Boz
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Hey guys! New member here, and first forum post...
I wanted to get some advice from everyone on a new guitar I'm looking to possibly purchase. I used to have a nice Les Paul sunburst that was my first real nice guitar, but ended up having to sell it a while back, and ever since have been wanting to replace it with another higher-end guitar. Originally I was looking to possibly purchase a new core model McCarty 594 Semi-Hollow, as it seemed to be the perfect fusion of old school, new technology, and that beautiful F-hole that I always wanted but never had with my Les Paul. But they have been so scarce and hard to find these days since they stopped making that model, especially in the color combination I like, that I was getting dissapointed.
Fast forward a few months of searching and I start looking into alternatives, and I come across the Special Semi-Hollow. It had many of the same characteristics of the McCarty 594 SH (same pickups, the F-hole, etc.) but also had the locking tuners, gen3 trem, and of course the narrowfield pickup in the middle. This all seemed interesting and so I started looking into it more and reading up on it. From what I've been able to read, owners of this guitar seem to be very happy with it overall. Now, I've never played a guitar setup with 3 pickups like the Special SH, and so I was curious if that would be an issue, as a few people made some comments regarding some frustration with their pick occasionally hitting the middle NF pickup while playing due to not being used to that particular setup. But from what I see, it seems to be more of an issue of personal picking style, and its something that can easily be gotten used to with a little practice.
So all that being said (sorry for dragging this out guys), did anyone find that the middle NF pickup was a big issue for them to get used to? Or is it something that with a little practice can be overcome? Because other than that, this guitar seems to have everything I want. Even the spec of this particular guitar I'm looking at is almost exactly what I would get even if I picked everything out myself. And besides the pickup issue, what are your thoughts on the guitar in general, compared to the original PRS I was looking at, the McCarty 594 SH? Is there anything that the McCarty 594 SH has that the Special SH doesn't have, that makes it worth continuing to wait for and hopefully find in the future?
Any comments or advice would be greatly appreciated from everyone, and thank you all for taking the time to read all this and help a fellow guitar player out
I wanted to get some advice from everyone on a new guitar I'm looking to possibly purchase. I used to have a nice Les Paul sunburst that was my first real nice guitar, but ended up having to sell it a while back, and ever since have been wanting to replace it with another higher-end guitar. Originally I was looking to possibly purchase a new core model McCarty 594 Semi-Hollow, as it seemed to be the perfect fusion of old school, new technology, and that beautiful F-hole that I always wanted but never had with my Les Paul. But they have been so scarce and hard to find these days since they stopped making that model, especially in the color combination I like, that I was getting dissapointed.
Fast forward a few months of searching and I start looking into alternatives, and I come across the Special Semi-Hollow. It had many of the same characteristics of the McCarty 594 SH (same pickups, the F-hole, etc.) but also had the locking tuners, gen3 trem, and of course the narrowfield pickup in the middle. This all seemed interesting and so I started looking into it more and reading up on it. From what I've been able to read, owners of this guitar seem to be very happy with it overall. Now, I've never played a guitar setup with 3 pickups like the Special SH, and so I was curious if that would be an issue, as a few people made some comments regarding some frustration with their pick occasionally hitting the middle NF pickup while playing due to not being used to that particular setup. But from what I see, it seems to be more of an issue of personal picking style, and its something that can easily be gotten used to with a little practice.
So all that being said (sorry for dragging this out guys), did anyone find that the middle NF pickup was a big issue for them to get used to? Or is it something that with a little practice can be overcome? Because other than that, this guitar seems to have everything I want. Even the spec of this particular guitar I'm looking at is almost exactly what I would get even if I picked everything out myself. And besides the pickup issue, what are your thoughts on the guitar in general, compared to the original PRS I was looking at, the McCarty 594 SH? Is there anything that the McCarty 594 SH has that the Special SH doesn't have, that makes it worth continuing to wait for and hopefully find in the future?
Any comments or advice would be greatly appreciated from everyone, and thank you all for taking the time to read all this and help a fellow guitar player out