Talk to me about the P-Rails neck pickup

skyydogg01

skyydogg01

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I'm highly contemplating taking my very first guitar, my recently re-acquired Ibanez GRX 40, and turning it into a GRX 20. The GRX 40 is set up HSS, while the GRX 20 is HH.

I'm thinking about going with my Crazy 8 in the bridge and a P-Rails in the neck with a 5-way super switch. The Positions are as follows:

1. Neck - Series
2. Neck - P-90
3. Neck series and Bridge series, in parallel (like the middle position of a Les Paul)
4. Neck - rail and bridge inside coil, in parallel
5. Bridge - Series

What do you guys think about that? It's an older Fender switching scheme for a Double Fat Strat. I think this would be the best way to use the whole pickup in the most useful ways.

Thanks.
 
Re: Talk to me about the P-Rails neck pickup

This sounds like it could really work. When you have it done, I'd love to see pics and hear a review- I am curious about that combo.
 
Re: Talk to me about the P-Rails neck pickup

I have a P-Rails / P-Rails Hot pair in a PRS SE Semi-Hollow. I find the series and P90 modes excellent, the parallel coils mode usable and the Rail mode disappointing.

Rail mode is not very Stratty. Neither, for that matter, is half of a humbucker.

More than once, Frank Falbo has weighed in to threads about the P-Rails to emphasise that the P90 aspect was the design priority.
 
Re: Talk to me about the P-Rails neck pickup

I was not a fan of the Rail coil either, but the other modes worked well in the guitar I had. My guess is that there were many ideas tried for the rail coil, and this was the best that worked with the other modes.
 
Re: Talk to me about the P-Rails neck pickup

Ditto on the rail on its own. Most of the time, I use my P-Rails ES335 in P90 mode (the reason I installed them: P90s with benefits). In reference to the original selector scheme, the neck series has always proven a little thick/bassy for my tastes - if my amp is EQd for P90, the series is just too much, and if I EQ for series, the P90 loses its oomph.


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Re: Talk to me about the P-Rails neck pickup

It reminds me of the sound of 2 single coils in series, which is a stock wiring scheme on my Strat. It isn't something I think I have ever intentionally used, other than thinking my tone knob was down halfway or my amp was set wrong.
 
Re: Talk to me about the P-Rails neck pickup

Yup, on my Tele Deluxe, I have S1 for series middle and it's similar. Too thick for my tastes.


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