Fishman Fluence Open Core CL HB Set Z

Installed them to my PRS SE 245. The original PRS pickups weren't necessarily bad, but they just never spoke to me. Something was missing. I wanted to keep the original look of the guitar, so I went with these pickups.

I am mostly surprised how well the pickups react to dynamics/soft playing compared to my EMG pickups on another guitar. These don't get snappy and compressed while playing gently.

Secondly the single coil mode is really convincing compared to your usual passive humbucker coil splits.

Hotrodded mode: this one still needs more experimenting to get a good response from it. I'm currently using it more like a volume booster. The neck pickup gets quite fuzzy with it though.

Pros:
+ sustain benefits from active pickups
+ doesn't get snappy and compressed like EMGs
+ versatility with 3 different voicings (can even get fourth with more push/pulls)

Cons:
- can be tricky to install if you are not experienced with soldering (EMG wins this one)
- comes with short shaft pots. Fits well in PRS, but you wouldn't be able to install them to Gibson/Epiphone LP.
- price. should have at least given 4 push/pull pots for the price.