More Midrange? PRS/LP???

[papersoul]

HI guys!

I am trying to get a handle on which of my main guitars has more natural mids.....my 2003 stock LP Standard or 2001 stack pRS McCarty. Any thoughts?

Lots of people say PRS guitars have a ton of mids. However, my tech installed a Rio BBQ in his CE22 and said it sounds unreal!

Now, I hear that singlecuts have more mids due to the design. I am trying to hear the difference acoustically. :smack:

I have a few pickups, Duncan C-5 and Rio BBQ...one for each.

PS

 

[Zerberus]

Re: More Midrange? PRS/LP???

To hear the acoustic difference, simply play the guitars without an amp

 

[Lewguitar]

Re: More Midrange? PRS/LP???

To hear the acoustic difference, simply play the guitars without an amp

That's what I was thinking. They're YOUR guitars! :laugh2:

I do think Les Pauls with thier single cutaway and shorter necks tend to have a deeper fuller tone than double cutaway guitars. More mids and more bass.

And the neck pickup on 22 fret guitars tends to sound thicker than the neck pickup on 24 fret guitars because the neck pickup on 24 fret fret guitars is mounted closer to the bridge.

Lew

 

[Boleslaw Gers 666]

Re: More Midrange? PRS/LP???

I tend to hear that PRS is a "happy medium" between strats and Les Pauls, with strats being weak but good sounding singled-coiled double cuts with little body wood, while pauls are thick and sustaining with deep bass and mids, which can be too bassy for some. I guess what I'm trying to say is that people don't lie. The les paul most likely has more mids unless the thick mahogany/maple body was hollowed somehow...

 

[TattooedCarrot]

Re: More Midrange? PRS/LP???

I was talking to the PRS southwest rep yesterday about the Navarro CU24, he said tonally it will be brighter, with more mids than my Les Paul. He said it was more in SG territory.