Greetings all!
Been patiently awaiting my first PRS since the early 1990s when I picked up a EG bolt-on at our local shop (
that was the first time I'd every seen a PRS...).
Fast forward many, many years, and another decade spent playing the bass--
into retirement. Then last fall while rearranging my music room I found my wife's Tele Deluxe, dusted it off, tuned it up (
still has VERY old strings) and began to noodle. That spark led to me digging out of the attic my old Carvin DC90 from its first year of production. Changed out the strings and began noodling on it... That guitar plays so nicely, I found myself spending more time on that than on my bass.
With a fresh fire inside, I decided to see what's new in the guitar world and spent some time online catching up. Carvin
as I knew it is no more, now being run by one of the young sons who is building... uhm,...
interesting guitars; too far-out for me. Fender's pricing is a bit crazy(!) and the examples I played were not inspiring. There was a PRS SE that looked good, and played like a dream! Long story short, I began researching PRS, and some weeks later-- after selling a bunch of recently neglected bass gear-- placed an order online for a new CE24 with an amber finish.
FedEx tells me the new guitars is due to arrive this Monday!
So I figured to join up with y'all and spend some time in the forum to keep me distracted from watching & waiting for the pot to boil.
Now I've a little money remaining in the guitar budget-- which is going toward a new amp. Tube amps are
wwaayy out of my price range, so I've been checking out the modeling amps; Boss Katana looks promising... and there's this little thing called a "Spark" which is likely too small... the research continues
Looking forward to hanging out with y'all!
~M