Mozzi
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@dogrocketp If you read my post, you would have seen that I said that I would feel, rightly or wrongly, that an S2 could be better if I replaced the Pick-ups, replaced the bridge, replaced the tuners, maybe replace the electronics and knobs. Whether that would actually make the S2 better or its a placebo effect because I spent more on it, I don't know.
Just knowing that PRS have opted to use import parts to keep the guitar within a certain price range will make me feel that I could buy 'better', could replace those things to maybe try and improve the guitar - whether or not they are actually better than the import parts, whether or not it does make the guitar better, whether or not there is some placebo effect, I would be thinking that I could possibly 'improve' the guitar because these parts are not on their 'high-end' models.
Its no different from those people that think they can buy an SE and replace the 'S' Pick-ups, change the nut, put locking tuners on it, replace the electronics and put a Mann bridge on it to try and 'improve' their SE in an attempt to get closer to the Core version. Whether or not it makes a massive difference, just knowing that certain parts are not exactly the same as you get on a 'high end' version, regardless of how good they sound as they are, its that 'what if' - what if I change the Pick-ups to a 'high end' set, what if I put a high-end bridge etc can I improve a 'great' guitar, make it even better with high-end parts.
With my Core guitars, they have the same parts that you would find on the Private Stock versions. Changing Pick-ups isn't an 'upgrade' but more a sideways move to fit more with personal preference - like preferring a hotter pick-up in a 594 or more vintage pick-up in a Custom 24. If something could be improved on a Core, I think PRS would have done it. They don't seem to be a guitar that is made to a price-point but made to the highest standard and that determines the price.
As I said, its not that the S2 are bad guitars, far from it but that I would be thinking 'what if' just because I know they are made to a price point and include import parts that may well be 'excellent' but I could not help thinking that I could make a great guitar even better by pitting high end parts on it instead.
Just knowing that PRS have opted to use import parts to keep the guitar within a certain price range will make me feel that I could buy 'better', could replace those things to maybe try and improve the guitar - whether or not they are actually better than the import parts, whether or not it does make the guitar better, whether or not there is some placebo effect, I would be thinking that I could possibly 'improve' the guitar because these parts are not on their 'high-end' models.
Its no different from those people that think they can buy an SE and replace the 'S' Pick-ups, change the nut, put locking tuners on it, replace the electronics and put a Mann bridge on it to try and 'improve' their SE in an attempt to get closer to the Core version. Whether or not it makes a massive difference, just knowing that certain parts are not exactly the same as you get on a 'high end' version, regardless of how good they sound as they are, its that 'what if' - what if I change the Pick-ups to a 'high end' set, what if I put a high-end bridge etc can I improve a 'great' guitar, make it even better with high-end parts.
With my Core guitars, they have the same parts that you would find on the Private Stock versions. Changing Pick-ups isn't an 'upgrade' but more a sideways move to fit more with personal preference - like preferring a hotter pick-up in a 594 or more vintage pick-up in a Custom 24. If something could be improved on a Core, I think PRS would have done it. They don't seem to be a guitar that is made to a price-point but made to the highest standard and that determines the price.
As I said, its not that the S2 are bad guitars, far from it but that I would be thinking 'what if' just because I know they are made to a price point and include import parts that may well be 'excellent' but I could not help thinking that I could make a great guitar even better by pitting high end parts on it instead.
