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Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 12:07 am

I picked up a PRS "Paul's Guitar" on Sunday. Honestly, I expected better.

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 1:53 am

Elaborate please

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 4:11 am

hibidy wrote:Elaborate please

I'm afraid to give any specifics that might offend people.

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 5:02 am

Uncle E wrote:
hibidy wrote:Elaborate please
I'm afraid to give any specifics that might offend people.

I can't speak for others but being jelly is a turn on here. Those guys over at sevenstring get the most INSANE guitars one after the other. I always give a like, but sounds to me like yours isn't really cutting it. That's a bummer if so. Such a beautiful guitar!

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 5:04 am

hibidy wrote:sounds to me like yours isn't really cutting it. That's a bummer if so. Such a beautiful guitar!

Oh, sorry, when I said "picked up", I meant I literally picked it up off the wall and played it for 30 minutes. I didn't buy it. Things are going well over here at JRR but not that well.

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 5:07 am

HAHAHAHA! wow, I thought you bought it. Ok, hibidy not reading between the lines......

blueman · Post by **blueman** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 5:19 am

I'm really diggin the new, PRS S2 semi-hollow models just out

I'm sweet on this one, in particular

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 5:20 am

Wow, that really looks nice! Edit, are those USA?

blueman · Post by **blueman** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 5:32 am

USA-built anyway; pups and parts are Korean. So, it keeps costs down to $1500. By the time you replace bridge, pups, and parts to USA PRS you would be near the price of a full Custom 22

But yeah, the look and sound amazing!

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 5:44 am

Man, they'd NEVER have something like that at a local shop here (just junk, except for my strat, that was a good pickup)

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 6:31 am

blueman wrote:USA-built anyway; pups and parts are Korean. So, it keeps costs down to $1500. By the time you replace bridge, pups, and parts to USA PRS you would be near the price of a full Custom 22

That's interesting. I like the look of the S2 Mira. Personally, there are a lot of pickups I prefer over PRS pickups so that's not such a big deal to me.

tapper mike · Post by **tapper mike** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 4:27 pm

I did a lot of comparative online listening between the prs semi hollow and my Raven West 450. I'm preferring the 450 fuller warmer jazz tones though not as aggressive.

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 8:21 pm

PRS semi-hollows certainly do sound different from Gibson ES-335's. Some people might prefer the PRS clarity, others might prefer the Gibson woodiness. Personally, I don't think I could live with an ES-335 as my only guitar but it can be a lot of fun.

I used to have a Japanese Epiphone Sheraton, back from when Gibson first started doing them and before the manufacturing got moved to Korea. That was an amazing guitar, one of the best I've ever had, especially for the $400 that I paid for it. GAS and youth made me believe I could get something better, sigh...

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 8:37 pm

I sold my PRS to a certain someone here on these forums because I didn't get on with the neck. I wish I could play one of the S2 since I've gotten used to thicker necks (the Carvin is pretty thick overall)

Still probably wouldn't fit my hands to well though, but man, it's a looker!

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 9:10 pm

hibidy wrote:I sold my PRS to a certain someone here on these forums

haha! That's funny, I forgot I got it from you. I ended up swapping in zebra pickups from another SE, putting on ebony tuner knobs, and changing the knobs to clear ones. It looked like an expensive US model, all for around $15 in mods.

Anyone looking for second hand guitars, definitely check with hibidy because he keeps his stuff in very nice condition.

Your next guitar?