PRS McCarty + Seth Lover = What should have been

[STRATDELUXER97]

Re: PRS McCarty + Seth Lover = What should have been

A buddy of mine has the C24...Nice guitar and all,but it always bothered me that the pickups suck in some of those PRS guitars! Big bucks for a PRS and then guys have to switch out pickups...Bummer...Your guitar is gorgeous though GJ! The Seths are awesome and I Love em too.

 

[Gearjoneser]

Re: PRS McCarty + Seth Lover = What should have been

I need to take better pics of the guitar. It's actually darker looking in person, but looks more cherry SB in the pics with camera flash.

Also, the wide flames have a lot of movement when moving the guitar around, so when I photograph it, it looks like there's dead spots in the flame. When you flip the guitar, the dead spots come alive, and the flamey spots flatten out. I guess that's a trait of deep and wide flames.

 

[Kam]

Re: PRS McCarty + Seth Lover = What should have been

Nice.

You've actually got me interested in trying a set of these in my Westone. It's a vastly different guitar from your PRS, but I've noticed that 'hard edge' you describe hearing in your guitar. I could never really put my finger on that before but after reading this thread yesterday I pulled out my Westone and that's exactly what I'm hearing in it. I think later on I'll try putting an A2 in the Custom I have in the bridge to see if it changes anything.

Beautiful guitar, by the way. I'm not really a big fan of most PRS guitars aesthetically, but I really dig that one.

 

[ErikH]

Re: PRS McCarty + Seth Lover = What should have been

The more I read this the more you got me thinking about putting the '57 Classics I have sitting in my SE Korina Singlecut and giving them another go.

 

[Diego]

Re: PRS McCarty + Seth Lover = What should have been

You've actually got me interested in trying a set of these in my Westone. It's a vastly different guitar from your PRS, but I've noticed that 'hard edge' you describe hearing in your guitar. I could never really put my finger on that before but after reading this thread yesterday I pulled out my Westone and that's exactly what I'm hearing in it....

That's exactly what made me replace the A8 in my Demon bridge for a UOA5, yesterday.
When GJ said that it clicked on me that I was having the same issue with my SZ. Too hard hitting and stiff.

Now it sounds richer and sweeter. So that's 2-in-1 for GJ!
Now I want another UOA5 or a A2 for the neck pickup...

 

[papersoul]

Re: PRS McCarty + Seth Lover = What should have been

Nice guitar but I have never once heard of a McCarty Custom?! What is it? I have had Custom 22s and McCarties but never heard of a McCarty Custom! Huh?

I had two McCarties years ago but I can't remember them well. The trem McCarty sounded bigger where the stoptail model sounded a bit smaller and plinky. A Rio Grande BBQ was the best pickup I had tried in my McCarty. Real thick and punchy, great for classic rock to thrash or metal.

I would be curious if anyone compared to the new DC245 or McCarty 58.

 

[papersoul]

Re: PRS McCarty + Seth Lover = What should have been

Bump for gearjoneser, what is a McCarty Custom????

 

[clcwarlock]

Re: PRS McCarty + Seth Lover = What should have been

A buddy of mine has the C24...Nice guitar and all,but it always bothered me that the pickups suck in some of those PRS guitars! Big bucks for a PRS and then guys have to switch out pickups...Bummer...Your guitar is gorgeous though GJ! The Seths are awesome and I Love em too.

I agree some of the earlier PRS pups aren't that great at least to my ears. Having said that, I have a custom 24 with 57/08's and they sound very good and I have no desire to change them. I am amazed everytime I play it. When I listened to all of the pickups samples at Seymour Duncan the Seth lovers sounded the best to me. I'm thinking about getting an se 245 and putting Seth's in it if could find a used Mcarty I would put Seth's in it also.

 

[papersoul]

Re: PRS McCarty + Seth Lover = What should have been

I don't know the early PRS Dragons and Mcarty pickups are some of the best I have played!!!!!

How do the Seth Lovers handle hard rock???

 

[Gunny47]

Re: PRS McCarty + Seth Lover = What should have been

THAT'S what my friend's dad put in his old PRS McCarty I always used to play (I thought they were some sort of Gibson Burstbuckers). I miss that guitar - that thing was gorgeous and sounded incredible!

 

[papersoul]

Re: PRS McCarty + Seth Lover = What should have been

You know what sounds even better?! The new PRS SC 58!!!!! I just got back from Guitar Center and they rock! Better than my old McCarty.

 

[Quencho092]

Re: PRS McCarty + Seth Lover = What should have been

How close to the strings is your bridge seth? I recently put mine extremely close and now it has more dimension to the snarliness.

Completely changed the way I thought about bridge pickups.

 

[chris_tw21]

Re: PRS McCarty + Seth Lover = What should have been

A prs with an ebony or maple fretboard and a pearly gates set.Would be very cool.

 

[Boogie Bill]

Re: PRS McCarty + Seth Lover = What should have been

One of my two Les Paul 1960 Classic Plus (HCSB) guitars has the 50th Anniversary A2 Seths; the other one (Honeyburst) has Antiquitys. And I have a LP Supreme with production Seths.

I'd wish I'd known you had those Anniversary Seths sitting in a drawer--I wish I'd bought ten sets! The Antiquity really shines because of the smoky, complex midrange. The Anniversary Seths have a little crisper response, cleaner through the mids to my ears. The Anniv. Seths are slightly overwound, and comparable to the the Antiquitys' output. Both matched the guitars really well; and they are a much more versatile pickup than the stock 496R/500T pickups. I was afraid of feedback with my Mesa amps, but with both the Antiquity and the Anniversarys; when they do feed back, it is controllable and musical.

In comparison, the gold production Seths that I had installed in the Supreme are relatively bland. And that is a good thing! Oh, they do have typical A2 softness and creaminess--but they just seem to do anything and everything well. When I know I might be leaning on the jazz side of my repertoire, this is the guitar I want to play. But I have used it on gigs where I got to crank and wail--and gotten tons of tone compliments. At higher volumes, the chambered Supreme just feels alive in my hands; and again it will feed back, but in a delightful way. What I initially perceived as blandness, is really just the tone of a great, all around pickup.

So yeah, when you get tired of those Anniversary Seths in your PRS, let me know!

Bill