I am thinking of doing exactly the same to a PRS SE semi. Do you prefer the sound of the Wildes in your guitar compared to the original PRS pickups? Nice playing BTW
I thought the stock pickups were awful. Too shrill. This guitar I think would benefit from a total electronic overhaul. I have cleaned and relubed the pots several times and they are still scratchy. Wilde pickups are unimpeachable, some of the best you can buy. But they have a sound that is not for everyone, or for every situation, although they never sound bad to me. They are clear and very responsive. Their treble response is unusual for a humbucker. In this guitar I feel they are maybe a bit too bright. I think the nut and bridge setup may be to blame for that. The 4H is a winner for sure. Very balanced and easy to get along with. The 8H is a crushingly loud pickup. I would not recommend it unless you want to play turnt up rock all the time. It sounds decent split or in parallel however. For the music I tend to play, which is mostly country, jazz, and low to medium gain rock, I haven't really found the sound I wanted out of this guitar. I actually was just getting ready to swap in something like the Duncan Alnico II Pro set which is a little more forgiving of a bright guitar, has strong mids but not too much output. I have them in my hollow body and I constantly get comments about how good it sounds. The Wilde pickups require a more sophisticated touch, but they have a very pleasing character. I would recommend the 4/6H set, 2.8/4H set, or even the 4/4H set with 250k or 330k pots and a smaller tone cap, something like a 5 or 10 nf. Hope that helps. Also, dealing with becky has been a mixed bag in my experience. She is very disorganized and unresponsive. Ive had two defective pickups as well that I had to send back which was a really unpleasant experience.
@@dressedtosmellgood Thanks for such a thoughtful and detailed reply, particularly regarding which Inductance to get. What you say is similar to what I have heard on the forums regarding the 8K being too loud. Two defective pickups is a bit of a red flag, thanks for mentioning that. I think I will start out with just a 2.8H neck pickup and see what it is like. Thanks again, and if you made a video of the new Duncan's that would be great. Subscribed.
@@echolalia1965 I love the 2,8H for neck, I prefer a "normal" humbucker for bridge. I have video on this setup for demonstration ;-) 6/8H set works well for hi-gain.
Would you recommend the 4h neck and 6h bridge combo for versatility? I'm putting together a Tele partscaster and I love the clarity you get even in full HB mode.
The 8h is loud and ballsy. If you want to play heavy rock thats the one to get. When I crank up and throw on a lot of gain it is very satisfying to play the 8h - notes just fly off the guitar. That kind of stuff is about 25% of what I play, so I would probably have been more satisfied with a 4 or 6 in the bridge. I had a q filter in this guitar for a while and it does make the 8h a little more versatile. It takes some tweaking though. I was ultimately never all that satisfied with it. The parallel wiring is working nicely - drops the inductance down to about 2 H I believe.
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Sounds great!
Dang… That’s some serious tone!
I am thinking of doing exactly the same to a PRS SE semi. Do you prefer the sound of the Wildes in your guitar compared to the original PRS pickups? Nice playing BTW
I thought the stock pickups were awful. Too shrill. This guitar I think would benefit from a total electronic overhaul. I have cleaned and relubed the pots several times and they are still scratchy.
Wilde pickups are unimpeachable, some of the best you can buy. But they have a sound that is not for everyone, or for every situation, although they never sound bad to me. They are clear and very responsive. Their treble response is unusual for a humbucker. In this guitar I feel they are maybe a bit too bright. I think the nut and bridge setup may be to blame for that.
The 4H is a winner for sure. Very balanced and easy to get along with. The 8H is a crushingly loud pickup. I would not recommend it unless you want to play turnt up rock all the time. It sounds decent split or in parallel however.
For the music I tend to play, which is mostly country, jazz, and low to medium gain rock, I haven't really found the sound I wanted out of this guitar. I actually was just getting ready to swap in something like the Duncan Alnico II Pro set which is a little more forgiving of a bright guitar, has strong mids but not too much output. I have them in my hollow body and I constantly get comments about how good it sounds. The Wilde pickups require a more sophisticated touch, but they have a very pleasing character. I would recommend the 4/6H set, 2.8/4H set, or even the 4/4H set with 250k or 330k pots and a smaller tone cap, something like a 5 or 10 nf. Hope that helps.
Also, dealing with becky has been a mixed bag in my experience. She is very disorganized and unresponsive. Ive had two defective pickups as well that I had to send back which was a really unpleasant experience.
@@dressedtosmellgood Thanks for such a thoughtful and detailed reply, particularly regarding which Inductance to get. What you say is similar to what I have heard on the forums regarding the 8K being too loud. Two defective pickups is a bit of a red flag, thanks for mentioning that. I think I will start out with just a 2.8H neck pickup and see what it is like. Thanks again, and if you made a video of the new Duncan's that would be great. Subscribed.
@@echolalia1965 I love the 2,8H for neck, I prefer a "normal" humbucker for bridge. I have video on this setup for demonstration ;-) 6/8H set works well for hi-gain.
Did you wire the neck the same way? Be great to hear that as well....?
Do you know what magnets the L-90 series use? Is it Alnico or Ceramic?
What does the website say?
Ceramic. Bill has used ceramic magnets almost exclusively since the 1970s.
Would you recommend the 4h neck and 6h bridge combo for versatility?
I'm putting together a Tele partscaster and I love the clarity you get even in full HB mode.
I just ordered the 8h for bridge. Are you happy with it? They told me that 8 has more highs rolled off then the 6. Cheers.
The 8h is loud and ballsy. If you want to play heavy rock thats the one to get. When I crank up and throw on a lot of gain it is very satisfying to play the 8h - notes just fly off the guitar. That kind of stuff is about 25% of what I play, so I would probably have been more satisfied with a 4 or 6 in the bridge. I had a q filter in this guitar for a while and it does make the 8h a little more versatile. It takes some tweaking though. I was ultimately never all that satisfied with it. The parallel wiring is working nicely - drops the inductance down to about 2 H I believe.
I have the 6 henry L90 I don't like an extremely hot bridge pickup
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