Someone explain PRS' new direction to me..

[Twinfan]

Old birds, every time.

But not in an Afghan Dave way  :o  ;)

[WezV]

:lol:


hows about some real fretwire tie clips to go with it

[Afghan Dave]

Old birds, every time.

But not in an Afghan Dave way  :o  ;)

It nearly the Christmas party season, so I'll probably end up stuffing some dry old bird sooner rather than later..  :? :P

[Philly Q]

Old birds, every time.

But not in an Afghan Dave way  :o  ;)

It nearly the Christmas party season, so I'll probably end up stuffing some dry old bird sooner rather than later..  :? :P

Better than nothing, I suppose.  I might have to settle for the veggie option.  :|

[Prawnik]

i think its just GAS on a massive level. from the brief time i spent talking to paul it was obvious he was still very much guitar obsessed like the rest of us - and not just with his own stuff

Same can be said about the Japanese dude who owns ESP.

He has one of the largest Burst collections known To Mankind.

[mikeluke]

As someone who is looking to buy a PRS (if I can flog some stuff) I do find it confusing to work out which one I actually want - I prefer shorter scale guitars as I have smallish hands, and I am not sure that I need a trem - which points to the SC245 but that is basically a Les Paul and I have one of those...

Err umm. Let's widen it a bit.

Santana model - can't afford one of those

McCarty - I like these but longer scale length

Custom 22 - Is this just a McCarty with a trem (well more or less...)


Guitarist in our band has just bought a Singlecut - satin with trem - lovely guitar - but, as I pointed it to him, rather makes his nice, new shiny Les Paul a bit redundant....

It is all too confusing - time to go and 'reflect....'

 :P

[Philly Q]

McCarty - I like these but longer scale length

Custom 22 - Is this just a McCarty with a trem (well more or less...)

It's more like the McCarty is a "vintage" version of the Custom 22 - it has a slightly thicker body, thinner headstock, vintage style tuners and some other arcane details which I forget / can't be bothered to look up.

The CU22 comes (or came) hardtail or with a trem, and with a choice of neck shape.

As for the scale length, it's only 25", a full half inch less than Fender.  I wouldn't worry about it too much unless you're very particular.

[Twinfan]

The Mira X is shorter scale, as is is the Ted Soapbar and the Starla......

[PPPMAT]

Guitarist in our band has just bought a Singlecut - satin with trem - lovely guitar - but, as I pointed it to him, rather makes his nice, new shiny Les Paul a bit redundant....

It is all too confusing - time to go and 'reflect....'

 :P

Not entirely true - the singlecut trem has quite a different sound to the sc245 and definately a different vibe. Its more like a custom 22 with more bass to it...


I am assuming that they will produce these anniversary models for a bit then it will be back to business as usual?

[Philly Q]

The Mira X is shorter scale, as is is the Ted Soapbar and the Starla......

The Mira X is one of the few PRS models I've seen get a less-than-gushing review in a guitar magazine.  I quite like the look of it myself.

There's also the 25th Anniversary Mira 245 Soapbar, which looks pretty funky.  Shame it's not available with a wide-fat, since it's a 22-fretter.  :(

[mikeluke]

You see what I mean?

Clear as mud!

Now why didn't I buy Dave's McCarty...???

:-(

[Twinfan]

I've picked up a couple of Mira Xs - they're SOOOOOOO light!  :o

[Philly Q]

I've picked up a couple of Mira Xs - they're SOOOOOOO light!  :o

Now that's not "picked up" as in "bought", is it? 

[mikeluke]

Bet it looks like this one





Mike

[Twinfan]

Nope - not bought, just held in my hands!

Great guitar for the money, just not my thing any more.