Analog Kid
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I have a 2018 SE Chris Robertson. It's a great guitar, in fact one of the best sounding electrics that I have. The color is perfect. It is sort of heavy, but that does not bother me. What does bother me is the neck. It has the chunkiest wide-fat neck I have ever played.....it is baseball bat thick. Granted, this is the first guitar I have ever purchased online (and Sweetwater took great care of me with the purchase), so I did not have the opportunity to try it out beforehand. I figured that since I have another PRS with a wide-fat carve (SE Custom Semi-Hollow) that while a little bigger than I'm used to, is still quite comfortable to play; I would be fine with this one. I was wrong. In fact, the last time I played it, I was in quite a bit of pain due to the thickness of the neck.
That is one of the main reasons I decided to sell the guitar. However, after a few months of trying and getting very few bites (other than lowball offers on Reverb and Craigslist), I have rescinded the offer to sell. That leaves me with a beautiful, excellent sounding guitar that is painful to play, due to the neck.
The other day, I picked up my CE24, and was instantly reminded of why I love that guitar - the neck plays like butter. In fact, that guitar is so comfortable, it's like it plays itself. That got me to thinking; perhaps I could have the neck on the SE Chris Robertson recarved to a wide-thin profile.
Has anyone here had experience with the PRS PTC, and having their guitar neck recarved in specific? If so, what was your experience like? Is it advisable to use a luthier other than the PTC for a modification like this?
I know that I could try and hold out for a reasonable offer on my guitar; and then with the proceeds of that sale, acquire something like a SE Tremonti Custom. However, that is a very different animal than the SE Chris Robertson. By the time I would have finished modding an SE Tremonti Custom, to get it close to the SECR, I fear I will have spent just as much money as if I just have the SECR's neck recarved.
Anyhoo, sorry for the long post. I am very curious as to everybody's thoughts on this one.
The Kid
That is one of the main reasons I decided to sell the guitar. However, after a few months of trying and getting very few bites (other than lowball offers on Reverb and Craigslist), I have rescinded the offer to sell. That leaves me with a beautiful, excellent sounding guitar that is painful to play, due to the neck.
The other day, I picked up my CE24, and was instantly reminded of why I love that guitar - the neck plays like butter. In fact, that guitar is so comfortable, it's like it plays itself. That got me to thinking; perhaps I could have the neck on the SE Chris Robertson recarved to a wide-thin profile.
Has anyone here had experience with the PRS PTC, and having their guitar neck recarved in specific? If so, what was your experience like? Is it advisable to use a luthier other than the PTC for a modification like this?
I know that I could try and hold out for a reasonable offer on my guitar; and then with the proceeds of that sale, acquire something like a SE Tremonti Custom. However, that is a very different animal than the SE Chris Robertson. By the time I would have finished modding an SE Tremonti Custom, to get it close to the SECR, I fear I will have spent just as much money as if I just have the SECR's neck recarved.
Anyhoo, sorry for the long post. I am very curious as to everybody's thoughts on this one.
The Kid