Greetings! I'm new here and am soon to start searching for what I want to be my last guitar. (Famous last words, right?). Well, this has to be. I'm 68 and was a bass player for years. Started learning guitar around 2000 but progress for very slow due to the amount of hours I work working at the time. Finally retired in March of 2020 but things on guitar were delayed for about a year due to a family issue.
My only "gig" is at church where I've been playing bass since 2009 and also guitar since 2016. They like what I do on guitar and it's pretty much all I play there and at home these days. Doing my best to improve now that I have good time on my hands. i have a few guitars and am at the point where I know what I like and what I don't.
I've been checking out multiple video's about PRS guitars and like very much what I'm hearing and seeing! For the most part I believe I've pretty much narrowed it down to 3 guitars that I'd like to try.
1) S2 Custom 22
2) S2 McCarty 594
3) S2 McCarty 594 Thin Line.
As you can gather I'm at a certain price point that I don't want to exceed. I'm also hoping I'll have no trouble finding all three of these to try out. One big question I have is regarding the neck shapes and what the differences are.
S2 Custom 22: Pattern Regular Neck
S2 McCarty 594: Pattern Vintage Neck
S2 McCarty 594 Thin Line: Pattern Thin Neck
Is there a huge difference with each of these necks?
I need a fair amount of tones at church ranging from clean, mild overdriven and a good crunch tone. Of what I can tell the mentioned PRS guitars could pretty much cover my needs. I also like how these guitars sound using the push pull pots. Love the middle tones especially. I can think of a few uses for that one already!
One other thing. I love humbuckers but I have a problem with neck HB's. I have a LP and an Epiphone SG Pro and on both guitars the neck pickup seems to have this droney/bassey boom that makes the bridge pickup sound weak in comparison. I've done every imaginable height adjustment imaginable and can't quite get it to sound the way i would like. Generally, I have the bridge pickups tone control on about 5 and on the neck pickup the tone is on 10 and the volume is on about 6 or 7. It takes the boom away and the pickups even out, but it sounds like a pickup that's turned down. Can't get the full effect. Any problems like that with PRS's neck humbuckers?
I'm not what I would call a great player, but one who holds his own and delivers what's expected using what talents I may have to the best of my ability. I'm also keenly aware of my faults and flaws on guitar but am now doing what I can to make a huge improvement in all areas. Long way to go but now that I have the time I'm all for it! I'm just hoping to find a guitar that feels like it was made for my hands.
Any and all advice is more than welcome. Thanks and have a great day!
My only "gig" is at church where I've been playing bass since 2009 and also guitar since 2016. They like what I do on guitar and it's pretty much all I play there and at home these days. Doing my best to improve now that I have good time on my hands. i have a few guitars and am at the point where I know what I like and what I don't.
I've been checking out multiple video's about PRS guitars and like very much what I'm hearing and seeing! For the most part I believe I've pretty much narrowed it down to 3 guitars that I'd like to try.
1) S2 Custom 22
2) S2 McCarty 594
3) S2 McCarty 594 Thin Line.
As you can gather I'm at a certain price point that I don't want to exceed. I'm also hoping I'll have no trouble finding all three of these to try out. One big question I have is regarding the neck shapes and what the differences are.
S2 Custom 22: Pattern Regular Neck
S2 McCarty 594: Pattern Vintage Neck
S2 McCarty 594 Thin Line: Pattern Thin Neck
Is there a huge difference with each of these necks?
I need a fair amount of tones at church ranging from clean, mild overdriven and a good crunch tone. Of what I can tell the mentioned PRS guitars could pretty much cover my needs. I also like how these guitars sound using the push pull pots. Love the middle tones especially. I can think of a few uses for that one already!
One other thing. I love humbuckers but I have a problem with neck HB's. I have a LP and an Epiphone SG Pro and on both guitars the neck pickup seems to have this droney/bassey boom that makes the bridge pickup sound weak in comparison. I've done every imaginable height adjustment imaginable and can't quite get it to sound the way i would like. Generally, I have the bridge pickups tone control on about 5 and on the neck pickup the tone is on 10 and the volume is on about 6 or 7. It takes the boom away and the pickups even out, but it sounds like a pickup that's turned down. Can't get the full effect. Any problems like that with PRS's neck humbuckers?
I'm not what I would call a great player, but one who holds his own and delivers what's expected using what talents I may have to the best of my ability. I'm also keenly aware of my faults and flaws on guitar but am now doing what I can to make a huge improvement in all areas. Long way to go but now that I have the time I'm all for it! I'm just hoping to find a guitar that feels like it was made for my hands.
Any and all advice is more than welcome. Thanks and have a great day!
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