Recent content by JPHoush

That is such a beautiful color stain. Very nice!

I use a microfiber towel so that I can wipe the guitar down very easily before and after I play.

I second Les’ comments on Jack Gretz. Top tier, quality dealer.

You can't say you didn't have a shot at this guitar. After 2 1/2 years of sitting in Jack's back store room, I finally pulled the trigger and the brother to Les's "Hammer" is now in my "store room". As I told Les, the guitar has spoiled me to any of my other guitars. Ridiculous.

Probably just makes sense to buy the real deal - a Fender amp. They are not as expensive as a PRS amp and give you what you are looking for. Then, when you get back to what the PRS provides, add to your obsession with a HXDA :-)

Thanks for the input folks. Trying to understand the static hum I am getting out of a brand new Mesa Express. Sounds like I am standing under live power lines somewhere.

These amps that are appearing with the "mysterious '67/'68 switches" on the back of them are based on the limited run that was done for Wild West Guitars a few years ago. Sometimes referred to as "Mark's Amp", it is modeled after a specific Marshall amp(s) in the owner Mark's collection from...

Sorry Les. I didn't mean to egg you on with my comment about wanting to order an HX/DA 30.

For those who are PRS tube amp owners, does your amp exhibit a notable hum when powered on with standby on and no guitar playing? I am referring to a noticeable sound from tbe amp whether a hum or a hissing sound. If you can respond, please note whether your amp is a head or combo. Just trying...

I've been holding off on ordering a HX/DA 30 expecting PRS to announce some sort of ground shaking info on a new amp to kill them all. Tick tock, tick tock........

So, the Mesa Engineering Express amp that i ordered finally arrived. The answer to the origin of the Celestion Vintage 30 question is that my speaker is clearly marked "Made in U.K.". So, no Chinese V30s in the Mesas.

Not in my book. You would be quite popular on most cellblocks!

Nice pick up for sure. Already a vintage piece :-).

For those of you who custom ordered your PS MCSC, how many of you stuck with the "jumbo fretwire lightly ground down" as it says on the PRS website? In other words, where PRS replicates the technique Gibson used in the '50s on some of their LPs where the frets are ground flat instead of crowned.

They have been closed for the holidays. PRS re-opens Monday.