Messages 473. What I found was quite surprising, and not what I expected based on all of the information I had seen previously about the pickups. Anyway, (as usual) this got me interested in the actual pickups, compared to my other 2 SE's, so I did a comparison of all three guitars tone, and pickup impedance measurements. Listen to Simon McBride...he used a lot of 57/08's in his music. The pickup give a variety of sounds I don't have with my other guitars. It sounds great now though. No clarity. Oct 10, 2012 #3 … Oct 10, 2012 #2 The 57/08's are a vintage low/medium output hum bucker with great split coil tones. I have a PRS S2 Whale Blue, I love this guitar the way it is. Specifications - Magnet: Ceramic - DC Res: 15k - Compatible With: 3-Way, push/pull pot, or 5-Way Rotary/Blade switch. The Strat has single coil pickups and an alder or ash body usually, so sounds brighter and twangier in comparison. I love mine! Messages 10,790. The PRS HFS Pickup, originally meaning Hot, Fat, and Screams, the HFS was the evolution of the original Standard Treble pickup. Supporting Member. These models feature PRS's innovative 408 pickup system, which utilizes two mini-toggles (in addition to the main pickup selector) that allow the player to independently assign single coil or humbucking modes to each pickup. Very musical, warm, rich with great sustain. I have tired other PRS models that cost $4,000 that I don't like as much as I like this guitar. The HFS is a powerful pickup with a balance of aggression, clear highs, strong mid-range, and strong bass. In simple terms, the guitars appear pretty similar, centred on the original PRS scale of 635mm (25 inches) with a 22-fret rosewood fingerboard, a mahogany neck and body back topped off with a centre-joined slab of figured maple - even the pickups and electrics appear the same in terms of function. The following is the archived version of the Pickup Comparison Chart. I switched out the neck pickup though to something brighter though, because I found the stock neck pickup to be very muddy and dark. The B/M/T numbers have since been re-worked by our engineering department. The PRS does have a coil split function which gives you single-coil type sounds too, however, they’re a bit thinner sounding than traditional single coil pickups. baiff. I switched it to a Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates neck. What will the 57/08's sound like in comparison? I love the neck, it fits my hand perfectly. Seymour Duncan Humbuckers & Trembuckers Model Name (click for details) Cable DC Resistance Resonant Peak Magnet EQ B/M/T Output User Type 6 string – Sentient Four Con. Even then I found the Pearly Gates to be darker than expected as the guitar seemed to darken it up a bit. When in single coil mode, the system activates extra winds on the coil so that the output matches that of the humbucker. 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