Shail
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Hello Everyone,
I am new to PRS family so I am glad that the forum exists and its so active.
I recently got hold of an PRS SE Angelus Custom (Made in Korea - Feb, 2012). Got it delivery from Thomann, Germany to Belgium so didn't had a chance to play and try it until it got delivered. They said that its brand new and its looks like one even though the manufacturing year is 2012.
Any how, its a beautiful example of fine craftsmanship and I am loving it so far except few things that I need help with. I am not sure if there is any thing wrong with the guitar (because its four year old) or I am missing something
1. Issue with the inbuilt Tuner: First off, I loaded it with new 9V battery. Now when I use the inbuilt tuner, it never gives correct reading. It reads Low-G as d#, A as G and so on. If I tune it using external tuner that I have, guitar sounds so awesome that I almost cried once but the inbuilt tuner is acting weird. Another piece of info is that I have to tighten the string more in order to get the reading to EADGBE in compared to the external tuner. In fact, I lost the higher E string (it snapped) in order to tune it to High E using inbuilt tuner.
Any one has any idea, what might be going on in here? Is it the pick-up that needs repair or something? It shouldn't be the case if its brand new.
2. Issue with the action: Another thing that I am not very much satisfied with is the action on the higher frights. Its way too high. Not sure why Thomann, didn't set it up before shipping. I know I can get it fixed by sanding the saddle but the problem is that the saddle height is already too low. I took it out to check the real situation and it appears that it was already sanded quite a bit to get it where it is. I am not an expert but it seems to me that the guitar neck angle was really messed up (there is no bowing) and in order to compensate that, some genius just rubbed the saddle off as much as he can to the get the action with in acceptable limits.
Any suggestion on what can be done here? Returning it is not my first choice.
Thank a lot in advance for any responses and advises.
Cheers,
I am new to PRS family so I am glad that the forum exists and its so active.
I recently got hold of an PRS SE Angelus Custom (Made in Korea - Feb, 2012). Got it delivery from Thomann, Germany to Belgium so didn't had a chance to play and try it until it got delivered. They said that its brand new and its looks like one even though the manufacturing year is 2012.
Any how, its a beautiful example of fine craftsmanship and I am loving it so far except few things that I need help with. I am not sure if there is any thing wrong with the guitar (because its four year old) or I am missing something
1. Issue with the inbuilt Tuner: First off, I loaded it with new 9V battery. Now when I use the inbuilt tuner, it never gives correct reading. It reads Low-G as d#, A as G and so on. If I tune it using external tuner that I have, guitar sounds so awesome that I almost cried once but the inbuilt tuner is acting weird. Another piece of info is that I have to tighten the string more in order to get the reading to EADGBE in compared to the external tuner. In fact, I lost the higher E string (it snapped) in order to tune it to High E using inbuilt tuner.
Any one has any idea, what might be going on in here? Is it the pick-up that needs repair or something? It shouldn't be the case if its brand new.
2. Issue with the action: Another thing that I am not very much satisfied with is the action on the higher frights. Its way too high. Not sure why Thomann, didn't set it up before shipping. I know I can get it fixed by sanding the saddle but the problem is that the saddle height is already too low. I took it out to check the real situation and it appears that it was already sanded quite a bit to get it where it is. I am not an expert but it seems to me that the guitar neck angle was really messed up (there is no bowing) and in order to compensate that, some genius just rubbed the saddle off as much as he can to the get the action with in acceptable limits.
Any suggestion on what can be done here? Returning it is not my first choice.
Thank a lot in advance for any responses and advises.
Cheers,