The Bernie Marsden has arrived!

[László]

I have a Gibson ES-335 I love with that scale and all of the Gibsons I played growing up were 24 3/4".

I played Gibsons growing up, too. Until PRS came along, they were the only electric guitars I had more than passing interest in, though I did like Rickenbacker 12 Strings (even though the fretboards were really too narrow for 12 strings!).

 

[Lewguitar]

Bernies are actually 24.5" scale length. Glad you enjoying the Bernie, I honestly think that these were the best SE guitars that PRS put out at the time. Its just a shame that paul didn't come to a deal with Bernie over a core production model other than the 6 that were made for the UK.

You're right. 24.5" in the middle.

The bridge is angled so the low E string is longer than 24.5" and the high E is shorter than 24.5" for intonating properly.

But 24.5" is what it is.

Definitely a slinkier feel that I like!

I don't have to bend a string so far to raise it up to pitch.

 

[Lewguitar]

Hot looking Bernie! When I had mine, I put a set of Bare Knuckle Abraxas pick ups in it. Didn't need them, but they were fantastic.

Can you tell us about them?

What was fantastic about them?

 

[bodia]

Cab you tell us about them?

What was fantastic about them?

I just thought they were the great pickups for that guitar. Total rock machine. I mean, they modeled after Carlos, so how can they not be great!

 

[bodia]

Here's a sample.

 

[Lewguitar]

Here's a sample.

He doesn't play like Carlos but so what? Sounds great!

I'd prefer uncovered. Wonder if they'd do double cream?

 

[bodia]

He doesn't play like Carlos but so what? Sounds great!

I'd prefer uncovered. Wonder if they'd do double cream?

From the Abraxas page on the BK site

Available in all our open coil and covered custom finishes.

 

[László]

Here's a sample.

Really nice sounding pickups, to be sure.

 

[deepender]

And it's even better than I'd hoped. Feels like an old guitar.

Been playing it for the last hour through my pedal board and into my HDRX 20 and a 12" Celestion G12H30 speaker.

I have SE Singlecuts but none have a body as thick as the Bernie. The Bernie is thick like a Les Paul.

And it's gorgeous. Looks like a core guitar.

Unusual Iced Tea Sunburst. I really like it.

I have one Singlecut with Bernie pickups so I thought I knew what I was getting.

But the same pickups sound different in the thicker bodied Bernie. Deeper, fuller...even a little hotter.

I'm going to have to amend my thinking about the Bernie Marsden pickups because in this guitar they sound good.

I have an extra set of Duncan Antiquitys I was going to use in this guitar. But I'm leaving it stock for now.

https://imgur.com/3ZSJzF1

https://imgur.com/iw86UGl

Nice