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Difference? Same? Are all NF’s 57/08’s?
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It's one of the greatest guitars I've ever played. Best neck ever. Incredible pickups, and pickup versatility. Every time I say this nobody responds so I figure they think I'm nuts or something...
All that is completely true. Probably the most versatile pickups I've ever played. As is the guitar with it's 3 pickups and 5 way switch. This is what a super strat SHOULD BE, IMHO.I'm chiming in here only because I feel bad for you that nobody responds when you praise the NF3. I just want to tell you that I don't think you're nuts. Everything you said about the NF3 is true. They are so f*&@!%g good. It's a crime that they were not more popular and are no longer being made.
What about the narrow 408, like in the Brent Mason? Still same? Thanks all! Window shopping...
My '10-ish(?) Studio is pretty much the best HSS superstrat Evar. The narrowfield pickups balance beautifully volume-wise with the 57/08 bridge humbucker. The neck pickup sounds like a great humbucker with the volume full up, like a great strat with the knob rolled down to 6-8, and the neck-middle pickup combo sounds as much like a strat as you could possibly ask for.
Oh yeah, the bridge pickup sounds great. IOW, it's a fantastically-voiced super versatile guitar. The narrow 408s do not have the same beefy strat pickup sound that the narrowfield pickups do. They also sound great, but more like a traditional humbucker.
Oh yeah. Forgot the pic:
LOVE your guitar!!!
I think I would send it in. That stinks though. That is a beautiful guitar in that pic. I’ve been lucky with my two blue ones. No fade at all. I have to say though, I’m paranoid enough now that I’m not sure I’d buy another blue one. I’ve always wanted a red one and if I pick another one and have that option, that would be my choice.I wish it still looked like that! That one got a moderate case of the notorious PRS blue dye fade and isn't nearly as blue these days. Except the blue burst around the edge, which is think is sprayed paint. It looks kind of clown-stripey now since that blue didn't fade. Between that and the finish failing along the edge of the fretboard, I keep thinking I should send it in to get it fixed up. It still sounds and plays great.
I wish it still looked like that! That one got a moderate case of the notorious PRS blue dye fade and isn't nearly as blue these days. Except the blue burst around the edge, which is think is sprayed paint. It looks kind of clown-stripey now since that blue didn't fade. Between that and the finish failing along the edge of the fretboard, I keep thinking I should send it in to get it fixed up. It still sounds and plays great.
current pic?
I think I would send it in. That stinks though. That is a beautiful guitar in that pic. I’ve been lucky with my two blue ones. No fade at all. I have to say though, I’m paranoid enough now that I’m not sure I’d buy another blue one. I’ve always wanted a red one and if I pick another one and have that option, that would be my choice.
Love the pattern regular maple neck on my NF3 and all it’s smooth, satiny goodness. I like the pickups a lot too. Some of my favorite clean and crunch tones come from that guitar. I usually grab it when I want to get away from the high gain stuff, not that it can’t do some of that though.My NF3 is the least "pretty" PRS I have. It's one of the greatest guitars I've ever played. Best neck ever. Incredible pickups, and pickup versatility. Every time I say this nobody responds so I figure they think I'm nuts or something, but I'm telling you point blank I could do a metal gig with that and the Archon. It does incredible cleans, mild breakup, classic rock gain tones just like you'd expect, but those pickups are so good they KILL at anything you want to do with them.
I LOVE MY NF3!!!