Hey there PRS fans,
Im looking to buy my first PRS guitar (and indeed electric guitar), but due to major stock issues here in Australia (the Australian supplier has essentially nothing in stock for the whole country), its likely i'm buying one without actually playing one! There are NO S2 standards or singlecuts close to Sydney 'in stock', so i'll have to buy online. I also only have the choice of satin finish, in my preferred McCarty burst. Hopefully I can at least go play a Mira or something with the same "pattern regular" neck...
Anyway, just after some advice on the relative benefits of the S2 standard 22 vs the 24. My style of playing will be in the harder rock category, heading towards some low key metal. From reading the PRS website blurbs (and elsewhere) on these guitars, the pickups appear different, with the 22 appearing to head more in my direction, whereas the 24 seems maybe a little more directed at clean tone retro sounds. Does this sound right?
Also, any reason id want a 24 fret guitar vs 22? I do have big hands, and from what I can tell the necks are the same length (scale length 25" for both), so that means slightly smaller fret spaces on the 24? I don't feel the need for soloing up around the 23rd fret at this stage.
Any advice would be welcome.
Im looking to buy my first PRS guitar (and indeed electric guitar), but due to major stock issues here in Australia (the Australian supplier has essentially nothing in stock for the whole country), its likely i'm buying one without actually playing one! There are NO S2 standards or singlecuts close to Sydney 'in stock', so i'll have to buy online. I also only have the choice of satin finish, in my preferred McCarty burst. Hopefully I can at least go play a Mira or something with the same "pattern regular" neck...
Anyway, just after some advice on the relative benefits of the S2 standard 22 vs the 24. My style of playing will be in the harder rock category, heading towards some low key metal. From reading the PRS website blurbs (and elsewhere) on these guitars, the pickups appear different, with the 22 appearing to head more in my direction, whereas the 24 seems maybe a little more directed at clean tone retro sounds. Does this sound right?
Also, any reason id want a 24 fret guitar vs 22? I do have big hands, and from what I can tell the necks are the same length (scale length 25" for both), so that means slightly smaller fret spaces on the 24? I don't feel the need for soloing up around the 23rd fret at this stage.
Any advice would be welcome.