Recent content by TheDoktor

No kidding! (Looking at you, Fender. Seriously, I could live with Laurel boards, but no gig bags on the $850 Mexican Fenders is just silly.)

People... I feel a case of GAS coming on... Seriously, this is a killer move given the market right now, when almost every other company is raising prices (I mean, $1500 epiphones are a thing now. Let that sink in.)

Really clean work! I do like the covers on the pickups, might have to consider that with mine...

Yeah that cu24 that was at Harry's was a 10-Top, but it had REALLY tight pinstripe flame that didn't photo so good, especially in that light. Looked much better in person.

Cool, thanks for the info! I'll have to look to order one when they're back in stock.

Very nice! That quilt really pops nice in the right light- easily one of the nicest tops I've seen on an S2. I have an S2 594 myself and I love it. It's everything I l always wished Gibson could give me in a guitar but never did.

EXACTLY.

She's a beauty! And who knows what the supply of Swamp Ash is going to be like for guitars in the future, so this was a great get. Out of curiosity, did you do the Gilmour chop arm yourself, or did you get it somewhere? I've been thinking of trying one out myself but I haven't shopped around yet.

Been a while since I did one of these! over two years, in fact. But just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in... Or rather, 20% off the SE line pulls me back in. That got me browsing. And when I saw this guitar was finally available in a finish I liked (Sorry Santana Yellow, you just...

Looks like PRS sent guitar youtuber Trogly an SE Silver Sky to do a demo on. He's known for being a Gibson nerd but he's also a big fan of the OG Silver Sky. He gives a pretty good rundown of it here, and even went to the trouble of buying a USA Sky for a quick tour comparison. Gotta say... I...

Mikael Åkerfeldt from Opeth is one of my favs for some of the "outside" choices he makes (he confesses to not being a "theory guy".) For example he starts the solo for the song "Harvest" (an acoustic ballad) with this out of nowhere phrygian dominant/ gypsy jazz sounding thing before moving...

I said to myself when I first saw this was happening that if PRS could bring this in under $1k to compete with the Player Strat, they'd clean up. At $849 this is perfectly positioned. Only reason I'm not thinking of getting one (currently) is the lack of a maple board. (I scratched that itch...

Yeah... https://reverb.com/p/gibson-reverse-flying-v-2006-2008

Oh man, you know he'd want a V-shaped PRS with a 6 on a side headstock? My brain hurts imagining it.

Absolutely. My Taylor was a year's worth of overtime work. If stuff can stop breaking around the house for a while, I'll have that Core too.