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Admittedly this one is less 'Stratty' and more like a Tele in the middle position than the inner coils, but it isn't thinner than the same sound with the rotary switch .
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I know this for certain because I rewired both my rotary-switch PRSs to a toggle/push-pull. If those sounds didn't sound the same between the two different guitars you tried, something else was different.
(I forgot which way round the 7 and 9 sounds were, but I've checked and it is definitely that way.)
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
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But if you want the sound of a LP only a LP does it and only a strat does that. Some of the 'nashville' 3 PU teles are pretty versatile.
Edited for phone spellin correcshunz.
We discussed the differences between the CE and Customs and the pick up switching and we specifically discussed the 5 way v push-pull version. Common sense suggested the push pull was the way to go. Quicker to use and 6 tonal options v 5. But I didn't like the push pull tones and liked the 5 way rotary. He confirmed what my ears were telling me that the wiring wasn't the same and the rotary gave more of the Strat like tones I liked that the push pull couldn't deliver. I tried 4 Cu24s two with 5 way and 2 with push pulls. One of each was with the wide thin neck and one of each with the slightly fatter necks. The pick up tones were identical ie the two 5 ways sounded the same and the two push pulls were the same. But the push pull tones were different to the 5 way rotary. Believe me if I could have got the same tones from the push pull I would have bought that version..but I couldn't.
I would add this was in around 2008. I wonder if there were any wiring changes prior to the current 5 way blade being introduced?
For what it's worth, anyone who thinks it isn't possible to get a great humbucker sound and a great single-coil sound in the same guitar should try a Tom Delonge Strat refitted with a DiMarzio PAF Pro in the bridge and a Bareknuckle Mother's Milk in the neck... it doesn't sound quite like a Les Paul but it's still a great humbucker sound. The neck pickup sounds exactly like a Strat.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Custom, CE Bolt-On & Standard
- 22 Fret - 2 PRS Dragon II Humbuckers
- 24 Fret - PRS HFS Treble Pickup and Vintage Bass Humbuckers
- 5 Position Rotary-Hybrid Pickup System, Master Volume and Tone Control
ROTARY POSITIONS
Custom, CE Bolt-On & Standard (Optional 1998 - 2010)
- 22 Fret - 2 PRS Dragon II Humbuckers
- 24 Fret - PRS HFS Treble pickup and Vintage Bass Humbuckers
- 3-Way Toggle, Master Volume and Push-Pull Tone Pot
PUSH-PULL DOWN POSITIONS
PUSH-PULL UP POSITIONS
Custom 24 with 5-Way Blade
- Uncovered 59/09 Humbuckers
- 5-Way Blade Switch, Master Volume and Tone
BLADE POSITIONS
Nonetheless, these two sounds
Are definitely the same. It doesn't say the push-pull splits to the outer coils, but it does.
What you don't get with the push-pull are these two
Which are the 'Strat' one (7) and the 'fat Strat' (8) ones. Both these use the inner coils.
It might also be worth mentioning that the rotary-switch models had a treble pass cap fitted on the volume control and the toggle-switch ones didn't - although that doesn't make any difference when the volume is up full. I'm not sure why they did that! But I left mine in place when I changed to the toggle.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
The only way to switch from the inner to outer coils is with a rotary or a Superswitch - you need more poles than with even a standard 5-way lever switch, and it can't be done at all with a toggle.
PRS now use a standard 5-way, I think - which is why the 2 and 4 positions only split one of the pickups.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein