MA Pete
Pattern Thin Convert!
Yeah, that ATMA is great! My favorite "Lunchbox" amp out there, and I have tried a ton of them.
I have a THR 10C for my Apartment in CA, I dig it. But the THR100HD is in an entirely different league, I have it plugged into a Marshall 1960AV 4x12, it is a monster, great tone and hard to believe it is not a tube amp. Super simple, sets up like an amp, spin some knobs for tone and play, versus the complexity of Fractal, Helix, Kemper, etc. Not knocking those other solutions, they are WAY more flexible and configurable (infinitely), but I don't do well with "complex" when it comes to guitar stuff, complex = collecting dust for me.
I think the stain is what's on my McCarty SC, called "Faded McCarty Burst." Looks awfully close, anyway.
Absolutely awesome in every way.
Someone's gonna get a killer deal when you (inevitably) spec your PS version of it in a different color, and sell this one. I've had a slow year because of my surgeries, sadly, so I doubt it'll be me.
Still, a man can dream.
I absolutely LOVE that guitar! Way to go, Pete!!!
Thanks, Les!
I don't think it is Faded McCarty Burst or anything like that. Similar, yes, but still fairly different. There is no sprayed burst whatsoever on it, and in certain lights/angles you can actually see it is subtly a "Glow" finish, where they sand the middle lightly. I think it is some sort of Amber finish, it is more orange than McCarty Burst. When I get a spec sheet, I will let everyone know!
With regards to someone getting a killer deal, didn't you see I declared this a lifetime keeper?!?
LOL...Yeah, I am TOTALLY eating my words on multiple times declaring that the McCarty 594 is so awesome that I don't need a Singlecut. But I am happy to be proven so wrong!
This guitar is unbelievable, it sort of does the same thing that the 594 did for the DC Ted, took everything great about it, and just took it up a couple of notches of awesomeness. I honestly didn't expect this one to be so great relative to my Singlecut McCarty's, and the 594's.
There are a couple of things mind-blowingly awesome about this guitar, that I haven't yet put a finger on. I get the sense that part of it is the model itself, the 594 scale length and other 594 magic mojo that will make all Singlecut 594's (still have no idea what this officially called) great, just like the 594's are consistently great, across Core 594's, Wood Library and Private Stock ones.
I think there is also something special about THIS particular one, the woods, and the way it resonates and feels in your hands when you play it. I was totally serious about having tears in my eyes after playing it for the first time. I was in shock, like "OMG, I think this is THE ONE", like you have been searching for something for a long time, and you find it, and you are trying to process that, is this really happening at this moment. I have had some killer guitars, and some killer NGD's, but never quite one like that...
Anyway, I look forward to trying others of this model, if they are all anywhere near as great as this one, PRS will have another great new model!!
