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OK so here's the deal..

..My PRS Santana SE has been with me for years but now im wanting something a bit different. The stock pickups are OK but not great. Bit dull. Need new pickups or maybe just a bridge pickup. Just wanting to know what to look out for and what to avoid as i've never bought new pickups before.

I want to attempt to install them myself. What do i need? What do i do? Dont really want to splash out more money for somebody to do it for me.

I may tune guitar down for a bit of heavier stuff so looking for a quite hot and responsive pickup for a rocking tone. Thinking about seymour duncan invaders and gibson dirty fingers.

Anyone have any ideas? Much appritiated

check out GFS. great prices and people here love them.

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Cheers dude!

GFS is the way to go. There's no magic in expensive pickups - just materials put together a certain way. GFS does the same thing at 1/2 to 1/3 the price.

You'll need a soldering iron (30-ish watts) and some solder, plus electrical tape helps. For each humbucker, you solder 2 wires together and tape them off. There are then 2 wires left - one goes to ground (usually the back of the volume pot), the other connects to the switch. The wires are color coded and there are excellent diagrams at www.seymourduncan.com

welcome to the boards chrisplayer7

just noticed your gear list on your signature. which model classic player you got? i too have one, the 60's model in sonic blue. how you finding it?

I have the classic player's 60s in sunburst!!

I love it, had to get pro set up as it came with quite high action. Love the pickups though, good twang.

Peace