Clashcityrocker
Curve Denier
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- Aug 9, 2016
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I like to watch rig rundowns and gear reviews on youtube in my spare time. One thing I’ve noticed is there isn’t a lot of PRS guitars in these rundowns. Here’s my 2 cents as to why this is. Most bands seem to be concerned about how they look so they can fit in with their group of friends and followers. Let’s face it, a guitar is something you wear on stage like clothing. If your guitar doesn’t fit into that image it doesn’t matter how it plays or sounds they aren’t going to play it on stage. Usually you will see a Strat or Les Paul being whipped out like they are something so unique. I’ve owned Les Pauls and I have a parts Strat so I like them but I would like to play something that’s been invented after 1954. Next you get a Gibson SG, the guitar that Les Paul didn’t like. They always felt funny and a little flimsy to me. Like if you looked at it the wrong way the headstock and neck joint would break. Oh yeah the Tele. I like Teles. I’ve built a few myself out of parts. They are like the model T of guitars, no body contour and a bridge pickup that rules the high frequencies. But come on guys we’re in 2017. PRS is the Apple computers of guitars. Did you have a bad experience with one? Did you look in the mirror and that PRS looked better than you? One thing that stood out to me was a rig rundown with an all girls band that I haven’t heard of but then again I don’t listen to much new music any more. So the guitar player is playing a fender mustang and she says you know it’s hard to get a round sound out of this mustang. Well why play it then? Come on it’s so retro and cool and it fit’s my image she must have thought.