So I walk in to guitar center yesterday because I needed a few things. A new guitar stand, new strings, and a new looper to practice with. This is the GC in Totawa NJ. As we all do, I am just looking around at the different guitars they had, and was surprised to see very few upper end guitars. I picked up a few PRS SE guitars, and I know some guys love them, but they do not agree with my ear or hands so to speak. :iamconfused: Then I notice what used to be the acoustic room. I peered in, and it was like a window into another world! I saw many CS Gibson LPs, a WILD look upper tier Schecter, many CS Fenders, and a few nice PRSs as well. :rock: They have converted it into a "platinum" room, and they are bringing in more and more killer guitars. I am looking around, and what do I see locked in a glass case in the corner of the room? Some kind of CU 22 semi hollow with an F hole, and KILLER chevron flame top. I know I should NOT ask to play it. Right, like thats going to happen. A set of keys and 2 minutes later, and i am playing a PS CU 22 semi hollow with the dreaded wrap around bridge into a fender twin reverb, and its KILLING it. Talk about an inspiring tone? I hate playing guitar in those places, but I was totally inspired. Everything i played came out almost perfect, and its the best i have played in years. Solo blues tunes, standards, even a little Roy Buchanon. The guitar weighed next to nothing, but it had MONSTER low end, and rang like a bell on the top with no harshness anywhere. The salesmans comment.....Damn...that thing is REALLY resonate! (It was not a BS line, you should have heard this thing.) Played a few 59 Historics that sounded great as well, but it jus drove the point home of how killer this PRS sounded. Looking at the guitar and the price was a let down. First, it had a neck that I am not sure of. It looked like IRW, but was the most light, pale brown of any RW I have seen. Ziricote (sp) maybe? The salesman did not know either. The bird inlays and Eagle were nothing more than an outline, and to me, looked cheap and not appealing at all. The neck was also finished, and had a tacky, sticky feel which i have never felt on any PRS. Like some CS Gibsons, it seemed like it was gumming up in my hand. Worse, they said the guitar was new, but it was 2009 and had some slight scratches and a few indentations in the neck.
They also wanted over 8K for it. (The salesman did say he had "room" though.) :laugh: I want that guitar, but I cant have it. Well, I do have a 359 and CS tele I could offer as trade, but the guitar simply was not worth anywhere NEAR 8K. It never ends. That is one HELL of a killer sounding guitar in any case. Sustain, resonance, feel (besides the sticky neck). Anyone know how to find that guitar on line> I tried searching GCs both new and used inventory, but it does not show up. Did I say that guitar sounded unreal? 
