Gain2Eleven91
New Member
Hey all!
My name is Michael and I’m new to the PRS world but have become obsessed since purchasing my first not long ago.
I’ve been playing guitar for about 16 years now, but consider myself intermediate in skill. Back in the day the young band was good enough to play at local gigs without getting too much hate from the listeners or the venues, haha.
After about 14 years of not playing in a band and equipment sitting long enough between practices to collect dust, we’re back together creating newer, more mature-feeling music and started our first steps in recording our stuff for the first time as a group.
We played thrash metal back in the day, and focused on nothing else, which eventually made me feel like a one trick pony with my Schecter C-1 and Line 6 solid state amp.
Recently, as the band started talking about getting back together with a more central focus on rock instead of metal, I decided I wanted to change my tone. I went into a local shop to browse some tube amps, and on a whim grabbed the Hollowbody II Piezo off the hanger to test em out. Needless to say, I accidentally walked out with the amp AND the guitar
I’ve been extremely impressed with the tone and versatility of the new guitar, considering I use pedals to dirty up the clean channel instead of using the amp’s overdrive. That being said, like anything, the guitar does have limitations, at least in my applications I felt it did. I first noticed it when doing mid-song key changes. I use a drop tune pedal (call it cheating if you must, but it’s easier than altering your pattern up the neck if moving up from open chords) and noticed the acoustic resonance coming from the guitar didn’t match the sound coming through the amplifier, of course, because they are different notes. It was incredibly distracting to me and often caused me to slip up or miss my timing. This is no fault of the guitar by any means, but I felt the need to use something else for those songs. Enter the PRS SE Custom 24 in Quilted Trampas Green. From what I gather, these were a Sweetwater Exclusive run in 2019? I traded in my Schecter C-1 without any regrets.
In less than a month and a half, I now have two PRS guitars and can’t believe it took me this long to try these out!
With the different and more versatile sounds these
guitars have, I’ve found myself exploring progressions and sounds I never have before and feel like I’m “relearning” a lot in addition to learning a bunch of new stuff, reigniting my passion for playing and stretching my boundaries.
I’ve lurked around this forum for a few answers on minor things here or there, and you guys have helped me already with a few issues prior to my joining.
I look forward to taking part in this community. Thank you for taking the time to read my long introduction that outlines how I got here.
Now, back to my scales…
My name is Michael and I’m new to the PRS world but have become obsessed since purchasing my first not long ago.
I’ve been playing guitar for about 16 years now, but consider myself intermediate in skill. Back in the day the young band was good enough to play at local gigs without getting too much hate from the listeners or the venues, haha.
After about 14 years of not playing in a band and equipment sitting long enough between practices to collect dust, we’re back together creating newer, more mature-feeling music and started our first steps in recording our stuff for the first time as a group.
We played thrash metal back in the day, and focused on nothing else, which eventually made me feel like a one trick pony with my Schecter C-1 and Line 6 solid state amp.
Recently, as the band started talking about getting back together with a more central focus on rock instead of metal, I decided I wanted to change my tone. I went into a local shop to browse some tube amps, and on a whim grabbed the Hollowbody II Piezo off the hanger to test em out. Needless to say, I accidentally walked out with the amp AND the guitar
I’ve been extremely impressed with the tone and versatility of the new guitar, considering I use pedals to dirty up the clean channel instead of using the amp’s overdrive. That being said, like anything, the guitar does have limitations, at least in my applications I felt it did. I first noticed it when doing mid-song key changes. I use a drop tune pedal (call it cheating if you must, but it’s easier than altering your pattern up the neck if moving up from open chords) and noticed the acoustic resonance coming from the guitar didn’t match the sound coming through the amplifier, of course, because they are different notes. It was incredibly distracting to me and often caused me to slip up or miss my timing. This is no fault of the guitar by any means, but I felt the need to use something else for those songs. Enter the PRS SE Custom 24 in Quilted Trampas Green. From what I gather, these were a Sweetwater Exclusive run in 2019? I traded in my Schecter C-1 without any regrets.
In less than a month and a half, I now have two PRS guitars and can’t believe it took me this long to try these out!
With the different and more versatile sounds these
guitars have, I’ve found myself exploring progressions and sounds I never have before and feel like I’m “relearning” a lot in addition to learning a bunch of new stuff, reigniting my passion for playing and stretching my boundaries.
I’ve lurked around this forum for a few answers on minor things here or there, and you guys have helped me already with a few issues prior to my joining.
I look forward to taking part in this community. Thank you for taking the time to read my long introduction that outlines how I got here.
Now, back to my scales…
