Recent content by Xtcclassic

Can’t get dots on any new PRS now, so you’re kinda screwed if you want a new PRS but you don’t like birds.

Hard to beat the stripped down slab mahogany / satin nitro combo for pure rock ‘n’ roll mojo. That’s what I’d pick. The caveat is, the satin nitro scratches and shows wear easily, so it will relic relatively quickly. That’s a plus in my book but it may be a minus for you. It’s hard to beat the...

Anything but those hideous lampshades is an improvement. These are particularly nice.

If I ever convince myself that having three Velas is remotely rational, the third one will be a satin white with a white pickguard and a single humbucker. But three Velas is just crazy. Right?

Satin is the way to go, UNLESS you’re the type to baby your guitars to keep them looking new. It will show wear quickly and scratch easily. But the feel, look, and added resonance are worth it.

Technically the Vernon Reid isn’t a Vela at all IMHO. The only thing it has in common with a Vela is the body style.

The bridge is the heart and soul of the Vela. It’s half the reason it sounds as great as it does, and more than half of what makes it so cool and unique. I wish more people would appreciate how perfect and well thought out and well designed this guitar is. It seems like a lot of people just...

The original neck pickup had tons more character, and I just don’t think birds look right on a Vela. PRS took away a big part of its “cool factor” IMHO. Plus now everything they make has birds, so if you don’t like bird inlays you’re kinda screwed now.

Yeah but it wasn’t the satin nitro with no grain filler like this CE is.

PRS needs to make a Vela in this finish. Big time. Wow.

I mean, PRS themselves consider it a non-core. It’s a USA-made PRS and it’s a GREAT guitar, but going by PRS’s own categories, it’s not a core.

There’s enough people that like wide thin necks out there, and so few CE22’s out there with wide thin necks, that maybe you can find someone to swap necks with you.

Is this your first semihollow guitar? I wonder if it’s just the inherent quality of the tone of a semihollow vs a solidbody that you’re hearing. To my ears, semihollow guitars have a looser, more open-sounding low end as compared to the tighter-sounding low end of a solidbody.

I hadn’t thought of that but yeah that would make sense.

Quick Guards or Chandler would be my suggestion. However, make sure that they cut the neck pickup hole correctly. The side that’s closest to the bridge pickup needs to be the same distance from the bridge pickup hole as it is on a stock pickguard, meaning they have to extend the hole in the...