Oh, I'm sorry for bringing attention to a PRS player who actually knows how to properly play the guitar, instead of hanging it on the wall and admiring it like some trophy.
It's the trophy buyers that help keep PRS and the PS dept. in business. They're patrons of the arts, and I for one applaud them.
Back when I was gigging a lot, I was poor and only had the one PRS I bought in 1993. I'd have to sell stuff sometimes to get home from tours that fell through or bills that piled up while I was away... Then I'd go on the computer and look at the real fancy PRS and be like "that guitar should go to someone who'd really play it! You know, someone
like me!"
I'd do that because the reality was: I was a jealous
little b!tch.
We should be appreciative of collectors and of people who order the real high end guitars, because without them, if it were up to folks who were
real players, people who were slogging away in the clubs trying to make a living at music, or endorsed superstars... PRS would've gone out of business already.
Thank god there are people out there with, you know,
jobs an' sh!t. People that enjoy playing guitar and listening to music and going to shows and paying for tickets and buying merch, and doing something rather than staying at home watching tv, beating off, and spending all their money on football jerseys and bobbleheads.
Collectors, cork sniffer's, tone hounds, and hobbyist's are
the best! Seriously. They keep nice guitars outta harms way, they buy some amazing stuff, and they'll let you play them! All they wanna do is talk about gear and try out the next cool thing,
and they're even willing to pay for it! And did I mention they'll let you play the stuff?
All my "real" rockstar friends are boring as sh!t about guitars. They have their amps that they get paid to use, and their guitars that they've had
forever.... "No I don't want to play your Strat or LP Classic
again through your Blackstar, thank you." They don't commission double necks with dragons and flying unicorns on that sh!t. They can't bring that abalone-Brazilian-Ivory encrusted guitar to... Well,
anywhere. And the times they're actually home, all they wanna do is chill on the sofa with their families and chat about
normal stuff. Half of them don't even know what brand of pedal is on their board or what gauge of strings they use. For real.
Don't be a hater about fancy guitars on the wall, many of these dentists will smoke you
!
And IT guys, Electrical Engineers, Sales guys, and Accountants, and...