I PUT A HUMBUCKER IN A SILVER SKY?!

Follow along as I show you how to put a humbucker in a PRS Silver Sky SE!
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[@crimmie450]

Your 2nd position is having phase cancellation issues with the reverse wound, reverse polarity single coil and the 2 humbucker coils. Trickier to fix in a 2-conductor pickup, which is what Gibson says T-Types are on their product page. It's harder to do this electronically, so most people flip the magnet in the humbucker. I can't see how you wired it and normally I recommend changing potentiometer to 500k for humbuckers and adding a resistor so the single coils interact as 250k. How do the middle and neck positions sound before and after?

[@DennyBob521]

Probably reduce the midrange compression n the HB too.

[@benwith6strings]

Buddy did you change the pots to 500k for the humbucker?

[@DennyBob521]

I’ve had a US Silver Sky for about six months and it’s the first “Strat” type guitar where I haven’t had it HSS (honestly it’s been Fenders and I’ve just bought them HSS 😂). I will probably end up dropping a stacked Humbucker like a Seymour Duncan Little 59 in there, but for now, I’m not playing out at the moment and have enough guitars that it’s not a “Need”. Two years ago playing every week, I would have done it already. I won’t route the body though, just can’t go there, I would want it reversible, even though the SS is a keeper. Maybe an SE as a project would be cool!

[@akjl01]

I've got a lend of one presently. I would prefer the option of a humbucker as you've done. It's a very comfortable guitar to play. The mods you've made make sense and look good. That black! I have a Squire Affinity HSS which in a lot of ways ticks all the boxes for a third of the cost. And it sounds great..

[@Spidouz]

You should have gone with a PRS 57/09 instead of the Gibson pickup.