Ever just not bond with a PRS?

[davesultra]

Had a beautiful Ted McCarty DC wood library. Loved to look at it but didn’t love to play it. Looked good, sounded good, just didn’t like it. I’m not the kind of person who has a specific set of specs required to enjoy a guitar. I enjoy different ones for what they are. Not never loved this one so I ended up getting rid of it. I think that’s the only PRS I’ve owned that I didn’t like.

I had one of those too in (I believe it was called) Ice Blue. It actually looked more green than blue. Like you, I found mine beautiful to look at, but didn’t excite me from a playing standpoint.

 

[billaguitar]

New guy. I'm a fender guy from birth and always felt best 25.5. I didn't really bond w a CE22 or a Custom 22 but the 513 is doing it for me, as usual I'm 20 years behind what the manufacturer is doing

 

[Daryl Jones]

New guy. I'm a fender guy from birth and always felt best 25.5. I didn't really bond w a CE22 or a Custom 22 but the 513 is doing it for me, as usual I'm 20 years behind what the manufacturer is doing

Lots to be said for the older axes. Newer isn't always the best, often there is just something about more vintage instruments or gear.

 

[Juan Luis Vidal]

New guy. I'm a fender guy from birth and always felt best 25.5. I didn't really bond w a CE22 or a Custom 22 but the 513 is doing it for me, as usual I'm 20 years behind what the manufacturer is doing

I have used 25.5 all my life, and that's my preferred length for certain solos, but I have found 25 to be a very sweet mid ground spot. I definitely dislike 24.75...everything is so cramped up there...!

 

[RockR]

Never, I love every single one I have and never have I bonded with guitars like I do with PRS, the consistency is impressive

 

[dogrocketp]

The most incredibly made and beautiful guitar I had was a 509. The intonation was perfecto! The pickups sounded like fingernails on a blackboard to my ears. I also have a DC3 with the same pickups. It was perfect in every other way, so I bought a new pickguard from silverskymodshop and put 3 Dimarzio noiseless single coils, a 300k volume pot, and a TBX tone control in it. Finally the Strat itch is scratched, and the volume control doesn’t get in my way.

 

[Rod/]

A number of guitars over the years I let go of because I just didn’t bond with them. 1 PRS that I let go of was similar to yours. Mine was a ‘93 custom 22 with the Dragon one pick ups and although I liked it it wasn’t until I got my wood library DGT back in 21 that I realized that the custom 22 had to go, Paul has made so many refinements over the years"….."…..

 

[The Saint]

My first PRS was a Paul’s guitar earlier his year. Played in the shop for an hour or two and loved it.

Got it home but after a few days I realised it wasn’t for me. I really can’t explain why, there was nothing bad about the guitar at all. Just didn’t light my fire, so it went back.

I’ve now got a Hollowbody piezo, it arrived yesterday and I hope that will keep me happy.

 

[Snake1911]

I got it from MAPete then It got traded to Brian C for a time for a CU24 57/08 then it came back to me, Then got traded to Bodia for the DG 30 amp and a HBII , The DG 30 went to Sergio for a MKV Mesa.


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Likely a pick of a deal in progress , Miss our jams
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pick up height???

 

[Maertl513]

Different story: As a young lad - maybe it was just perhaps yesterday - I bought different guitar magazines, after starting to play the guitar. The ads of PRS with their very attracting guitars (especially the CU in violin yellow) drove me crazy. With my guitar teacher I made a 'trip' to our state's capital (Hanover, Germany) to visit the biggest guitar store in town.
They had PRSi displayed, but the price tag kept me away from touching. But I risked to grab a Parker Fly Deluxe. Man, how light it was!
The different neck shapes of PRS built up another reluctancy.
A few years later, maybe eight, I bought a Parker Fly Deluxe. Having started my military career, I needed to attend to leadership courses at my army branch school in Munich, Germany. One of my school mates studied at that time chemical engineering in Munich. We met. He had bought a CU24. I had my Parker with me.
The neck feel of the CU24 was disappoiting, too wide, too flat, the strings felt like eggs slicers.
This experience made me not being bond to the brand PRS for a couple of years.
In summer 2011 discovering the 513 for the first time, this distance was tore down.

Maybe it's rediculous taking a not suitable neck profile and neck feel as the main reason for (temporary) collective punishmant of a whole brand.
The 513 convinced me to change my opinion.

 

[dogrocketp]

We only know what we know. For me, there isn’t a single neck profile that I dislike. Visually, I find every PRS as beautiful as the next.

 

[watelessness]

there have been several with which i have not jived and others have found happiness

 

[DarkskyZ]

Well, I have to say I never really had a bond with my Fiore.

I waited patiently to find one with a lighter weight in the color I wanted. I found one online, bought it, have had it for just over 2 years now and I rarely touch it.
When I want S-like tones I go Silver Sky and when I want HB tones I went SH Special Ltd but now I also reach for my SC594. So yeah, probably a great guitar but just doesn't fit in my collection.
I am considering listing it up for sale at the end of summer. I am sure it will make somebody happy as it is absolutely mint.

Looks cool on my wall with the gang though...

 

[danktat]

Well, I have to say I never really had a bond with my Fiore.

I waited patiently to find one with a lighter weight in the color I wanted. I found one online, bought it, have had it for just over 2 years now and I rarely touch it.
When I want S-like tones I go Silver Sky and when I want HB tones I went SH Special Ltd but now I also reach for my SC594. So yeah, probably a great guitar but just doesn't fit in my collection.
I am considering listing it up for sale at the end of summer. I am sure it will make somebody happy as it is absolutely mint.

Looks cool on my wall with the gang though...

The great thing about instruments is that SOMEBODY will buy that guitar from you, and it will become their number one. Each individual has very specific relationships with their guitars that are unique to them, and only them.

 

[cbieberstein]

I've had guitars that ticked all the boxes but just didn't vibe with me.

 

[okstrat]

Owned a few that didn't scratch my itch just right, but we all have our different likes and dislikes. I prefer wide fat necks, shorter scales (24.75 to 24.5) and for some folks that's kryptonite.

One guy may think a guitar sounds too thin, but it cuts just right for another. The one thing I've never had with any PRS that I've owned were flaws that affected the tone or playability. Some finish clouding here and there though.

 

[ruger9]

For me it's 50/50. I definitely bonded with the TONE of my DGT. The bridge pickup is PERFECT. However, I have never bonded with the neck. Oh, I can play it fine, but it'll never feel "like home" to me.

 

[vhalen50]

im still trying to bond with my MK. Something about it just...isnt doing it for me. Its a great guitar, but i find the pickups just dont work for me in the style of music im doing currently.

 

[sgrady41]

This popped up in my "memories" over on social media. I looked at it and realized that, although it was a really great guitar, it was the only PRS that I just somehow didn't bond with. It played and sounded nice. I mean, it had Dragon 1s in it. It hit all the checkmarks that I look for in a PRS guitar. But, somehow, it just didn't quite get me there.

Maybe it was the top, that even though it was quilted and a 10 top, I couldn't quite see in lighting that was any dimmer than what is in this pic. Maybe it was the Zebra pickups (which have never been my thing). It was hot, but easily tamed down a bit with a roll off on the volume, but somehow, I had difficulty finding that sweet spot. When I played it, it just didn't give me that butterflies in the stomach feel that I have had with all of my other ones.

I ended up selling it to someone who absolutely loves it and still uses it to record. But, sometimes, a guitar can be as individual as a person as far as how you get along.

Anyone else ever experience this.

(pic below was when I took it in for a setup and a once over)

Not trying to start a flame war here. And I am DEFINITELY not trolling. Just putting it out there.

Yes the first one I bought

 

[WingerRules]

Well, I have to say I never really had a bond with my Fiore.

I waited patiently to find one with a lighter weight in the color I wanted. I found one online, bought it, have had it for just over 2 years now and I rarely touch it.
When I want S-like tones I go Silver Sky and when I want HB tones I went SH Special Ltd but now I also reach for my SC594. So yeah, probably a great guitar but just doesn't fit in my collection.
I am considering listing it up for sale at the end of summer. I am sure it will make somebody happy as it is absolutely mint.

Looks cool on my wall with the gang though...

What color is it?