shinksma
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As noted in a different thread, a bandmate has a couple of parlor-sized guitars, and I played one last week while we were experimenting with reducing our "stage footprint" for certain small gig spaces.
I liked it so much, I decided to finally take the plunge myself:
My wife picked out the color - I honestly would have thought she'd go for the black, but I was OK with absolutely any of them. As you can see, it matches the pool rather nicely!
A jacquard-style strap with touches of that same blue (I hope) and some browns is now on order, hopefully it matches well.
The guitar was sold by one of the usual on-line vendors that somehow gets NOS and sells as "used" pricing, but it is brand new.
I quite like the gig bag - has a good extra bit of foam for the bottom, and handy pockets.
The guitar itself is not as small as some parlor guitars - it is about 2 inches shorter than a typical PRS SE acoustic, or about 2 inches longer than a PRS electric. Maybe that is what preserves the relatively-full tone.
The neck was exactly perfect for me, like all PRS necks. Super comfortable. Ebony board is very nice and smooth. Fret ends nicely done - smooth, nothing sticking out.
Acoustic sound is very good, a bit brighter than a typical PRS Tonare due to the smaller size, but should sound good in a band setting with a slightly amplified uke bass like we have and intend to use for those small-footprint "stages".
Using the piezo pickup, it sounds very good, will work very well in a moderately amplified environment. I would probably use a sound hole plug if I was in a really loud scenario, but we rarely play "really loud".
I am not sure why it took me so long to procure one of these, now that I have it!
I liked it so much, I decided to finally take the plunge myself:
My wife picked out the color - I honestly would have thought she'd go for the black, but I was OK with absolutely any of them. As you can see, it matches the pool rather nicely!
A jacquard-style strap with touches of that same blue (I hope) and some browns is now on order, hopefully it matches well.
The guitar was sold by one of the usual on-line vendors that somehow gets NOS and sells as "used" pricing, but it is brand new.
I quite like the gig bag - has a good extra bit of foam for the bottom, and handy pockets.
The guitar itself is not as small as some parlor guitars - it is about 2 inches shorter than a typical PRS SE acoustic, or about 2 inches longer than a PRS electric. Maybe that is what preserves the relatively-full tone.
The neck was exactly perfect for me, like all PRS necks. Super comfortable. Ebony board is very nice and smooth. Fret ends nicely done - smooth, nothing sticking out.
Acoustic sound is very good, a bit brighter than a typical PRS Tonare due to the smaller size, but should sound good in a band setting with a slightly amplified uke bass like we have and intend to use for those small-footprint "stages".
Using the piezo pickup, it sounds very good, will work very well in a moderately amplified environment. I would probably use a sound hole plug if I was in a really loud scenario, but we rarely play "really loud".
I am not sure why it took me so long to procure one of these, now that I have it!
