NGD Wildwood Guitars PRS 35th Anniversary S2 McCarty 594

[jonfields45]

I bought my first electric in a long time (PRS S2 McCarty 594 Thinline) during last year's lockdown, about 1.5 years ago. I ended up switching entirely to electric guitar; duo gigs, single gigs, personal practice, etc. Into a Bluetooth speaker and a Mustang Micro it is more portable and louder than any acoustic. My acoustic technique translates to electric, but the opposite is a struggle.

I eBay'ed my collection of RainSongs which were more chosen for durability than a great connection to the soul.

Down to one guitar I felt I wanted a backup and after building and selling a few partscaster Mustangs I thought a prettier backup would be more to my perfectionist OCD liking. These custom PRS S2's for Wildwood have a few differences; more figured tops and ebony fingerboards. My 594 Thinline weighs 6.1 lbs. and this fancier one is still reasonably light at 7.4 lbs. It has a vintage carve neck which is more of a handful than the Thinline's thin carve. Both guitars play and sound great. It is lovely.

Wildwood Guitars was easy to deal with on the phone and seems to have a better inventory than Sweetwater, for one example. The guitar was shipped single boxed in a Wildwood Guitars box that is quite sturdy and much tougher than the Uline guitar boxes I've got on hand. It was exceptionally well packed. It looks better in-person than their website photos.

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[Dru Edwards]

Fantastic! Jon, what a great pair of PRSi. I just checked out your new guitar on the Wildwood site - looks like a great guitar. Hard to believe that it's a backup

Hopefully you'll pull it out for a least a song or two at a gig just to test run it?

[jonfields45]

Originally Posted by Dru Edwards

Fantastic! Jon, what a great pair of PRSi. I just checked out your new guitar on the Wildwood site - looks like a great guitar. Hard to believe that it's a backup

Hopefully you'll pull it out for a least a song or two at a gig just to test run it?

Probably... The Thinline has quite viscous Dunlop Ultra Pots and Gibson ES style metal pointers, which I sort of need for my no pedals all distortion from the amp shtick. But I plan not to goober up this new one :~). It is really hard to wire inside a control cavity and get it as clean as I like it. Maybe some of the Japanese inlay sticker dots for the two volume knobs will do the trick and still not violate my keep it clean plan.

[Song]

Congratulations on your new 594!

[jonfields45]

One other thing I've noticed is the tummy cut on the new one is much less pronounced. I imagine that is to allow the back cover plate on the toggle switch to be seated to a flat surface.