markd21
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Like many of you, I enjoy having MANY guitars. With PRS it's funner than other brands - each is so pretty and unique and tuneful....
Over the last couple of years I have grabbed a nice little herd of expensive (for me), gorgeous, and phenomenal musical instruments built in MD. Not many have left - and those that have sailed the seas to allow "better" fitting instruments into my hands. I am glad Mr. Smith developed the "21 Rules of Tone" because it made his instruments "work" for me. They were always gorgeous, but NOW (in my book, anyway) their musicality is superb.
But this is not a thread about how killer PRS are. This is a thread about having found THE Paul Reed Smith. THE one that has NOT been put away for another to be played. The ONE that breathes life to music, allows me to be the artist and creator I long to be. THE one that seems to have become MY Excalibur....
(excuse my bizarre posts lately, I am on new seizure drugs and they seem to make me more "epic" in my ramblings)
Only TWICE in my life have I purchased guitars that I have felt were "magical". I define a magical guitar as one that comes to me with songs in it. It'll work like this...I pick it up, plug it in, dial up a sound, play, then a song is there. I mean, like as soon as I play it, the song is INSTANT. Not the idea I need to build, but the full-on progression, the mood, how I plan to express emotion, the arrangement, ALL of it. There. Immediately.
I have had other instruments that are "inspirational" in composing. Others that inspire me to play or PERFORM better. Those are awesome too - but they aren't MAGICAL....
Currently I have the following PRS instruments, and I adore each.....
MC58 10 top
P22 10 top Quilt
CU22 10 top Quilt
SC245 57/08 LTD 10 top Quilt
SC250 Artist Package
Paul's Guitar Trem
S2 Standard 22 Metallic
S2 Singlecut Standard
S2 Standard 22
(looks I need one more to make an even 10. was looking at CE's yesterday, but nothing spoke to me because I found THE ONE....hmmm, has GAS expired? Is this temporary? Am I finally done buying?)
But only ONE of those has been getting played. All the rest are cased and buried in the studio gear closet. To get them out would be WORK. Last night I thought about grabbing the MC58. My heart was feeling the MC....the wonderful neck, the singing tone of the neck pickup.....the orgasmic feel of just emoting through that special instrument.
NOPE.
Walked into the studio, looked to the lonely guitar hanging on the stand (I use Hercules stands for the instruments I am using in the moment). It called to me as I powered up the console. As I powered the secondary rack the lure of my Excalibur was undeniable. I grabbed it, threw it over my shoulder, and sat comfortably in my chair. I capo'd the 9th fret and began finger pickinng a melancholy piece....
Eyes closed, at one with the instrument, within moments I had the whole song worked through. The arrangement built, the instruments and dynamics sketched. The ache in my soul quenched via my Excalibur...the glorious simple guitar that was created with such love and care that it speaks MUSIC into my very being in a way NONE of its siblings do....
This is not the first time this has happened. It is common place with this instrument. It is alive with music.....
I know what you're thinking....."Which ONE IS IT?!?!?!"
It's the one I planned to sacrifice to a modification.....
The S2 Standard 22 McCarty Tobacco Burst I bought used off Reverb.com. The one that came to me beat up, needing SEVERE amounts of effort to bring it back to life. Maybe the love and care that brought this guitar back is why it is rewarding me with music? I wonder if from a metaphysical way, the guitar KNEW that I had a love for it, therefore it is loving me back?
What is it Carlos Santana said of the earliest PRS' he received? "....frequency of love...."? Maybe this S2 is resonating with my via a frequency of love? Hmmmmm.....
I am currently watching an anime series called 'Soul Eater'. It's fairly complex so I won't explain the whole concept. There is just a part where a meister and it's weapon achieve a 'soul resonance' to make their attack as powerful as it can be. Is that what is happening with this S2 and myself?
A couple questions for you....
Do you have ONE guitar that does this for you?
Is this metaphysical/supernatural concept of the instrument/soul/expression WAY to wacky?
Looking forward to what you want to share!!
Over the last couple of years I have grabbed a nice little herd of expensive (for me), gorgeous, and phenomenal musical instruments built in MD. Not many have left - and those that have sailed the seas to allow "better" fitting instruments into my hands. I am glad Mr. Smith developed the "21 Rules of Tone" because it made his instruments "work" for me. They were always gorgeous, but NOW (in my book, anyway) their musicality is superb.
But this is not a thread about how killer PRS are. This is a thread about having found THE Paul Reed Smith. THE one that has NOT been put away for another to be played. The ONE that breathes life to music, allows me to be the artist and creator I long to be. THE one that seems to have become MY Excalibur....
(excuse my bizarre posts lately, I am on new seizure drugs and they seem to make me more "epic" in my ramblings)
Only TWICE in my life have I purchased guitars that I have felt were "magical". I define a magical guitar as one that comes to me with songs in it. It'll work like this...I pick it up, plug it in, dial up a sound, play, then a song is there. I mean, like as soon as I play it, the song is INSTANT. Not the idea I need to build, but the full-on progression, the mood, how I plan to express emotion, the arrangement, ALL of it. There. Immediately.
I have had other instruments that are "inspirational" in composing. Others that inspire me to play or PERFORM better. Those are awesome too - but they aren't MAGICAL....
Currently I have the following PRS instruments, and I adore each.....
MC58 10 top
P22 10 top Quilt
CU22 10 top Quilt
SC245 57/08 LTD 10 top Quilt
SC250 Artist Package
Paul's Guitar Trem
S2 Standard 22 Metallic
S2 Singlecut Standard
S2 Standard 22
(looks I need one more to make an even 10. was looking at CE's yesterday, but nothing spoke to me because I found THE ONE....hmmm, has GAS expired? Is this temporary? Am I finally done buying?)
But only ONE of those has been getting played. All the rest are cased and buried in the studio gear closet. To get them out would be WORK. Last night I thought about grabbing the MC58. My heart was feeling the MC....the wonderful neck, the singing tone of the neck pickup.....the orgasmic feel of just emoting through that special instrument.
NOPE.
Walked into the studio, looked to the lonely guitar hanging on the stand (I use Hercules stands for the instruments I am using in the moment). It called to me as I powered up the console. As I powered the secondary rack the lure of my Excalibur was undeniable. I grabbed it, threw it over my shoulder, and sat comfortably in my chair. I capo'd the 9th fret and began finger pickinng a melancholy piece....
Eyes closed, at one with the instrument, within moments I had the whole song worked through. The arrangement built, the instruments and dynamics sketched. The ache in my soul quenched via my Excalibur...the glorious simple guitar that was created with such love and care that it speaks MUSIC into my very being in a way NONE of its siblings do....
This is not the first time this has happened. It is common place with this instrument. It is alive with music.....
I know what you're thinking....."Which ONE IS IT?!?!?!"
It's the one I planned to sacrifice to a modification.....
The S2 Standard 22 McCarty Tobacco Burst I bought used off Reverb.com. The one that came to me beat up, needing SEVERE amounts of effort to bring it back to life. Maybe the love and care that brought this guitar back is why it is rewarding me with music? I wonder if from a metaphysical way, the guitar KNEW that I had a love for it, therefore it is loving me back?
What is it Carlos Santana said of the earliest PRS' he received? "....frequency of love...."? Maybe this S2 is resonating with my via a frequency of love? Hmmmmm.....
I am currently watching an anime series called 'Soul Eater'. It's fairly complex so I won't explain the whole concept. There is just a part where a meister and it's weapon achieve a 'soul resonance' to make their attack as powerful as it can be. Is that what is happening with this S2 and myself?
A couple questions for you....
Do you have ONE guitar that does this for you?
Is this metaphysical/supernatural concept of the instrument/soul/expression WAY to wacky?
Looking forward to what you want to share!!