newfmp3
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- May 20, 2012
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My stable currently has
2011 CU 24 Experience model 59/09
2017 DGT wood library 10 top with flame neck
2018 594 SC
2022 Pauls Guitar
2023 Moc Sand satin Silver Skye....and yes that's Skye, as my previous dog's name was Skye. Lost the poor thing to Cancer not to long ago at a very early age, so I renamed the SS.
So I haven't been around in a while. This story starts off similar to how I started when I joined. I went off work with health issues, it was looking like I wouldn't be able to play guitar much longer. This was 2012. I got back into guitar after work and life consuming my time for far too long, and wanted my first PRS before I knew my hands couldn't play any longer. Well, good news is, I made it further than I thought. I did go off work for a while in 08/09, fought like a !@#$$, got back to work in 2010, and instead of one PRS, as you can see, I got a few more. Lots of overtime ! I found that working took my mind off the pain. So I worked..too much.
But, it's now 2024, I've been dealing with these issues since 2008. I'm off again as of last month. It doesn't look like I'll be able to win this time around. My hands (spinal issues and a few other things) are still fussy. I don't care, I'm going to play until I can't. Besides, playing guitar actually exercises my hands and is THE best mental health therapy ever.
However, I'm on disability now, and while I've worked quite hard and saved some money up before going off, the reality is I probably won't get another one past this one, and I'm probably going to move into retirement from disability. I'm going to try my best to beat these health issues and get back to work, but the reality is starting to sink in. My doctors are amazed I've lasted this long.
Enough of that.
I've been looking at multiple brands this time. Reality is, I'm in Canada, and PRS prices have gotten ..... nuts. My Pauls guitar was 6300, and it is a charcoal black non 10 top purchased last summer. Now add 15% taxes on it. Yeah, ouch. I also had to send that to PTC, which Ryan took excellent care of...but it shipped back with more damage then it left with, and nobody at PTC seemed to want to do anything about. Now they paid for the entire thing, the damage was minimal. The ring around the selector switch somehow came off and was loose in the case, and when I opened it, as you can imagine a loose metal washer marked the guitar once on the front, and some odd marks on the back, very weird. We didn't know how to explain it and rather send it back again and fight for it, I just moved on. But that did leave a bad taste in my mouth as you can imagine with PRS's legendary PTC reputation. Should I even get another?
This is becoming long. I was thinking what could I add sonically that I don't already have? Semi Hollow Special? Studio 22, hollow body II ( not a fan of the vintage neck though really) I'm partial to Pattern, Pattern reg, or DGT necks. The vintage neck is chunky for me, and the one HB2 I tried that is what turned me off from it, weird as my 594 was much better in my hand. Tremonti is nice but pattern thin isn't my thing, although I'd love hotter pups. I'm not a tele guy so skip that one. Mostly Rock, blues guy. I grew up in the 80's/90's. I have never played the semi special, or Studio..and where I live, it's never happening. This will be online order. I can't travel either.
I have a good CS strat SSS, and Tele, and LP.
I've been leaning towards the Studio. Very hard to find in Canada. Also been leaning towards 2 other brands...won't say who, but one begins with the letter A, and the other S Every PRS fan's dream is to get a PS as that retirement guitar....not happening with my current situation. I'm also an Acoustic player, but that's another story, and PRS doesn't seem to make anything but the SE line for acoustic now.
if you made it this far, you do not have ADHD. Any insight or other suggestions?
2011 CU 24 Experience model 59/09
2017 DGT wood library 10 top with flame neck
2018 594 SC
2022 Pauls Guitar
2023 Moc Sand satin Silver Skye....and yes that's Skye, as my previous dog's name was Skye. Lost the poor thing to Cancer not to long ago at a very early age, so I renamed the SS.
So I haven't been around in a while. This story starts off similar to how I started when I joined. I went off work with health issues, it was looking like I wouldn't be able to play guitar much longer. This was 2012. I got back into guitar after work and life consuming my time for far too long, and wanted my first PRS before I knew my hands couldn't play any longer. Well, good news is, I made it further than I thought. I did go off work for a while in 08/09, fought like a !@#$$, got back to work in 2010, and instead of one PRS, as you can see, I got a few more. Lots of overtime ! I found that working took my mind off the pain. So I worked..too much.
But, it's now 2024, I've been dealing with these issues since 2008. I'm off again as of last month. It doesn't look like I'll be able to win this time around. My hands (spinal issues and a few other things) are still fussy. I don't care, I'm going to play until I can't. Besides, playing guitar actually exercises my hands and is THE best mental health therapy ever.
However, I'm on disability now, and while I've worked quite hard and saved some money up before going off, the reality is I probably won't get another one past this one, and I'm probably going to move into retirement from disability. I'm going to try my best to beat these health issues and get back to work, but the reality is starting to sink in. My doctors are amazed I've lasted this long.
Enough of that.
I've been looking at multiple brands this time. Reality is, I'm in Canada, and PRS prices have gotten ..... nuts. My Pauls guitar was 6300, and it is a charcoal black non 10 top purchased last summer. Now add 15% taxes on it. Yeah, ouch. I also had to send that to PTC, which Ryan took excellent care of...but it shipped back with more damage then it left with, and nobody at PTC seemed to want to do anything about. Now they paid for the entire thing, the damage was minimal. The ring around the selector switch somehow came off and was loose in the case, and when I opened it, as you can imagine a loose metal washer marked the guitar once on the front, and some odd marks on the back, very weird. We didn't know how to explain it and rather send it back again and fight for it, I just moved on. But that did leave a bad taste in my mouth as you can imagine with PRS's legendary PTC reputation. Should I even get another?
This is becoming long. I was thinking what could I add sonically that I don't already have? Semi Hollow Special? Studio 22, hollow body II ( not a fan of the vintage neck though really) I'm partial to Pattern, Pattern reg, or DGT necks. The vintage neck is chunky for me, and the one HB2 I tried that is what turned me off from it, weird as my 594 was much better in my hand. Tremonti is nice but pattern thin isn't my thing, although I'd love hotter pups. I'm not a tele guy so skip that one. Mostly Rock, blues guy. I grew up in the 80's/90's. I have never played the semi special, or Studio..and where I live, it's never happening. This will be online order. I can't travel either.
I have a good CS strat SSS, and Tele, and LP.
I've been leaning towards the Studio. Very hard to find in Canada. Also been leaning towards 2 other brands...won't say who, but one begins with the letter A, and the other S Every PRS fan's dream is to get a PS as that retirement guitar....not happening with my current situation. I'm also an Acoustic player, but that's another story, and PRS doesn't seem to make anything but the SE line for acoustic now.
if you made it this far, you do not have ADHD. Any insight or other suggestions?
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