NGD - S2 Custom 22 Semi-Hollow!

[andy474x]

After a short jaunt with UPS, she's arrived - my first Maryland made PRS!!! S2 Custom 22 Semi-Hollow in Dark Cherry Burst! This axe is a graduation gift to myself, I'm finally done with school and landed a good job, so it was time to make the jump from the SE line. It's also a throwback to my first PRS, a Custom 22 SE in cherry burst. The marketing plan to hook people on SE's and make them GAS for more is definitely working on me!

Without further adieu:

This guitar made an appearance on the forum once before...

Really enjoying this axe so far! It has a great fullness of tone across the spectrum, the semi-hollow aspect adds a lot of depth in the lower registers. A lot more bass than I was expecting, in a good way. Pickups are nice too, well balanced, and the split tones don't add any ear-shattering treble the way some do. The bridge split tone is especially nice, which isn't the experience I've had with many other bridge pickups. It has just a hint of the 335-esque semi hollow tone, but also has the bite to play more aggressive stuff. And of course, fit and finish are awesome!

Now, you might be thinking, he's just in the honeymoon period... well you would be wrong. My honeymoon has been over since Sunday.

In all seriousness, my super cool bride was very happy to let me get a new guitar. I'll try to contain myself until I've taken some more time to play around with it a bit. Thanks to the guys over at Nstuff Music for their great service, they were awesome to deal with!

 

[John Beef]

NICE!!

 

[Iceman101]

Cool

 

[prsrocker1988]

HNGD.

 

[xjbebop]

Classy....all the way around... Congrats!

 

[László]

Beautiful guitar, beautiful bride, beautiful life! Congrats!

 

[g.wizz]

Congrats on your wedding and your sweet axe

enjoy the honeymoon period and beyond :congrats:

 

[Shawn@PRS]

Congratulations across the board! It looks like it's been a very good year for you.

 

[Morphine]

:top: Grats!

 

[sergiodeblanc]

Yeah buddy!!!!!

 

[Tag]

BEAUTIFUL top and color on that one!!! Congrats!

 

[garrettb]

You are winning at life, my friend. :beer:

 

[hubbdub]

Awesome pics, Awesome Guitar, Awesome Wife, Awesome story! Congrats on the wedding, the graduation, and a bangin guitar!

 

[GS1]

Congrats on everything! And you did it right with the graduation present, the first thing that I bought was a vacuum cleaner!

 

[Chitarrista scarso]

Congrats Andy, for many reasons: graduation, work, wife and guitar! :beer:

 

[alceste_]

Congratulations in many new good things. I have an SE and I find the frets to be smallish and having some trouble in large or vibrato bends. I've seen claims that the US models use larger fretwire. Do you see any difference in your SEs vs the S2 Custom frets?

Thanks!

 

[Whitecat]

Looks like an exceptional example to me.... congrats!

 

[andy474x]

Congratulations in many new good things. I have an SE and I find the frets to be smallish and having some trouble in large or vibrato bends. I've seen claims that the US models use larger fretwire. Do you see any difference in your SEs vs the S2 Custom frets?

Thanks!

I was also expecting the S2 to have bigger frets, but they seem to be the same size as most SE's. I also love big frets, but I've had no problems playing the S2.

I recommend looking for an SE Akesson, I have one and they have massive frets. Plus they're not in huge demand, so you should be able to score a good deal on one. IMO they're one of the best SE models!

 

[andy474x]

Thanks for all the love guys! I have a lot to be thankful for.

 

[Danerada]

I have a lot to be thankful for.

Yeah you do! Congratulations on your accomplishments and blessings this year...awesome stuff.