PRS pickups! Why slate them?

[ibanezking]

Morning Guys

I recently fitted a Pearly Gates and Alnico2 to a Schecter(korean) for a customer.
I sound tested them through my little 15watt valve combo set to ZZ Top, AC/DC, Gary Moore type crunch rhythm/lead sound - set quite loud.
PS... i have done a pub gig with it so its not rubbish(quiet)!

I decided to grab my Custom 24 PRS with stock pickups and my Jem with Tone Zone & Airnorton.

I compared the bridge pickups...............

There was virtually no difference in sound..... to me!

I then asked Sue to come in, with eyes shut(obviously so she wouldn't know which guitar i had) and tested them again.

She said the same, hardly any difference in sound - the Pearly gates if anything was just a tad brighter.

So, with 3 very different guitars (woods & construction) with different pickups, you get a very similar sound?

Any comments??
I was referring to another post where someone said "and we all know PRS pickups are crap...." or something similar!

Max

[Davey]

I'd ignore that comment if I were you because it sounds very fanboy-ish. Like you'd probably hear the same thing on a ESP forum with people saying "DiMarzio suck!" because those guys are into EMGs.

Can you upload any sound clips to give us guys something to go off?

[sniperfrommars1]

Well i think your crazy if you think the prs pickups sound like, a tone zone >.>

[bonehead189]

Could you post sound clips so we can hear the similarities in the sound?

[elcid]

I'm not too suprised by your post. I bet in a blind test if you put sound clips up of 3 or 4 different guitars very few people would guess right which was which correctly.

Of if you put clips of of the same guitar and said one was a Dimarzio, one was a Duncan and one was a PRS, I bet there would be 80 posts of people telling you which one sounds better, and what the differences are.

[Kontalonis]

Originally Posted by ibanezking

I was referring to another post where someone said "and we all know PRS pickups are crap...." or something similar!

Yeah that was me............and it was pure SARCASM! I said it because the person who posted before me said that he didn't like prs cause he wanted better pickups and a locking trem...