Hi Riccardo (
@Ninheresy ), well, I usually work in recording studio so I started to use what I find there; this took me to be used to almost any guitar (shape, strings, neck, and so on). About the new one: this time I was searching for a guitar with a great sound but also a wonderful look (and PRS is, IMHO, the best guitar in this league). I think I spent a couple of hour at every NAMM show at the PRS boot just to look at this pieces of art. I had the possibility to use it in the last day since I'm doing a lot of preproduction and I can experiment: well, it's not only looking great, but it sound better than the other guitars I have and I normally use (Ibanez RG770DX, Ibanez 7VWH, Ibanez UV777, Fender YJM, James Tyler V and my own Rash signature). The neck is a beauty, fast, comfortable and the radius is fine for me - but as I wrote I'm used to different necks shape). I was afraid from the 22 frets since many of the guitars I use have 24 but at the end the sound given from the different position of the bridge PU is way more important
to my ears then the two additional frets.
About the tremolo: I was a Floyd lover but then came hipshot and locking tuning machine and I found out that I prefer to have an easier system to change strings vs the "opportunity" to do dive bomb (but I still have all the Ibanez for this
). PRS tremolo is perfect; the tuning system (a little different from the others) is great and I can use it without any tuning problem.
Take everything I wrote remembering that I'm still in my honeymoon period with this guitar
The tip to go out and try one is mandatory for this kind of "40th birthday gift" for the price of the instrument but mainly for the "spark" that happens when player and guitar get in touch for the first time.
I don't know where you live but if you are in the north of Italy we can organize a trip to the wonderful store I found (open only by reservation) thanks to my PRS and there you will find a lot of nice jewels.
