Steve Conicelli
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- Dec 11, 2019
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Hi All,
Just some quick background: This will be my first post on this site! I am a long time PRS fan and an owner of a beautiful 2010 Custom 24 Artist Package (59/09s)... and while I love the guitar's aesthetics, I've just never really gelled with the tonality of the instrument. I find myself reaching for my Suhr or Tele much more frequently... however I still do love the guitar and will most likely be keeping this forever.
This brings me to my current question for the experts here... I am really considering buying a Hollowbody or Semi-Hollow type guitar... I really want the open/woodsy tone that you can only get with these types of guitars. I was leaning towards the 594 hollowbody but was unsure about the new neck profile. This motivated me to make the trek to the closest GC and Sam Ash where I played a few different guitars: PRS McCarty 594 to get a feel for the pattern vintage neck, ES-335, and ES-335 Studio... (neither had any hollowbody PRSs unfortunately)
Out of all the guitars, I liked the Gibsons' by far. The PRS' build quality was surprisingly sub-par... It could also be due to the way GC has taken care of the instrument... but it seemed near impossible to tune and when fretting any notes, it would bend the note out of tune by a lot. I'm wondering if anyone has ever noticed this?
I really was leaning towards a 594 hollowbody after seeing some online demos but after playing the 594 McCarty with the Pattern Vintage neck, I have to say that I found that neck to be very uncomfortable. It almost felt like a V shape to me which I did not dig at all...
Sorry for all the lead-up, but my question is whether or not the Hollowbody II's sound is very different from the 594 Hollowbody? I think the playability of the Pattern neck may be worth more than the sound of the 594 with the uncomfortable neck... also wondering what the overall build quality has been like for the PRS core models since I've had a VERY bad experience with the 594 McCarty at Guitar Center.
Appreciate any help!
Thanks,
Steve
Just some quick background: This will be my first post on this site! I am a long time PRS fan and an owner of a beautiful 2010 Custom 24 Artist Package (59/09s)... and while I love the guitar's aesthetics, I've just never really gelled with the tonality of the instrument. I find myself reaching for my Suhr or Tele much more frequently... however I still do love the guitar and will most likely be keeping this forever.
This brings me to my current question for the experts here... I am really considering buying a Hollowbody or Semi-Hollow type guitar... I really want the open/woodsy tone that you can only get with these types of guitars. I was leaning towards the 594 hollowbody but was unsure about the new neck profile. This motivated me to make the trek to the closest GC and Sam Ash where I played a few different guitars: PRS McCarty 594 to get a feel for the pattern vintage neck, ES-335, and ES-335 Studio... (neither had any hollowbody PRSs unfortunately)
Out of all the guitars, I liked the Gibsons' by far. The PRS' build quality was surprisingly sub-par... It could also be due to the way GC has taken care of the instrument... but it seemed near impossible to tune and when fretting any notes, it would bend the note out of tune by a lot. I'm wondering if anyone has ever noticed this?
I really was leaning towards a 594 hollowbody after seeing some online demos but after playing the 594 McCarty with the Pattern Vintage neck, I have to say that I found that neck to be very uncomfortable. It almost felt like a V shape to me which I did not dig at all...
Sorry for all the lead-up, but my question is whether or not the Hollowbody II's sound is very different from the 594 Hollowbody? I think the playability of the Pattern neck may be worth more than the sound of the 594 with the uncomfortable neck... also wondering what the overall build quality has been like for the PRS core models since I've had a VERY bad experience with the 594 McCarty at Guitar Center.
Appreciate any help!
Thanks,
Steve