I’ve seen some YouTubers suggest that people are moving away from 7/8 strings and more to low tuned 6 or baritones. So the market may not support adding models.
I would think whatever the hourly rate for luthiery in your area, can be done in less than an hour.
CME charges $85 for a setup, so with the nut replacement it’d be a bit more than that - for example.
I’ve said this in other threads, and it bears repeating:
PRS cases have gotten VERY expensive to make and ship.
The wood (birch I think) has gotten 2-3x more expensive.
The cases themselves are quite heavy. PRS has to pay to ship them from the case maker to Stevensville.
All of this adds up...
Phil McKnight covered this in his last podcast. Cases are almost 3x the cost in materials now, and shipping costs are thru the roof. It costs basically the same to ship an empty case from the manufacturer to PRS as it does for PRS to ship it with a guitar in it (think size, not weight). Add to...
We really don’t need a Reverb post (or their site) copy-pasting the specs from the PRS website.
I want to see weight. Always.
And if it‘s a ”custom color,” tell me what it is!
I believe anything can play metal or high gain. Just need enough gain or EQ. Will a very low output single coil be exposed as noisy at the level - yes.
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