LTigh
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- May 17, 2014
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So yet another big regret of having wasted three years of my life in Colorado was that thanks to various life circumstances and through no fault of PRS itself, I had gotten soured on S2s to the point where I wasn't thinking of owning one ever again, since there were so many negative associations with said S2, what I acquired in order to compensate for life failure in the High Plains.
Because another Reverb deal I'd done had fallen through, I decided on a lark to look for a replacement to sink all the ducats I'd inadvertently saved due to a quick refund on the seller's part. During my Reverb search (yeah, Reverb bux) quite a number of S2s started popping up on the "HEY YOU MIGHT LIKE THIS TOOO" part at the bottom of the listings. Decided to pay attention, despite my misgivings about the S2 line thanks to the Curse of the Mountain State.
A good deal, save the exorbitant shipping cost, popped up on the feed. Turns out seller was about 10 minutes away from the day-job, so messaged them regarding a local pickup. Seller returned with an offer minus the shipping, plus a little bit of a "need to unload for my own Christmas Miracle" discount. Shekels were dropped, and went to pick up the new acquisition this morning following an unnecessary half-day at the day-job.
Pics, followed by ramblings. No unboxing, since local pickup, but came with comfy stock gig-bag and bag-candy.
Lavender sparklies.
85/15S in covered flavor.
Headstock with PRSh sig. Serial number starting with "17" on the back.
So yeah, helluva good deal on a 2017 S2 Standard 22 Satin, a nice bit less than the asking price of a new Custom SE. Some dings and buckle-rash on the back, but to be expected. Hog body was pretty light, too, which was a little surprising for an S2 (my previous S2 Cu24 was heavier, if memory serves me correctly). Also, compared to my previous S2 CU24, I'm beginning to favor 22 frets over 24 in my old age (and I like the neck pup tones better on 22-fret guitars vs 24). Old fart disease strikes again.
Didn't expect to enjoy the 85/15S, having tried the S2 Satins in the local GC with the uncovered pups and finding them meh-tier or worse, but the covers seem to un-muddy and refine them-- of course, thanks to the light-hog body, it were a bit less dark and boomy than what you may have expected. Also, when split, the single-coil tones were extremely serviceable, almost tele-like with a bit of quack. Unexpected.
Seller did a great job with set-up, plays like butter.
Still, though, the mad tinkerer in me is looking at a MannMade bridge swap (most likely the two-piece, since that would keep it around average price of a used S2 Standard Satin, but may decide to drop $50 more for the NOS depending on how bad the tinker is), jury is still out on the covered 85/15S, since I don't hate them as much as I thought I would.
tl;dr: Found an S2 Standard 22 Satin what cured my Colorado-induced distates for the entire S2 line. Or maybe the S2 found me. On Christmas Eve no less. It's a Christmas Miracle, Charlie Brown! GOD BLESS US EVERYONE!
Because another Reverb deal I'd done had fallen through, I decided on a lark to look for a replacement to sink all the ducats I'd inadvertently saved due to a quick refund on the seller's part. During my Reverb search (yeah, Reverb bux) quite a number of S2s started popping up on the "HEY YOU MIGHT LIKE THIS TOOO" part at the bottom of the listings. Decided to pay attention, despite my misgivings about the S2 line thanks to the Curse of the Mountain State.
A good deal, save the exorbitant shipping cost, popped up on the feed. Turns out seller was about 10 minutes away from the day-job, so messaged them regarding a local pickup. Seller returned with an offer minus the shipping, plus a little bit of a "need to unload for my own Christmas Miracle" discount. Shekels were dropped, and went to pick up the new acquisition this morning following an unnecessary half-day at the day-job.
Pics, followed by ramblings. No unboxing, since local pickup, but came with comfy stock gig-bag and bag-candy.
Lavender sparklies.
85/15S in covered flavor.
Headstock with PRSh sig. Serial number starting with "17" on the back.
So yeah, helluva good deal on a 2017 S2 Standard 22 Satin, a nice bit less than the asking price of a new Custom SE. Some dings and buckle-rash on the back, but to be expected. Hog body was pretty light, too, which was a little surprising for an S2 (my previous S2 Cu24 was heavier, if memory serves me correctly). Also, compared to my previous S2 CU24, I'm beginning to favor 22 frets over 24 in my old age (and I like the neck pup tones better on 22-fret guitars vs 24). Old fart disease strikes again.
Didn't expect to enjoy the 85/15S, having tried the S2 Satins in the local GC with the uncovered pups and finding them meh-tier or worse, but the covers seem to un-muddy and refine them-- of course, thanks to the light-hog body, it were a bit less dark and boomy than what you may have expected. Also, when split, the single-coil tones were extremely serviceable, almost tele-like with a bit of quack. Unexpected.
Seller did a great job with set-up, plays like butter.
Still, though, the mad tinkerer in me is looking at a MannMade bridge swap (most likely the two-piece, since that would keep it around average price of a used S2 Standard Satin, but may decide to drop $50 more for the NOS depending on how bad the tinker is), jury is still out on the covered 85/15S, since I don't hate them as much as I thought I would.
tl;dr: Found an S2 Standard 22 Satin what cured my Colorado-induced distates for the entire S2 line. Or maybe the S2 found me. On Christmas Eve no less. It's a Christmas Miracle, Charlie Brown! GOD BLESS US EVERYONE!
