The PRS "21 Rules Of Tone"

[Twinfan]

Phil, the new tuners work and feel great.  No problems.

That style has worked on P-Basses for many years with no problems either  :)

[JDC]

Sounds like coca cola's secret recipe

[FELINEGUITARS]

Pretty much most of the things he listed are things that I have always done myself or gravitated towards doing over the years.

My own work has always been inspired and informed by both major talents in the guitar making world as well as from other smaller scale builders that I have been lucky enough to be friends with-
Large builders such as fender, Gibson, Hamer, PRS, BC Rich, Ibanez, Aria, Tyler, Suhr, Anderson
Small builders & teachers such as Melvyn Hiscox, Dan Erlewine, Sid Poole, BlackMachine, Rob Williams, Martyn Booth etc etc

The list is extensive and like anyone else it's always about integrating best practises into my own work

From watching the video it is possible to establish most of the list even if some details are left out

[tomjackson]

Talking about the cristallisation of the wood, reminds of something I've heard before......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVTj08qTwGw

[Philly Q]

Talking about the cristallisation of the wood, reminds of something I've heard before......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVTj08qTwGw

Hooray!   :lol:

That was due for a revisit.

[FELINEGUITARS]

What are the 21 rules?

From Ultimate Guitar

Rule #1: Don't talk about the 21 rules.
Rules #2: Burn the 21 rules after your death.
Rules #3–#21 see rule #1

[Philly Q]

 :lol:

[HTH AMPS]

What are the 21 rules?

From Ultimate Guitar

Rule #1: Don't talk about the 21 rules.
Rules #2: Burn the 21 rules after your death.
Rules #3–#21 see rule #1

sounds like Fight Club, mmm.....

btw, Paul has maybe been hanging round with 'Fiddy' too much, he's got a thing about 21 too...  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDMhlvbOFaM

in another few years he might make it to 29 and be all pally with Jay Z... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWo6hqqtTY4&feature=fvwrel

[Gizmo]

Paul's always had loads of enthusiasm and it’s good that he is so pleased with his guitars but I do think a lot of it is marketing. I think a lot of Ed Romans comments about the things which are not right about the PRS's are valid. 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.

They keep making small adjustments to get people to buy the latest tweaked version. It is just to sell more guitars which are always restricted to limited quantities and therefore at 2x the price. I do however, think they make as good a guitar as any mass made high end company and I do love my PRS but they could be better.

[Philly Q]

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.

[WezV]

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.

+1

[Twinfan]

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

[PhilKing]

Another vote for the fixed bridge.  I just picked one up on ebay to replace the PRS adjustable bridge on my singlecut!

[Ian Price]

Yep - the fixed bridge worked for me when I had a PRS. Ed Roman was a tool who did nothing but shameless self promotion.

[Twinfan]

Say what you REALLY think Ian!