Any Custom 24 Semi Hollow Owners Out There?
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Spikedog007
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I've had my eye on a few of these and keep telling myself this is where the hole in my lineup is, so I'm very curious to hear others thoughts as well.
veinbuster
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I don't have a semi hollow 24, but I do have a 22 with the same materials (maple top, hog back, dirty 100 necks) and same pickups (59/09).
I do hear differences, but they are subtle and may be hard to express in a way that is meaningful to someone else.
Maybe the easiest way to express it will make sense if you are familiar with the Boogie Mark series 5 band equalizer - especially if you think of the tradition V shape the EQ is often set at. Plugging in the semi hollow is kind of like shifting the second and third highest bands up 15-20-% and the top one up about 10%. To be fair I haven't done that actual experiment, but it relflects my sense of the difference.
Skipping the Boogie reference, I hear the solid body as having a bit more emphasis on the bottom end and the semi hollow having a bit more chime in the middle to top. I use the solid body for Dirty blues (it is a dirty 100 after all) and the semi hollow for stuff a little lighter and jazzier. Not that I consider the semi hollow as an alternative to a hollowbody or archtop.
Hope that helps. If it doesn't make sense, let me know and I'll give it another shot.
I do hear differences, but they are subtle and may be hard to express in a way that is meaningful to someone else.
Maybe the easiest way to express it will make sense if you are familiar with the Boogie Mark series 5 band equalizer - especially if you think of the tradition V shape the EQ is often set at. Plugging in the semi hollow is kind of like shifting the second and third highest bands up 15-20-% and the top one up about 10%. To be fair I haven't done that actual experiment, but it relflects my sense of the difference.
Skipping the Boogie reference, I hear the solid body as having a bit more emphasis on the bottom end and the semi hollow having a bit more chime in the middle to top. I use the solid body for Dirty blues (it is a dirty 100 after all) and the semi hollow for stuff a little lighter and jazzier. Not that I consider the semi hollow as an alternative to a hollowbody or archtop.
Hope that helps. If it doesn't make sense, let me know and I'll give it another shot.
bodia
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I don't own one, but I saw several GREAT Cu24 SH at Dave's last weekend. Some awesome looking Wood Library specimens. They were begging for someone to buy them!
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I dream they'll ditch the blade on these someday.
veinbuster
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Mine have toggles. Right place, right time.
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I always keep an eye out for the 22 fret trem version with toggles but... Man, 24 is where it's at for me.
It's just a preference thing, I don't think it's typical or anything otherwise PRS wouldn't be doing it I guess. The blade is just in the wrong spot for me, personally.
bodia
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I saw one! The guy pulled the blade, filled the gap, and wormed it for a toggle!
He musta been burnin' it up cuz he routed a spot to run a water cooled system between the trem cavity and the electronics cavity
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I saw one! The guy pulled the blade, filled the gap, and wormed it for a toggle!
I'm doing the same thing for my ice maker.
I've owned a CU22 semi-hollow and a CU24 in the past.
Sold them both off.
Immediately regretted the CU22 and found another...one of the nicest guitars I own. Rings nicely, lots of sustain...responds very well to experimenting with the volume & tone knobs.
Good riddance to the CU24 semi-hollow.
It just felt "cheap". Not every model PRS is a home-run.
Look around and try for a CU22 semi.
Just my opinion.
Tony
Sold them both off.
Immediately regretted the CU22 and found another...one of the nicest guitars I own. Rings nicely, lots of sustain...responds very well to experimenting with the volume & tone knobs.
Good riddance to the CU24 semi-hollow.
It just felt "cheap". Not every model PRS is a home-run.
Look around and try for a CU22 semi.
Just my opinion.
Tony
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Like this old thing. Toggle + push/pull
I consistently forget about the amount of badassery that lives in your house.
bodia
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I hear all of that badassery is screaming for some new blood!
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So just more pushed mids?
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They are works of art but I'm looking for a 10 top or lower to keep it in my budget :/
veinbuster
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That is a reasonable characterization.
Spikedog007
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The one I keep looking at has McCarty switching! A big selling point imho. Now if I would just get off my bum and buy the darn thing....
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Spikedog007
Life is good, it really is.
If I say, someone's going to snatch it up before I do!
But hey I'm not one to get in the way of the happiness of another, so.... It's at Brian's. He listed in the dealer section a while ago so it's not exactly a secret, though I am really surprised it's still available.
But hey I'm not one to get in the way of the happiness of another, so.... It's at Brian's. He listed in the dealer section a while ago so it's not exactly a secret, though I am really surprised it's still available.
