First post here, so please be gentle. - also posted at the PRS forum.
I’m revisiting a CE24 that has been a bit of a case queen from the last few years - one reason for that was the Vintage Bass/HFS combo. I’ve never been partial to them, or the rotary, so I ordered up a new 3-way toggle harness to align with my SAS and my McCarty, and set about installing a combo that I’ve used and liked before - a Pearly Gates in the neck, and a JB in the bridge.
I decided to skip doing coil tap since I rarely use it and just set them up for series - red and white on the Duncans soldered together, green and shield to ground, black(s) to the selector switch. I’m... deeply underwhelmed. It sounds like a giant wool sweater is muffling my tone.
Harness - all pots and caps - are brand new out of the PRS Accessories bag. I suppose one could be bad, but seems unlikely. Selector functions. Volume functions. Tone does too, but due to all the wool, it’s hard to hear a difference.
Strings are D’Addario XL120s fresh out of the pack, which I’ve played for nigh on 25 years.
These pickups came out of another guitar, where they sounded like they should. Have confirmed good solder joints everywhere.
I’ve had all kinds of problems over the years, but never _this_ one. Totally stumped.
Is there something obvious I’m missing here? Thanks in advance for any help.
I’m revisiting a CE24 that has been a bit of a case queen from the last few years - one reason for that was the Vintage Bass/HFS combo. I’ve never been partial to them, or the rotary, so I ordered up a new 3-way toggle harness to align with my SAS and my McCarty, and set about installing a combo that I’ve used and liked before - a Pearly Gates in the neck, and a JB in the bridge.
I decided to skip doing coil tap since I rarely use it and just set them up for series - red and white on the Duncans soldered together, green and shield to ground, black(s) to the selector switch. I’m... deeply underwhelmed. It sounds like a giant wool sweater is muffling my tone.
Harness - all pots and caps - are brand new out of the PRS Accessories bag. I suppose one could be bad, but seems unlikely. Selector functions. Volume functions. Tone does too, but due to all the wool, it’s hard to hear a difference.
Strings are D’Addario XL120s fresh out of the pack, which I’ve played for nigh on 25 years.
These pickups came out of another guitar, where they sounded like they should. Have confirmed good solder joints everywhere.
I’ve had all kinds of problems over the years, but never _this_ one. Totally stumped.
Is there something obvious I’m missing here? Thanks in advance for any help.
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