Opeth PRS Pickups?

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Hi,

Does anyone know what pickups are used by Mikael / Peter in their PRS's?

And perhaps also what pickups that HAVE been used and when.... I believe Mikael got some deal with Seymour Duncan nowadays?

Anyone knows?

Thanks.

 

[Ermz]

I think Peter uses the stock ones whilst Mike uses Full Shreds. Don't quote me on that though.

 

[Awake_In_Animosity]

I think Mikael Seymour Duncan 59's

 

[Sanzen]

...but maybe not. Only thing listed on SD's site is that Mike uses the Full Shred. Martin and Peter are listed too, but it doesn't say what models they use.

 

[Awake_In_Animosity]

Upon further investigation of the SD site I found this Mikael Akerfeldt / Opeth
Pickup Models : SH-10b

 

[Sanzen]

Wow. Excellent work, internet detective.

 

[Awake_In_Animosity]

I aim to please....

 

[Sanzen]

By your third post into the thread, you have finally discovered the wonders of reading the thread BEFORE you post. Congratulations! A new world is opened to you.

 

[Awake_In_Animosity]

My humble apologies o haggard one, I did not know that the SH-10B Seymour Duncan was called a Full Shred.

 

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Hey nice work thanks alot... perhaps this is a stupid question but what position is this "Full Shred" put in? The bridge? I just wanna make sure.

 

[Ermz]

I think you can put it in either position. Most commonly its put into the bridge, I think.

 

[suislidE]

He uses it in both.. i myself use it for the neck. Mike does use the full shred in both the bridge and neck, but to my knowledge he only has them in his blue PRS. The other guitars only have the stock pickups (unless he got the nickel covered versions, which i doubt). I believe Peter has always used stock pickups, but his RR had emgs.

 

[[KOTNO]Narrot]

I think Mikael Seymour Duncan 59's

It wouldnt exactly a good idea to use a 59 for metal. it sounds to dull in high gain...

 

[Awake_In_Animosity]

Have you heard a 59 through a Mesa Boogie? They kill it. But yes he uses them in the neck and bridge, they can be used for both.

 

[Nostalgiaplatz]

Both Mikael and Peter used Seymour Duncan JB and Jazz (Bridge/Neck Respectively). Mikael said in an interview to a swedish mag he had a guitar with 2 Fullshreds and I've read somewhere else that Mikael and Peter won sponsorship by Seymour Duncan are using a set of Duncan Design that resembles the jb and jazz models. For those not aware of, Duncan Design Pickups are meant to be the LTD of ESP. If you can afford the originals, go for the authentic seymour duncans, as regardless of sponsorship, they certainly wont use the real sponsored pickups, because there's no mark in the pickup that says "jb" anything similar, just seymour duncan and that's not enough to figure out which is. I personaly wouldn't put duncan designs in a PRS, Gibson, Fender or whatever -- Well, it depends a bit on the model though, but I'm talking generally about the highest priced models.