NGD - PRS Mira, Wild Mint

[dvorak]

I don't do the NGD posts often, but I thought I'd share this one since I like it so much.

I had the opportunity to buy this 2008 wild mint Mira off a friend, and since the Miras caught my interest some time ago I couldn't pass on the deal. I'm normally a CU24 type of guy, but I must say that the Mira plays like a dream, and it has 24 frets :) The playability is very nice and it has this really honky mid range that makes it suitable for leads. I'm liking the pickups very much so far so I haven't decided yet if I will replace them. Them seem to match the guitar quite well, although they aren't the hottest pups in town. But I'm thinking that's a good thing in this case. Another thing I'm liking a lot is the different types of sounds it can produce, you can put the volume and tone knob anywhere and find usable sounds.

A 2nd hand Mira must be one of the best deals out there, this guitar is fantastic!

Here is a instrumental track I recorded. All the rhythms are from a CU24 and all the leads are played with the Mira. Cool note is that all the leads were played with the same amp settings, I just turned the knobs on the guitar for the "clean" solos.
http://www.humanmachine.se/2013/04/new-guitar-song-from-a-jam/  <-- soundcloud embedded link

With it's brothers:

[Andrew W]

That's a great looking guitar. I've never played a Mira but I've always admired their straight-forward, no nonsense design. It looks classic without being retro. I think the colour of yours is great too. Nice catch!

[Philly Q]

Very cool.  :D

Wide Thin or Regular?

I do like the Mira design, even though I ended up selling mine!  Glad they've kept it in the PRS range, it's something a bit different for them.

[dvorak]

Thanks fellas! I do like the colour too, it fits the Mira well. I like the vintage colours as well, but it does make the Mira look more like an inspiration from the SG.

Andrew: I was pleasantly surprised with the playability and quality. The guitar does look sort of Vintage, but it plays just as well as my CU24. I feels just as well built as any other US made PRS.

Philly, it has a Wide Thin neck. Great profile, feels right in my hands.  Does anyone know if the Regular is the same as the new Pattern regular? Do you still have that Mira X?

[Philly Q]

I believe the Pattern Regular is pretty much the same as the old Regular.  On the Support pages of the PRS website they give exactly the same measurements for both, whatever the difference is it must be something very subtle in the carve.

I quite liked the Regular neck, the official measurements are the same as the Wide Fat but a little narrower at the nut.  In practice it felt a little slimmer overall than the Wide Fat, but maybe that was partly due to it being a "longer" neck with 24 frets.

I do still have the Mira X, for me it's preferable to the Mira due to the 22 frets and Wide Fat neck.  It's cool that it's made of timbers other than mahogany/rosewood too, for a change - not saying it actually sounds any better!  :)

[Twinfan]

"Pattern" necks have less shoulder - more C-ish than D-ish.

Nice Mira, and as a fellow PRS fan I salute you  ;)

[dvorak]

I believe the Pattern Regular is pretty much the same as the old Regular.  On the Support pages of the PRS website they give exactly the same measurements for both, whatever the difference is it must be something very subtle in the carve.

I quite liked the Regular neck, the official measurements are the same as the Wide Fat but a little narrower at the nut.  In practice it felt a little slimmer overall than the Wide Fat, but maybe that was partly due to it being a "longer" neck with 24 frets.

I do still have the Mira X, for me it's preferable to the Mira due to the 22 frets and Wide Fat neck.  It's cool that it's made of timbers other than mahogany/rosewood too, for a change - not saying it actually sounds any better!  :)

Thanks! My Custom 24 has got the Pattern regular and it feels great to me. I know that it should be similar to a wide fat, but to me it feels quite different. I have an SE EG that has a W/F, and it really feels beefy, but I don't get that impression at all with the Pattern regular. I'm not really picky with necks, I like them all. The only neck I don't like are the Ibanez original wizard neck and some iterations of that. Feels very flat and too "square" (not rounded enough at the tom and bottom).

I'm also digging that the Mira X has different woods, pretty cool of PRS to launch that one. But it seems like the SEs sadly killed it off.

However I must say that the all hog Mira is quite easy to record, it has a very specific place in a mix.

[dvorak]

"Pattern" necks have less shoulder - more C-ish than D-ish.

Nice Mira, and as a fellow PRS fan I salute you  ;)

Ah! Thanks for that info and the compliment!

Your ME1 is a stunning piece of guitar BTW! Love that model and colour

[gwEm]

congrats on the NGD. the wild mint is quite an unusual colour, and I like it alot  8)

[TheyCallMeVolume]

Congrats!

[dave_mc]

very nice :D

[Telerocker]

Congrats, no frills guitar with a lovely colour, I like that!

[38thBeatle]

Nice collection. I really like the look of the Mira.

[Mr. Air]

Nice looking Mira and the CUs are looking good too. Especially the one with the flame top.

[dvorak]

Thanks fellas! Appreciate it.

I can say that I have really fallen for this guitar, lets hope I feel the same after the honeymoon period.