PRS Split Coil vs. Fender (Just how convincing ARE 85/15s?)
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- Опубліковано 4 вер 2024
- GUITARS:
Stock 2020 PRS Ce24 semihollow with 85/15s
2007 American Standard Strat: Fat 50s, two point trem and a bone nut
Custom Strat: 57 AVRI body, Fat 50s, JB Jr, “7 way strat” mod, modified USACG flamed maple w/ reverse headstock, roller trees and a bone nut
72 Reissue Thinline Tele MIM: Lindy Fralin WRHBs and a bone nut
AMPS: (wet/dry):
Bassman LTD: Jan 5881s, NOS Mullard GZ34, NOS Mullard 12at7 in v1, Various NOS tubes....
Peavey Classic 50 212: Speaker upgrade (I forget what I tossed in there...but they sound good 🤷♂️), JJ EL84s, JJ 12ax7s
BOXES:
Cali76, Heavily modified TS9DX, TS mini, Analogman KOT, Analogman POT, Zendrive Red Dot, Nobels ODR mini, Boss SD-1, Earthquaker Devices Palisades, Boss MD-500, BOSS DD-500, Specular Tempus Verb, Hardwire Supernatural, TC Spark Boost, OVNI Smoothie (batch 1), Wah and Volume, controlled and midi’d via a Boss ES-8, wired with Evidence Audio SIS
DIGITAL/RECORDING:
Audient IS44 into Pro Tools 11, various Blue mics, CAD e70s, Earthworks ICON Pro
Fabfilter: Pro-Q2, Pro-C2, Pro-MB and Saturn
Klanghelm: MJUC
Waves: PRS Amps, CLA Guitars, Unplugged and Effects
Slate: VTM, VBC, VMR and FGX
If you’re recording, play single coils. If you’re a working weekend musician in the world of compact rigs, it’s hard to hate the 85/15’s
Great comparison, man. It was exactly what I was looking for.
Hell yeah, thanks man…and that’s the point, really. If you need a REAL Strat sound, you use a Strat. If you’re gigging and need some nice, plinky clean sounds, the 85/15s will work out nicely.
Nice comparison! the PRS is just so versatile. I mean I like them both, they have their use depending on the situation.
River of Deceit in a demo is always WIN-beautiful guitars-Great playing and just what I was looking for, im deciding between a strat and a split coil..
Thanks a lot : )
Split coils are one of those things where it really just depends on your needs, imo. If you play with a band and just need to collect sounds to pull out of your pocket, split coils are perfect. If you’re looking for *that* sound and don’t need a ton of versatility, single coils are obviously the way to go.
Love the mad season lick !! You got my vote on that alone
Great comparison, even though the PRS is a LOT more versatile guitar the sound and tone of a strat it's just incomparable. Just an FYI, rumor says Gilmour played that solo in a 57 LP Goldtop though. 🤘🤘🤙🤙
Thanks a lot man. I actually found that out 5-10 years ago and it completely blew my mind. I spent the first 20 years of my playing life with that as the “gold standard” single coil tone. When I found out those were p90s, it was a major shock.
Straight into a compressor I believe
Thanks for this, superb video, helped me decide to get my custom 24 /30:anniversary coil splits wired
@@mgriff56
Hell yeah, thanks a lot. My “number one” cu24 has stood solid for over 20 years of hard use. As far as practical, long term investments go for serious guitarists, a cu24 is pretty unimpeachable.
Love the Mad Season intro
That’s always been one of of my favorite strat parts from the 90s…that and yellow ledbetter.
A phase reverse switch on your PRS could get you close-ish to position 4 & 2 on the Strat: both humbuckers split out of phase
After watching the video I have come to the conclusion that these two shouldn't be compared in the first place. Both have distinct tones. Both are superb guitars.
Such a well-made video, thanks for this. you sound so good also!
Thanks a lot, man : )
Oh man, "river of deceit" is one of my favorite songs, and you just showed me how I play it wrong. Off to get my guitar and start over.
Oh yeah, the harmonics on the 12th fret is what I was missing. Ooooh boy does that sound pretty. My poor wife will be hearing this all day!
HAH that’s awesome
Back in the 90s, I used to get that song stuck in my head and hum it to myself while paddling my canoe. That was the last time you could disappear for a few hours without a cell phone.
@@manifestgtr I wish I had bought a guitar way back then. Now, I'm trying to learn all the songs from my teenage years, and lament the fact that I would be SOOO good if I have started 30 years ago
I have Prs Ce. It has so perfect clean tone that I don't want to use my pedals 😊
Totally different, love that Strat tone coming from the Strat. PRS, great guitar but to be honest, it's never going to be a Strat or a Les Paul no matter what you do. Those to brands have a tone all their own just like the PRS has a tone all it's own.
Great video! Thumbs up
I'll just get both. Btw can you do HSS strat vs Single coil strat plz?
thank you for the demo ! on your video, pick-up set seems to be the 85/15, not the 'S' ? i love that sound ! why is it so expensive :/
It's a very fat single coil kinda sound from the PRS, somewhere between a Strat pickup and a P90
great video and great playing. If I was going to buy just one electric guitar, would you recommend the PRS?
Take this with a grain of salt because I’m a major PRS fan but absolutely…especially a model with splitting electronics. It might not recreate certain sounds 100% but it’s a “better” guitar than most and if the sounds are enough to keep a jaded professional like me occupied, they should be enough for most people.
Not exactly same as a strat, but it does sound like a real single coil to me, which is I think all you could ask for.
Great video. Thinking about getting a CE 24. I own an American Standard Strat and a PRS S2 Mira. You just can’t beat the playability of a PRS. Curious if that fret wrap helps you much? Does it cut down on noise?
Thanks a lot, man : )
The wrap probably cuts down on string whine a bit but it’s mostly for quick muting access for recording, etc. The bigger difference comes from muting the trem springs, imo. That really, realllyyy cleans things up if you use a lot of gain or several stages of comp/drive since those springs are in such close proximity to your pickups’ magnetic fields
I’m curious where you set the height on your 85/15’s? I have the same guitar and have a hard time getting them balanced.
I keep mine a liiiiittle higher than factory but that’s so it can hit my pedals at the same level as my custom 24 (hfs and vintage bass) which is hotter. My move when adjusting pickup height is to toggle quickly and keep adjusting til my ears only hear a difference in tone. I also like to keep the bass side a TINY bit lower than the treble side…an old “clarity” habit I picked up from playing strats for so many years
@@manifestgtr do you recall what factory height is?
@@jasonmaltz7040
This is what PRS says and I tend to believe them. Things come pretty tight out of their factories:
Treble Pickup
2/32” [1.6 mm] on the treble side.
4/32” [3.2 mm] on the bass side.
Bass Pickup
2.5/32” [2 mm] on the treble side.
4/32” [3.2 mm] on the bass side.
Try ir with blues drivers on split coil tapa and single coils, it's sound well on Fender sound.
Fender sounds more distinctive and clearer.
Yeah, the Fenders are more single coily but if they weren’t, that’d be pretty bad. I’ve taken the CE out on a few gigs and it’s worth noting…in a band context, the lines get a bit more blurry
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Was the coil split on the bridge volume, the neck volume or both?
The pot that has a push/pull is the tone knob and that serves as a master…splits both pickups
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