NGD: P245

[Anachronism]

I picked up a P245 and am very impressed. The 58/15 pickups are great, the body is light without neck dive, and the tonal versatility is outstanding between the piezo and the coil splits. The color is interesting; depending on the light it is either very subdued, or popping with lots of pattern and variation.
I'm not sure how I feel about the neck. The action is fine, but I'm still feeling out the combo of short-scale, gloss finish and the carve pattern.
Overall, it's a great-sounding, well-made guitar, but definitely different from other PRS instruments I've had.

 

[dmatthews]

Fantastic!
I looked at numerous P245s and coveted the semi hollow especially.
Congrats on a real winner.

 

[SinSir]

Nice score! I guitar I've thought about many times..still regret not picking this one up a while back.

 

[toothace]

Congrats! Another healthy blue guitar out in the wild!

Sweet top!

 

[ScottR]

SCORE!!! Congrats!!

 

[RickP]

Yessir, that’s a looker! Congrats!

 

[bodia]

Sweet as sweet! Great guitar

 

[Alnus Rubra]

Congratulations, bonnie guitar.

 

[Going Modal]

Wow, that's a lot of cool features wrapped up into one guitar. The non-"LT" 58/15 pickups are kind of rare to find these days (but they're great pickups in their own right). Add the piezo system to that, plus the hollowbody--it all adds up quite the package. Nice score!

 

[Jimi D]

Sweet! Congrats!!

 

[Anachronism]

I'm hoping this will be a solid complement to my 513, which is probably a lifetime #1 (which is also recent, but I was replacing one 513 with another). Need to spend more time with it to find out, but I'm usually comfortable switching neck profiles and scale lengths,.

 

[show_a_little_faith]

Very cool, congrats!

 

[Andrew Paul]

Excellent choice!!! She's a beauty!! Congrats!!

 

[Anachronism]

After a few days and some tweaking, I think I'm really starting to bond with this guitar. The neck is starting to feel natural to me and I'm starting to get a feel for how the guitar responds when played.
A few more pics, some with its partner in crime.

 

[shinksma]

After a few days and some tweaking, I think I'm really starting to bond with this guitar. The neck is starting to feel natural to me and I'm starting to get a feel for how the guitar responds when played.

Excellent! And not "just" a P245, but a P245SH!

I love my P245SH that I obtained from a fellow forum member (Hi @bodia !) - it was my main gigging guitar for a few years (I currently use a SCHBII with piezo, but switch back every now and then...well, not gigging much now at all, so a moot point).

The slightly shorter 24.5" scale is a nice change of pace, IMHO.

TBH, I can't think of a PRS electric that is better complement than your 513 - completely different tones from the pups, scale length, etc. You have a great pair there!

 

[Moondog Wily]

Very nice score! Cheers to many more!! That is a great two pack!!!

 

[JasonE]

Congrats! I love the PRS piezo equipped guitars. I have 4 of them, 2 HB and 2 solid. If I had to get rid of almost all of my guitars, these 4 would be in the ones that I keep. I love having the ability to use acoustic tones from the same guitar at gigs. It adds another element that most bands just don't have in my area.

 

[bodia]

Excellent! And not "just" a P245, but a P245SH!

I love my P245SH that I obtained from a fellow forum member (Hi @bodia !) - it was my main gigging guitar for a few years (I currently use a SCHBII with piezo, but switch back every now and then...well, not gigging much now at all, so a moot point).

The slightly shorter 24.5" scale is a nice change of pace, IMHO.

TBH, I can't think of a PRS electric that is better complement than your 513 - completely different tones from the pups, scale length, etc. You have a great pair there!

Howdy!

 

[Jo-]

Very very nice.. I'm jealous, one day I will get one of those.

 

[WA Paul]

Congrats, love the P245!