ppaul129
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- Sep 8, 2016
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Hi,
I am so glad to finally be a member of the exclusive PRS club I bought a new S2 Custom 22 Semi Hollow and I absolutely love the guitar as far as looks, playability and pretty much everything except the sound. To me it sounds ok when picking lightly, but when picking individual notes a bit more aggressively, the notes seems to die out and sounds lifeless. This happens plugged in and unplugged as well. I am playing through a '67 BF Dual Showman w/ 2 greenbacks, but have tried it on a few other amps and it just sounds marginal. When adding some gain it sounds better, but most guitars will through a nice amp. I play in a classic rock band (John Mayer, Steve Miller, DMB, Gov't Mule, Clapton, Etc.) and play an old Strat, but wanted something more aggressive to play some of the Warren Haynes, Steve Miller type songs, but still want to get a sweet clean sound too. I put new strings on, and it made no difference.
Has anyone else had this same experience? I really love the guitar and have wanted it for a long time, but was really disappointed when playing it for the first time. I ordered a new neck pickup to see if it will help, but I think it is the guitar, not the electronics. I've been playing for about 40 years, and have a great sounding rig, and I've tried everything that I can think of.
I don't want to sell it, but I just don't want to bring it to gigs in it's current state. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I am so glad to finally be a member of the exclusive PRS club I bought a new S2 Custom 22 Semi Hollow and I absolutely love the guitar as far as looks, playability and pretty much everything except the sound. To me it sounds ok when picking lightly, but when picking individual notes a bit more aggressively, the notes seems to die out and sounds lifeless. This happens plugged in and unplugged as well. I am playing through a '67 BF Dual Showman w/ 2 greenbacks, but have tried it on a few other amps and it just sounds marginal. When adding some gain it sounds better, but most guitars will through a nice amp. I play in a classic rock band (John Mayer, Steve Miller, DMB, Gov't Mule, Clapton, Etc.) and play an old Strat, but wanted something more aggressive to play some of the Warren Haynes, Steve Miller type songs, but still want to get a sweet clean sound too. I put new strings on, and it made no difference.
Has anyone else had this same experience? I really love the guitar and have wanted it for a long time, but was really disappointed when playing it for the first time. I ordered a new neck pickup to see if it will help, but I think it is the guitar, not the electronics. I've been playing for about 40 years, and have a great sounding rig, and I've tried everything that I can think of.
I don't want to sell it, but I just don't want to bring it to gigs in it's current state. Any help would be greatly appreciated.