Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: jimm on January 31, 2007, 08:35:19 PM
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Most of the guitarists here seem to be strat guys or gibson guys. I have a strat and les paul and i love them. Recently I have bought some prs guitars and i gotta say they are the best playing guitars i have ever played. I would like some opinions about their sound from anyone who owns or has played these guitars . Also how bkp's sound in them. I plan on putting in a set of mules in my santana 3 with coil tap :D .
jimm
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well ive only ever played the lower end ones... tremonti SE, Soapbar e.t.c.
they seem really nice for what they are, and for the cost e.t.c.
i would really like a higher-end one when i have the cash though, as they do seem to be a great compromise between a strat and a les paul...
cant help on the pickup front though im afraid.
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I think Phil King will be able to tell you.I am a single coil player but would I be stating the obvious by suggesting an Abraxas for your Santana?(set I mean-not one pup he he)
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Thats what i was thinking. Tim suggested trying the mules. He probably has tried them in santanas so i will try those out first. If those dont work for me i will try the abraxas next. This is getting to be an expensive proposition but what the heck, gotta spend it on something, might as well be my guitars!
jimm
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ya not gonna get Slipknot tone from either of those jimm :)
Just kiddin', saw ya location ;)
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I like PRS's, although i think they're a tad overpriced for what is essentially just another machine-made guitar. Their feel is spot-on, although the pre-1993 one with the smaller neck heel are better IMO. I havent had first hand experience of them with BKPs, but i've read on here a few times that they work extremely well with VHIIs.
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I've got my Jackson with nailbomb for those lovely slipknot interludes. I worked with Sean Crahans mother years ago. She was a lovely lady. She supported him 100%. Even bought a nightclub for his band to play in before they made it big. She would tell me about her sons band and give me regular updates until they signed with roadrunner. I had no idea at the time of course how big they would become.
By the way i used to live in Dallas for several years and then Galveston. I really enjoyed my time there. Very friendly people, although i do admit i was a little nervouse when i first got there that they would shoot me if i looked at em cross-eyed :wink: .
jimm
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Jimm,
funny, it often happens that way.
Still heroes there though I bet :)
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they're really good guitars, but the price over here is a bit ridiculous really, IMO. In the USA (like most things unfortunately) they're a much more attractive proposition.
:drink:
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They're laughably expensive for what they are imo. I've had the intention a few times to buy one, but never have I found one that I thought was worth the cost. And thats with me getting them at trade price with a free upgrade to an artist pack.
I think, for instance, a custom 24 would be a great £1200 guitar. But it's a fairly mediocre £2000 one.
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I worked at Chandler guitars for a while and got my hands on quite a few.
I will agree that I prefer the feel of the pre 1993 ones- before the build process was "streamlined"
The best one ever played was the personal property of the boss at the time (Doug Chandler) although there was a limited edition redwood top one that came in that was just amazing.
When ordering BKPs for them with view to using the 5 way rotary control - you need to order the neck pickup with the magnet reversed or else you dont get the right selection and hum cancelling as well
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I had a Custom 22 10 top, it was nice and played well but no mojo. My Dean Hartail USA is a superior guitar IMHO.
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PRS are gorgeous guitars which, once picked up, are very hard to put down again.
I don't own any but I've spent a lot of time playing Custom 22s/24s in local guitar stores. The stock pickups seem to be lacking so if/when I get mine I'll definitely be trying a set of BKPs in it.
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I have a 1990 PRS Standard 24. I love it to bits. I got it at a very very good price too.
The neck is very comfortable and I can play it for hours without my hands getting cramp. Very versatile guitar and very gorgeous.
I recently put a Miracle Man in the bridge to get more of a Zakk Wylde sound as I'm starting up an Ozzy cover band soon, so the PRS now covers all the tones I need from Randy to Zakk. Good thing about it now is, I don't need a boost to get a 'big' sound. The MM does that for me.
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Custom 24, think it was about 99. Easily one of the best guitars I've ever played.
It has it all.
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I've occasionally tried on one of the 24-fret PRSs ... felt beautiful. I think the prices are a bit much for what you get these days -- certainly in the UK, but in the States, too. (Though if you're paid in pounds,it's probably worth flying to the States just to buy a guitar with the dollar like it is right now!).
I dream of a 24-fret HH or HSS PRS-style, but ... it's just a dream :lol:
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I have 3 PRS's, but they are all pre 93. In my Artist II hard tail I have VHII's, which work really well and also give good split tones. In my Standard 24 I have Rebel Yells which are awesome. They bring out the tone of the guitar so well and they give great harmonic feedback for days. My EG4 has a Crawler and 2 P-90's, it is possibly the most versatile guiitar that I have. This was part of my introduction to Tim and Bare Knuckles, 40+ pickups later and I still have 3 sets on order with a couple of rewinds in the queue!
I also have a Warmoth PRS clone (swamp ash body with maple cap, and rosewood/ebony neck), this has a Miracle Man set in it. It is a great sound but you have to play heavy with it :lol:
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I have an SE Singlecut, which for the money is tough to beat - certainly knocks aspects of my Epi Les Paul such as the electrics and fretwork (before I had them professionally sorted) into a c--ked hat.
I'm currently trying to raise funds for a set of Crawlers for it, which will, I hope, sound awesome. :guitar4:
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Phil,
Interesting pickup choices. I thought about replacing the pups in my custom 22 and mccarty, but for now i like their sound enough not to replace them. If i should replace them in the future i would probably put vh2 in custom 22; mules in mccarty and abraxas in the santana3.
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Here is a picture of my santana3 with the mules in it.
Nevermind, i cant seem to attach the file, it says file needs to be less than 80 kb. Anyone know what i need to do?
jimm
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Hi Jimm,
You can upload your picture(s) to a hosting site, such as Photobucket.com, and then link them here. That way it saves bandwidth for the guys at BKP too :D
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I've played a few PRS guitars and just can't get on with the neck profiles. The Wide-Fat is just too chunky, and the Wide-Thin isn't that different (to me at least). I guess I'd adjust over time, but that's a lot of cash to put down on something I *think* I'd adjust too.
They do look and sound great though. With Mules, they'd be killer.
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I've played a few PRS guitars and just can't get on with the neck profiles. The Wide-Fat is just too chunky, and the Wide-Thin isn't that different (to me at least). I guess I'd adjust over time, but that's a lot of cash to put down on something I *think* I'd adjust too.
They do look and sound great though. With Mules, they'd be killer.
heh, i guess that shows what a difference personal preference makes. wide fat to me was like :x , but wide thin was great, I thought.
Still wouldn't pay what they ask for them over here. Well over a grand (for the lowest USA models!) is a lot when you'd still want to switch pickups and customise the electronics...
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Dave,
How specifically would you customize the electronics?
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In a guitar shop near me there are some of the original PRS guitars built by PRS himself with these $%&#ing awesome dragon inlays that spread over the body, fretboard, and peg head. For about $60,000.
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In a guitar shop near me there are some of the original PRS guitars built by PRS himself with these #$%!& awesome dragon inlays that spread over the body, fretboard, and peg head. For about $60,000.
i didn't think Paul built any of the dragon series himself...
I always understood that the inlays on those dragon guitars were done by CNC machines, and that they are so expensive because of their limited release.
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The dragon series is a 20th aniversary series if I remember correctly.
I think they're counted as Private Stock though, so there's a chance Paul Reed Smith was involved.
They are incredibly beautiful though - Would never want to buy one since I'd be afraid of damaging it just by existing near it.
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Dave,
How specifically would you customize the electronics?
well, i wouldn't be too fussed on any of the ones with that rotary pickup selector (and I think that was the one I liked best when i tried it), and I'd probably switch round the position of where the pickup selector was too.
I'd also switch the pickups.