PRS SE Hollowbody II Piezo vs 2001 PRS Hollowbody McCarty Piezo

[@martinspreiter8240]

Thanks for your thoughts. I have the SE, and I absolut love it. Outstanding quality. It´s my first electric guitar with a piezo pickup, and I use it all the time. Adding a little piezo when I´m playing it magnetic wise, and adding a little magnetic piuckup when I´m using it acoustic wise. And using it with two amps, to blend between acoutic sond and driven electric sound, and both. A verry inspiring instrument that helps to be creativ. Creativ in dynamic soundcreation without needing any pedals. May be the Mc Carty is a little better? It does not metter to me, I found my setup, and I´m in love with it. I bought it at 2020 during the lockdown, and I want to say for me, it was the Gift of this f**king time.

[@PJandtheBeard]

Ha! I enjoyed the lockdown too. I honestly miss many aspects of it. Truthfully, I like the McCarty better, but probably only because I have owned and used it for so long. The SE's are great guitars. If I didn't have the McCarty, I would have an SE.

[@jamesnorton7601]

Nice note choices on the improvised solo to start the video. Sounds good!

[@PJandtheBeard]

Thanks. Really appreciate it!

[@3l84r70]

man, I like the SE way better.. on the pickup comparison, the McCarty sounded muddy instead of warm, like a rolled down tone knob. Just awful! the difference in the piezo sound is minimal and nothing I would choose a guitar over the other.

[@PJandtheBeard]

Right, it totally loses in the pickup comparisons but then comes alive in the jams. I wonder if the strings were more dead than we realized on the pickup comparison but even that doesn’t seem like it would make up for the difference.

[@toploadtele]

The one thing I do not like about my HBII SE - Piezo is the battery clip. I've had to resolder the battery wires back on to the battery clip 3 times. The clip should be redesigned so that the wires don't break when changing the 9 volt battery.

[@PJandtheBeard]

I haven’t had this problem with my McCarty. We never had cause to open the compartment with the SE.

[@MarkJohnsonJams]

The SE sounds way more alive

[@PJandtheBeard]

That’s what I thought too. Especially when editing the video. The strange thing is I like the sound of the McCarty live more. It could just be a familiarity thing, but Pat felt the same way. At the end of the day, the SE is a great sounding guitar for a very nice price.

[@jerryfz]

Put a low pass filter on the sound, it sounded like a mosquito in my ears

[@PJandtheBeard]

Yikes, just on the vocal mics? We updated how we record the vocals a bit ago and I wonder if that is it. I just turned 50 and am guessing I’m not hearing the frequency.

[@jerryfz]

Yeah just the vocals.

[@PJandtheBeard]

Thanks. We work on that for the next video we edit. Getting old sucks lol

[@jerryfz]

​@@PJandtheBeard it seems like the les Paul video was the first one with the high pitched noise in case you are wondering

[@PJandtheBeard]

@@jerryfzwe changed the vocal mic and recording software before that, but not long before. That definitely will help us narrow it down.

[@nuendo2496]

I’m not sure which is worse…..

[@PJandtheBeard]

Not a PRS fan I take it...