The PRS SE NF3 is a distinct guitar in the PRS lineup. The heart of this guitar is a trio of PRS Narrowfield pickups, a first for the SE Series. Supporting these pickups is a poplar body, 22-fret bolt-on maple neck, and the choice of either a rosewood or maple fretboard. The SE NF3 is a versatile workhorse guitar that is fun to play and hard to put down. The Narrowfield DD (Deep Dish) “S” pickups are made with taller bobbins to fit more winds and extra metal pieces in between the magnets for a more focused, powerful tone.
I’d never heard of the narrow field pickups before. Sounds like they’re in-between single coil and humbuckers.
It’s their jargon for single sized humbuckers. There’s nothing new about them.
Yea, P90s being kidna humbucker-fied single coils and near field being single-coil-ified humbuckers … ?
I don’t know enough about the physics of these things to appreciate what these changes actually mean, sadly.
Are Fender Lace Sensor pickups narrow field? I have a Strat with those, they’re nice.
I don’t think so … but it’s always hard to discern the physics from the marketing!
i wonder how they compare to hofner shark fin pickups. i’m a huge fan of Jamie Hince and he uses those exclusively, but they haven’t been made for decades.
https://reverb.com/item/29829643-hofner-513-sharkfin-pickup-1974-the-kills-jamie-hince-pickup