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markd21
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Looks like a Trampas green Zach Meyers. It appears legit.
I appreciate your reply!
Well, to be more specific, it probably has the original truss rod, but the truss rod cover is definitely a mod. (And a curious one.)
I'm guessing the seller (or someone before the current owner) liked the guitar but was NOT a Zach Myers fan - or simply didn't like the idea of playing a signature model - so left the Zach Myersness of the guitar out of his thinking. While it does have 22 frets, there's really no model called the "SE22." The only PRSes I know of which include a fret count in the model name are the Customs and Standards (both in -22 and -24 form) - which are not single-cuts, and which have a 25" scale.
The ZM differs considerably from those, probably in ways that make you love it:
• singlecut rather than the original PRS doublecut
• semi-hollow with an f-hole rather than solid
• 24.5" scale instead of 25
• mahogany neck instead of maple
• "wide fat" neck profile rather than "wide thin"
• 2 volume & 2 tone rather than just one of each
• pup switch in the upper shoulder like a Les Paul.
So...kinda more like a Les Paul than like the original PRS designs. AND - a great guitar in every way, actually more like a cross between a Lester and a 335, and done to high standards. The one in your pics has really nice figure on the top (some of the ZMs are more muted) AND has been modded with pickup covers and the same "lampshade" knobs the Core models have. And nothing in the pics suggest it's anything but the genuine article.
The Trampas Green model came out in 2014, replacing the original 3-humbucker ZM, and got the Paul Reed Smith signature on the headstock in, I think, 2017. Trampas Green was replaced by "Myers Blue," I think for the 2020 or '21 model year. All the 2014-present models, regardless color or headstock decal, are equally dandy.
If I was buying that one, I'd want to know if those are just pickup covers over the original 245 pickups, or if the pickups have been replaced. I guess that doesn't matter, if the guitar sounds good to you...just good to know. I don't suppose 245s are the best pickups on the planet - but I like them and have never been tempted to swap them out of my ZMs.
Unless the guitar is priced at, like, more than a new one - and you like everything about it - I'd say proceed with confidence. But it wouldn't hurt to see what Reverb has to offer; there are always ZMs available, in either color.
I'm guessing the seller (or someone before the current owner) liked the guitar but was NOT a Zach Myers fan - or simply didn't like the idea of playing a signature model - so left the Zach Myersness of the guitar out of his thinking. While it does have 22 frets, there's really no model called the "SE22." The only PRSes I know of which include a fret count in the model name are the Customs and Standards (both in -22 and -24 form) - which are not single-cuts, and which have a 25" scale.
The ZM differs considerably from those, probably in ways that make you love it:
• singlecut rather than the original PRS doublecut
• semi-hollow with an f-hole rather than solid
• 24.5" scale instead of 25
• mahogany neck instead of maple
• "wide fat" neck profile rather than "wide thin"
• 2 volume & 2 tone rather than just one of each
• pup switch in the upper shoulder like a Les Paul.
So...kinda more like a Les Paul than like the original PRS designs. AND - a great guitar in every way, actually more like a cross between a Lester and a 335, and done to high standards. The one in your pics has really nice figure on the top (some of the ZMs are more muted) AND has been modded with pickup covers and the same "lampshade" knobs the Core models have. And nothing in the pics suggest it's anything but the genuine article.
The Trampas Green model came out in 2014, replacing the original 3-humbucker ZM, and got the Paul Reed Smith signature on the headstock in, I think, 2017. Trampas Green was replaced by "Myers Blue," I think for the 2020 or '21 model year. All the 2014-present models, regardless color or headstock decal, are equally dandy.
If I was buying that one, I'd want to know if those are just pickup covers over the original 245 pickups, or if the pickups have been replaced. I guess that doesn't matter, if the guitar sounds good to you...just good to know. I don't suppose 245s are the best pickups on the planet - but I like them and have never been tempted to swap them out of my ZMs.
Unless the guitar is priced at, like, more than a new one - and you like everything about it - I'd say proceed with confidence. But it wouldn't hurt to see what Reverb has to offer; there are always ZMs available, in either color.
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I like it.
It's different and seems to fit the instrument (which looks legit to me) nicely.
Thank you for your reply!
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