Vintage rocker forum prs piezo strings9/23/2023 ![]() ![]() The 17'' was not great for chording esp playing acoustic voicings. I like a compound fretboard much more 12-16. The other thing I did not care for too much was the mag pickup sound on the EBMM or the fretboard radius. The JP models are great and I endorsed them for a while - they just have a lot going on which means a lot can go wrong - which it did at times. I feel like if that is the only "additional" sound you need, then the PRS tends to be a more usable guitar. I personally don't hear all the much difference with piezo sounds - they all kind of hit the same territory. The PRS doesn't seem to do that and the sound is very good. The barrel input jacks tend to fail and if memory serves me correctly the guitar fails if the battery fails. The biggest hurdle with a JP model is all of the electronics going on. I will probably also bring both an actual acoustic and maybe my P245 SH to try it out.Īs yet another alternative for you, I have another PRS (Signature Limited) that I've added Ghost piezo saddles to and that works really well as well. Or I'm looking at replacing the pickup with the LR Baggs Element which seems like a drop-in replacement for the Fishman Matrix Infinity. Maybe the hissing is only a problem at home and in a live environment it's not going to be an issue. I haven't gigged the T5z yet but I have a gig coming up in a few weeks which is why I'm looking at it again. I don't know if this is just how Fishman tunes their pickups/preamps and if this is the same across the board. ![]() Boosting the input in itself is not an issue but with that also comes noise and whenever I'm using the Fishman pickup there's a constant hiss that I really can't remove with the builtin noise gate without completely killing the signal. I have to boost Input 2 15dB to get a matching signal compared to the builtin pickups at noon (active pickups and they have a notch for the middle/default position). I've built a preset that can take the original output into Input 1 on my FM3 and the Fishman output on Input 2. ![]() But, and here's the next issue - the output from the Fishman is really low (also a well documented issue). It's now a much, much better as an acoustic sounding guitar than with the builtin pickups. I'm far from alone in this and a lot of people with T5z's have installed Fishman Matrix Infinity undersaddle piezo pickups (finally we get to the relevance to the OP ) so as did I. I know that it's not, but, either of my PRS's with acoustic IR's sound more like an acoustic than the Taylor that is a lot more acoustic-like than either of the PRS. The reason I'm fighting with it is that it doesn't sounds like an acoustic. The reason I got it was that I wanted an acoustic style guitar that really plays like an electric, and it does. The Taylor T5z is a hybrid with a Taylor body sensor for the most acoustic type sound, a lipstick style stacked humbucker and another humbucker hidden under the neck. I also have a Taylor T5z that I've been fighting with all the time I've got it. I think they both and sound great with an acoustic IR loaded into the cab block. I also think changing string gauges and even guitars is an effective way to advance your playing if you feel the you've hit a "wall" or are in a rut with your chops.No experience with EBMM but I have two PRS's with Piezo, a P245 Semi Hollow and a Custom 22 Piezo. I don't feel that one gauge has an advantage in standard tuning, however it seems that I do slightly adjust my playing style to my equipment, including string gauge. My Gibsons are strung with 10s due to the shorter scale. Even used 11s for a while during my SRV period in the 80s but I've settled on 9s over the last few years. I couldn't believe how much better and brighter the EBs played and sounded. I had flatwounds on my guitar at time and thought I was at the cutting edge of guitar coolness. ![]() I remember the day the store salesman got in a shipment of Ernie Balls and recommended I try them. Back then guys like me bought strings, usually Black Diamonds, one string at a time from the music store for10-25 cents each depending on string. Definitely a starter guitar, the setup almost discouraged you from wanting to practice. I'm not sure of the gauge but I believe they were were 11's or more. The strings on it seemed like cables that cut into your fingers. II got my first electric guitar back in 1965.It was the Sears Silvertone single pickup with amp in the case. I'm really considering going back down to the 9's. they felt pretty good :twisted:Įven though I set it up with 10's the next day. I played a gig with it on the evening of the day it arrived. and I'm thinking about going down to 9's. so he began going down from the heavier gauges. get some light gauge strings on your guitar". like gibbons mentioned about why he went down in string gauge. played with 11's for about 14 years straight on my guitars (JazzMasters and Strats). I've been playing for about 38 years now. ![]()
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