ferrinbonn
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Hey all. I just put a 59/Custom Hybrid into my PRS McCarty and wanted to share something that I just figured out. One of the reasons I chose that pickup was because I thought it would be great in a guitar with wiring to split it. Once I got it in there I thought it sounded really hot when split, still pretty much like a humbucker. I took a reading with my DMM and it was getting 9.5k when split!
Turns out that PRS wiring includes a resistor on the push/pull pots so that you only get a partial split. It's supposed to keep the sound from thinning out too much when you split the coils, but it was total overkill with a pickup that already has a big coil mismatch.
I just swapped out the stock 2.2k resistor for a 470 and I like the results. Resistance when split is now like 7.8k. It's still quiet, but it sounds more like a single coil now rather than a slightly less beefy humbucker and it pairs well with the split sound of the A2P that I have in the neck (which has the stock 1.1k resistor still and gives 5.4k when split).
I hope this is helpful, or maybe I'm the only one who didn't realize this going in.
Turns out that PRS wiring includes a resistor on the push/pull pots so that you only get a partial split. It's supposed to keep the sound from thinning out too much when you split the coils, but it was total overkill with a pickup that already has a big coil mismatch.
I just swapped out the stock 2.2k resistor for a 470 and I like the results. Resistance when split is now like 7.8k. It's still quiet, but it sounds more like a single coil now rather than a slightly less beefy humbucker and it pairs well with the split sound of the A2P that I have in the neck (which has the stock 1.1k resistor still and gives 5.4k when split).
I hope this is helpful, or maybe I'm the only one who didn't realize this going in.
