The PRS "21 Rules Of Tone"

[FELINEGUITARS]

I'll have to stick to the intonatable one as fitting an earvana requires a slight tweak of the saddle positions - straightens them out a bit.

[Ian Price]

Say what you REALLY think Ian!

 :)  Yeah, busy day today and feeling the stress a bit. Ranting over now!

[Philly Q]

I'll have to stick to the intonatable one as fitting an earvana requires a slight tweak of the saddle positions - straightens them out a bit.

Yeah, I was wondering about that on the thread about replacement nuts.  So Earvana might work well with an LP Junior bridge?

[FELINEGUITARS]

I'll have to stick to the intonatable one as fitting an earvana requires a slight tweak of the saddle positions - straightens them out a bit.

Yeah, I was wondering about that on the thread about replacement nuts.  So Earvana might work well with an LP Junior bridge?

yeah - it might work well on one that didn't have the notched ridge on it
think I'd still go for the intonatable one myself

[nfe]

^ what Phil said.  The fixed bridge doesn't need to be adjustable because it intonates 9s to 11s perfectly.

In various tunings or just standard? That'd be some hella-impressive engineering if it works in most tunings.

[Philly Q]

^ what Phil said.  The fixed bridge doesn't need to be adjustable because it intonates 9s to 11s perfectly.

In various tunings or just standard? That'd be some hella-impressive engineering if it works in most tunings.

Just standard - but that's what it's designed to do.

PRS do also make an adjustable bridge for certain models - the old SC250 Singlecut and the hollow/jazz models.

[darkbluemurder]

There are fundamental flaws of which are partly due to cutting costs. They should make these improvements like the fixed bridge being non-adjustable. it is just not on! They should work on sorting things like this first.

There's no way in the world the fixed bridge is a cost-cutting exercise!  It's one piece, lightweight, with no moving parts, because that gives great tone!  Just like a Les Paul Junior.  And the intonation is just fine unless you want to use heavy strings.

Bollocks to Ed Roman.

I agree about the fixed bridge - tuning was never an issue. I also do not get the rap he made about the heel from hell - on my PRS Custom there is nothing which gets in my way - try to compare that with a strat or tele type guitar.

The only thing I agree with Ed is the tuners - I prefer those locking tuners over the Kluson style stuff anyday.

Cheers Stephan

[Philly Q]

The only thing I agree with Ed is the tuners - I prefer those locking tuners over the Kluson style stuff anyday.

They work better, but I just like the elegance (and light weight) of the vintage tuners.

Ed Roman was an idiot.  He seemed to define the quality of a guitar in terms of inlays, binding, gold hardware and fancy timber tops.  Nothing to do with tone.

[darkbluemurder]

Ed Roman was an idiot.  He seemed to define the quality of a guitar in terms of inlays, binding, gold hardware and fancy timber tops.  Nothing to do with tone.

Not to forget ebony fretboards and 24 frets! As if these could define the quality of a guitar.

Cheers Stephan