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I have a 1998 PRS CE-22 that I bought in Jan. Fit, finish, and playability are all outstanding (although I prefer 24 3/4" scale length). The Dragon II pickups are good but not great. |
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Wow, this thread takes me back to 2002. Coming from a bass background, I wanted an electric guitar that I could fingerpick. Never used a pick very much on a bass, so fingerpicking was must for me. Did not own an acoustic either. The only two electrics that worked for me was a PRS Custom 24 and the headless Steinbergers. Both high end. Ended up buying the PRS. Still have it. Last year I had the frets leveled and re-crowned, there was still enough metal for the repairman who did it, no re-fretting required. He really appreciated working on it as they make some of the best guitars out there. No correcting of faulty workmanship, just wear and tear from me using it. He had some good stories to tell me about other popular brands with lousy designs or workmanship. So 15 years is pretty good, and still plenty of life left in those frets. Took me a good many years, but I'm finally using a pick too I know it's rather odd to buy a high end guitar as a first one, but it was only one of two I actually felt good playing. Turned out to be a worthwhile investment.
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Yes. Another to try- someone mentioned G&L Tribute line. I would agree wholeheartedly. I have a Legacy tribute- cost me $250 used with a flame maple top and hog body. Made in Indonesia with US parts. They are sorta the opposite of PRS S2= US made body, Asian parts, This is a well made strat model that I like as much as my old American strat. Since Leo designed both the Fender and G&Ls they are close in specs, feel and sound. Actually I think the G&L sounds more like old strats than the new models do.
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I grew up in a wonderful family, but we were of very limited means. I started playing the trumpet in the 7th grade with a horn that was so bad that the band director asked me if it actually played. I struggled with it all the way through my junior year and because of baseball was not in the band my senior year. I did pretty well in spite of a bad horn, but as a result learned how important a good, at least an acceptable, instrument can be. Both my kids were absolutely gifted Musician’s and I had the means to provide them with very good starter instruments and by their third year they had absolutely the best instruments I could put in their hands because I knew how important it could be. My daughter sat at the top of all region band when she was in ninth grade. She is now 32. For Christmas I took her Clarinet and had it redone for her so she can start playing again. I will be giving it to her today. There is probably no need to put a top instrument in the hands of a beginner, but there are advantages. It is CERTAINLY preferable to risking their efforts to a less than acceptable instrument that might frustrate them to a point that they walk away. The thought of having a great instrument from the get go might also be the right ingredient for some people’s mindsets. Everyone is motivated and satisfied by different things. If you have the means to start with a great instrument, go for it. If you don’t have the means to have an expensive instrument, fashion a board on a cigar box and rig up some strings if you have to. Do your best with what you have to play and I will end this post with what I see in the signature of one of the prominent posters here which seems appropriate.....Play Music!
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LOL, sometimes I think starting on a junky guitar is a good thing in the sense it makes you have an appreciation for the good stuff.
If someone wants quality without breaking the bank, check on used stuff. I once got a nice USA made Kramer Pacer that was dead mint for under $500 in the early days of eBay. At the time, anything that was non-Fender and had a Floyd Rose trem was the antithesis of cool. |
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Very good point! I had a high school teacher that called it “beating your head against the wall because it feels good when you quit.”
Starting on any instrument is a good thing just.... .....play music!😊🎸
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What's to "understand" ( or perhaps more correctly what's not understand ) the same fundamentals apply for any "high end" equipment of any and all kinds. The age old adage ( "in general you get what you pay for" ) while it may vary in intensity and or ratio , does not magically change or go away within a particular category of equipment
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I'll admit...let a few really good ones slip through my hands...doh. But now firmly in the player category...a good utility tool is better than an showcase princess or a junker. Me thinks that various ledgends' gits were merely that...old road hogs that got the job done....and became fabled because of getting the job done. A git is just an instrument in the hands of an artist/craftsman...some times said artist thinks the instrument needs a wee bit of improvement.
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Bob Womack nailed it. "Expensive" means many things when it comes to electric guitars. Often, tour money will go towards attributes that are musically inconsequential: fake aging, copying a famous player's guitar's cosmetics, incredible visual grain/figure, inlays... But that does not mean that all high-end electrics do not have important tonal and playability advantages (as some posters claim). From choice of pickup voicings to use of excellent and stable tonewoods, or a superior thin finish, you can buy more quality. But as with cars, sound systems, wine, etc., etc., you quickly get to a point where small improvements cost more and more and more. A $5K electric is not 5X better than a $1K. And since factories are now geared to do remarkable work at mass production levels and budget prices, it is increasingly true that while spending $$$$ will get you more/better, it's not that much more, and not that much better. With a little care, you can get a $300 electric that will play and sound fabulous. I have one. and I have a $5K electric, too!
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There's also the fact that you are paying for higher labour costs of an American made instrument which may not always give you a better instrument.
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