Recent content by chicagoslim

My cheapest amp a used Bad Cat Cougar 15, has turned out to be my favorite amp. It sounds like a Vox, but is a better design, lighter weight, with better cooling.

At one time, I owned three 2009 Starla's. It was one of those guitars where people would often comment on the sound. I played them exclusively for about three years. I finally got tired of changing strings, with the Bigsby. I put a Vibramate Spoiler on the guitars to make string changes easier...

I lived in Sebastian, Florida, then moved to Bowling Green, Kentucky.

I saved my core PRS guitars for good paying jobs, Playing for recording artists, studio work, etc. It was more a case of saving my main guitar for when I needed it. There were some exceptions. I have beaten up core models for non-paying gigs. When giving guitar lessons, where I wore frets...

As I sold off some tube amps (after getting a Boss NexTone Stage and Fender Tone Master Deluxe Reverb), I kept my favorite two. A Bad Cat Cougar 15 and a Vox TB18C1.

Congratulations! I probably have enough PRS guitars. But more hollow bodies do interest me.

Welcome Bandit and congratulations on the SE Hollowbody. Did you get the Hollowbody Standard or Hollowbody II? The difference in wood makes a big difference in brightness of sound. I've got 58/15S pickups in a S2 McCarty SC 594 and a Hollowbody II. I love them in the Hollowbody II and hate them...

Welcome to the forum. As a PRS and Strat guy, I sometimes go for sounds that sits somewhere in between. Back in 2006, I put GFS Memphis pickups in my SE Custom 24. I now have a core Custom 22 that allows for the use of the bridge humbucker with a split neck pickup. I use the sound so much that...

I always suggest that people try different bridges, to see what they like. It is an easier and cheaper way to change a guitar's sound, than changing pickups. I have several varieties of PRS bridges, as well as Wilkenson bridges that cost less than $40.

It's a 2020 in Burnt Amber.

Pattern/Thin necks are the only no go for me. I have a S2 McCarty SC 594 with a Pattern/Vintage neck. The big surprise for me was the SE Hollowbody II, with a Pattern/Vintage neck. I bought one that actually seems closer to my core guitars, than my S2's.

I was thinking of swapping a Tele neck pickup, for the middle. At that time, I was going from Tele's to Gretsch guitars, while playing for Nashville artists. When I tried Filtertron type pickups in the SAS, they didn't give me the sound that I wanted due to the ash body. They came out with the...

I wish that I had kept my SAS. I sold it to buy another great core model. But I never liked the middle pickup and ended up disconnecting it.

My Custom 22 with my Bad Cat Cougar 15.

Congratulations! Mine sees as much play as my S2's and core models.