Thanks Ian, really appreciate your help and the help of all the friends on this fantastic community.@Diego wonderful looking guitar! Whale blue is such an iconic PRS color too. Enjoy it in good health!
Thanks also to you Andy! Yes you were and are right: mint instruments are something to look for . I had no experience on this since I always bought new guitars, unit, cars and so on.Looks great, so much better than a new lower model . With musical instruments there is no issues buying used and mint used is better than new .
"... the "loosen" volume and tone knob (but maybe there's a way to tight them ..."Hi @ruso , well compared to a couple of my signature/custom made for me guitars (24 frets) the PRS is way more balanced and the neck PU has a smooth and full sound. I have to get used to the PU selector and to the "loosen" volume and tone knob (but maybe there's a way to tight them. For now the overall verdict is positive, then when I look at it... gets better and better. can wait to have the String Swing rail to hang all the guitars to the wall.
I found them on allparts.com, if that helps.Thanks @secondwindow, I'll look for this
Absolutely!!!!! Discovered a new world (and I'm already looking for a.... mint PRS Silver Sky Blue!)Soooooo...... I was right all along. Used mint prs was the way to go
Hi Diego.. my compliments, great guitar!Absolutely!!!!! Discovered a new world (and I'm already looking for a.... mint PRS Silver Sky Blue!)
Thanks for the tip man
Holy crap! I'm dressing right now, ready to goHi 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.
There is something about the playability of a PRS guitar that makes it worth the price of admission. My number one is an HB2 with Piezo. I have a Semi-Hollow Special on order (maybe I will get it this summer - if not the fall).
Congrats and enjoy in good health!
Yes -- Basically, it is a 59 LP neck ( .845 at 1st fret / .975 at 12th fret ) with a very shallow scallop.Is that a scalloped neck on your T-style Tyler? I think that is the first time I've seen anyone put a scalloped neck on a Tele.
That's pretty unique and cool. Am I correct in thinking that it was a custom order?Yes -- Basically, it is a 59 LP neck ( .845 at 1st fret / .975 at 12th fret ) with a very shallow scallop.