CantankerousCarl
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2 necks...6 pickups...42 frets...10 positions...
I had a really cool NF3 in a one-off sprayers choice that I sold to fund another PRS, and of course regretted it. Things often work in multiples for me when I find a guitar I am really searching for...as was the case here. I think I snagged the last two used ones on God's Green Earth. Both used, both in really nice shape (EC-) and both at the magic grand mark, so a decent deals to boot. The Charcoal is a 2011, the Scarlet Smokeburst is a 2012. Both have Phase IIIs.
The plan was to keep the one I likes best and resell the other. I don't think that's gonna happen
I cannot really pick a winner - they sound pretty much identical (as they should) and brighter than I remember my previous NF3. That was a rosewood board, these two are maple, and much snappier than I remember my former. Ring dots are cool on maple. I put a forum TRC on the Charcoal one because it looks badass on there.
Aside from the PS a few months ago, my latest guitars have all been strat-ish-ish, with necks in the "minimally finished" category. I forgot how good these NF3 necks feel.
Did you ever notice that NF3 cases are like an inch or so shorter than other PRS cases? I did not know that...
I had a really cool NF3 in a one-off sprayers choice that I sold to fund another PRS, and of course regretted it. Things often work in multiples for me when I find a guitar I am really searching for...as was the case here. I think I snagged the last two used ones on God's Green Earth. Both used, both in really nice shape (EC-) and both at the magic grand mark, so a decent deals to boot. The Charcoal is a 2011, the Scarlet Smokeburst is a 2012. Both have Phase IIIs.
The plan was to keep the one I likes best and resell the other. I don't think that's gonna happen
I cannot really pick a winner - they sound pretty much identical (as they should) and brighter than I remember my previous NF3. That was a rosewood board, these two are maple, and much snappier than I remember my former. Ring dots are cool on maple. I put a forum TRC on the Charcoal one because it looks badass on there.
Aside from the PS a few months ago, my latest guitars have all been strat-ish-ish, with necks in the "minimally finished" category. I forgot how good these NF3 necks feel.
Did you ever notice that NF3 cases are like an inch or so shorter than other PRS cases? I did not know that...
). 5-way switch and 3 x on/on/on DPDT mini-toggles for North/Both/South pickups in each position.
