I believe the first customer pays the up charge. My debate was they offered the thicker SC594 with trem or the thinner SCT body with an up charge for the 594 scale length. The neck carve was more important to me than the extra 0.0094” scale difference. Having a trem already changes the tone equation. Your ME SCT sealed the deal for me on what I like best. So, my build is a modified ME SCT - shorter scale, PV neck carve, add piezo. And a killer quilt top!
Beautiful neck! Do you find the ebony neck to be bright? I like the look of maple, but I don’t like the impact on tone. I was thinking of cocobolo for a second build, but that will be down the road quite a bit.Thanks Paul. I have gigged this one a bunch. It has a really cool macassar ebony neck that was on display as a blank at a previous Experience.
If I were building another, I’d choose one of the exotic oiled hardwoods for a neck. While I love the look of flamed maple (and have quite a few), I just don’t like the feel as well, but again, that’s just me.
Braz neck and board, my favorite on tone and feel.
Go to the vault and let the wood choose for you. I find the decisions so much easier with wood in front of me than they are in the abstract.
Hah! You beat me to it.
My burl SC pictured earlier in this thread is my favorite PRS guitar. A lot of it is due to this:
Also, the Maccasar neck does not seem to me as bright as maple.
Hmm....Do both!
I hope to make it there one of these days. I told my dealer what I was after and Tina had pulled several pieces that were terrific to consider, even remotely looking at iPhone pictures. My build was further complicated by my light weight requirements but they were terrific in helping me choose. Don’t be shy asking for their advice ahead of time!
Do both!
