SoCaliJ
Welcome to the party, pal.
That pretty much sums it up right there.
I'll post about who I am in the "Introduce Yourself", but here I'll tell the tale on how and why I bought my first PRS, a SE Silver Sky.
I had been looking at different profile necks, namely Fender V shape, to try to add something different than the typical C shape. Hopefully something with a little more beef to it, maybe a wisp of shoulders. V profile Fender Strats aren't to common in the wild, but I did find and try a few. A used Classic '50s Series, and a new AVIIRI '57. Well, the MIM Classic had a soft V, very subtle but to me not much different than the C profile. The MIA had a '57 V profile, while a hair fuller than the MIM, really not that much different from the Classic.
I have a point to this...
When the PRS SE Silver Sky (Indo Cor-Tek) was introduced, the Fender/Squier fanboy in me refused to accept this as an option. You know what I mean; "It's not a real Strat." Still, I gave it a whirl at the shop. Build and feel did not feel better nor worse than a Squier Classic Vibe, but the SE is a bit pricey at $850. What I did like about the SE was it's neck, chunky, like a full rounded C. And the tones are quite good, too.
A few years would pass, I'd go to the shop and try this and that out, then end the experience playing an SE. Still love the neck, but it's not a Fender/Squier Strat.
Well, that finally changed. My local shop had the SEs in stock on sale, by a lot. Played it yet again, and decided to trade in my little used Fender Player Strat towards the purchase of the PRS SE Silver Sky. I love it. Not fanboy love, but love in the sense of looking beyond one manufacturer for the sake of overall playability of an instrument.
I've yet to perform a full setup yet, I'm waiting on a few StewMac tools to arrive, and I've yet to take any model shots but I'll post some simple pics now.
Regards,
J
I'll post about who I am in the "Introduce Yourself", but here I'll tell the tale on how and why I bought my first PRS, a SE Silver Sky.
I had been looking at different profile necks, namely Fender V shape, to try to add something different than the typical C shape. Hopefully something with a little more beef to it, maybe a wisp of shoulders. V profile Fender Strats aren't to common in the wild, but I did find and try a few. A used Classic '50s Series, and a new AVIIRI '57. Well, the MIM Classic had a soft V, very subtle but to me not much different than the C profile. The MIA had a '57 V profile, while a hair fuller than the MIM, really not that much different from the Classic.
I have a point to this...
When the PRS SE Silver Sky (Indo Cor-Tek) was introduced, the Fender/Squier fanboy in me refused to accept this as an option. You know what I mean; "It's not a real Strat." Still, I gave it a whirl at the shop. Build and feel did not feel better nor worse than a Squier Classic Vibe, but the SE is a bit pricey at $850. What I did like about the SE was it's neck, chunky, like a full rounded C. And the tones are quite good, too.
A few years would pass, I'd go to the shop and try this and that out, then end the experience playing an SE. Still love the neck, but it's not a Fender/Squier Strat.
Well, that finally changed. My local shop had the SEs in stock on sale, by a lot. Played it yet again, and decided to trade in my little used Fender Player Strat towards the purchase of the PRS SE Silver Sky. I love it. Not fanboy love, but love in the sense of looking beyond one manufacturer for the sake of overall playability of an instrument.
I've yet to perform a full setup yet, I'm waiting on a few StewMac tools to arrive, and I've yet to take any model shots but I'll post some simple pics now.
Regards,
J
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