Hi guys, first-time poster here. A few days ago, on a wild-hair whim, I traded a gorgeous and perfectly good Squier Classic Vibe tele for an SE Custom22. After speaking on the phone,we had a tentative deal set up for the next day, so I had a little time to research it, but still have a couple questions I was hoping y'all could help me with.
I've never owned any PRS's, though my brother has been through several "real" PRS's, so I've toyed with them a bit.
The serial number on this one begins with an "H", which from what I've dug up, means an '07 manufactur date. That correct?
As I understand, I have the "grey/black" version, but I swear, this looks green to my eye , but my brother is telling me I'm nuts. I even sent some pics to a freind and asked him, and he wrote back, "looks green to me". I don't believe these were ever made in any green tints, right? Does anyone else see these as a greenish color? Even the one's I'm seeing on Ebay look green to me.
I'm also wondering if I have a mahogany or maple neck? Most info I find seems to say it's mahogany, but I've read some stuff that makes me suspect it could be maple (it's all covered with a gloss black finish.)
Also, this guitar has some Grover 18-1 tuners on it (with black knobs), but I believe these must have been added by a previous owner. Is that correct?
And I'm wondering if the tremelo is able to be easily locked-out? I've only had it plugged in and played it once, and didn't seem to have any issues with my hand resting on the bridge and flexing the whammy, but I've always preferred to just lock these things out (on counteless Strats). Can I use a little block/wedge, or can I just add a spring or two and tighten the screws a little, and lock it down much like you would on a Strat?
Anyway, so far, I'm really loving this thing. I've pretty much been a single-coil, Strat/Tele guy for decades, but I'm digging the beefy responsiveness of these HB's.
Any info, advice, commentary at all is much appreciated...........
I've never owned any PRS's, though my brother has been through several "real" PRS's, so I've toyed with them a bit.
The serial number on this one begins with an "H", which from what I've dug up, means an '07 manufactur date. That correct?
As I understand, I have the "grey/black" version, but I swear, this looks green to my eye , but my brother is telling me I'm nuts. I even sent some pics to a freind and asked him, and he wrote back, "looks green to me". I don't believe these were ever made in any green tints, right? Does anyone else see these as a greenish color? Even the one's I'm seeing on Ebay look green to me.
I'm also wondering if I have a mahogany or maple neck? Most info I find seems to say it's mahogany, but I've read some stuff that makes me suspect it could be maple (it's all covered with a gloss black finish.)
Also, this guitar has some Grover 18-1 tuners on it (with black knobs), but I believe these must have been added by a previous owner. Is that correct?
And I'm wondering if the tremelo is able to be easily locked-out? I've only had it plugged in and played it once, and didn't seem to have any issues with my hand resting on the bridge and flexing the whammy, but I've always preferred to just lock these things out (on counteless Strats). Can I use a little block/wedge, or can I just add a spring or two and tighten the screws a little, and lock it down much like you would on a Strat?
Anyway, so far, I'm really loving this thing. I've pretty much been a single-coil, Strat/Tele guy for decades, but I'm digging the beefy responsiveness of these HB's.
Any info, advice, commentary at all is much appreciated...........
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