Duncan -> PRS

Butch Snyder

ObsoleteChickenPickingologist
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.
 
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...
 
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.
 
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...
 

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