HNSFury
PEACE
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- Oct 14, 2013
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The guitar arrived today! Love it! Here are my first impressions !!
Impeccable finish, it's definitely brighter than my LP, it doesn't have that low-end growl, but it sure isn't muddy like the LP, especially on the neck pickup. The neck and bridge pickups (alone) on the PRS are really cool.
I've never warmed to that midrange floating substratum in high output pickups because I just hear it as being muddy, that's why I have aftermarket low wound pups on that Gibson, but it still is muddy compared to the PRS, at least to my ears.
I like the bridge pup on the PRS CU 24 more as well. The only sound that can't be mimicked by the PRS is the middle position on the LP.
I haven't tried it with an OD yet, but will later today.
In comparison to the strat, I think the PRS in between sound comes "close" to the strat quack but does not quite nail it 100% (which is understandable), but the tone is still useful and clear sounding. A strat is still a strat, and it has to remain in my stable. A single coil will always be clearer than a HB, although being thinner as well.
Overall, after playing all three together for a while, I can experience the comment "a PRS has G and F tones" first hand, which others can interpret as the PRS tone not "having a soul".
What makes a PRS what it is, IMHO (still to be confirmed after playing it a while) is the neck and bridge pups alone, the versatility of the in-between sounds, the workmanship and the ergonomics. My LP was just too heavy and clunky.
Any comments?
Impeccable finish, it's definitely brighter than my LP, it doesn't have that low-end growl, but it sure isn't muddy like the LP, especially on the neck pickup. The neck and bridge pickups (alone) on the PRS are really cool.
I've never warmed to that midrange floating substratum in high output pickups because I just hear it as being muddy, that's why I have aftermarket low wound pups on that Gibson, but it still is muddy compared to the PRS, at least to my ears.
I like the bridge pup on the PRS CU 24 more as well. The only sound that can't be mimicked by the PRS is the middle position on the LP.
I haven't tried it with an OD yet, but will later today.
In comparison to the strat, I think the PRS in between sound comes "close" to the strat quack but does not quite nail it 100% (which is understandable), but the tone is still useful and clear sounding. A strat is still a strat, and it has to remain in my stable. A single coil will always be clearer than a HB, although being thinner as well.
Overall, after playing all three together for a while, I can experience the comment "a PRS has G and F tones" first hand, which others can interpret as the PRS tone not "having a soul".
What makes a PRS what it is, IMHO (still to be confirmed after playing it a while) is the neck and bridge pups alone, the versatility of the in-between sounds, the workmanship and the ergonomics. My LP was just too heavy and clunky.
Any comments?