PRS with only One side dot on the 12th fret

[metaforehead]

WTH, Paul? Why does my wonderful 2000 C22 only have one side dot on the 12th? What does everyone else do in this unacceptable situation? Got a hack?

 

[GuitarJammin]

Yes it bothered me too on my 94' CU24. The "hack" is to keep playing it. The feeling goes away after lots of playtime then you don't notice it anymore.

 

[Gtrbldr]

It is not a mistake, all the older models have this.

Hack; learn to count REALLLLĹY fast

 

[sergiodeblanc]

It’s weird they put two on the side now if you ask me!

 

[TFC]

Add 2 side dots using a Wite-Out Pen. Done.

 

[metaforehead]

Yes it bothered me too on my 94' CU24. The "hack" is to keep playing it. The feeling goes away after lots of playtime then you don't notice it anymore.

Thanks. However, if one plays a lot of different guitars, some of which are single cut, others more cuts...

 

[metaforehead]

Add 2 side dots using a Wite-Out Pen. Done.

Yup. Thanks. Still, what was Paul think

It is not a mistake, all the older models have this.

Hack; learn to count REALLLLĹY fast

It's a flaw. No good reason.

 

[TFC]

Check out this old post...

What Happened To My Side Dot? (debate time)

did you ever have a guitar that you haven't played in a while, and when you pick it up and start playing it you can't find the two dots for the 12th fret? Then your memory is jogged that back in the old days PRSi only came with one side dot? OMG, I'm old. But also, can we please rehash the...

forums.prsguitars.com

 

[veinbuster]

I hone in on the 12th by the wider spacing on either side (3 frets versus 2 elsewhere)

 

[garrett]

People have been complaining about this on internet forums for as long as there have been internet forums.

 

[jxe]

shouldn't you be looking at the sheet music???

 

[veinbuster]

People have been complaining about this on internet forums for as long as there have been internet forums.

My inner curmudgeon thinks: if you don’t like it, don’t buy it.
My life energy is too valuable to me to waste it complaining about things someone did differently than I might have.

 

[jak3af3r]

shouldn't you be looking at the sheet music???

Yep. It shows who hasn't played a no-radius, no fret-marker classical for any length of time. Try reading on that.

 

[veinbuster]

shouldn't you be looking at the sheet music???

I confess to glancing away to make sure I’m in the right place to sound the harmonic at 12.

 

[CandidPicker]

WTH, Paul? Why does my wonderful 2000 C22 only have one side dot on the 12th? What does everyone else do in this unacceptable situation? Got a hack?

It means one of two things:

1). You'll meet a beautiful Bollywood actress, fall in love and marry her, or
2). You've got one heckuva football team this year.

 

[JasonE]

Don't buy anything older than 2006. That is the oldest PRS guitars I own and they have 2 dots. I believe that is the year they switched over to putting 2 dots on the 12th fret.

It is odd for me when I play one with a single dot. I try to use the extra spaces/frets on either side of it to locate it. If I had a guitar that only had one dot that I loved, I would probably drill a hole on either side of it and convert it to 3 dots.

 

[Alnus Rubra]

shouldn't you be looking at the sheet music???

Is it that bad?

 

[DISTORT6]

Never noticed. That’s way too high up the neck.

 

[RickP]

Got a hack?

Send me that worthless, messed up abomination and buy one of these right away!

 

[Senor Verde]

I wouldn't hack any guitar.

I put a drop of glow in the dark paint on the single dots and a line that connects the dots, or about that length on the guitar with only one dot on the 12th.

Call me what you will, but I like seeing spots once in a while.