PRS out to cause OCD for all.

[MichaelW]

Pickup placement does have a big affect on sound. Strings get looser the further they are from the bridge or nut, hence having two pickups to select different sounds.

The middle pickup is moved only slightly and aesthetically, I can't get over it. Maybe there is a difference but in a blind test I bet I would.not be able to tell the difference in sound.

The reasoning for the placement in the youtube demo from PRS makes no damn sense.

THIS .

There's not necessarily a "good" or "bad" place to position a pickup but it DOES have an impact on the sound.
I found this out when I built my Tele with 2x P90's.

Since I converted this from a Filterton x2 body I didn't have a lot of options how to place the pickups. But the bridge pickup, if I had my druthers could be skootched towards the neck by about a 1/4". Between the Tele bridge plate style bridge and the placement there's a pretty big disparity between neck and bridge pickups in terms of a balanced tonal response. I need to roll off the tone quite a bit for the bridge.

Thinking about converting this to a Baritone, I think it might work better.

 

[Pauleo1214]

If I recall correctly, the Modern Eagle was designed to recreate the tones from Jerry Garcia's Alembic for John Mayer's gigs with "Dead and Co". (Note: I have zero interest in this guitar and have not watched the video)

As much as I dig Jerry and spent some time as a "wannabe-Deadhead" I've never liked his tone. Hard pass for me.

Do you know where you might recall seeing that? Not that it's terribly important but PRS Guitars has been pretty inconsistent in their messaging on the impetus for the creation of the Modern Eagle.

I dont doubt Jerry Garcia's Alembic Tribute was cited as a inspiration but if they were going the Alembic route, they would have used active pickups and electronics in the design. A fixed bridge would have definitely been used too.

 

[ADAOCE]

Thinking about converting this to a Baritone, I think it might work better.

Do ittttttt

 

[MichaelW]

Do you know where you might recall seeing that? Not that it's terribly important but PRS Guitars has been pretty inconsistent in their messaging on the impetus for the creation of the Modern Eagle.

I dont doubt Jerry Garcia's Alembic Tribute was cited as a inspiration but if they were going the Alembic route, they would have used active pickups and electronics in the design. A fixed bridge would have definitely been used too.

My mistake, it was the Super Eagle that Mayer had made for the Dead gig.

PRS Super Eagle

 

[Pauleo1214]

My mistake, it was the Super Eagle that Mayer had made for the Dead gig.

PRS Super Eagle

Got it. It would be interesting to see PRS cop somethng from Alembic. That will never happen though.

 

[Pauleo1214]

Sorry to double post again but I think I found something worse. This tiger's looks like it's missing a chromosome.

Yup, nailed it.

 

[Bricksnbeatles]

Yikes

 

[ADAOCE]

Ew

 

[Mentaltossflycoon]

Ew

I was just going to say this but like this, "EWWWWW!"

 

[Mentaltossflycoon]

I used to know a bassist who had an upright where the scroll was carved into a yawning lion cub's head. Wooden tongue and everything. Someone made it a little pajama hat.