mtyler06
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My new (and first) PRS guitar showed up Saturday, and here are my initial thoughts and impressions after a few hours of playing.
Looks and feels beautiful! The neck is very comfortable and the overall size and weight of the guitar feels nice. The color and finish is gorgeous, aside from the tiny blemish (which is difficult to even find) that made it a "demo" from Sweetwater. The pickups sound great compared to the 1987 Ibanez RG550 I'm used to. Despite some other feedback I've seen/heard, the split coil position with the right amount of tone dialed in sounds great to me. I can definitely see myself using it often to play clean stuff. The tone control is much more responsive and effective than my old guitar.
Now the negatives.....tuning stability has been nothing short of awful, especially if I even look at the tremolo bar. It won't even stay in tune as well as the 31 year old super-skinny neck and Floyd rose tremolo on my old guitar (which is a constant pain). The setup will need to be re-done locally and I'm hoping it will improve things in this department. When looking at the bridge, the action of D string is set quite a bit higher than the rest, making it look and feel awkward. Also, there are only 3 tremolo springs installed as opposed to 4, which seems to be the norm for PRS. Not sure if that has any effect on tuning stability, but it seems strange that it's different?
Overall I love the guitar so far, and hope to get the tuning issues squared away. Apparently as an FNG I can't add pics until I post a few times, but will add some ASAP.
Looks and feels beautiful! The neck is very comfortable and the overall size and weight of the guitar feels nice. The color and finish is gorgeous, aside from the tiny blemish (which is difficult to even find) that made it a "demo" from Sweetwater. The pickups sound great compared to the 1987 Ibanez RG550 I'm used to. Despite some other feedback I've seen/heard, the split coil position with the right amount of tone dialed in sounds great to me. I can definitely see myself using it often to play clean stuff. The tone control is much more responsive and effective than my old guitar.
Now the negatives.....tuning stability has been nothing short of awful, especially if I even look at the tremolo bar. It won't even stay in tune as well as the 31 year old super-skinny neck and Floyd rose tremolo on my old guitar (which is a constant pain). The setup will need to be re-done locally and I'm hoping it will improve things in this department. When looking at the bridge, the action of D string is set quite a bit higher than the rest, making it look and feel awkward. Also, there are only 3 tremolo springs installed as opposed to 4, which seems to be the norm for PRS. Not sure if that has any effect on tuning stability, but it seems strange that it's different?
Overall I love the guitar so far, and hope to get the tuning issues squared away. Apparently as an FNG I can't add pics until I post a few times, but will add some ASAP.