RaySachs
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No reason for folks around here to remember this, but I was pretty active here about two years ago after buying a beautiful used 594 DC that was gonna be my "lifetime guitar". It was a great guitar, but I had a serious problem playing it in my customary seated position due to it's leg-cut position and how that moved the guitar too far to the right for any kind of comfort. So the "lifetime" of that guitar was a couple months. And because the vast majority of PRS guitars have the same forward leg-cut position, I figured I was pretty much done with PRS, except for one or two possible exceptions.
I was relatively newly back to playing a lot at that point too, after a 30 year layoff (largely - I'd pick a guitar up every now and then, but total rust and zero callouses) and still figuring out what I liked. And I figured out I don't like humbuckers, like soapbars but not enough to play them much, LOVE Fender-y single coils, but strats waaaaaay more than teles. I'd always been a strat guy and turns out I still am.
So after trying a lot of guitars over a couple of years, I'd sold off everything but my Robert Cray hardtail strat, which I love. But I decided to finally give a Silver Sky a real workout. I'd tried one briefly many months back and liked it but didn't love it, but didn't really give it much of a chance - hadn't even plugged it in. Well, now I've given one a good workout and now I own it. So I'm back in the PRS fold playing one of the very few PRS models that I can comfortably play. It's my #1 and nearly only.
I've basically become a one-electric guy, which was my goal with that 594 that didn't work out. Turns out when I have other choices hanging on the wall, I end up just playing my strat anyway, and the others just make me feel guilty for not playing them. So I finally off-loaded the others and it's kind of a relief. The Cray will hang out as a backup - I have almost no money in it and it plays as well or better than the Silver Sky. I also like it's quack sounds a bit better, but overall the pickups, construction, sustain, stability, etc, of the Silver Sky won out and it will clearly be a strong #1. Really digging it. Having multiple guitars out to choose from just causes me stress (I know, I know, I don't really fit in around here!), so the one I'm not using will live in the closet in a case and that will mostly be the Cray.
Nothing you all haven't seen a million times. There's a strong family resemblance which also does a fine job of not drawing any excess attention to the new guy. And I really dig this color combination. Because this is a NOS 2018 model, I got it for 15% off and didn't pay any tax, so the price was the best I'd seen for a new one.
I'm not a super GASSY type guy and the amount of buying around here kind of makes my head spin, so I'll probably just stop in from time to time, but figured I'd say hi again...
-Ray
unnamed by Ray, on Flickr
Here's the Cray with the 594 when I still had it, and one on it's own:
Cray-3 by Ray, on Flickr
Cray-8 by Ray, on Flickr
No reason for folks around here to remember this, but I was pretty active here about two years ago after buying a beautiful used 594 DC that was gonna be my "lifetime guitar". It was a great guitar, but I had a serious problem playing it in my customary seated position due to it's leg-cut position and how that moved the guitar too far to the right for any kind of comfort. So the "lifetime" of that guitar was a couple months. And because the vast majority of PRS guitars have the same forward leg-cut position, I figured I was pretty much done with PRS, except for one or two possible exceptions.
I was relatively newly back to playing a lot at that point too, after a 30 year layoff (largely - I'd pick a guitar up every now and then, but total rust and zero callouses) and still figuring out what I liked. And I figured out I don't like humbuckers, like soapbars but not enough to play them much, LOVE Fender-y single coils, but strats waaaaaay more than teles. I'd always been a strat guy and turns out I still am.
So after trying a lot of guitars over a couple of years, I'd sold off everything but my Robert Cray hardtail strat, which I love. But I decided to finally give a Silver Sky a real workout. I'd tried one briefly many months back and liked it but didn't love it, but didn't really give it much of a chance - hadn't even plugged it in. Well, now I've given one a good workout and now I own it. So I'm back in the PRS fold playing one of the very few PRS models that I can comfortably play. It's my #1 and nearly only.
I've basically become a one-electric guy, which was my goal with that 594 that didn't work out. Turns out when I have other choices hanging on the wall, I end up just playing my strat anyway, and the others just make me feel guilty for not playing them. So I finally off-loaded the others and it's kind of a relief. The Cray will hang out as a backup - I have almost no money in it and it plays as well or better than the Silver Sky. I also like it's quack sounds a bit better, but overall the pickups, construction, sustain, stability, etc, of the Silver Sky won out and it will clearly be a strong #1. Really digging it. Having multiple guitars out to choose from just causes me stress (I know, I know, I don't really fit in around here!), so the one I'm not using will live in the closet in a case and that will mostly be the Cray.
Nothing you all haven't seen a million times. There's a strong family resemblance which also does a fine job of not drawing any excess attention to the new guy. And I really dig this color combination. Because this is a NOS 2018 model, I got it for 15% off and didn't pay any tax, so the price was the best I'd seen for a new one.
I'm not a super GASSY type guy and the amount of buying around here kind of makes my head spin, so I'll probably just stop in from time to time, but figured I'd say hi again...
-Ray
unnamed by Ray, on FlickrHere's the Cray with the 594 when I still had it, and one on it's own:
Cray-3 by Ray, on FlickrCray-8 by Ray, on Flickr
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