Jo-
f-hole lover
That CU22 is absolutely stunning!!
Congrats! Congrats!
Congrats! Congrats!
Wow, killer figured woods on that!It's funny that I thought I had figured out which neck shapes I like, it turns out it's a lot more complicated than that.
I seem more sensitive to neck to neck variations of the same neck profile, than I am with the various neck shapes PRS offers:
- The Pattern neck on that CU22 Eriza Verde is definitely chunkier feeling than the other two I played, both the Paul's Guitar I used to have and the MEV I just got back from PRS (sadly it has to go back neck week for another issue...) have a soft V shape to the neck that makes them extremely comfortable to my hands. In contrast the Eriza Verde has a lot more shoulders kind of like a D, I'll likely part with that one eventually.
- The Pattern Regular of the blue fade CU24 had a very strong V shape making it feel just as thin as as Pattern Thin. In contrast I got a different CU24 with Pattern Regular yesterday and absolutely love the neck on this one; in fact it feels oddly similar to the Pattern necks of the Paul's Guitar & MEV.
- I liked only one out of three Silver Sky necks I played. The other two felt like baseball bats to and I suspect that's the norm for the Silver Sky.
Ah right... that new CU24 I mentioned is this one:
The birds are a bit strange looking on pictures but they look much better in person. I'd still have preferred more contrast with black outlines on a maple fingerboard:
The only thing I'm not super happy about is how the dealer represented the color. This is how the color truly looks in person:
Dealer pics looked like this:
I asked specifically if their pictures were representative and they assured me it was a vivid pink.
I suppose it's indeed a vivid pink if Fender's faded shell pink is the reference, but it's nowhere like the "it's so vivid it hurts my eyes" kind of pink I was anticipating.
Maybe that's a good thing
It'll be even more pink soon:
That's the most beautiful pink colored guitar ive ever seen. When I think of a pink guitar, my mind goes to those neon pink Ibanez things from the 80s.
Jeez that's beautiful. Well, those are the best pink guitars I've ever seen. I would totally play one in that color, I have no shame.Thanks !
Here's another one for you: 2017 Gibson Custom Shop LTD run from GC.
That was my first pink guitar. Great guitar, the neck was a bit too fat for me though ( very 59-like ).
A few were that highly figured.
They apparently didn't sell well (color + the price differential between a Gibson CS and production line), which allowed me to get a really good deal on it.
Dude.
Nice!TRC too of course:
Will use the 1st or 4th for this guitar as it's a better match for the quilt top (1st one actually looks really good from a different light/viewing angle).
Also just finished a MDF template for my PS MEV, MDF will look so great on that premium guitar
Looks greatI had to redo the tuner buttons and TRC stain twice. I had been using pink mixes done a while back and those had a tiny bit of yellow dye to warm things up, unfortunately that looked too warm compared to Bonnie Pink (at least on my guitar).
Just diluting red dye without any yellow is a much better and perfect match for Bonnie Pink.
Decided to went all in and stain a spare set of backplates I made earlier this year.
I'll do a proper NGD once everything is installed; will wait couple weeks for the finish to dry before sanding/polishing.