Hi all,
I'm new to this forum and new to PRS guitars of any kind, USA or Korea.
I own 2 electric guitars at the moment, a 1956 Stratocaster and a 1953 Black Guard Tele (both vintage).
I use to own an early 1959 Les Paul, also original, that I had to sell it 5 years ago.
I recently came across a video featuring a Bernie Marsden PRS SE guitar. I informed myself, read tons of posts, watched many videos you guys probably know already.
I decided to treat myself to one as a HB guitar is missing in the studio, and I don't like the ones I've been playing lately.
I found one on eB, brand new, sealed in it's package. I bought it and it arrived today.
It is a great guitar out of the box, I must say. I expected the neck to be a bit larger; like the one on my own 1959, but no. Not far though, but not as hand filling. Pickups are very good for the money.
I've already decided to put a new tusk nut, CTS pots, Switchcraft short toggle switch, Switchcraft input jack, a new tone cap (I have many NOS mustard caps laying around), tone-pros kluson tuners and a new bridge/studs. As I've been making pups for the past 30+ years for various session artists worldwide, I'll make my own PAF repros exactly based on the several ones I had. That'll save on the budget!!
So here are my questions:
1- What is the size of the bushing for the tuners?
If I get original Klusons, there are 2 sizes, 8 mm or 10mm. However, Tone-Pros/Kluson don't specify the size...
(Please don't talked to me about locking tuners, I don't care for them at all.)
2- Which Bridge should I get, the Tone-Pros or the Manmade?
I'd like my bridge to sit firmly on and against the body. It is not at the moment, and the action is quite low already....
3- Will the knobs fit on the CTS pots?
4- Is it worth it to have the split coils?
What do you recommend?
Thank you for your help and input. I'll try to post pictures when I get all this done.
I'm new to this forum and new to PRS guitars of any kind, USA or Korea.
I own 2 electric guitars at the moment, a 1956 Stratocaster and a 1953 Black Guard Tele (both vintage).
I use to own an early 1959 Les Paul, also original, that I had to sell it 5 years ago.
I recently came across a video featuring a Bernie Marsden PRS SE guitar. I informed myself, read tons of posts, watched many videos you guys probably know already.
I decided to treat myself to one as a HB guitar is missing in the studio, and I don't like the ones I've been playing lately.
I found one on eB, brand new, sealed in it's package. I bought it and it arrived today.
It is a great guitar out of the box, I must say. I expected the neck to be a bit larger; like the one on my own 1959, but no. Not far though, but not as hand filling. Pickups are very good for the money.
I've already decided to put a new tusk nut, CTS pots, Switchcraft short toggle switch, Switchcraft input jack, a new tone cap (I have many NOS mustard caps laying around), tone-pros kluson tuners and a new bridge/studs. As I've been making pups for the past 30+ years for various session artists worldwide, I'll make my own PAF repros exactly based on the several ones I had. That'll save on the budget!!
So here are my questions:
1- What is the size of the bushing for the tuners?
If I get original Klusons, there are 2 sizes, 8 mm or 10mm. However, Tone-Pros/Kluson don't specify the size...
(Please don't talked to me about locking tuners, I don't care for them at all.)
2- Which Bridge should I get, the Tone-Pros or the Manmade?
I'd like my bridge to sit firmly on and against the body. It is not at the moment, and the action is quite low already....
3- Will the knobs fit on the CTS pots?
4- Is it worth it to have the split coils?
What do you recommend?
Thank you for your help and input. I'll try to post pictures when I get all this done.
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