bluefade
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I'd get a 408 or Paul's guitar.
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I'd get a 408 or Paul's guitar.
My personal favorite is the SC250, most easily found used, it can cover some more "vintage" ground but excels in Rock, Hard Rock, and can enter the Metal arena.
I'm saving up for a PRS guitar and have been watching all the different demos on youtube. I only plan to buy one guitar.
I like all styles of music, but have a keener interest in rock from 60's (Beatles, Zeppelin, Hendrix), 70s (Pink Floyd) through modern day (The Black Keys, Jack White).
If you were only going to have one guitar, would it be the 513? If not, what would you suggest?
As a sidebar, I wonder how much difference the two tones and two volumes make on a single cut vs the one vol and tone on the other guitars. Is it to allow the guitarist to jump from bridge to neck without needing to adjust the tone/volume knobs? I would think that when bridge and neck pickups are active, the one tone could cover the range from the two tone knobs.
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I'm going to make myself very unpopular around here and say that I don't really think the piezo is worth the extra money and complexity. It sounds great, don't get me wrong, but it's still a piezo. In my opinion, you can get the same results with a Boss AC-3 pedal. It costs less, it works with any guitar you plug into it, and it doesn't require a battery in the guitar. Not to mention the fact that if you're using dual outputs, they come from the pedal so you don't have to have two cords sticking out of your axe.
I've got piezos on my acoustics and on my Hollowbody II. I recommend them on acoustics since you don't usually have magnetic pickups on an acoustic. On the HB2, I could take it or leave it.
My best sounding guitar is my Modern Eagle II
That was my 1st, and supposed to be only. But it was so good it made me want more. I wasn't sure I would bond with it, but I had wanted one for a long time. Once I played it for a while I realized I should have gone 10 top, and a different color. If you really are aiming to get just one, make sure it covers as many of your wants as possible.
If I only owned one PRS, it would be an SC245 with a 2 piece bridge.
You like the two piece bridge better than the (what I call a) McCarty top wrap bridge? :iamconfused: Okay...
I, too, prefer the one-piece wraparound bridge. It keeps the whole thing simpler for me. I didn't buy into the "two piece for more tone" talk as I don't really feel the need to get more "tone" out from a guitar that's already very toneful in it's own right. The two-piece was invented back then because the wraparound wasn't able to get spot-on intonation. Nowadays, you have the adjustable stoptail, so IMO there's really no need for a two-piece.You like the two piece bridge better than the (what I call a) McCarty top wrap bridge? :iamconfused: Okay...
I like the two piece better, too.
It really does something for the guitar's tone that's hard to describe, but it's there.
If I ever order a private stock electric, it will have a 2 piece bridge.
Better tone plus added benefits: Adjustable saddles, very fast string changes. What's not to like?
I didn't buy into the "two piece for more tone" talk as I don't really feel the need to get more "tone" out from a guitar that's already very toneful in it's own right.
It's all a matter of preference, of course, and there's no right and wrong in this, but the fact is that the 2 piece bridge takes the vibration from the strings to four points of attachment sunk into the body of the guitar instead of two, and the result sounds a little different.
Perhaps not "better" (that's truly subjective), but certainly not the same.
Whether that is important to a particular individual or not, it's there to hear. The nice thing is that with the AP now offering the SC250 again, there are choices.