My name is Kelly. I live in New York and play in several bands there. I just got my first PRS, an SE Custom 24 Black Gold Quilt Top, and it should arrive in the mail on Tuesday. I grew up playing an Epiphone Les Paul and knew nothing about it. The first guitar I purchased with my own money was a Fender Strat HSS. I knew nothing about it or pickups or anything of that sort until I started to do my homework during COVID and learned that I had a Clapton Boost and TBX-equipped Strat. I spent a lot of money in COVID on pedals and pickups and a few years later, I've learned a I'm a Mesa Boogie guy and that precious first Strat is now an at-home guitar because of its floating after-market Vega Trem and the guitar's sentimental value. I've been playing an Epiphone Les Paul Custom with a Fralin Pure PAF bridge and Noiseless Alnico Rod P90 neck pickup live. I made the PRS plunge because I've heard great things about these guitars and their versatility and trem systems.