Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: sambo on September 04, 2008, 07:22:51 PM
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Seeing as everyone loves PRS' ( :wink: ), let's do a quick survey- what is your dream PRS? Past or present models, production or private stock- whatever!
My personal favourite is the Singlecut Satin with trem + soapbars. Absolutely awesome!
(http://elderly.com/images/new_instruments/30N/SCSB4_front.jpg)
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513 In an Amber burst - With a brazillian rosewood board.
Singlecut Satin Blue Matteo.
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Santana shape in all korina with 7 strings, 25'' scale, BKPs and piezos. So in other words not like a PRS at all.
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No PRS is my ideal PRS.
To be fair, I cant stand them. They either look like museum pieces (with the curly maple tops, binding, gold etc) or they look like they're trying too hard to look cool and minimalist (notably the bare wood ones). Sound wise I think they sound pretty sterile and they play TOO well (I like my guitars to feel a bit shitety to really give it some). Besides, people are too scared to scratch them and they don't look cool with cigarette burns/buckle rash/paint missing etc.
Just my two penneth.
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The Mira would look awesome with a headstock like Wez put on Phil Kings SG.
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Custom 24
Trem, Wide/Thin neck, 3-way Toggle selector + push/pull coil split, Bird Inlays
Figured top (not necessarily a 10-top & not too bothered whether quilt or flame)
Any of the following finishes: Green, Emerald Green, Whale Blue, Blue Matteo, Black Cherry, Purple
In other words, pretty much stock spec Custom 24. I really like them & covetted one for years. Mine came with a 20th Anniversary trussrod cover (though it's not a 20th Anniversary model as it has std inlays rather than the special 20th Anniversary ones), the only thing I would change on it is the selector - the 5-way thing is just silly, the 3way + push/pull (like my Singlecut has) is far superior.
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I'll take a Mira please:
One piece Korina body
One piece Korina neck
Brazilian Rosewood fingerboard
Classic 'old-style' bird inlays
Wide thin profile
Mira pickups
Wrapover tailpiece
Nickel hardware
Non-locking McCarty tuners
McCarty style switching
Vintage natural finish like my McCarty Korinas
Don't wrap it, I'll take it as it is....
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I already own 2 of mine - Tremonti trem and SC245:
(http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q50/sld5150/9.jpg)(http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q50/sld5150/SC245web.jpg)
My other ideal PRS is a Custom 24 with a wide-thin, all rosewood neck, flame top (nowt fancy, I just don't like quilt), whale blue/black cherry/grey black, fitted with a set of Nailbombs or Crawlers.
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Tremonti 2 definitely
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Tremonti 2 definitely
Good choice!
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McCarty Korina!
(http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p216/phillyq/PRS_McCartyKorina_m.jpg)
But (I'll say it again) I'd definitely be up for another Mira. I'll borrow Twinfan's list of specs and modify it for myself:
One piece Korina body
One piece Korina neck
Rosewood fingerboard (22 frets)
Moon inlays
Wide fat profile
Mira pickups - covered
Wrapover tailpiece
Nickel hardware
Locking Gotoh/McCarty tuners
Five way (Strat-style) switch, no mini-switch
A choice of finishes and different pickguard materials!
:)
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I went for the single cut. I'll probably never get one but that is what I would go for if I did. Every PRS I have ever played has been fantastic and it is hard not to like them. I know a few inverted snobs who diss them but I think they are fine instruments.
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I voted McCarty, but in truth I'd never buy a PRS, Gibsons do it for me every time in head-to-heads comparisons.
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Interesting choices chaps!
Bucketshred- I know what you mean about them playing almost too well. But even so, I can't help but love them! :)
That McCarty Korina that Philly posted looks fantastic. Especially in that finish.
And that's very interesting HTH! I almost find it the opposite, personally. But I would always have a Gibson or two in my arsenal, because no PRS can quite do what they do.
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But I would always have a Gibson or two in my arsenal, because no PRS can quite do what they do.
That's true. They do it better ;)
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But I would always have a Gibson or two in my arsenal, because no PRS can quite do what they do.
That's true. They do it better ;)
Ooooh, that's a bold claim to make! :lol: :wink:
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My only problem with PRS is that they look so distinctly uncool. I cant help but associate them with lawyers playing "old white guy blues" as its known as on HC and then theres nu-metal :oops:
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My only problem with PRS is that they look so distinctly uncool. I cant help but associate them with lawyers playing "old white guy blues" as its known as on HC and then theres nu-metal :oops:
Nooo! The Singlecuts look totally, totally cool. Especially the soapbar versions!
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Hmmm I'm tied between the Mira and a SC (particularly the 475) for the PRS I would be most interested in
For the non Gibson profile styles I prefer Eggles to PRS ;)
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I was just about to say the same thing :lol:
My favorite PRS is definately my Eggle
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That McCarty Korina that Philly posted looks fantastic. Especially in that finish.
Cheers Sam. I should get some better pictures really.
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My only problem with PRS is that they look so distinctly uncool. I cant help but associate them with lawyers playing "old white guy blues" as its known as on HC and then theres nu-metal :oops:
I know what you mean, and as an "old white guy" it may be difficult for me to defend them. But I think it's reached a point where PRS does have that image, so now we see "a PRS" rather than that particular guitar.
If we were seeing a PRS for the very first time, I think some of them would look cool as hell - the less blingy ones, at least. Dave Navarro looks pretty cool with his sig model, and the fact it's a solid colour helps.
I must admit, I can't imagine a PRS looking cool when it's old and battered, in the way Gibsons and Fenders do.
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PRS makes Al Di Meola look even cooler than he already is. (http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=zzu2a3qyCz0&feature=related) By the way that is my dream PRS, followed by Al's ash & maple body, rosewood neck jobbie.
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PRS makes Al Di Meola look even cooler than he already is. (http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=zzu2a3qyCz0&feature=related) By the way that is my dream PRS, followed by Al's ash & maple body, rosewood neck jobbie.
I have failed to detect anything remotely cool about that video, its pure 80s hideousness :lol:
I think the Mira is the nicest looking prs, its quite stripped down and doublecut lp looking but I dont think the headstock quite works on it, its too modern for the rest of the guitar. The black one would look GREAT with some nickel covers on the pickups though :)
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The black one would look GREAT with some nickel covers on the pickups though :)
Agreed, I wish mine had covered pickups. I'd even go so far as to get a set of SC245 pickups, but they only come with the aged covers.
Al Di Meola is a wonderful player, but "cool" he is not... nowadays he even has that dodgy hair transplant (or wig? :? ) which is a definite no-no.
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custom 24
10 top
grey / black
stop tail
3 way switch
VHII's
wide thin full rosewood neck... mmmmmm
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Al Di Meola is in no way cool - He's a superb player, but an arrogant tw@t.
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TBH i'm not really that fussy if i could own any Custom 22/24 or a Singlecut i would be happy!
The only PRS i'm not really a fan of is the Mira.
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Al di looks like Bruce Willis these days. So yeah, not cool. And he was way cooler back in the Les Paul days.
I was watching an Eagles DVD the other night (yeah, I'm uncool too) and I kept drooling over a guitar that Joe Walsh was playing. At first I assumed it was a PRS (he was playing a PRS Hollowbody too, changes guitar after every song ;)) but it turned out to be a Carvin. I actually think the Carvin looked better and I didn't notice his tone being any better or worse over the PRSes.
Maybe that's just because Joe is "da man" and could get good tone out of a cigarbox, buy hey, I know it isn't. He sounds awful on strats and teles. He still rocks though.
As for Gibson vs PRS, Gibson wins for me too but that's not so much in terms of quality as it is of design. With PRS, there's always something that looks completely wrong to me. The "stretched" shape of the McCarty, the lower horn on almost all their models, "moon" inlays that look like dots if you're more than two feet away, the un-intonateable (is that a double negative?) bridge, the square shaped heel that they do for no apparent reason, and a few minor things. And I really don't see why I'd drop the price of a custom job (or more) on a guitar that isn't doing it for me on several points.
With Gibson the price is lower for one thing so it's not such a big deal to "fix" the parts that suck. I do have my pet peeves with some of Gibson's designs, like the gap between the neck and pickup on an SG in which they could easilly fit two more frets, but generally their classic designs are just the way they should be. If I bought a $2000 PRS I'd probably end up changing as many parts as I would on a $1000 Gibson. And with the Gibson I wouldn't feel bad about getting a few dings in the finish. ;)
(I do hate Gibson as a company though. Billie Joe Armstrong and Tom Delonge signatures... -_-)
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If we talk about look and design,i find the Custom model beautiful.After the Lp's,Strats etc. it was difficult to find an original design looking like a" classic" but PRS did it with the Custom.My ideal PRS would probably be a McCarty trem(Braz neck and board,BKP pups) but the dream would be to have multiple choices and try as many as possible to find that elusive "ideal PRS"...at the factory,for exemple 8)
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I have 3 PRS's, a Standard from 1990, an Artist II from 1993 and an EG4 from 1991. They all have BK's on them, but they sound great and do play really well. I almost had a singlecut too, but I got the Artist instead! I would like to get an original Signature or a series 1 Santana. I don't like the stuff with mega inlays (like the Dragons), but I do like the nice flame and quilt tops. The Mira's look nice, but I haven't tried one in the flesh yet.
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That one from Rob Chappers youtube, the sunrising burst Singlecut from Private Stock...
http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=KKIXgOX_KRg
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No PRS is my ideal PRS.
To be fair, I cant stand them. They either look like museum pieces (with the curly maple tops, binding, gold etc) or they look like they're trying too hard to look cool and minimalist (notably the bare wood ones). Sound wise I think they sound pretty sterile and they play TOO well (I like my guitars to feel a bit shiteeeety to really give it some). Besides, people are too scared to scratch them and they don't look cool with cigarette burns/buckle rash/paint missing etc.
Just my two penneth.
Agree for the most part, except for the playing too well part. You can set it up to play however you like :)
PRS are a good excuse to buy BKP too ;P
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I have 3 PRS's, a Standard from 1990, an Artist II from 1993 and an EG4 from 1991. They all have BK's on them, but they sound great and do play really well. I almost had a singlecut too, but I got the Artist instead! I would like to get an original Signature or a series 1 Santana. I don't like the stuff with mega inlays (like the Dragons), but I do like the nice flame and quilt tops. The Mira's look nice, but I haven't tried one in the flesh yet.
Not to derail the topic any further, but what's the orange one? It's the most eye-catching of the bunch IMO.
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One that was worth the asking price.
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One that was worth the asking price.
By that do you mean that not all of them are? :wink:
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One that was worth the asking price.
By that do you mean that not all of them are? :wink:
Do you mean that there are some that are? :| :lol:
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One that was worth the asking price.
By that do you mean that not all of them are? :wink:
Do you mean that there are some that are? :| :lol:
I would say at US prices, almost all of them! :)
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Not to derail the topic any further, but what's the orange one? It's the most eye-catching of the bunch IMO.
It's a Raven West copy - with all the hardware replaced and AII Mules on it. The purple is a Warmoth clone with a Miracle Man set and a built in GK2 Synth pickup.
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^What's the finish on the one with Zebras? Whale Blue or Blue Matteo or something else?
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Handbuilt prices, factory made guitars says nae!
To be fair, I've just never played one I thought was even a reasonable guitar never mind an expensive one, vibeless non-playing doctors guitars is all I can see when I look at them. Like Harley Davidsons. :lol:
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^What's the finish on the one with Zebras? Whale Blue or Blue Matteo or something else?
It's an Artist II custom ordered in Royal Blue without the clear 'binding'. It has a set of AIV Mules on it.
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Handbuilt prices, factory made guitars says nae!
To be fair, I've just never played one I thought was even a reasonable guitar never mind an expensive one, vibeless non-playing doctors guitars is all I can see when I look at them. Like Harley Davidsons. :lol:
Well you say handbuilt prices... across the pond £750 will get you a new Mira, and a little more a CE 22/24 (although I think they've been discontinued), which is quite a way off custom or hand-built prices in general.
I sort of see where people are coming from when you say they're 'vibeless', but I guess what others see as a lack of soul I see as elegance. Something like that anyway :lol:
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Handbuilt prices, factory made guitars says nae!
To be fair, I've just never played one I thought was even a reasonable guitar never mind an expensive one, vibeless non-playing doctors guitars is all I can see when I look at them. Like Harley Davidsons. :lol:
I paid $800 for my 1990 Standard, £500 for the 1991 EG4 and $1,700 for the 1993 Artist II - all secondhand of course, but not handbuilt prices by any means.
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Second hand prices don't count! :lol:
It's what they feel is an acceptable price from the factory that I think is pushing their luck.
Regardless though, I've played dozens and dozens and I've never played a single one that made I'd even take for free (other than to sell on :lol:) so obviously for me, I just think they're ludicrously priced.
Anyway, back you all go to dreaming up your ideal instrument that looks like Paul Burrell's coffee table. :wink: I've done enough derailing.
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Regardless though, I've played dozens and dozens and I've never played a single one that made I'd even take for free (other than to sell on :lol:) so obviously for me, I just think they're ludicrously priced.
Now you're just being provoking. Even the most ardent PRS detractor can't claim they're anything but well made instruments that play very well.
Overpriced compared to what? A VOS Gibson? A Gretsch? A Rickenbacker? An Ibanez J Custom? A US Jackson? What other high spec US made carved top mahogany guitar are you going to get for noticeably less money?
If you don't like figured tops, get a solid colour :roll:
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I wouldn't say they're not well made no, I just don't think they're well enough made for the cost, I haven't played a Mira in fairness, as I've not been in a guitar shop since I stopped working for one and that was a couple months before Miras hit the UK.
As for Overpriced compared to what... Well, better guitars, basically. :wink:
If someone else plays one and thinks it's the bestestest guitar he's ever touched, that's great. I'm simply saying that I don't like them at all and as many chances as I've given them to impress me I've just always thought "Jesus, how much? Pfft!"
Now, as I say, go back to the threads intention, everyone's happy :)
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They're not well made ENOUGH? What do you think they need to improve??????? I can't fault the build quality of my three PRSi in any way. There's not one thing wrong with them. How could they be any better? They couldn't be.
Tell us what's a better guitar please?
Tell me it's not a Caparison :roll:
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^What's the finish on the one with Zebras? Whale Blue or Blue Matteo or something else?
It's an Artist II custom ordered in Royal Blue without the clear 'binding'. It has a set of AIV Mules on it.
Looks stunning, and bet it sounds it too.
Philly- did you say you better get some better pictures up?! Do you mean... you don't, do you? You bought one!? :o
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They're not well made ENOUGH? What do you think they need to improve??????? I can't fault the build quality of my three PRSi in any way. There's not one thing wrong with them. How could they be any better? They couldn't be.
Tell us what's a better guitar please?
Tell me it's not a Caparison :roll:
I was one of the "anti-Caparison in THAT thread :lol: :wink:
In terms of comparably priced high end guitars, Parker, Suhr, Tyler, Anderson, McNaught, Fender Custom Shop... Not that I don't think these are overpriced in some cases, by I think they all make damn better guitars.
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I have an (overpriced) Fender Custom Shop Tele. It's of comparable quality to my PRSi. No better as they're both superbly made. I just can't see how a US-made PRS isn't well built enough? Exactly what is it that could be improved?
I'm not being annoyingly defensive here by the way, far from it. I'm genuinely curious as to what you think could be bettered on most PRSi!
( PS I've played a few Suhrs/Andersons/Tylers and high end Vigiers come to that, and they've all been of equal quality to PRS and the Fender Custom Shop so I agree with you there :) )
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I just typed a big reply, hit post, realised I wasn't logged in, lost the whole thing as it routed me to whatever page. Booo.
I'm about to go watch a film with my missus so I shall summarise what I said thus;
Generally they're like Mandy from Hollyoaks, every part of her is very pretty, but the whole just isn't sexy.
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Philly- did you say you better get some better pictures up?! Do you mean... you don't, do you? You bought one!? :o
:D Oh yes, that was nearly 3 months ago now! I didn't do a thread about it or anything (basically because I was embarrassed about dropping £1,600 on yet another guitar... :oops: ), but I have mentioned it several times around the place.
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As for the PRS build quality thing, I 've never played a Tyler, Suhr or Anderson so I can't comment, but I have played Parkers and I've owned lots of Gibsons, Hamers, a couple of relatively high-end Fenders, an EB/Music Man... anyway, I have guitars I like as much as my PRS guitars, but I've never owned anything any better. The thing they have more than anything else is incredible resonance, I haven't found anything else to match except real old vintage guitars.
Paul Reed Smith himself is a guy who absolutely loves guitars and seems to devote his entire life to tinkering with tiny details to improve the tone, yet people talk about him as if he's some corporate fat cat who spends his time rolling around in yachts and limos lighting fat cigars with $100 bills.... :roll:
I can understand people not liking them, but I suspect anyone who says they're not good guitars is completely blinkered by the whole "rich lawyer's guitar" thing. (And as for that, so $%&#ing what anyway? Why be sneery about someone with a bit of money wanting to play guitar? I don't see anyone getting sniffy about postmen or brickies playing guitar.... :evil:)
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I tried a McCarty through a DSL in a shop a few years ago. I don't think my playing has sounded so nice since. Outof my league unfortunately :(
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My only problem with PRS is that they look so distinctly uncool. I cant help but associate them with lawyers playing "old white guy blues" as its known as on HC and then theres nu-metal :oops:
i'm with you _tom_, but i do think they play really nicely and sound even better though. i like the vibe, just not any of their body shapes. maybe if a new model comes out in the future.
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I find they leave me a bit cold when I try them. I'd love to like PRS, but I've just never played one that "speaks" to me. A while back I came close with a soap-bar beast, probably the model that Sambo posted earlier. But there was something about it that made it just not worth the money to me - and I did buy a Gibson Explorer later that day, slightly cheaper, but in the same ballpark...
I do remember trying a PRS years ago, probably 20 or so... Sorry I'm not up on the PRS model names, but I guess it was a Custom. I could see how it was a successful cross between a strat and a les paul and ended up a "new design", classic and elegant, and pretty much seemed to have the best bits of both worlds - it was a guitar I might have bought at the time except I was a poor bast@rd then. The thing for me was, although it had "mastered" the cross between strat and les paul, and it was easier to play, it just didn't have the "soul" of either (as you'd expect), and I couldn't seem to find any soul of its own.
Recently I've been thinking about "why not PRS" for me, and I suspect I've probably got something in common with tom and gwem, but possibly for different reasons (?) - it was tom's "uncool" that made me remember something I tried to post a while back but couldn't get it right.
I'm after little chunks of "rock and roll" to play and prance around with in my living room... all the chunks I'm after pre-date the existance of PRS - none of my idols/heroes played PRS when they were "cool", and then when/if they switched, all their "best" creativity seemed to have left them (eg Ted Nugent's music/songwriting, about the same time he switched to PRS, went right down the toilet for me... some might say that's where it started :lol:, but I thought he was utterly brilliant for a while!). As musicians, by the time they picked up PRSs, they were mostly far better and more accomplished than when they were playing Strats, SGs, Birdlands, wotever... but I'm afraid they'd lost their rock n roll spark for me.
I've got a lot of respect for Mr PRS himself, he's actually managed to build a brand of "classics" in my opinion - and I'm with the PRS clan on here on the quality, I've never found a fault on any one I've tried... but they're just not the "classics" I want...
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Great post Andy - I'm kinda with you in some ways. I don't like the Custom series because a thin body with mahogany/maple just doesn't do it for me.
The McCarty series however is something I should have tried years ago but I just saw them as a variation on the Custom. The extra body thickness really works for me, as does the double cutaway design with simplified controls. It's the Les Paul I always wanted.
I think they're really getting their act together now and producing great instruments at a good price, such as the Mira for example. For gigging, all PRS guitars are superb as they're rock solid, stay in tune, and are really easy and comfortable to play. Kinda like a BMW car I guess, it does everything superbly.
However my Relic Tele completely blows away all my PRSi away for 'vibe' :oops:
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All those mega-expensive guitars like the Tylers, Suhrs etc... that PRS compete with all are of similar quality from what I've seen/played and they do all play like buttah.
However, thats just the problem for me - I like guitars to fight back a little (or a lot in the case of my Les Paul std, ha ha).
Last time I played a PRS (custom24) was at Doug Blackmachine's place and his own scaloped-board Tele just blew it away, just in a different league. So for my money, if I had PRS money to spend, it would go on a Blackmachine Tele (non scaloped though).
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I'm undecided on them. Looks mean a lot to me when it comes to guitars, I have to like them aesthetically. The shapes don't do much for me, the Mira is the only one i kinda like the look of. So if you gave me two grand to pick a guitar I'd consider a PRS, no question. Just haven't found one I've gotten the 'vibes' from, unlike my cheaper collection i have right now, I wouldn't swap my mustang copy for a spanking new top end PRS. Madness? Pah I don't care.
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That reminds me, I forgot to add - although I've not tried one - the look of the Mira does hold some appeal for me... seems there's a lot of us in that position...
(In fact, the reason I haven't tried one is just in case I find out I like it!!)
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Miras are incredible value for money!!! Probably more so than any other set neck available imo.
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I have another one to add: A korina Mira with P-90s.
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Gosh - I voted Mira, and found out I was in a complete minority... maybe I really DO have no taste???
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Gosh - I voted Mira, and found out I was in a complete minority... maybe I really DO have no taste???
Not really. The Mira is by far the PRS I like most, it's just hardly ideal. ;)
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Gosh - I voted Mira, and found out I was in a complete minority... maybe I really DO have no taste???
No, I think most people are voting "other" because they want something different from standard specs - doesn't mean they don't like the Mira per se. In fact, the Mira seems to be the PRS that people who hate PRS sort-of-don't-mind. :)
I'm pretty happy with the two PRS models I have - the Mira and McKorina. I'd slightly give the edge to the latter, so I voted McCarty.
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Actually, the Santana signature model shape is my fave (forgot all about that one) since it's a LP double cut shape and it doesn't have the typical PRS Headstock. Pity they're in the second-mortgage price range.
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HTH - they did a cheaper Santana model for a little while. The Santana III. They're more reasonably priced:
Santana III (http://www.guitarvillage.co.uk/product-detail.asp?id=1034&catid=53&manid=83&quantity=1&product=PRS+Santana+III%2C+Black+Cherry%2C+2001%2C+Excellent+Condition%2C+Inc.+Case)
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The Mira is almost the same design of the Santana, with a pickguard and traditional PRS headstock.
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HTH - they did a cheaper Santana model for a little while. The Santana III. They're more reasonably priced:
Santana III (http://www.guitarvillage.co.uk/product-detail.asp?id=1034&catid=53&manid=83&quantity=1&product=PRS+Santana+III%2C+Black+Cherry%2C+2001%2C+Excellent+Condition%2C+Inc.+Case)
That IS nice like Dave, but £2199 is still a very pricey guitar imo. Anyway, the Santana II is nicer 'if' I was going to stump up the cash for one.
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The Mira is almost the same design of the Santana, with a pickguard and traditional PRS headstock.
And a flat top instead of a carved maple top, wrap around bridge instead of a trem, different scale length, different controls and different pickups. ;)
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Whatever PRS it is it has to have a rosewood neck.
Currently have a Cu24 Artist Pack trem with an IRW neck (standard carve) and Cold Sweats. Maybe it'll be slightly better as a wide-fat... Anyway, it's in dramatic need of a good set-up!
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3151/2682446571_5479d20222.jpg)
I'd love to try a Modern Eagle trem (or ME Singlecut Trem, yum)... The RP pickups are good, but a W/F BRW neck would rule. I briefly tried a BRW 513 a few years ago that was interesting.
Mmmmmmmmmm.
EDIT: I'd love to try the Korina McCarty but it'll have a gloss neck. That's a big turn-off for me. I had a Cu22 AP that was a fantastic guitar, great vibe, didn't like the gloss...
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What finish is that Custom of yours above there, Chris? It's a stunner. Looks great with the zebra pickups.
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Hmmm, I think I have fallen in love with the PRS Modern Eagle. BKP's of course. Faded blue jean or that emerald burst color.
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I just played my mate's Tremonti 2, and while it's very nice, I actually prefer his Custom 24. Can I change?
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I just played my mate's Tremonti 2, and while it's very nice, I actually prefer his Custom 24. Can I change?
Hehe, don't see why not. After all, it's all about your ideal PRS, and if you've found a new 'ideal', change away!
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I'm another one who'd go for the lovely Tremonti 2 trem model, but I have an aversion to signature gear so I would have to change the pickups for some BKPs (love the Nailbomb cold sweat combo on my SE) and flip the tross rod cover over. I'd probably put some black pickup surrounds on there as well. THAT would be my dream guitar ....... though the Dave Navarro model is a close second.
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PS: Big PRS fans are going to hate me for saying this, but I'm not sure about the bird inlays, I think I prefer the "less bling" crescent moon ones instead. And is the wide thin neck that much better than the wide fat one? Regardless, PRS guitars are inspiring. They play so well whenever I try them and feel so good. If only we could get them for US prices .....
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What finish is that Custom of yours above there, Chris? It's a stunner. Looks great with the zebra pickups.
Um, it's an Artist Pack so has the nice top + Paua birds, Vintage Sunburst colour, BRW pickup rings, and the pickups are Cold Sweats... zebra for extra RAWK!! Built in 2005, it's a 2003 custom order with a solid rosewood neck (regular carve). ~300 IRW neck Cus were built as part of this run and there aren't too many around in AP configuration.
Cost me far too much money to import earlier this year but it is quite nice! ;) The Vintage Burst is a really nice finish...
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PS: Big PRS fans are going to hate me for saying this, but I'm not sure about the bird inlays, I think I prefer the "less bling" crescent moon ones instead. And is the wide thin neck that much better than the wide fat one?
Just personal taste of course, but I far prefer the wide fat and regular profiles to the wide thin. And I agree about the moons.
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I have wide thin and wide fat necks on my PRSi. Neither is "better" than the other for me, they just suit different guitars :)
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I have had one w/birds and one w/moons and now,for me, it feels like the neck is naked without the birds (old ones)...and i like the regular profile.
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I've thought long and hard about this and I'd have to say my ideal PRS would be .........
a Gibson. :)
PRS have everything I could want in a guitar, but something just doesn't compute in my brain when I see or play them
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I have wide thin and wide fat necks on my PRSi. Neither is "better" than the other for me, they just suit different guitars :)
I agree. My Tremonti has the wide thin, my SC245 has the wide fat, and each is well suited to the instrument. The fatter neck give the SC245 a more classic feel, while the wide thin feels more modern.
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