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Vintagerocker forum prs piezo strings11/8/2023 ![]() They are close, but different at the same time. The PRS is coming from a LP/335 with a piezo and the EBMM comes from a LP/Super Strat with a Piezo. They both have a good take on an old idea. The 17'' was not great for chording esp playing acoustic voicings. I like a compound fretboard much more 12-16. The other thing I did not care for too much was the mag pickup sound on the EBMM or the fretboard radius. The JP models are great and I endorsed them for a while - they just have a lot going on which means a lot can go wrong - which it did at times. I feel like if that is the only "additional" sound you need, then the PRS tends to be a more usable guitar. I personally don't hear all the much difference with piezo sounds - they all kind of hit the same territory. The PRS doesn't seem to do that and the sound is very good. ![]() The barrel input jacks tend to fail and if memory serves me correctly the guitar fails if the battery fails. The biggest hurdle with a JP model is all of the electronics going on. I will probably also bring both an actual acoustic and maybe my P245 SH to try it out.Īs yet another alternative for you, I have another PRS (Signature Limited) that I've added Ghost piezo saddles to and that works really well as well. Or I'm looking at replacing the pickup with the LR Baggs Element which seems like a drop-in replacement for the Fishman Matrix Infinity. Maybe the hissing is only a problem at home and in a live environment it's not going to be an issue. I haven't gigged the T5z yet but I have a gig coming up in a few weeks which is why I'm looking at it again. I don't know if this is just how Fishman tunes their pickups/preamps and if this is the same across the board. Boosting the input in itself is not an issue but with that also comes noise and whenever I'm using the Fishman pickup there's a constant hiss that I really can't remove with the builtin noise gate without completely killing the signal. I have to boost Input 2 15dB to get a matching signal compared to the builtin pickups at noon (active pickups and they have a notch for the middle/default position). I've built a preset that can take the original output into Input 1 on my FM3 and the Fishman output on Input 2. But, and here's the next issue - the output from the Fishman is really low (also a well documented issue). It's now a much, much better as an acoustic sounding guitar than with the builtin pickups. I'm far from alone in this and a lot of people with T5z's have installed Fishman Matrix Infinity undersaddle piezo pickups (finally we get to the relevance to the OP ) so as did I. I know that it's not, but, either of my PRS's with acoustic IR's sound more like an acoustic than the Taylor that is a lot more acoustic-like than either of the PRS. ![]() The reason I'm fighting with it is that it doesn't sounds like an acoustic. The reason I got it was that I wanted an acoustic style guitar that really plays like an electric, and it does. ![]() The Taylor T5z is a hybrid with a Taylor body sensor for the most acoustic type sound, a lipstick style stacked humbucker and another humbucker hidden under the neck. I also have a Taylor T5z that I've been fighting with all the time I've got it. I think they both and sound great with an acoustic IR loaded into the cab block. No experience with EBMM but I have two PRS's with Piezo, a P245 Semi Hollow and a Custom 22 Piezo. ![]()
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