CE-22 Angry Larry gets .011"s

[HEADKNOCKER]

Howdy There!!!
I'm Gary from Louisville..
My Son wanted .011''s on his CE-22 so yesterday I put em on for him..
Being I've setup hundreds of guitars really no problem, The nut slots were lose enough & after tightening the claw & getting the tremolo level with 1/16" gap, I had put back cover from a Jackson under the trem while the strings were off. I lemon oiled the fretboard & also tightened each tuner as the nuts had all 6 vibrated lose some, this required that I remove the hold down screw, remove locking tab & then the C clip to access the 10mm nuts.
What's got me puzzled was the action was way high but the relief was great so I slackened the strings & lowered the bridge via the six knife edge screws, which I also lubricated with a micro gun oil pen. Now the action is just a bit higher than before, which I would have thought being heavier strings were being used without buzz..
I guess the last owner had the trem resting on the body so as to Drop D tune?
He jammed on the PRS CE-22 for a few hours now & all is good, I'll check it again later today to see if sitting overnight changed the relief or intonation..

This is my first post BTW..

Here's Angry Larry a 1997 CE-22

 

[gush]

Welcome to the forum. Nice looking CE mister. I have 2 CEs and I can't believe how much I love them. Are we sporting drag 1 pickups? They are the BOMB!

 

[Egads]

Looking good. I like the chrome rings, too!

 

[Brad737]

Great looking guitar! I'm 99.9% sure that guitar is a slightly faded purple. I think the CEs were discontinued before the Angry Larry finish was used.

 

[Herr Squid]

Hey, I have almost exactly that same guitar! Nice axe.

Brad's right, a 1997 in that color would have been purple. Angry Larry was introduced in about 2008.

 

[HEADKNOCKER]

When we picked it up @ GC the tag & case were marked "Angry Larry" So it's Purple huh? HaHa!! Really?
It's a great player & changed my thinking on PRS guitars
After letting it sit for a day I might lower the bass side down just a tad = all the way across the 6 screw

 

[ElrytNamrogo]

Yeah, it's my experience that Guitar Center employees don't know what they are talking about a lot of the time....looks like it's not just around my area.

 

[sergiodeblanc]

Love it! Welcome aboard.

 

[jbird]

I have never had to mess with the knife edge screws, are the saddles all the way down or something?

 

[HEADKNOCKER]

Both the E saddles are at the bottom & the others are up to follow the radius of the fretboard..