Wow, what a beautiful instrument. I have to confess it's been stuck in my head all day...
Enjoy! I'd be very curious to know how you settle in together, if you're interested in reporting back.
Well I must say so far it has exceeded my expectations and presented a couple of surprises. The guitar came to me in near perfect condition except 1 ding the seller noted. I was able to fix this very easily with some micro-mesh and rubbing compound. You can barely see it now but you can't feel it at all. It never dented the wood but cracked the clear coat.
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As far as the sound of the guitar all I say is wow....it is so smooth.... like butter. The setup came in REALLY low and buzzy. The previous owner must have wanted to only put the lightest pressure to fret a note. I had to crank the pickups up a lot as well. After I raised the action up to PRS specs ( i like mine around 75 thou on the low E @ the 12th and 60 thou on the high E @ the 12th ) I had to raise the pickups a LOT. I first thought the pickups were really low output but a few twists of the adjuster I got them up where they belong and MAN this thing SINGS.
I have 3 SE single cuts at the moment.... a ZM,245 Soapbar and a Bernie. This thing feels solid like the Bernie but very light like the ZM. It is so much more responsive to volume and tone changes it kind of surprised me. In a humbucker guitar I am not used to the tone and volume having such range. I took a peek at the wiring and it appears all stock...so it must be the pickups.
Also the 2 piece bridge is very easy to adjust and I would say it is easier than a conventional stop tail. Height adjustments were super easy to dial in. I also feel the bolted down tailpiece holding the strings provides a much more direct connection to the body...thus that might be why it feels like it has more sustain than my Bernie.
I have more time to spend with it and I haven't run any gain at all yet. I have only been playing clean with a few different amps in Amplitube. I will try and get it on the Custom 20 this week when the wife is out with the girls one night....and see what it can do.
More to come!
Steve
