so I removed the original pickups, and installed the 08, this way, treble pick black cable to slug 1 of selector 3 position, bare wire to ground, and the white wire to ground, bass pick white wire to position 3 of the 3 position selector, bare wire to ground, and black wire to ground, in both, the red wire simply Now eliminate my doubt, how do I know that when I put the 3-position selector in the middle, the 2 pickups are really being heard at the same time? to check I touched the screws of the pickup and if they sound, but if for example I play on the part that is covered, on the treble side the sound is very low and it seems that it is the sound of the pickup screw that it picks up That hit, how do I check that both humbuckers are fully working at the same time?
Hi friend, The best way to check it is with a voltmeter, and just make sure that you’re getting the readings you’re supposed to be getting (~8.5k). If you don’t have access to a voltmeter, you can plug your guitar into an overdriven amp, and check the lugs and the screws. They should both virtually sound the same, when you got the tap cable, you get one full and one sounds maybe as loud, but with less bass which sounds to me like what you’re saying, and if that’s the case you need to flip your hot cable in the pickup that is not sounding right. With a voltmeter you could check the right cables before soldering. I hope this helps!🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
@@Itsjorgelanzas yes, it was a good buy, and they are worth it. I was always the guy swapping stock pickups out (even on Gibson Les Pauls) until I played/owned a PRS SE and later a core. The pickups are obviously design to the specific guitar to sound great in THAT guitar. They really did put in the effort.
Yeah! I like the prs thing. They are hitting a nice balance in the SE, because the guitar is good enough that in my mind it’s worth the pickup upgrade!
@@Itsjorgelanzas that is true also, and the core pickups are really good. I have played vintage PAFs and the good PRS pickups can hang with vintage PAFs
I have 3 SE's. I also have a USA CE24 semi-hollow with the 85/15 TCI pups. I used to have a 24-08 SE with the 85/15S TCIs (sold it), and i never really noticed much different between the USA and overseas pickups. But its all in the ear of the beholder I guess. BYW: Your 24-08 is gorgeous and sounds great.
I agree with you, the overseas pickups are really stellar. There’s nothing holding us back from getting the tone we want! 🙏🏼🙏🏼 thank you for your nice comment friend! I appreciate you!
I hear the difference but the SE version sound really good. I wouldn't even say the core version nessesarily sound better, just a little different, but it's also the guitar. Pickups will sound different in one guitar from another, the guitar construction affects the tone.
Hi, your model is a PRS SE Paul’s choice ? I have one and I feel the original bridge pickup sound not “defined” Those one that you installed, do you think they are more articulated ? Thanks
Hi! The model of my guitar is “SE CUSTOM 21-08” and yes, I think this pickups are more defined and articulate than the stock SE. I got a b2b comparing the SE pickups vs the USA ones! Check it out!
I just can’t vibe with the 85/15s that came with my 2408.. too jangly and too much treble for my liking. Currently researching on which pickups to replace them with
I Can totally see what you’re saying!! Im curious to try the 58/15 I wonder what’s their vibe in my setup, it seems like that’s the more mellow option from PRS. Thanks for your comment friend! 🙌🏻
🤣🤣🤣 casi me Hecho para atrás cuando vi el cablerío y las conexiones pequeñas 🤣 ni las veía. Gracias por tu comentario prix! Que pastillas querés para la Stdrd 22?
@@Itsjorgelanzas a mí me da culillo de cagarla jajajaajajaja pero en algún momento tengo que rifarme como vos. Le quiero poner las Polymath (Nolly signatures) de Bare Knuckle Pickups: th-cam.com/video/rzu0lL2ukx4/w-d-xo.html Pero también la quiero modificar y cambiarle el toggle switch por un rotary switch y tener una combinaciones de pastillas que fueron el feature de PRS en sus inicios y ponerle push/pull pots para hacer el split coil, así no tengo que intervenir el mueble de la guitarra
Ah si! Hahaha vos tenés un proyecto más ambicioso 🤣 hace todo los componentes afuera, y después solo pégale las pastillas, es INCÓMODO trabajar en ese espacio
I agree with that doubt. That was the main thing going through my mind when doing this. Like, “am I ruining this guitar” “am I just making it different and not better”? I feel like mods are everything, for example the change of the knobs, or getting a different nut (on a prs). Mod, is anything that will change the guitar. Out of all mods, only some are upgrades (for the working guitarrist and NOT for collectors). An upgrade has to be something that makes the guitar, materially better in the function that was designed for. And since there’s subjectivity involved, it’s hard to say that. BUT, it’s is a FACT, that the “s” pickups have some whistling frequencies that are a little too out of balance for my usage, and the us version, it’s like the same, but balanced. Sounds like that to my ear, and all my metering system tells me the same. So I think this is an UPGRADE. So much so, that I was gonna move this one, but kept it once I changed the pups! Take this information however you see fit my friend!! Have a wonderful day! Thanks for your nice comment friend!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
I was debating on doing this to mine i have same guitar..... afraid the bridge wont have enough..... Oommf lol its the only reason i never bought a core PRS may get a S2 someday though . Your tones do sound gorgeous clean though
I can see that! I feel this pickups are very polite, focused and articulate. I still enjoy a Gibson 498T or SD Nazgûl on the bridge for that big sound that eats up the whole mix 🤣🤣🤣 thank you for your nice comment friend! I appreciate it!
@@Itsjorgelanzas anytime dude 😎👊 best pickup in a PRS is a Duncan in the bridge... Just on the 2408 se I left mine stock because I don't think the switching can be kept way it is by switching I don't know. Have a blessed day dude 😎👊
I really couldn’t be happier!! I use to like this guitar very much, but with the new pickups, I’m using it twice as much. I have no gripes with it. HOWEVER, I think need to get myself some foam stoppers or something, the USA pups are very heavy and they wobble a bit and it annoys me a bit 🤣 anyway! Thanks for your comment friend!!
I don't really care about the sound of PRS USA pickups. I only care about the aesthetic. The square bobbins pickups on PRS guitars are so eye pleasing. But PRS USA pickups are so goddamn expensive. They cost almost as much as brand new PRS SE with dealer promo price here.
That is SO TRUE! 🤣🤣 for me, A guitar is just A tool. I need it to do the work and to sound “how I want”. 🙌🏻🙌🏻 so far, by changing the pickups, this guitar went from my 3rd, 4th option, to be my most used one 🤷🏻♂️ When my work can “upgrade” my life to the point that I can replace my collection to $5-6K per guitar, then I’ll think about buying a core 🤣🤣 we’ll see how long it takes me to get there 🤣🤣 are you there already?
My hearing, I'm sure is not what it used to be, and maybe it's just me, but if youre so concerned about the extreme purity/clarity why even look at an SE? Just buy a core...take out a loan if you have to, seems most people have no problem with that. I've seen many people that are total noobs and can barely play after even 2 years and their first guitars are $3000 cores, lol. Must be nice to be wealthy. For me, the stock SE pickups are just fine, Im not out there gigging and on stage. My other guitar is an Ibanez S Premium. I consider myself intermediate player, and always trying to learn and improve. Even if I can afford it, I cant justify spending 3k+ for a guitar. To me, unless you're a professional artist, its pretty much a status symbol.
You said It yourself. Why not buying the core. I’m a professional music producer, I buy the music tools to make the sound I need, but I have other expenses and priorities, paying 4X, 5X for better aesthetics and feel it’s a luxury. If $1.2k work as well for my business, or course I’m gonna invest my money somewhere else. Custom guitars and super expensive guitars IMO are not for professionals or discerning buyers. Is just for the people that can afford it. I’m happy with my guitars, the work and business they allow me to do and attract. In my music making business, I’m exactly where I need to be and where my investments make sense for my company, my team and the teams I collaborate with. If someone can afford a McLaughlin to play it once every Sunday and learn the basics of chords and melody, that’s their prerogative. I’m sure when I’m richer I’ll buy more expensive gear, for now, I need to make the decisions that make financial sense for me and my dependents.😊 have a wonderful weekend friend!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 thanks for your comment!
PRS is greedy. Pickups with a same specs can be purchased for 35$. But they were thinking: there are a lot of people who know nothing about pickups. Let's offer them a "proper" PRS pickups for 500$. They will buy them. It's a very rude robbery. Shame on you, PRS.
Wow!! You lucky man! I’m curious to hear those $35 pickups that sound better than the 85/15 tci! 🙌🏻🙌🏻 do you have a link that we can all check and see these $35 wonder pickups!! 🙌🏻 thank you for your comment friend!!
@@TheOnlyGuitarFather Aliexpres Donlis pickups. As an experiment I bought a neck Alnico 2 pickup with the same specs as PRS LT bridge pickup. And result ir really very close, as expected. I am experienced guitarist and a sound engineer. I have trained ears.
Yay, great outcome. Your 24-08 sounds so lovely, so happy for you!
Yay! Thank you! I think it sounds lovely too! 😊 I can’t wait to check the back to back results and hear objectively if it was worth the effort 😅 I hope it was
Shocked by your current subscriber count! Great things are ahead for you! Great editing, lighting, backdrop, and of course, the review! Thank you for the honest review of the PRS and best of luck to you in your TH-cam journey!
Wow! Thank you so much for your kind words! 🙌🏻🙌🏻 I’m really happy you enjoyed the video!
As a paul's guitar user this was really helpful to understand more about the TCI pickups Thx~ :D
I’m glad it was!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻 thank you for your nice comment my friend!
Absolutely love watching your content! Much love from India!
Thank you so much for your comment and for hanging out with me! Much love! 🙌🏻
Hey terrific video!
Having installed new Seymour Duncans in my 24 CU SE and doing it all in the cavity like you did is such a pain.
I recommend getting piece of hard card board and cutting it to the shape of electronics cavity.
Then remove the knobs and pots ring to pull the pots out of the guitar.
Then I place the pots into the cardboard template and do all the soldering outside of the guitar.
It has helped me to keep from accidental soldering burns on my sausage fingers and burning other wires that are close in proximity.
Oh and using heat sinks like alligator clamps ($1/each) will help to avoid any over heating/frying of electronics.
A few thoughts to add to your already amazing video! Thanks again for making quality content!
Thank you for adding so much value to this video with your comment my friend!!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻 I wish I would’ve thought about it 🤣🤣🤣 It’s the hardest part 🤣🤣🤣 I almost panicked when I smelled the little burnt plastic smell, luckily I moved just at the right time and the damage was negligible 🤣🤣🤣 anyway, have a fantastic weekend my friend!! I hope you’re enjoying your guitar as much as I’m enjoying mine! 🤘🏻
This was extremely helpful in having a successful time with mine
I’m so glad it helped! That’s the reason I made it! I was so scared of the process and there was no other video 🤣🤣🤣 so, might as well help the new generation of guitar tinkerers 🙌🏻🙌🏻 thank you for your nice comment!
@@Itsjorgelanzas Swapped the 85/15 out of a swamp ash special and threw in the 58/15 LT TCI. Thankfully I didn't have an issue with the wiring scheme. It was all the same. Now I have a weird Strat/LP hybrid! Cheers!
My first PRS was the se custom 24-08 and I love it. First I change the tuners to locking tuners. Then about a month ago I seen on facebook a guy had the prs custom 24 for sale for about half the price it cost new. So I went and looked at it and still looked new. It’s a truly amazing guitar. I could help but buy it. It has the 85 15 tci pickups and I’m think really hard about putting those pickups in my se too
Thank you for sharing your story friend!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 congratulations on both of your guitars!! And I agree on all counts hahahaha great pickups, the se is a great guitar, worthy of having the great pickups!! I still want to get a core, or at least an S2 now that they have all US electronics! Anyway, thank you for your nice comment friend! Have a great weekend!
If S2 has US electronics, what is the point of CE or core?
I'm no expert, however, do you have the neck pickup installed backwards? Shouldn't the pole pieces be opposite the bridge pickup? In other words, the screw pole pieces closer to the fretboard? Unless PRS core pickups install differently?
I had the same instinct, but I saw that PRS use the 85/15 TCI on their 24-08 core guitars in this direction. Thanks for your comment!
It depends on the tone you want. As I understand it having it the way he does will give you a slightly sweeter single coil tone, but a out of phase tone when running both pu together.
Great video! Congratulations! If so, did you keep the same potentiometers? I have an SE and I would like to know, please, if in your opinion the original SE electrical is enough to obtain good results with the 85/15 TCI?
Cheers
Thank you so much friend!! I appreciate your nice comment! I did keep the same potentiometers. I gave them a good clean with DeoxIt and it’s been working really well for a long time now! I wonder if the factory was just very dusty or something and the contactes were dirty. I don’t feel the need to change them really. I do wonder if that would be a tangible difference in the sound and not just functionality. In any case, I’m still curious about it but 100% I can tell you that in the sound department the pickups made the exact difference I wanted and to this day, even though this is my most affordable guitar, somehow it’s the one I use the most!! And I feel that that speaks for itself. I should probably do a video about that 🤣🤣
As for if the pots could change the tone... it's possible. In my own experience ,and what others have reported, the S2 line seems a bit darker and more composed than the SE. These comparisons were done when S2 still used the "s" pickups. One could argue tone wood, or pots. Otherwise what's the difference , other than tunning pegs?
Just food for thought.
Props for doing all this with the mini toggles in the cavity. That had to be the hardest part lol.
🤣🤣 it was!! I really didn’t want to burn those tiny plastic things 🤣🤣🤣 thanks for your comment!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻
Those 85/15 I think is around 500-600 USD. Almost the same price tier with the SE guitar itself. Such upgrade!
Yeah, this was the time when they’re we’re not even available for purchase 🤣🤣🤣 I felt like an idiot when they became available. I got an ok deal, but still, it’s a pricey upgrade. For me in the studio, it was worth it. Objectively for me, the pickups are such a real upgrade! Thanks for your comment friend!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻
@@Itsjorgelanzas It's indeed very usefule in studio situation or live. Had them a while back, sounded great.
I'm undecided about changing the pickups in my SE. The first thing I did was change from 9 to 10 gauge strings as I was looking for a fatter warmer sound. I'm thinking I will experiment with EQ next. I may eventually change out the pickups if these measures don't do the trick. My favorite all time pickups are Ibanez super 58's followed by Seymour Duncans Phat Cats single coils. Thanks for the video.
I think you’re in the right path! You know what you want from the guitar just trust your guy and have fun during your sound quest!! Thanks for your nice comment! Have a great week!
Beautiful sunburst color!
Thank you! I got really lucky!
Sounds great
Right?!?! 🙌🏻🙌🏻 I feel like it was soooo worth it! Thanks for your comment friend! 🙌🏻🙌🏻
You can do it. Be quick soldering in tight places so you don’t melt everything
Thank you for your encouragement my friend!! I appreciate you!!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 I almost did!! 🤣🤣 I was a little slow at first!
Hola! Vi que hablas español... Gran video! Gracias!
Yo acostumbro hacer splitcoil en todas mis Guitarras con HB... algo que leí en un foro hace años y que yo mismo probé después, es que al momento de cablear la Humbucker Neck, asegurarse de que la bobina que quede activa al momento de hacer splitcoil sea la que está del lado del Brazo de la Guitarra... De esta forma sonará mucho más parecida a la single coil neck de una Strat... Con mas graves y menos medios del área central de la Guitarra, que tampoco es mal sonido, pero se supone que la intención es sonar a una Singlecoil de Strat
Yo lo hago en mis Guitarras y el resultado es genial! Te recomiendo probarlo! Saludos!
Asi es!! “Se habla español” 😂🤣 Gracias por tus consejos y tu comentario amigo!! Estoy seguro que ese consejo también tiene que ver con la polaridad de las bobinas, que es un factor mucho más influyente que la posición! Pero si y si!! Concuerdo cien por ciento contigo! 🙌🏻🙌🏻 buen día!! 🫶🏻🫶🏻
Swapping pickups AND trying to film it…thats a tough job…well done👍
Oh man!! Hahahaa I was so nerveous! 🙌🏻🙌🏻 I’m glad it worked out!!
need help, I installed some 57/08 in my Santana SE, I didn't put split coil or anything like that, it is like original, so I removed the original pickups, and installed the 08, this way, treble pick black cable to slug 1 of selector 3 position, bare wire to ground, and the white wire to ground, bass pick white wire to position 3 of the 3 position selector, bare wire to ground, and black wire to ground, in both, the red wire simply Now eliminate my doubt, how do I know that when I put the 3-position selector in the middle, the 2 pickups are really being heard at the same time? to check I touched the screws of the pickup and if they sound, but if for example I play on the part that is covered, on the treble side the sound is very low and it seems that it is the sound of the pickup screw that it picks up That hit, how do I check that both humbuckers are fully working at the same time?
Hi friend, The best way to check it is with a voltmeter, and just make sure that you’re getting the readings you’re supposed to be getting (~8.5k). If you don’t have access to a voltmeter, you can plug your guitar into an overdriven amp, and check the lugs and the screws. They should both virtually sound the same, when you got the tap cable, you get one full and one sounds maybe as loud, but with less bass which sounds to me like what you’re saying, and if that’s the case you need to flip your hot cable in the pickup that is not sounding right. With a voltmeter you could check the right cables before soldering. I hope this helps!🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
@@Itsjorgelanzas i lot of thanks my friend, o go to check
Those TCI pickups sound bad ass.
They dooooooo!!!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 totally worth it to me! Thanks for your comment friend!!
@@Itsjorgelanzas yes, it was a good buy, and they are worth it. I was always the guy swapping stock pickups out (even on Gibson Les Pauls) until I played/owned a PRS SE and later a core. The pickups are obviously design to the specific guitar to sound great in THAT guitar. They really did put in the effort.
Yeah! I like the prs thing. They are hitting a nice balance in the SE, because the guitar is good enough that in my mind it’s worth the pickup upgrade!
@@Itsjorgelanzas that is true also, and the core pickups are really good. I have played vintage PAFs and the good PRS pickups can hang with vintage PAFs
I love the core pickups, after doing this change I’m wishing to get a 594 se and put the core PUPS, I’m sure it’s AMAZING!!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻 for my budget 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I have 3 SE's. I also have a USA CE24 semi-hollow with the 85/15 TCI pups. I used to have a 24-08 SE with the 85/15S TCIs (sold it), and i never really noticed much different between the USA and overseas pickups. But its all in the ear of the beholder I guess. BYW: Your 24-08 is gorgeous and sounds great.
I agree with you, the overseas pickups are really stellar. There’s nothing holding us back from getting the tone we want! 🙏🏼🙏🏼 thank you for your nice comment friend! I appreciate you!
I hear the difference but the SE version sound really good. I wouldn't even say the core version nessesarily sound better, just a little different, but it's also the guitar. Pickups will sound different in one guitar from another, the guitar construction affects the tone.
Hi, your model is a PRS SE Paul’s choice ? I have one and I feel the original bridge pickup sound not “defined” Those one that you installed, do you think they are more articulated ? Thanks
Hi! The model of my guitar is “SE CUSTOM 21-08” and yes, I think this pickups are more defined and articulate than the stock SE. I got a b2b comparing the SE pickups vs the USA ones! Check it out!
I just can’t vibe with the 85/15s that came with my 2408.. too jangly and too much treble for my liking. Currently researching on which pickups to replace them with
I Can totally see what you’re saying!! Im curious to try the 58/15 I wonder what’s their vibe in my setup, it seems like that’s the more mellow option from PRS. Thanks for your comment friend! 🙌🏻
I have this se and love the pickups in it but need a more aggressive sound in the bridge so jb and 59 is my bag
Yeah!, they’re great in their own right! And, Excellent choice in that set!! Definitely! 🙌🏻🙌🏻 thanks for sharing with us!
@@Itsjorgelanzas yes sir have a blessed time with your PRS 👊😎
Thank you sir! Will do! 🤘🏻🤓
¡Te rifaste como los grandes! Yo le quiero hacer upgrade de pickups a mi Standard 22 SE también
🤣🤣🤣 casi me
Hecho para atrás cuando vi el cablerío y las conexiones pequeñas 🤣 ni las veía. Gracias por tu comentario prix! Que pastillas querés para la Stdrd 22?
@@Itsjorgelanzas a mí me da culillo de cagarla jajajaajajaja pero en algún momento tengo que rifarme como vos. Le quiero poner las Polymath (Nolly signatures) de Bare Knuckle Pickups: th-cam.com/video/rzu0lL2ukx4/w-d-xo.html
Pero también la quiero modificar y cambiarle el toggle switch por un rotary switch y tener una combinaciones de pastillas que fueron el feature de PRS en sus inicios y ponerle push/pull pots para hacer el split coil, así no tengo que intervenir el mueble de la guitarra
Ah si! Hahaha vos tenés un proyecto más ambicioso 🤣 hace todo los componentes afuera, y después solo pégale las pastillas, es INCÓMODO trabajar en ese espacio
@@Itsjorgelanzas Creo que la voy a llevar donde un luthier... muy alta la inversión para cagarla jajajaja
I saw a comment the other day that got me thinking…whats the difference between a mod and an upgrade??…thats an interesting question 🤔
I agree with that doubt. That was the main thing going through my mind when doing this. Like, “am I ruining this guitar” “am I just making it different and not better”? I feel like mods are everything, for example the change of the knobs, or getting a different nut (on a prs). Mod, is anything that will change the guitar. Out of all mods, only some are upgrades (for the working guitarrist and NOT for collectors). An upgrade has to be something that makes the guitar, materially better in the function that was designed for. And since there’s subjectivity involved, it’s hard to say that. BUT, it’s is a FACT, that the “s” pickups have some whistling frequencies that are a little too out of balance for my usage, and the us version, it’s like the same, but balanced. Sounds like that to my ear, and all my metering system tells me the same. So I think this is an UPGRADE. So much so, that I was gonna move this one, but kept it once I changed the pups! Take this information however you see fit my friend!! Have a wonderful day! Thanks for your nice comment friend!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
@@Itsjorgelanzas ….agreed…well said👍
Appreciate you my friend! I hope you’re having a wonderful week! 🙌🏻🙌🏻
Did you swap pickup rings too? Or use the ones that came with the se?
I did swap them! It seems like the SE would have worked too, I mainly did it for aesthetics!
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I was debating on doing this to mine i have same guitar..... afraid the bridge wont have enough..... Oommf lol its the only reason i never bought a core PRS may get a S2 someday though . Your tones do sound gorgeous clean though
I can see that! I feel this pickups are very polite, focused and articulate. I still enjoy a Gibson 498T or SD Nazgûl on the bridge for that big sound that eats up the whole mix 🤣🤣🤣 thank you for your nice comment friend! I appreciate it!
@@Itsjorgelanzas anytime dude 😎👊 best pickup in a PRS is a Duncan in the bridge... Just on the 2408 se I left mine stock because I don't think the switching can be kept way it is by switching I don't know. Have a blessed day dude 😎👊
I think the JB has 4 conductor wires. I think you can make the switch and keep all 8 positions!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 have a blessed day friend!
@@Itsjorgelanzas dude really??? Oh thank God lol 😂 only the bridge pickup is lacking the neck sounds amazing appreciate it dude 😎
Did you use the SE pickup mounting rings?
I did not! I wonder if that would’ve made any difference.
probably not, just wondering if it would fit @@Itsjorgelanzas
Nice 1 man, Im thinking about changing pickups for my SE aswell.
I really couldn’t be happier!! I use to like this guitar very much, but with the new pickups, I’m using it twice as much. I have no gripes with it. HOWEVER, I think need to get myself some foam stoppers or something, the USA pups are very heavy and they wobble a bit and it annoys me a bit 🤣 anyway! Thanks for your comment friend!!
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I don't really care about the sound of PRS USA pickups. I only care about the aesthetic. The square bobbins pickups on PRS guitars are so eye pleasing. But PRS USA pickups are so goddamn expensive. They cost almost as much as brand new PRS SE with dealer promo price here.
Yeah,, they’re pretty pricey, that’s a BIG down side.
Use your phone camera take lots of pictures during the process
🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 great advice!
Then it show up on eBay, "SE upgraded to Core." 😂No upgrade will turn an SE into a Core.
That is SO TRUE! 🤣🤣 for me, A guitar is just A tool. I need it to do the work and to sound “how I want”. 🙌🏻🙌🏻 so far, by changing the pickups, this guitar went from my 3rd, 4th option, to be my most used one 🤷🏻♂️ When my work can “upgrade” my life to the point that I can replace my collection to $5-6K per guitar, then I’ll think about buying a core 🤣🤣 we’ll see how long it takes me to get there 🤣🤣 are you there already?
My hearing, I'm sure is not what it used to be, and maybe it's just me, but if youre so concerned about the extreme purity/clarity why even look at an SE? Just buy a core...take out a loan if you have to, seems most people have no problem with that. I've seen many people that are total noobs and can barely play after even 2 years and their first guitars are $3000 cores, lol. Must be nice to be wealthy. For me, the stock SE pickups are just fine, Im not out there gigging and on stage. My other guitar is an Ibanez S Premium. I consider myself intermediate player, and always trying to learn and improve. Even if I can afford it, I cant justify spending 3k+ for a guitar. To me, unless you're a professional artist, its pretty much a status symbol.
You said It yourself. Why not buying the core. I’m a professional music producer, I buy the music tools to make the sound I need, but I have other expenses and priorities, paying 4X, 5X for better aesthetics and feel it’s a luxury. If $1.2k work as well for my business, or course I’m gonna invest my money somewhere else. Custom guitars and super expensive guitars IMO are not for professionals or discerning buyers. Is just for the people that can afford it. I’m happy with my guitars, the work and business they allow me to do and attract. In my music making business, I’m exactly where I need to be and where my investments make sense for my company, my team and the teams I collaborate with. If someone can afford a McLaughlin to play it once every Sunday and learn the basics of chords and melody, that’s their prerogative. I’m sure when I’m richer I’ll buy more expensive gear, for now, I need to make the decisions that make financial sense for me and my dependents.😊 have a wonderful weekend friend!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 thanks for your comment!
You are one strange dude...
Funny you say that! 🤘🏻🤖
PRS is greedy. Pickups with a same specs can be purchased for 35$. But they were thinking: there are a lot of people who know nothing about pickups. Let's offer them a "proper" PRS pickups for 500$. They will buy them. It's a very rude robbery. Shame on you, PRS.
Wow!! You lucky man! I’m curious to hear those $35 pickups that sound better than the 85/15 tci! 🙌🏻🙌🏻 do you have a link that we can all check and see these $35 wonder pickups!! 🙌🏻 thank you for your comment friend!!
One-there’s A LOT more to pickups than the physical specs
Two- please share which pickups sound and play the same for $35
@@TheOnlyGuitarFather Aliexpres Donlis pickups. As an experiment I bought a neck Alnico 2 pickup with the same specs as PRS LT bridge pickup. And result ir really very close, as expected. I am experienced guitarist and a sound engineer. I have trained ears.
@@Itsjorgelanzas You don't deserve that link, beacuse you are rude and cynical. Don't call me friend, this i disgusting.
Haters gonna hate,, (looking at you)