Introduce yourself!

[Daryl Jones]

Welcome Saberslash, those are two great guitars from the PRS line. I saw a picture of another owner's new Purple Mist just the other day, totally gorgeous guitar!

 

[DISTORT6]

Hello everyone, I recently purchased PRS Core 24 Custom in Purple Mist, so I decided to join this lovely community(even though I already have 2021 Silver Sky USA in Golden Mesa).
My name is Goran, 29 years old, owner of several Gibson Les Pauls , Gibson Southern Jumbo and now 2 PRS-s

Welcome Saberslash!
Post some pics when you can and don’t forget to put something into your avatar.

<EDIT> Just saw the pic. Very nice. Put it in your avatar!

 

[Moondog Wily]

Good to have you on board Saberslash! I think you are starting to understand, there will be more!! Enjoy!!!

 

[L6dist]

hello, have admired PRS from afar for years. have wondered if the neck on a PRS could give me the feel of my Gibsons. I will say it is a great neck and the fretwork and the fact that with a few minutes of adjusting - have attained a nice low action. Pretty happy so far. L6

 

[L6dist]

being in engineering, not sure the massive amount of parts deployed on the molded tremolo design make sense, but it does seem to work.
many dont like it with the bridge tilted back only to be balanced by strings and springs. but hey it works. someone is either an idiot or a genius

 

[MiraX!]

Hello all! I'm a 70 year old PNW hobby-musician at best; picking away since 1972 (High Schooler). Got married some 48 years ago and she pretty-much got all the attention and dutiful determinations that could have been thrown into trying to be a serious guitarist!! I squandered the rest of my free time into holding down a steady job and raising 3 kids in a small town nestled within the foothills of The Cascade Mountains. Not certain how that family responsibility stuff played-out ... I could have been the "next Bob Dylan" or something ... but now I'll never know. My "first love" is my Martin, with various Fenders and Gibsons thrown in over the years. BUT: in the early 90's I stumbled upon my first PRS at the local music store and bought it! A CE 22 I think. It was way above my pay-grade, and I ended up selling it to someone deserving of it's quality. That neck and That sound has haunted me though - so I finally Just Now returned to PRS and bought me a 2009 Mira X. It is in transit/shipping as I type. It will be fun to share my "Return to PRS" adventure - and I look forward to being a part of this community of players and daydreamers!

 

[DISTORT6]

Welcome MiraX!
Thanks for having an avatar and definitely post some pics when you can.

 

[Alnus Rubra]

Welcome @MiraX! congrats on the guitar

 

[Daryl Jones]

Hello all! I'm a 70 year old PNW hobby-musician at best; picking away since 1972 (High Schooler). Got married some 48 years ago and she pretty-much got all the attention and dutiful determinations that could have been thrown into trying to be a serious guitarist!! I squandered the rest of my free time into holding down a steady job and raising 3 kids in a small town nestled within the foothills of The Cascade Mountains. Not certain how that family responsibility stuff played-out ... I could have been the "next Bob Dylan" or something ... but now I'll never know. My "first love" is my Martin, with various Fenders and Gibsons thrown in over the years. BUT: in the early 90's I stumbled upon my first PRS at the local music store and bought it! A CE 22 I think. It was way above my pay-grade, and I ended up selling it to someone deserving of it's quality. That neck and That sound has haunted me though - so I finally Just Now returned to PRS and bought me a 2009 Mira X. It is in transit/shipping as I type. It will be fun to share my "Return to PRS" adventure - and I look forward to being a part of this community of players and daydreamers!

Welcome along! Looking forward to seeing that Nu 2 U Mira!

 

[Daryl Jones]

hello, have admired PRS from afar for years. have wondered if the neck on a PRS could give me the feel of my Gibsons. I will say it is a great neck and the fretwork and the fact that with a few minutes of adjusting - have attained a nice low action. Pretty happy so far. L6

Just a guess, but I think the McCarty single cuts would have as close as possible to what you want in a neck. Both the SEs and Cores have a "pattern vintage" neck, and they don't have a trem bridge which you have right now. And you didn't mention what model you do have so I have no idea what neck it has. I'd check around the shops and try a few to see what fits the feel you remember. I have an S2 Thinline which is a double cut and it has a different neck (pattern thin) but I love the thing!

 

[Birdman308]

In college in the late '80s and playing in a band that played local clubs, I fell in love with PRS guitars like we all did, purely seeing them in magazines, because I never actually touched one. I didn't have a chance in hell of buying one. I worked in a small local music store that was a Washburn dealer. One day a Washburn RS-V10 showed up in the store. It was such a clear and obvious clone of the PRS! Even at 1/4 the price of a real PRS, I couldn't afford one. Some 15 years after graduating, I bought my first PRS (1995 Custom 24 Whale Blue) second hand. The moment I played the guitar, I knew that the guitar was 150% what I imagined. I literally had no idea what a guitar could be until I played that guitar. Bought it on the spot. It's still my favorite guitar, twenty years later.

These days, I no longer play in a band. I have a home studio and write songs for fun. I have now been collecting guitars for 35 years. I have about 35 guitars...and 9 of them are Paul Reed Smith. They are the finest guitars ever made. Everything else feels like junk to me. I have vintage Strats and Les Pauls. They are merely collectibles. When you want to PLAY, you choose a PRS.

I just acquired a 1988 all original PRS signed by Paul on the back of the headstock and it is the new prize of my collection. Can't wait to write a new song with it.

The first step is admitting you have a problem.....

 

[Alnus Rubra]

In college in the late '80s and playing in a band that played local clubs, I fell in love with PRS guitars like we all did, purely seeing them in magazines, because I never actually touched one. I didn't have a chance in hell of buying one. I worked in a small local music store that was a Washburn dealer. One day a Washburn RS-V10 showed up in the store. It was such a clear and obvious clone of the PRS! Even at 1/4 the price of a real PRS, I couldn't afford one. Some 15 years after graduating, I bought my first PRS (1995 Custom 24 Whale Blue) second hand. The moment I played the guitar, I knew that the guitar was 150% what I imagined. I literally had no idea what a guitar could be until I played that guitar. Bought it on the spot. It's still my favorite guitar, twenty years later.

These days, I no longer play in a band. I have a home studio and write songs for fun. I have now been collecting guitars for 35 years. I have about 35 guitars...and 9 of them are Paul Reed Smith. They are the finest guitars ever made. Everything else feels like junk to me. I have vintage Strats and Les Pauls. They are merely collectibles. When you want to PLAY, you choose a PRS.

I just acquired a 1988 all original PRS signed by Paul on the back of the headstock and it is the new prize of my collection. Can't wait to write a new song with it.

The first step is admitting you have a problem.....

Welcome. Nice introduction.

What is this “problem” you speak of?

 

[DISTORT6]

Welcome Birdman308!
Please post some pics of your collection when you can.

 

[Birdman308]

Finally figured out how to post a pic. Here is the core collection.

https://imgur.com/a/HbhuMom

Left to Right:
-2018 CE24 "Violin burst,"
-1995 Custom 24 "Whale Blue,"
-1988 Custom 24 10 Top "Red" (?).
-2007 Custom 24 "Vintage Natural" finish, 10-Top. 59-09 pickups
-2012 Studio 24. "Used to be purple" 10-top. 57-08 pickup. Faded paint...previous owner left it near a window. Removing the bridge to compare the color is striking. I really wish it was still purple. Great sounding guitar.

I have a guitar from every decade except the current one. Need to get on that!!!

I have written to PRS customer service to see if they can give me any additional information on the red 1988. It's funny because Paul has said that their new guitars are better than their old ones, and their quality has improved. This guitar is rated as a 10 Top and I can say for sure that under modern standards, it would definitely not rate a 10 top. It's not that it isn't totally beautiful, but the two halves don't match that well. It was a 10 top in 1988 but definitely not in 2024!

I'm struck by the huge difference in sound between set necks and bolted necks. Maybe it's the maple versus mahogany neck wood, but my CE is much brighter sounding than the customs. Sometimes that's just the sound you want. I remember reading an article someplace back in the day that Alex Lifeson preferred the sound of the CE guitars and those were the ones he toured with. I definitely love mine. But the 1995 Whale Blue Cu24 is the one I always reach for first.

-Jonathan

 

[Spudman]

Howdy all. I've been lurking for a while now and so it must be time to expose myself (get yer minds outta the gutter). I have played professionally since the end of the 1970s, and traveled the US and Canada earning my living as a Road Dog for many years.

My PRS journey started with an area music store that carried PRS Core models. I tried a few and they just didn't do it for me in the sonic department. The ones I tried were not lively feeling, and I couldn't justify the price, but the finishes were awesome.

Fast forward many years - an online retailer was clearing out some SE Tremonti Deluxes (pictured) so I got one. OMG! What a great guitar. After that I just kept waiting for deals to pop up on other models. All that I have I bought brand new, and had never played any of them with one exception, the SE 24-08 (blue). I had ordered one new a while back, and it arrived with frets filed down to nothing, and I sent it back...but I loved the neck, weight, and sounds. A online retailer recently made it approachable once again with a sale on them so I took a chance. This one is a keeper.

The red one (SE STD 24) I ordered having never played one. When I got it I thought the pickups sounded like crap, and the action was too high. I spent time getting the action to where it's just right and lovely to play, but those pickups - yuck. Well, I started playing with pickup heights and after many months of fine adjusting WOW! It sounds awesome now.

The DGT? Well, when you know - you know.

I keep these on the "Go To" wall because I like playing them so much. I have 72 guitars, and a bunch of those are really amazing too, but there is just something about these SEs that I love and I play them the most along with a couple of sweet Strats. So, Hi.

 

[Birdman308]

72 guitars! Dude you are my hero!

 

[JAzzguitar55]

I am Neville I live in Plymouth Devon England. I bought a PRS SE 24-08 Tobacco Sunburst a while ago (had to buy it online, no really good instrument shops in Plymouth) It is beautiful to play and very versatile. Especially with a modelling amplifier And looks fantastic!

 

[DISTORT6]

Welcome JAzzguitar55!
Don’t forget to put something in your avatar and post some pics when you can.

 

[Spudman]

72 guitars! Dude you are my hero!

I've been at it quite a while. I had my treasured 1977 Ibanez Artist stolen while I was on the road on Christmas of all times, and I've been compensating for the loss ever since. Lol. Once I got the Internet in the 90s it gave me a broader reach, and collecting hadn't gotten to be such as it is today. I could find guitars that I wanted to work with, and not break the bank. Plus, I was off the road with a regular job, and had some money...finally. Sometimes I think it's a burden having so many, and I'll start pulling some out to see which ones I want to get rid of, and after playing them a bit the answer is always "no." Sigh (as he smiles a big grin).

 

[sonicbaker]

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Introduced to PRS in the early 90’s when my bandmate got a candy apple red EG4. Finally picked up,two of my own this year. One s a dealer exclusive CE24 in Elephant Grey with an Ebony fretboard & 57/08 humbuckers and the other is a custom 24 in. Black cherry smoke burst with 85/15 TCI humbuckers. Both are awesome and I wish I’d don’t wait so long to get into PRS!