Gtrbldr
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For an additional PRS for my stable in one of Europes finest stores. They have quite a nice collection lf high end guitars - including PRSi - in stock. However we had a strange afternoon. Positive and kind of a bummer
To start with the good news. After inspection of all the core and wood library guitars on the wall, I can confidently say that my summer aquisition (57/08 limited) is king. There was not one of the core, 10 top or WLs in stock that I thought was nicer than my own guitar. Did not need confirmation, but it is nice to get it without asking. Happy camper here.
Now for the disappointment. I was shopping with my wife for her first PRS. She is in the singer-songwriter camp, but is not comfortable playing a regular guitar. Stuff is in the way etc. Enter the the very much lauded PRS SE hollowbody II piezo. She held it, played it and was sold (cool). Definately ia cool guitar, nice weight, resonance, sounds: all there, but this specimen was not to come home with us. It had some major flaws QC should have picked up on and that surprised me. To start off small: the masking on the binding was very sloppy applied. Stain was blotchy in several areas. And the inlays: sloppy. Edges were routed out way too far and they had to fill over 1 mm on all sides. Since it js CNC I was surprised. If you put that kind of bling on a guitar, it should be executed well. Otherwise it works against the guitar. Like a polyester tailored suit. Meh. The biggest issue however was not with the cosmetics, but structural. The neck and bridge were poorly aligned. The first string was far from the edge of the fretboard, while the bass side was really close to the edge of the fret board. Salesman was also surprised: thanked me for noticing and said it was going back to PRS. A guitar costing €1500 should not have such flaws. China made or not.
However, the silver lining: a hollowbody SE is coming our way, but we are waiting untill they have a few guitars to choose from.
To start with the good news. After inspection of all the core and wood library guitars on the wall, I can confidently say that my summer aquisition (57/08 limited) is king. There was not one of the core, 10 top or WLs in stock that I thought was nicer than my own guitar. Did not need confirmation, but it is nice to get it without asking. Happy camper here.
Now for the disappointment. I was shopping with my wife for her first PRS. She is in the singer-songwriter camp, but is not comfortable playing a regular guitar. Stuff is in the way etc. Enter the the very much lauded PRS SE hollowbody II piezo. She held it, played it and was sold (cool). Definately ia cool guitar, nice weight, resonance, sounds: all there, but this specimen was not to come home with us. It had some major flaws QC should have picked up on and that surprised me. To start off small: the masking on the binding was very sloppy applied. Stain was blotchy in several areas. And the inlays: sloppy. Edges were routed out way too far and they had to fill over 1 mm on all sides. Since it js CNC I was surprised. If you put that kind of bling on a guitar, it should be executed well. Otherwise it works against the guitar. Like a polyester tailored suit. Meh. The biggest issue however was not with the cosmetics, but structural. The neck and bridge were poorly aligned. The first string was far from the edge of the fretboard, while the bass side was really close to the edge of the fret board. Salesman was also surprised: thanked me for noticing and said it was going back to PRS. A guitar costing €1500 should not have such flaws. China made or not.
However, the silver lining: a hollowbody SE is coming our way, but we are waiting untill they have a few guitars to choose from.
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…..freakin funny though !
