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I'm not really a Tele guy, but I would sure like to try PRSes version of one.
I can’t imagine a better tele than the Thorn I have.I'm curious what improvements everyone thinks a Tele needs. How would PRS make one better than the original?
This is actually meant to be a serious question. I don't see many needed upgrades.
They would probably do a good job if they tackled it, but I don’t see that being a priority.Better frets and neck feel, a few sociable body tweaks, and mostly a creative reimagining in the 21st Century. As a point I’ve probably beat to death, I recall every one of these questions posited about a Les Paul and Strat, with good reason. People didn’t really see that they could be improved, or at least a improved alternative presented, to such venerable and revered guitars. Yet, here we are. Again.
I’d just like to see them pick up that gauntlet.
I’d venture that the 594 and Silver Sky added fans of the guitars in their own right, players that weren’t existing LP or Strat owners. While there are players like me who want a real Tele tone and vibe in a PRS-feeling guitar, I think it might also attract other people for other reasons to the PRS family of products who might otherwise stay away.
There’s nothing to be taken away from the Telecaster, a true classic in every meaning of the word. I’m looking for an addition to the lineage, a homage that both pays tribute and moves the ball down the field at the same time.
True, but I’m spoiled. I got a perfect LP and Strat. I need the hat trick.They would probably do a good job if they tackled it, but I don’t see that being a priority.
Paul poked at Les Paul tone from day one and took many shots at the strat space over the last 30 years. Tele sound has never really been his target and I don’t see him going after it without being motivated by a huge player. Particularly given the backlog they have with models they know sell.
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There’s nothing to be taken away from the Telecaster, a true classic in every meaning of the word. I’m looking for an addition to the lineage, a homage that both pays tribute and moves the ball down the field at the same time.
Great tele. Mine is white pin striped.
Better frets and neck feel, a few sociable body tweaks, and mostly a creative reimagining in the 21st Century. As a point I’ve probably beat to death, I recall every one of these questions posited about a Les Paul and Strat, with good reason. People didn’t really see that they could be improved, or at least a improved alternative presented, as such venerable and revered guitars. Yet, here we are. Again.
I’d just like to see them pick up that gauntlet.
I’d venture that the 594 and Silver Sky added fans of the guitars in their own right, players that weren’t existing LP or Strat owners. While there are players like me who want a real Tele tone and vibe in a PRS-feeling guitar, I think it might also attract other people for other reasons to the PRS family of products who might otherwise stay away.
There’s nothing to be taken away from the Telecaster, a true classic in every meaning of the word. I’m looking for an addition to the lineage, a homage that both pays tribute and moves the ball down the field at the same time.
SE Torero?They've really never put out something like an Ibanez or Charvel 80s type guitar with a thin neck, hot aftermarket pickups (Ex. Dimarzios or Duncans) in a hard tail or optional floyd for cheap. With a non signature version of that or a popular version of a shredder super strat for around $800-1200, they'd be able to attract a younger or more diverse player base who could then grow into a more expensive core PRS guitar later on. I know shredders aren't really their demographic, but those are actually some of the cheaper guitars to make and produce, even if they were made in Indonesia.
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Not to be argumentative, but the path to the Silver Sky and the path to the 594 were very different. Silver sky was built as a PRS take on a strat.No disrespect intended to any of the respected long-time members and PRS aficionados here, but every argument against the Tele was a reason not to make the Silver Sky and 594.
Agreed.Not to be argumentative, but the path to the Silver Sky and the path to the 594 were very different. Silver sky was built as a PRS take on a strat.
The 594 is the current state of the natural evolution of the McCarty. PRS started on that path very early on. There was never an argument against any step in that evolution.