GrumpyOldDba
New Member
Hey peeps a new PRS customer for first time. Going to see King Crimson in September they are doing a 50th anniversary tour of In the Court of the Crimson King album.
Could not resist picking up one of the SE Schizoid models. Sold by Sweetwater as a demo there are a few really minor nit picky blemishes that are pretty hard to find. Has a PRS Model Name of ST4KC PRS inspected by EC on 4.18.19. I dunno if this was a SweetWater return by a customer that was picky or if PRS themselves tagged it with minor things and let SweetWater sell some like that. That's not important at all.
First impressions is that it plays beautifully loving the pickups. The schizoid man artwork is just stunning. Love the feel of the neck ... seems setup pretty darn well out of the box I will tweak along the way eventually if needed. Will put a couple of pics at the bottom.
So questions are:
1) What do most people do/recommend for locking tuners? Looks like there is a MannMade option that locks on top along with Schaller and/or Grover options.
The locking on top looks a bit odd to me yikes but I have Grover lockers on my Gibsons. Could get used to it I guess. Also seems like PRS has their own locking tuners but higher priced for a set ( maybe not ).
2) The bird inlays will take little while to get used to. The ones on my guitar seem to be installed smoothly but my guess is that they are some kind of synthetic not real abalone. Not complaining just trying to verify.
3) The finish is a gloss. Is this nitrocellulose it feels like it to me?
I can't think of much more. It feels a tad lighter than my LPs ... happy to join the PRS crowd!
Hmmm I don't see any easy way to insert an image from my computer. Oh well you guys know what the guitar looks like.
From the ... 20th century schizoid man
Could not resist picking up one of the SE Schizoid models. Sold by Sweetwater as a demo there are a few really minor nit picky blemishes that are pretty hard to find. Has a PRS Model Name of ST4KC PRS inspected by EC on 4.18.19. I dunno if this was a SweetWater return by a customer that was picky or if PRS themselves tagged it with minor things and let SweetWater sell some like that. That's not important at all.
First impressions is that it plays beautifully loving the pickups. The schizoid man artwork is just stunning. Love the feel of the neck ... seems setup pretty darn well out of the box I will tweak along the way eventually if needed. Will put a couple of pics at the bottom.
So questions are:
1) What do most people do/recommend for locking tuners? Looks like there is a MannMade option that locks on top along with Schaller and/or Grover options.
The locking on top looks a bit odd to me yikes but I have Grover lockers on my Gibsons. Could get used to it I guess. Also seems like PRS has their own locking tuners but higher priced for a set ( maybe not ).
2) The bird inlays will take little while to get used to. The ones on my guitar seem to be installed smoothly but my guess is that they are some kind of synthetic not real abalone. Not complaining just trying to verify.
3) The finish is a gloss. Is this nitrocellulose it feels like it to me?
I can't think of much more. It feels a tad lighter than my LPs ... happy to join the PRS crowd!
Hmmm I don't see any easy way to insert an image from my computer. Oh well you guys know what the guitar looks like.
From the ... 20th century schizoid man