FedEx man rang my doorbell today with a package from DD and The Wild West. Inside was the sweetest looking black quilted 10-top. Maple neck, ebony fingerboard, \m/ pups and a Floyd Rose. There's something sweet about the smell when you open a PRS guitar case....IRW & Brazzys especially. Gun D had it setup with my favorite strings and the action just right. Gun D is a freaking artist! I've owned SE CU24 Floyd (very nice) and SE Torero (just ok) so I did t know what to expect. I'm an 80's guy, love my Kramer Beretta and my Charvel's and Jackson's. I came to PRS late in life and although I've grown to love the PRS tremolo I've always wanted one on a core PRS. I've come so close multiple time pulling the trigger on a Private Stock or sending one to the PTC for a remodel.
So back to business. The guitar is brilliant. You'd never know PRS was fairly new to Floyd's. With the wide thin carve and the flawless setup it plays like butter. I love ebony fingerboards so no surprises there. The \m/ are not as hot as I expected, I'm a huge fan of Mark Tremontis pickup, I expected these to be hotter and they're not. Close, different, really good overall, but not hotter. That's ok, they already have a Tremonti pickup and different is better than ok here because it's given me a guitar that still has balls and has different voicing than my Tremontis. For all those worrying about the \m/ pups being too aggressive for you, fear not, they are like uncovered 57/08's with bigger balls. The maple neck works perfectly with this build combo. All in all I love it. So much so that I will be sending in SAS for a Floyd install. :rock:
So back to business. The guitar is brilliant. You'd never know PRS was fairly new to Floyd's. With the wide thin carve and the flawless setup it plays like butter. I love ebony fingerboards so no surprises there. The \m/ are not as hot as I expected, I'm a huge fan of Mark Tremontis pickup, I expected these to be hotter and they're not. Close, different, really good overall, but not hotter. That's ok, they already have a Tremonti pickup and different is better than ok here because it's given me a guitar that still has balls and has different voicing than my Tremontis. For all those worrying about the \m/ pups being too aggressive for you, fear not, they are like uncovered 57/08's with bigger balls. The maple neck works perfectly with this build combo. All in all I love it. So much so that I will be sending in SAS for a Floyd install. :rock:
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