What do you think of this maple top?

[Twinfan]

It's supposedly an Artist Grade top, which is better than a 10 top????  :?  Crazy talk.

Maybe it just doesn't photograph that well?  Who knows.  I think I'll stick with what I've got and hold out for a 'player' Modern Eagle if such a thing exists...

[BigK]

I love that top, You could call it two face..... If only I had £2.5k. Were is it being sold since your not going to get it anymore?

[Twinfan]

Haven't 100% decided if I'm buying it yet, so I'm keeping schtum  ;)

It's the closest you can get to full Modern Eagle spec without actually being one.  It's definitely a Braz fingerboard and has a thin nitro finish in Red Tiger, plus it's got the RP pickups.

Still can't decide how much I like top and if I'm prepared to gamble on buying it sight unseen....

[Philly Q]

Haven't 100% decided if I'm buying it yet, so I'm keeping schtum

It's the closest you can get to full Modern Eagle spec without actually being one.  It's definitely a Braz fingerboard and has a thin nitro finish in Red Tiger, plus it's got the RP pickups.

But is anything about it actually "better" than a McCarty RW, apart from (arguably) the braz fingerboard?

I thought you'd talked yourself out of buying it in that post at the top of the page.   :P

[Twinfan]

I love that top, You could call it two face.....

Ha ha!  Great idea!  Two Face  :)

[Twinfan]

But is anything about it actually "better" than a McCarty RW, apart from (arguably) the braz fingerboard?

I thought you'd talked yourself out of buying it in that post at the top of the page.   :P

I change my mind a lot  ;)

The nitro finish, Braz board and 'personality' are drawing me to it.  I really like 'Perla', but she's a bit boring looking  :(

[Bradock PI]

Maybe somewhere in the world is the guitar that got the other two halves of that timber and is  a mirror image - the two face twins

[d1dsj]

I keep looking at this guitar and I actually think it's the way it's been cut. The deep contouring also changes the way the grain reflects the light. As long as it plays, feels and sounds good, I'd love it over the more consistant flame tops you see. Just my opinion of course.

[WezV]

I keep looking at this guitar and I actually think it's the way it's been cut. The deep contouring also changes the way the grain reflects the light.

i thought about that for a bit but came to the conclusion they are too different for that to be the case.   probably not even the same tree

i can see that as raw wood without a finish they probably looked like they would match quite well together, as a good slip match anyway - clearly never a bookmatch

[PPPMAT]

I love the matte nitro finish (I have it on my sc trem) it wears through quick though - or that might just be me  :P

[Lew]

y'know the prs 'nitro' has plasticizers in it to stop it from cracking/shrinking and is on top of the usual basecoat  8)

[Twinfan]

Yup - I know  :)  Should still age nicely  ;)

[FernandoDuarte]

y'know the prs 'nitro' has plasticizers in it to stop it from cracking/shrinking and is on top of the usual basecoat  8)

But it keeps the feel of nitro??? If you know exactly how it's done, tell me :D
Have been thinking in a while on a way get the nitro feel but without the cracking and aging (it's awesome for some guitars but for others it's not nice)

[WezV]

the important thing is that the finish on PRS's is nice and thin.  thats more important than type as far as tone is concerned.

nitro just has the advantage that it thins as it ages

[Lew]

Yup - I know  :)  Should still age nicely  ;)

Pretty sure they put plasticizers in the finish so that it doesn't age, could be wrong ofc ;)

y'know the prs 'nitro' has plasticizers in it to stop it from cracking/shrinking and is on top of the usual basecoat  8)

But it keeps the feel of nitro??? If you know exactly how it's done, tell me :D
Have been thinking in a while on a way get the nitro feel but without the cracking and aging (it's awesome for some guitars but for others it's not nice)

I don't know anything :D