I recently bought a PRS clone (one of these ) and at some point will probably do a pickup upgrade (pupgrade?). Mahogany body, maple cap, rosewood board, standard Tune-O-Matic bridge.
I do not play metal or anything approaching it due to the fact that noise that loud and piercing makes me want to hit myself in the face with a sledge hammer just to make it stop :blackeye: ...apologies to you headbangers out there, but it's not my thing. More like blues, blues-based rock, jazz-based rock, maybe jam-band stuff. Clapton, Eagles, Steely Dan...maybe even some rockabilly....
I intend to put a coil tap on the neck pickup to get some bluesy single-coil tones when appropriate. (Actually I was originally intending to get a Strat, but this guitar was way too good a deal.)
This guitar has one volume, one tone and a 3-way selector.
Having used the Tone Wizard and listened to some samples, the recommended "Seymour's favorite" combo of a Jazz in the neck position and a JB in the bridge position sounds appealing.
However, I'm concerned that if I split the coil on the neck pickup, the bridge will completely overpower it...I know that if you split coils on a humbucker you get a single-coil and therefore lose some output.
I don't have the ability to control volume on the two pickups separately.
Is this a valid concern? Would using a tamer bridge pickup (e.g. a '59) be a better way to go? (I'm assuming I'm reading things right and the JB is a hotter pickup than the '59.)
TIA for your input.
I do not play metal or anything approaching it due to the fact that noise that loud and piercing makes me want to hit myself in the face with a sledge hammer just to make it stop :blackeye: ...apologies to you headbangers out there, but it's not my thing. More like blues, blues-based rock, jazz-based rock, maybe jam-band stuff. Clapton, Eagles, Steely Dan...maybe even some rockabilly....
I intend to put a coil tap on the neck pickup to get some bluesy single-coil tones when appropriate. (Actually I was originally intending to get a Strat, but this guitar was way too good a deal.)
This guitar has one volume, one tone and a 3-way selector.
Having used the Tone Wizard and listened to some samples, the recommended "Seymour's favorite" combo of a Jazz in the neck position and a JB in the bridge position sounds appealing.
However, I'm concerned that if I split the coil on the neck pickup, the bridge will completely overpower it...I know that if you split coils on a humbucker you get a single-coil and therefore lose some output.
I don't have the ability to control volume on the two pickups separately.
Is this a valid concern? Would using a tamer bridge pickup (e.g. a '59) be a better way to go? (I'm assuming I'm reading things right and the JB is a hotter pickup than the '59.)
TIA for your input.
