NGD: Wood Library Modern Eagle V Yellow Tiger Smoked Black hardware

Gary Bloom

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Got myself a new PRS MEV this week, wood library in yellow tiger with smoked black hardware, ziricote fingerboard and paua old school birds. I really like the smoked black hardware and black pickup rings, I think it gives it a bit of an aggressive and meaner look. The paua birds look great against the chocolate brown ziricote board.

I'm settling in with it and after some tweaking I have the pickups volume balanced to where I like them and I really like the 2 TCI pickups in humbucker mode and the 2nd position bridge humbucker/middle, that's a really convincing Strat in-between tone. I'm not so keen on the 3 single coil sounds on their own but they may have their uses at some point. The bridge pickup takes higher gain well, quite aggresive and focussed.

The one thing I'm not quite so happy with is the bone nut, I'm getting some pops and clicks and tuning issues as the nut is binding on the 3rd & 4th strings. I have added some nut sauce and that has helped but I think I may swap the nut out for one the regular PRS black self lubricating nuts at some point. Tuning is a bit twitchy when using the trem with the stock bone nut.

Also, string tension feels quite loose with 0.010 gauge strings so I might try .011s to stiffen things up a bit.

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Congrats that’s a real beauty! I’ve been GAS for one of these wood library MEVs for months now… just way out of my budget at the moment
 
Congrats On The New Ride!

Yes, The Bone Nuts Are Junk IMO. Best Thing You Could Do Is Swap It Out For The Original Type.

How Do You Like The Smoked Black Hardware? Is It Incredibly Noticeable? I Love Black Hardware On Some Guitars And I Wonder If I Would Be Happy With The Smoked Black Hardware As An Option For Something Different.

Again, Congrats...I Love The Yellow Tiger Finish.
 
Congrats On The New Ride!

Yes, The Bone Nuts Are Junk IMO. Best Thing You Could Do Is Swap It Out For The Original Type.

How Do You Like The Smoked Black Hardware? Is It Incredibly Noticeable?

Agreed on the PRS bone nuts. I had a 594 that wouldn't hold tune and moved it on in the end, I swear it was the bone nut. I really don't know why they fit the bone nut to the MEV, it's the only core model with a trem that doesn’t have the regular black self lubricating nut. It's an easy swap and the black nut will match the aesthetics of this guitar better anyway.

I really like the smoked black hardware, it's what really caught my eye with this one. It's quite subtle and more of gray colour than black.
 
Agreed on the PRS bone nuts. I had a 594 that wouldn't hold tune and moved it on in the end, I swear it was the bone nut. I really don't know why they fit the bone nut to the MEV, it's the only core model with a trem that doesn’t have the regular black self lubricating nut. It's an easy swap and the black nut will match the aesthetics of this guitar better anyway.

I really like the smoked black hardware, it's what really caught my eye with this one. It's quite subtle and more of gray colour than black.
The DGT Has A Bone Nut Now As Well. PRS Had Perfection In The Original Nut, They Need To Stop Messing With What Works And Leave It Be. The Hardware Sounds Cool...Understated And Classy It Seems Which I Find Appealing. I Look Forward To Hearing Your Results On The Nut Change And Thanks For The Feedback. Again, Congrats On A beautiful Guitar! :)
 
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