PRS: S2 SC250 Singlecut (owner's take Part 2)

The PRS S2 SC250 features a pair of #7 humbuckers. These are the preferred pickups for the instrument because they simply bring forth the lightweight goodness of the instrument. They are voiced to manifest both clarity & warmth. Despite the manufacturer's best efforts to recreate a pair of treasured PAF-type tones, these pickups are rather contemporary sounding.

As I spare no romantics for vintage voicings, a pair of Seymour Duncans made their way into my SC250. The objective was not to recreate any PAF-type tones because those would do me no good. So what you see here are the P-Rails in the neck & Pegasus in the bridge position. I prefer a P-90 type tone for such guitars in the neck but require the pickup to be hum-cancelling most of the time so the P-Rails did it for me. The Pegasus is one of the pickups in the Seymour Duncan catalog that I refer to as a 'next gen' model. It was conceived to manufacture contemporary tones with great distortion chemistry which are not heavy metal in nature. It's also a great pickup for prog-type tones. 

In the SC250, these pickups react well with the instrument's lightweight body. There has to be a consideration for weight if one is dealing with a PRS guitar. It's not as easy as buying one's preferred pickups & having them in a PRS because what works elsewhere might prove to be a folly in the PRS. It's all down to weight considerations. But I'm happy with the outcome. Somehow knowing what I am familiar with pays off in this aspect; there's some thinking of what should go into a guitar of a certain nature instead of leaving it to trial & error.