Duncan -> PRS

[Butch Snyder]

I have a PRS SE Swamp Ash Special. Very decent guitar, but my favorite is the DGT. I like the pickup configuration better on the SAS than the DGT; which is why I chose it. I was wondering what would be the closest Duncan humbucker to a DGT humbucker. The USA PRS DGT and not the SE model.

[skelt101]

I've never played one. However, the interwebs say basic specs are an overwound PAF-style (9Kish) with Alnico 2. Brighter than a McCarty, but still warm. My guess might be a Slash bridge...

[Butch Snyder]

I've never played one. However, the interwebs say basic specs are an overwound PAF-style (9Kish) with Alnico 2. Brighter than a McCarty, but still warm. My guess might be a Slash bridge...

Maybe Pearly Gates?

[skelt101]

Maybe Pearly Gates?

YMMV, but I'm going to stick with the Slash bridge. Not enough winds on the Pearly Gates. If you wanted something with a thinner sound, maybe look at the '78.

[beaubrummels]

I've never played one. However, the interwebs say basic specs are an overwound PAF-style (9Kish) with Alnico 2. Brighter than a McCarty, but still warm. My guess might be a Slash bridge...

But which Slash bridge?

[Masta' C]

Does it have to be a Duncan?

[soulforger]

DGT pups are next to impossible to find used, if a Slash I'd say the 2.0 I think the DGT is hotter than the original Slash pickup. DGT is a 9k Alnico II pickup in the bridge, some say the PG has similar character but is not has hot or "loud" as the DGT. Maybe the Custom Shop could do a hotter Pearly Gates. PRS pickups despite their differences from one another do all seem to share a quality that makes them unique to PRS. I would guess the 59/09 is probably the closest thing you can get, and I would also guess that it is pretty close. You may have to order covers separately for those if you want them. Personally I hate the "squabbin" square bobbins, but some people love them so...as far as the neck pickup, I believe it to be the same as the older Swamp Ash Special and Johnny Hiland neck pickup 7.3k A2, maybe they tweaked it a bit but more a standard PAF style.

[soulforger]

This is about as much info as you'll get from PRS, but it does show at least a comparison to some other pickups and it shows that they are a bit hotter than the 85/15 or 58/15. 408s are what Simon McBride has in his custom Singlecuts if you want an example of those...

[jeremy]

id guess a slash 2.0 as well, a2 with a little hotter wind than a paf

[Butch Snyder]

Does it have to be a Duncan?

Not necessarily. The others I was thinking were a DiMarzio Air Norton for the neck and Air Zone for the bridge. But, given their DC values, they might be too hot.