gemyneye
So many guitars, not enough time
- Joined
- May 7, 2022
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Ok, so regardless of the myriad of opinions that will probably pop up here, and no matter how much I love my PRS guitars, a couple just didn't match EXACTLY what I wanted. And I know have tens of thousands of dollars to throw at a custom PRS but with the crazy amount of OT I've had, I got an S2 McCarty thinline (blue) which, man, was SO CLOSE to what I wanted...so, I found a reputable luthier and had the bridge pickup switched to a PRS metal, the neck to a Fralin Sunbucker, stainless steel frets, new nut, and shaved the radius to a compound 10-16. Holy )(&*, I LOVE this thing so much that I did it again.... I had the neck on my Silver Sky re-carved to a blend of a Suhr slim C and PRS pattern thin, stainless steel frets, new nut, and compound 9-12 radius. And I LOVE this neck so much! I know there are people out there who will disagree with what I did, but with my hands, this neck is perfection and I have the snap and sparkle of the pickups. SO, I'm doing it again, got a deal on another S2 thinline (red) and a white Fiore. Since I have a red Fiore that I'm keeping stock, I'm having the new one's neck carved to similar spec's as my SS, add stainless steel frets, and switching to Lollar 64's single coils and Imperial humbucker. AND the new S2 thinline same compound radius as my other, new frets, Fishman Fluence pickups and a Floyd Rose. Four custom guitars to my specifications for a fraction of what one would've been. I never thought I would've done this, but I have NO regrets. My other core, I am keeping exactly the way they are, because I got real lucky with how they came to me and they were a lot more than the combined cost of my upgraded new ones.