NGD Orion Green Silver Sky!

[Black Plaid]

Firstly, why didn't ya'll tell me how much better the new rosewood fretboard model was!

Granville, over at Eddie's Guitars hooked me up with this killer example

It's wonderfully balanced at 7.25 lbs! (Balancing that on this table was quite the nerve wracking experience )

As it's just a solid green guitar that ya'll have seen a ton of, I won't spam this with the usual angles, but instead point out some interesting (to me, anyway) details that no one seems to have mentioned.

This is the first NEW PRS I've bought for myself since 2006! (I seem to have gravitated to collectible, to me, used ones)

I had played one pre-pandemic when they first came out, can't remember the color, but it was uninspiring for some reason.

I bought this one bemoaning my lack of a true strat sound in my collection, thinking I would just live with however it is to get that tone.

But this thing is currently my fave. The neck is super comfy, and the frets are better for me than the OG. And the sound is just <chef's kiss>

The fret dimensions, because it seems no one has mentioned it, measure out at 1.35mm wide and 2.3mm high. Thin, but plenty of tall.

 

[dmatthews]

Great score. I really like the Onion Green!

 

[Black Plaid]

The strap buttons are totes different than on any other PRS I own!

 

[jxe]

Great score. I really like the Onion Green!

 

[Black Plaid]

The trem screws are flattened off, and seem to have been partially hollow.

The trem block is painted black, am guessing because it's steel, they paint it so it won't rust.

 

[Black Plaid]

"The trem is flush mounted"

This word, I do not think it means what you think it means. I have no plans to make it float, I actually prefer fixed bridges these days.

 

[Black Plaid]

Great score. I really like the Onion Green!

The Green is very cool. Eddie's also made a Green Onions joke about the color in their marketing copy.

 

[Alnus Rubra]

Congratulations BP, great looking guitar.

 

[Black Plaid]

Now that you know I love the guitar, I don't think I've ever received a perfect one ... ok, except the Santana.

Here are the issues the guitar had, and how I fixed them:

I was doing a setup, as the action came higher than I like. Two of the frets had high spots on the bass side, the 11th and 20th. Just took a bit of 600 grit to them to take off a few thou and get them perfect. Maybe I'll crown and polish those one day.

Adjusting the saddles, one of the height adjustment screws stripped. Argh. The bend in the saddle on the treble side of the D was too tight. I loosened it enough to get the screw working, at least with some pliers and got it to the right height, but it's stripped. Mailed support, we'll see if they will send me a new one for free (fingers crossed!)

The dog-tag TRC was rattling. snugged down the screw, but didn't completely fix it. Didn't want to torque down that tiny wood screw and strip it out. Putting a slight convex bend in the TRC sorted that out perfectly.

Taking off all the strings to change them to 9s (what can I say, I'm an 80s shredder at heart), I actually had to tighten the truss rod to get it to go flat. I think I heard some places do that on purpose, but felt odd for a PRS.

Trying out a set of DR Pure Nickel Wrap, but the B string seems to be slipping. No wonder they were cheap.

I *almost* adjusted the bridge so it would be flush with the top, like every piece of literature on the matter mentions, but it turns out there may be some confusion on the meaning. So I am leaving it as is.

The one problem I haven't yet decided how to fix is that now the action is adjusted to where I like it, the saddle screws poke out and into my hand. I may end up sanding them down to size.

 

[Moondog Wily]

Great score! Congrats!! Thanks for the specs and details on bits to watch out for!!!

 

[Andrew Paul]

Gorgeous, Guitar! Congrats and enjoy. BTW, PRS recently modified the strap buttons so thicker straps can go on easier. Old ones were fender bass, string retainers.

 

[bodia]

That's a cool guitar. I really dig that color!

 

[sergiodeblanc]

Aww yeah!

 

[toothace]

Congrats!


Sweet top!

 

[Black Plaid]

Update on the saddle screw, support is more than taking care of it. Extremely happy!

 

[Black Plaid]

Gorgeous, Guitar! Congrats and enjoy. BTW, PRS recently modified the strap buttons so thicker straps can go on easier. Old ones were fender bass, string retainers.

Oh, wow, across the range eh?

I kinda liked the old repurposed Fender bass tree ones, they had an Art Deco vibe to them as strap buttons.

 

[László]

Beautiful guitar!

I wish I bonded musically with Strats. I love them when other people play them. And that one's so pretty.

 

[Black Plaid]

Beautiful guitar!

I wish I bonded musically with Strats. I love them when other people play them. And that one's so pretty.

I owned a combination of strats and strat-shaped guitars over the years, but never really bonded with them. Until now. Maybe I got lucky, but I these seems to be really special guitars.

If you can, you owe it to yourself to find one of these 2022+ rosewood fretboard models and give it a spin. I don't know what they usually come in at, but the 7.25 lbs really makes it comfortable for me.

 

[Rider1260]

Yep the green is sweet Congrats , I floated the trem on both of mine gotta have some wiggle for me
I didn't have any of the other issues you had mine are early ones 18 and 19

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[url=https://flic.kr/p/2jBrkLT]IMG_6007 by Michael Christie, on Flickr

 

[dmatthews]

Yup... it's the real deal.