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Old 11-24-2016, 05:58 PM
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Any PRS electric guitar fans here? Or non-fans? I haven't played enough to form an opinion but there's an S2 Singlecut at the local shop that I hopefully will get to play tomorrow.
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Old 11-24-2016, 06:23 PM
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I've worked on a few, and usually play each one for a couple of hours while finalizing the setups.

Factory setup is uniformly very good, but I can usually squeeze a little improvement out.

The pickups on the non-US made ones are decent, a little midrange heavier than I prefer but that's just my ear talking. I don't think they fall cleanly into either the Gibson or Fender camp for tone.

The cast bridge/tailpiece usually intonates well, but trying a wound G can be, well, interesting.

Wood choices, fit, and finish are beautifully done across the whole line.

My one dislike is the neck profile. My big mitts most prefer the American Fender shape, with the fatter Gibson necks like the ES-335 I have as a close second. Totally a product of my hand geometry, though. Friend of mine that owns 3 loves the shape over all others.

Overall, very nice guitars.

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Old 11-24-2016, 07:44 PM
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Default Any PRS (electric) fans here?

I have an S2 Mira I like. Lightweight, comfortable to hold and play, and sounds good to my ear.
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Old 11-24-2016, 11:52 PM
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I have a great Custom 24, and I have played others. PRS does make a wonderful instrument, that unfortunately, gets bashed a lot, probably by jealous Fender/Gibson owners (no offense to those who like those, but why diss another superb maker?

I have never had the chance to try and S2, but I would assume they are well built as they are made in PRS' US factory.

I bought mine for a recording project that never came to be, so I have it on the block (I primarily play acoustic guitar and bass).
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Old 11-25-2016, 01:15 AM
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I've only payed a couple but I would love have a flame maple topped custom 24 at some point!


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Old 11-25-2016, 01:36 AM
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I love mine. I'll post pics soon.
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Old 11-25-2016, 08:45 AM
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I've had 5 PRS electrics over the years and hold 3 in my herd now: a 58 Singlecut Artist with the revered 57/08 pickups, a McCarty in korina, and a Zach Myers SE semi-hollowbody with Harmonic Design Z-90 pickups. All three are absolutely stellar guitars and stand in nice contrast to the 4 vintage reissue Fenders I own (2 Teles, 2 Strats). Below is the SC58:

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Old 11-25-2016, 09:35 AM
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Glen (^), wow, what a stunner!!! Is there any rhyme or reason to the way PRS names/numbers their pickups?

Ernie (^^), please post a pic if you can.
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Old 11-25-2016, 10:14 AM
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I have about 8 of them, made in USA.
The best player is a 1994 CU 24, w/ maple neck/rosewood board. This has a perfect neck carve and size for my hands
The best sounding prs guitar I have is a 1998 McCarty model.
Their production electric guitars are extremely well made compared to many of their competitors.
Over the past year I've sold 6 others out of the collection. Resale held up quite well for me.
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Old 11-25-2016, 11:36 AM
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Here is a photo of mine.

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Old 11-25-2016, 11:49 AM
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I have a collection of older PRSi, mostly from the nineties....

I think they are some of the best production electric guitars out there.
Originally designed with the ability to produce a nice combination of single coil and humbucker sounds, they are set up so well that they almost play themselves....

I would love to grab some of their newer models, including the Vela and the 594.
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Old 11-25-2016, 01:51 PM
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Glen (^), wow, what a stunner!!! Is there any rhyme or reason to the way PRS names/numbers their pickups?

Ernie (^^), please post a pic if you can.
It seems that the only pics I have are those that I took when I first got my DSLR and tried to be artistic.

Quilts-4 by sage972003, on Flickr

I'll try to take normal pics later.
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It seems that the only pics I have are those that I took when I first got my DSLR and tried to be artistic.

<<snippet pic>>

I'll try to take normal pics later.
Wow, what a beautiful quilt, Ernie. What does DSLR mean? I'm still trying to understand some of the PRS nomenclature.
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Old 11-25-2016, 06:28 PM
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Wow, what a beautiful quilt, Ernie. What does DSLR mean? I'm still trying to understand some of the PRS nomenclature.
Didn't mean to confuse Dru. When I said DSLR, I meant my camera. When I bought my new camera, I took guitar pics but didn't do a very good job.

I found this pic of my first PRS - Artist Package Singlecut Trem with some really nice flames. Sold it a few years back only because I had accumulated close to a dozen guitars and played very little. A real player (as opposed to a wanna be player like me ) in Arizona made me an offer I couldn't refuse. It broke my heart but I had to let a few go.



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Glen (^), wow, what a stunner!!! Is there any rhyme or reason to the way PRS names/numbers their pickups?
I believe the first number represents the year of pickup they're trying to emulate and the second number is the year of production. The 57/08s are 2008 makes of a 57 PAF-style humbuckers and PRS nailed it. I've played SD Seth Lovers and the Fralin Pure PAFs (but not in this guitar) and like the 57/08s better than both.
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