SinSir
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Don't let the other thread hear you say that!The moon is next.
Don't let the other thread hear you say that!The moon is next.
Funny, I will have two signature PRS guitars, but I’m actually not all that familiar with either artist. I need to Spotify some DG soon.
DG is maybe most famous as the guitar player for Billy Mountain goat*.
*(you might know him as Johnny Cougar, or John Cougar, or John Cougar Mellencamp, or John Mellencamp)
Congrats! I played one today and man did it remind me of the good ol days of se of old. Step above some others they had in stock for sure. Solid guitar. Enjoy!And this is what I ordered this evening.
My recommendation, be patient and save up some more money and spring for a used S2 Standard, 594 Thinline or S2 Custom. The QC on the SE line of late has been severely lacking. It took me two SE Silver Sky's to get one that was playable enough to merit spending a few hours with it giving a going over to correct bad fret work and to get the setup in the right area for my preferred strings (10-52). I also gave a couple other SE Silver Sky's a quick play through while I was at GC a couple weeks ago and I was really underwhelmed with them too.
Having said all that, I did just pick up a 10th Anniversary S2 Custom 24 at the beginning of the year and, wow. What a night and day difference from a QC and initial playability standpoint. Right out of the box, it was every bit as good as my Core guitars and has the bonus of US electronics and pickups so it was also outpacing previous S2 guitars I've owned. Save a few more bucks up so you can raise your budget and get an S2.
It is likely either a SoCal Pro Mod or San Dimas Pro Mod. If it has no pickguard from the factory it is probably a San Dimas.So last week after what I thought was much deliberation and research, I got a new guitar, a Charvel SoCal Mod San Dimas HSS M HT (no pickguard, HSS pickups from Seymour Duncan), maple neck and a hard tail, no Floyd Rose). It's not a PRS, and you may be wondering why I'm posting it here.