Why I Stopped Playing My PRS.
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Robert - I'm a boomer. In one sense born into a great age - the age where rock really toke off. But o the other hand, as a self-taught guitarist who could not afford $25-35 per hour lessons I had a lousy teacher. Got a chord chart, bought some sheet music and had only one band garage band with my brother on bass and next door neighbor on drums. We were terrible but we had fun. And that is what music is to me fun. Now days with the internet, there are so many resources, learning is a bit easier. At 74, I am now covering ground that I couldn't 60 years ago. I have purchased several of your courses - they are great. I finally have a decent amount of really good guitars. But playing is harder at this age. I can't even play until about noon, when the stiffness and swelling subsides from my fingers(old age arthritis). This is a backdrop to what I want to say. I'm not good enough to seek that elusive magical tone. I'm on a quest to play 1/3 as good as you do. Thanks for all you do. I'm sure mostly you are helping a younger generation and that is wonderful.
What a beautiful sentiment. Rock on Raymond!
I hear you on the age and technology thing! Didn't we all try to figure out riffs by constantly resetting the needle on the phonograph? I'm 72 and just happy to improve my guitar playing from half-a$$ed to merely mediocre!!
When in doubt - drop that low E string one whole step to a D and play low n slow. Bar bottom 3 strings with finger, thumb or coke bottle and get yer Ry Cooder on - while playing a simple D chord - yep if it ain't fun, it's done. That's my motto. I'm a punk 70 this year and multi-tracking with Garageband and Logic playing all the instruments especially guitar is what keeps me goin'. Just bought another one I don't need but it's my first gibson (Tony Iommi SG "Monkey") since my original guitars were stolen way back in the 80s.The P-90s on the SG are sick - in a good way! Rockin' out is why I don't look or act 70 today. I still video skype with the homies back in CT (I've been in L.A. for decades) that jammed with me in my driveway back in the early 70s. Talk about terrible, terribly LOUD, I have no clue how we got away with those driveway jams back then in Mystic - big shout out to my old neighbors probably dead now - apologies too ! We were very lucky to see how drab life was before Beatles changed everything on Ed in Feb '64, and then just hanged on for the Sixties ride!!! Unbelievably good times, bands, drugs, girls, fashion, attitudes and what you said.....FUN. 👀 🎸
At 59 my left hand index finger is doing the arthritic nonsense too. I’m contemplating having to learn slide 👀😜🤣
I feel with you. Had to have an operation to deal with a triggerfinger, ouch. At 56.
I play through my guitars All The Time! I have favorites at different times, yes, but..... I lean toward "double cut-away" guitars very heavily. I'm not into "Twang", but did make my own "double cut" T-Style guitar (mine is a little tamer sound...and I stuck a humbucker in the middle position with a 5 way switch). I do play my PRS SE guitars a little more (had a Core McCarty....gave it to my son!) than others, but again it depends on what I'm working on at the moment!
I like that you acknowledged the "pocket-problem" in guitar playing :D
I recently bought a PRS SE. It’s a wonderful instrument. It joins my LP, Strat, Ibañez, and Takamine. We are a family. This is their forever home. I’m done. (Maybe a tele, but then that’s it).
PRS is my #1 go to every day. Idk, they're just the best guitars, in my opinion. I love my Charvel and Ibanez guitars, too, but there's just something so sweet about my PRS guitars that keep me coming back to them, every day. They're just so versatile and play soooooo good! PRS has their haters, but so does every other brand. It doesn't get much better than them, in my view. I worked very hard to save up to be able to afford even one, and after I got my first Custom 24, I couldn't stop haha. Sold my Les Paul's and Strats to buy more PRS guitars!🤣To each their own!
If you get a Hollowbody PRS, you might play it more because it’s a completely different monster
I have the Hollowbody II SE Piezo, and it's gnarly! And with that description, I think I just dated myself. Lol!
I got a Neal schon NS-14 semi hollow body and it’s gutsy as fk tone is huge on it and sounds great unplugged too
It’s got fantastic acoustics
The PRS Single cut McCarty semi-hollow is unreal. It is the first guitar that made me think seriously about selling my whole collection. PRS is insanely good guitar, I have a Paul’s Guitar as well. They are so great.
I have 9 guitars. I make a point of rotating, playing a different one each day. There are times I want to skip one and play another one, but have found that once I pick up the "scheduled" guitar I have no problem enjoying it as much as the last one. That includes the two acoustics. One tip I heard a while back was commit to playing 5 minutes a day. It has transformed my playing to a new level, mostly because you end up playing WAY more than 5 minutes.
Exactly! I have one for each day of the week. I can play something else later but I start with that day's guitar. I may be ho-hum about the day-of-the-week guitar for about 20 seconds; then I remember why I love it.
Me too
I usually keep two guitars next to me for practice. I like to have a fender scale 25.5, and a gibson scale 24.75, this way I never lose the feel for the different scale sizes.
I rotate thru my guitars alphabetically and change every Sunday.
I say “let me just play with this jam track for like 10 minutes” then I play for over 3 hours.
I rotate having guitars on stands and ready to play and the more accessible become my favorites for a while. It’s so much fun to grab one I haven’t played in a while and get inspired to play it again.
this...
I do the same thing with my basses, it keeps me on my toes so I don't end up playing only 34" or only 30" scale length or whatnot
YES
Man oh man, when you plugged in that Squier JM, it jumped outta my speakers! So much attitude and had so much great breakup in the sound.... my fav of ALL your guitars
you played today!
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Oh yeah man, that's a really cool guitar and with a killer tone as well. 😁
This video is PERFECTLY-timed. I was having a very similar discussion with a bandmate literally LAST NIGHT. For me, I describe it as "seasons." Right now, I am in a Jaguar/Jazzmaster season. This time last year, I was in a PRS season. The year before that was a Jaguar/Jazzmaster season.
Several years ago, I would go back and forth between a Chapman season, LTD season, Chapman season, LTD season.
Even when it comes to plectrums, same story. I have a Dragon's Heart season, Dunlop Flow season, Kirk Hammett Signature season, which is where I currently am.
Life is all about seasons. Seasons come and go, then come back around. To everything, there is a season, and a time to every purpose under Heaven.
Sorry but this is clickbait. Should be titled why you prefer single coils over humbuckers. There’s no discussion of PRS vs other humbucker-equipped guitars at all.
Not trying to hate, but have respect for your audience
Sounds bloody good to me! I don't understand the claim that PRS's don't have character...I've got two and they definitively have a distinctive tone.
It's loads of folk complaining who can't actually play the instrument
@@ziggystardust1798 I can play guitar, been doing so for 23 years, and I don't care much for PRS. I won't say they're terrible or anything, I just personally would never buy one
They have great pickups so, yes. However, they're incredibly expensive.
@@nobnobnobnobtrue, core models aren't cheap. But PRS does have affordable models
@codythedoggo7671 not worth the bucks though
My only electric is a Dustie Waring CE24 Floyd and it's my most favorite guitar of my whole life 🥰🥰🥰
I'm with you. I've owned three PRS models and sold them all. Nice guitars but I could not bind with them. It really has to do with the scale length and the pickups. Most traditional PRS Core models come with a 25" scale length, Maple top and humbuckers with no distinct sound. It's like a cross between a Fender and a Gibson with no distinct sound of their own. Later McCarty models and the Silver Sky are different as they try to emulate Gibson and Fender directly. I own many Gibson's and Fender Guitars and I can get the individual sounds of a Les Paul, ES-335, SG and an LP DC Junior with a P90. I also own a Stratocaster, Telecaster, Jazzmaster and a modified custom Super Strat, that I pretty much assembled from premium components myself. I can get any sound I want or need with these guitars. I even owned a Gretsch 6120 with TV Jones Pickups and a beautiful Rickenbacker George Harrison 12 string guitar. I sold both of these because they fetched top dollar, and I could not justify keeping them! Until PRS comes out with a unique sounding guitar that I can't get out of my arsenal, I'm sticking with what I have!
I had the same thing going on with my Music Man LIII guitars. I had three Luke‘s that I sold.
And why?
They were absolutely perfect guitars but the were just to perfect for me and they didn’t inspire me.
So I went back to a Strat and a Les Paul, guitars with all their flaws etc. and I could not be happier.
Totally agree. I had a DGT for 4 years and I sold it. Nice guitar, but I just did not bond with it.
I love my DGT and save it for gigs! I usually play one of my Strats at home, which is a bit harder to play, so when I go to play the DGT, it feels so easy! I tend to stick to those two, because I play Flamenco and I love Nylon guitars. I think the DGT has a sound, and with the coil taps,its a Swiss army knife for me!
I can't play with a ring on, I don't know why, college ring, wedding ring, no rings. Also have to have the wireless transmitter on a belt not on the guitar strap.
I agree about the ring thing.
I search on reverb for well-used core PRS singlecuts because
1) I don't like Les Pauls
2) A beat up PRS is one I won't feel bad about beating up more.
3) I know they're great great guitars but so expensive! Deals to be had on the beat up ones.
I feel the same! I have a a PRS and I’ve always felt it’s a great guitar to cover a lot of different sounds that it does well. It’s an SE but I love it and they all have there own sound. Also I recently bought the AVII 61 Strat. I’m in love with this guitar!
So it's an SE.
I've played em and I never really noticed anything significantly different from the American counterpart.
It like saying you get a noticeably different sound from an American strat VS a Mexican.
I almost bought a second hand SE
It was a real beautiful semi hollow mint condition. It had a great neck and the quality of the build was excellent. And then I plugged it in and played it for a half hour.
Playability was very good and it had attributes that I actually preferred compared to what I'm used to. But I took a pass and held on to the $360 that they wanted for it.
Just wasn't what I wanted to hear.
Hey robert, can I ask you what audio interface you use on your home studio? Greetings and love 🙏
Hi there I use an 18i20
With you 100% Robert. I take fits all the time, within models, brands and styles. Sometimes you just want that Tele sound. Sometimes you want the Humbucker growl or that Les Paul heft. Sometimes you just want the smoothness of a Jazzmaster. Its why they're there and why the brands make so many of them.
I have tried in the past to put myself in a mindset "This month I am only playing THIS guitar." and it never works. I may walk into a guitar shop and absently or purposely pick up a different guitar and boom, the shift happens. Let me use July as an example. Started off with a Les Paul, Moved on to a Baritone, moved on to a Nighthawk(So back to Les Paul..sort of) then onto a 6 string acoustic and ended the month...with a real need for an ES335.
Here we are the first day of August......now I am hankering for some Tele. This does not mean I dont love the guitars above. It just means I am hearing that Tele quack in my head. Doesn't mean, like you with the DGT, that the second I put my hands on x it wont change again. I find that when I have long stretches with a guitar its one of two things 1)The style of music I am listening to demands that kind of guitar and 2)I am working on something for live playing and I need to chose a guitar since I cannot drag EVERYTHING with me. :)
I am also with you on that Jazzmaster. Its shocking how fantastic that thing is! If I am right its the 40th anniversary Desert Sand. Like you I have a Fender one and that Squire. I cannot part with either. They're just too different. But if you forced me to.....the Fender would go. That Squire is THAT much of a honey!
Man I wish I could have all those guitars, but only have one. It was a PRS SE Standard 24, but I upgraded the mediocre pickups to Fishman Classic Active Pickups. Decided not to buy another entry-level guitar and decided to go Frankin-PRS instead. 😂 Have you ever done any mods?
Really?… you’d take the squier over a pro ii kazzmaster?…
I used to Love Les Paul’s and SGs and was not very fond of Strats but I got my first PRS a Torero(24fret,25.5in,FR) I fell in love and I got a strat to mess around with again and honestly the PRS and the Strat have been my go to guitars I never play the SG and I sold the Les Paul. I just love the way PRS plays and feel I just bought a Mark Holcomb SVN and I love it 100%
It's a real good topic. Personally, I played strats for years, but now since I'm owning a PRS CE24 it became my go to guitar for live shows. It does everything I need. Of course, the strat has more stratness, but: The PRS sounds original...there are millions of strat players out there...and the sound repeats over and over again. So why not using something different? I'm in the PRS zone now, I know, but I totally think that it's nice to have a choice. When I'm in the mood I pick another guitar...why not using the Duesenberg for a show? Or my Blade from the 90's? In the end it's all about emotions, feelings, mood...it's music. But I fell in love with the PRS because it just sounds different (and great).
Don't over think it. Accept it.... and enjoy it. All of it....Your GAS dies when you die. The best guitar in the world being the one in your hands at any given time...absolutely . .....all the time for me. Great channel Robert.
PRS is a bit like Taylor. They’re not this, or not that; they are what they are. Taylor splits the difference between Gibson and Martin, while PRS sort of resides between Fender and Gibson, though they lean more toward Gibson due to the pickups.. Taylors are super playable, one of their greatest strengths, and they do have their own sound, a reflection of Bob Taylor’s design ideas. PRS guitars also have their own sound and are super playable. Their build quality is fantastic, making them much less affordable for the general guitar playing public. Of course, Gibsons are ridiculously overpriced (more so than PRS) and the quality control can be somewhat lacking, though it’s better since they dumped the last CEO. One area where PRS shines is consistency of build quality. There are so many factors that go into guitar preferences. It’s like ice cream: some like chocolate, some like vanilla, some might like chocolates chip cookie dough (looking at you, Ben and Jerry) and so it goes. Even day-to-day it can change. But, that’s just me …
One thing I learned about my PRS is it has more midrange bite than my other geetars. Really pronounced mids
Absolutely agree. So pronounced they need to be tamed in a lot of cases IMO.
I get it. PRS sounds too perfect, no personality. My go tos are my Les Paul '58 reissue, Jason Isbell Tele (MIM, btw), and '90 Explorer-all have very different voices, and that's what it's all about, IMO.
I don't leave more than 2 of my guitars out at a time, so some get overlooked for longer than they should, but when I get one out I haven't played for a while, it's like rediscovering it all over again. So much fun.
They are not all created equally.. Get the "Core" Special semi-hollow body, with the 12 different pickup positions and you'll have your mind blown.... however at a price... $ 5660.
I wanna see the Crackle Charvel 😩
That’s gone bro
Noooooooooooo!
@@gorlagOv damn for real? What a shame
@@blackheartsnite I don’t know for sure but if I was a betting man. I would think so. Robert said he went through and sold like 6 guitars for his firebird. He never really said which ones but I think that would have been one.
@@gorlagOv seems like a logical conclusion. That was a beautiful guitar, but if he got a legit Firebird then I can understand. They are very nice
"PRS doesn't have a sound"
Oh silly me thinking someone needed to make the guitar have a sound since it doesn't play by itself lol It's the player, not the guitar.
I have a PRS semi hollow 594. Every-time I pick it up I immediately go “Oh sh**”. It’s just the best guitar I’ve ever played, but I baby it too much so it doesn’t get the attention it really deserves vs the guitars that I’m less precious with.
I have one too. It’s very good.
Yeah I love my McCarty 594 SC. Guitar has a unreal neck. I'm thinking about getting one of those SE DGTs later on this month. Everyone has been raving about them.
@@easye9-21 I’ve thought one of those as well, and then trying to pickup some of the 58/15LT pickups I have in my core model and put them in their to get a version of my 594 that I don’t worry about dinging. I wish they made either the 594 or dgt in a semi hollow in the SE line. The Zac Meyers is close, but I don’t like the knob placement vs the others.
Absolutely nothing in the pockets. I am the same way
Yes I am like that! I can’t have ANYTHING in my pockets when I play. Guitar is FREEDOM, things in your pocket is restraint. Yes it’s in my head but ITS IN MY HEAD! Glad to know I’m not alone.
Tired of always seeing the Teles and the LPs, enough of these outdated designs. maybe PRS is for people who want to chase their own sound and not emulate the sound of their idols.
I switch between my Gibson LP Slash and my Ibanez Prestige 5120. I used to favour the LP but since I got the Ibanez back in Feb , I always gravitate towards it when it’s time to play. I’ve got a EVH 5150 striped series on laybuy atm, cannot wait to add that beast to the lineup 🔥❤️🤘🏻
I bought a PRS USA 🇺🇸 McCarty because everyone was telling me how great they were and once you get used to it, you can’t go back to a Gibson or Fender. Didn’t happen. I never bonded with the PRS. I find it feels like plastic. There is nothing about that guitar I like. I went back to my Custom Shop Fenders and Gibsons. Give me a Les Paul, Strat or Tele any day.
I usually play loud music with lots of effects. Even for the heavier stuff, I find myself really leaning on the Tele. After 15 years of playing, the light clicked for me and I realized I could hear every single note on the Tele regardless of what I threw at it. They're so good and no joke when people say there the most versatile.
And they're so ugly and durable you can't feel bad throwing them around! 😂
My Nash '52-style Butterscotch Blackguard with Lollar pickups & fat Boatneck profile is a dream to play, and it's just a bonus that it arrived with a lightly aged full-nitro finish (no 'shark bite' relic.) This one is a true instrument for just wailing on and Bill is all about that. 🤘
Man i can relate.
You described my home made tele wit a boat neck i bought from Warmoth.
And thats exactly how i feel about mine.@j_freed
Thats exactly what I appreciate about my tele.
It's probably the best guitar I own.
Stable, versatile, and just straight up what I want to hear.
PRS guitars just don’t have the mojo of Fenders and Gibsons IMO
I have 56 guitars…but my 3 PRS guitars are among my most played instruments… my “go to” guitars if you will. They are just so versatile and easy to play…. I have one with a Floyd, it never gets out of tune… my band covers the Stones,… so yeah I play a Tele…in open G… but it’s the PRS that I like for my work horse guitars!
Are you a lawyer/dentist?
I have my dgt up on reverb for the same reasons you mentioned…. We are brainwashed
PRS does a great job. I've only got one, a 2012 Bernie Marsden that's been completely modded, and it plays and sounds incredible. I think of it like an LP with a little more definition. I don't play it all the time, but it's definitely in the most played rotation. I love the sound of deep soul-full humbuckers that can turn to rage at any given moment.
I have a PRS, Stratocaster master built, telecaster, les Paul and an acoustic. PRS is the guitar I’d keep if I could only have one. After the first 30 seconds of you playing I knew this video would be pointless, you sound amazing!
I go between my Esquire and Les Paul all the time. It's almost a mood/ sound thing for me. Keep up the great work Robert!!!!
yesssssss
I guess it's probably "liveless' as the others ... just quite too sterile...
It’s easy to say “man, I’m not playing that awesome guitar much” And the joy when you go back to it and say “yeah, I’m sure lucky to have this”.
That’s why we need so many guitars. It never gets boring because you can switch.
I recently bought my bucket list Gibson 1959 Custom Shop Guitar. I love It. But the past few days I was playing my Strat and didn’t want to put it down. It is what it is. It’s called, being fortunate.
Only have 2 so not hard to pick :-D
I used to have this problem and now i just have one guitar DGT SE goldtop and am extremely happy and sold the rest...I am downsizing in life big time this last while..
I own 6 PRS. Absolutely love them. I find them to be one of the most consistently well built guitars out there. I just usually change out the pickups... then I get the perfect sound and feel for what I do.
I got one of the Sandblasted Custom 24 SE’s… love the look of it, but it’s the only one of my 5 PRS guitars that I don’t like the sound of. I’m hoping it’s just the 85/15 S pickups that I don’t like.
I try to show all my guitars (7) more or less equal love. I pretty much sound the same regardless of the guitar I play despite them being all over the map pickup-wise.
The PRS is good when you’re feeling like a lawyer or doctor and want that sweet adult contemporary sound.
Contemporary?
You mean like Jazz?
The PRS is ‘clinically’ clean even with a distorted setting! Sometimes it just has to be dirty….😁 With multiple guitars, it’s only natural that you have these phases….better in every way than being uninspired and not playing anything!🎸🤘🎸
PRS have never done it for me. I like the finishes, I like the versatility. For some reason I never felt that I needed one, already have a Les Paul.
Yeah, the PRs ce 24 custom is my favorite electric in my collection, but been playing my Taylor 114 grand auditorium. Thanks for your videos
Guitarists usually dont want to play the Best guitar, they want to play the guitar with the mojo with the vibe and due to history all those guitars are Gibson or Fender or Rickenbacker etc. But for a person like me who likes perfect things and attention to detail I absolutely agree that PRS and especially the DGT is one of the best guiatars ever. Perfection.
Have the PRS Special semi hollow same color as your DGT, and then recently got the SE DGT. I play the SE a lot more that the special, which I have no idea why. And the special kind of put my Les Paul Standard 50s with P90s in the closet lol. It’s a toss up between my PRSs and my road worn vintera strat I added bareknuckle 63 pickups. Crazy how our brains work as guitar players. Manufacturing these days is so good that it’s literally just “what flavor do I want today?” Not necessarily if one guitar is better than the other
The DGT and the CE24 are easily my two favourite guitars you've had. Not because they're PRS though. But because I could feel the joy you had playing them when you were really feeling them. And they sound(ed) fukcing amazing as well.. less "like everyone else online", like most 95% LP + Fender options out there on the Interwebs
It’s not a case of good or bad…it’s the fact that all guitars are “different” and thats what is so great about our hobby/passion…play the guitar that “calls” you at that moment 👍
Exactly! I try to tell my wife that every time she says " why do you need another guitar"? It's at the point now where I just tell her she won't understand! PS I tell her the same thing about my cigars 🤣
My budget keeps me from getting the guitar that "calls out to me." Which would be, the Malmsteen Stratocaster! 🤣
I have had several nice PRS guitars. I had a very limited Wood Library from Brians, basically a private stock. It was the most beautiful guitar i have owned, but i just didn't click with it and sold it. I also had a really nice CE one off from Brians that I ended up selling too. They look great and well built, but i just didn't like the necks or pickups.
I currently have a 60's standard Les Paul from Wildwood and really like it. Switched out pickups to Seymour Slash pups and looking forward to a Tele or maybe Lari Basilio's Ibanez :)
I can’t put down the 61’ American Vintage II Strat. It’s made me rethink what I need out of a guitar’s playability and also sonically. I think hopping around on your collection is a great indication that you desire to break out of habit and that you have the drive to learn something new. It will keep you young at heart as a guitarist.
The Tele sounded great...in the lower registers. You start moving up and it gets just too 'twangy/jangly'' . The Jazzmaster actually sounded the BEST!
Hey Robert, my name is Tom I am 71 years old and I’ve been playing since the fifth grade and as I got older and further into my personal business which supports all of my hobbies and avocations, I’ve been able to have some pretty wonderful instruments I think my guitar closet has 15 in there now, and I play them all. I love them all, and like you, I believe they all have different voices, a different musical statements to make. I own four PRS guitars, including the SEDGT, which made me lose my appetite for spending a lot of money on a core or higher grade DGT because the $800 guitar really kicks ass. I wanna 513 at a private stock custom 24 and they’re all different and they’re all amazing. I want to JP 15 couple Stratocaster‘s Rick three 6012 and the wonderful thing about Music is that it’s different every time you pick up the guitar and all of those instruments are wonderful gifts from the creator himself who has allowed me to be their caretaker for probably just a short time in the future before they belong to somebody else. God really blessed Paul Reed Smith was an amazing perspective on our industry. I feel the same about the ball family. The other thing, of course, is amplifiers are the other half of what the guitar can do. At the end of the day I play for my ears, and I like what I hear, coming for me. And I like what I hear, coming for me you are an amazing teacher as are many on RUclips these days. I can’t imagine what my life would be like if we had RUclips back in the 70s.
I probably would have succumb to a much faster life and not be in the pump business. On the other hand, pumps pay for guitars.
I personally want to encourage you to just keep exploring and loving what goes in your hands and comes to your ears. That’s why we all play.
Play loud, my brother!
Sounds like you need to check out G&L ASAT’s I quit playing Fenders all together since finding my first ASAT. The ASAT Classic S is a monster, the ASAT CLASSIC Blues boy and Classic Custom are the definition of guitars with BALLS! Their build quality in their standard line are on par with Fender Custom shop….
Robert. You are a master click baiter.
I have the same issue with my White Falcon. It’s my favourite guitar, but I literally have not opened its case since 2016 (last time I had it out was for a video we shot). It just hasn’t been the tone I’ve been after ever since then. I won’t ever sell it though. Hopefully one day my needs bring me back to it.
I love my Carvins and Kiesels. After three flawed Gibsons I'm all about quality, reliability and playability. Tone is subjective and different electronics can always be swapped in anyway.
I played a PRS guitar at Guitar Center and was really impressed by how easy if felt to play.
But, when it came down to buying something I bought a Telecaster.
PRS the Volvo of guitars
Well... Amazon absolutely bent me over and shafted me. They canceled my order and said they made a mistake. Im completely heart broken. I will not be getting a Squier Jazzmaster after all. I just dont even have the words.
For those of us who can't afford a PRS , Schecter's are where it's at!
PRS SE guitars are less-expensive than Schecters
PRS. It’s the headstock isn’t it? It’s funny that they look more dated than a Fender Strat or Tele and they’re only around since the 80s.
I have a scarlet red CE24 like the one you sold. I too have gravitated away somewhat. Leaning more on my SG, ES 339 & Telecaster lately. But then I’ll get an acoustic wild hair. I am all over the place. What a mess. 😂
I only have 3 guitars all together. A Les Paul, a Fender Strat and a Mexican tele. I play the tele 99.9% of the time. The other two just hangs on the wall for decoration.
Love the look and quality of the PRS, way it plays too. But after that initial bit of "new guitar" time always get frustrated with the tones. Can't be a LP, Strat, Tele,or whatever as it tries to be a combo of all. Paul tried to make one guitar that could do it all and makes them very well. He succeeded if you want a guitar that can do mostly everything (to an extent) but never quite gets the exact tone(s) your looking for. Think that's what folks mean when they say a PRS has no soul. No guitar has the capacity to be all things. They are an well made guitar for sure, can get pricey too. For me would rather have the variety of LP's & Fenders to get the exact tone that's desired and needed than one guitar that's very good, gets close to many tones but never dead on. Truly is a matter of preferance, don't believe any top brand guitar these days is garbage, they're all pretty darn good. Personally I like a variety of guitars to help with the style of music and tone going for at that moment. Also find when picking up a guitar ya haven't played for a minute, it can amaze you again, even inspire you to play and fall in love with it all over again. I get why some folks only play their PRS and Love em, look amazing, feel and play great and versitile. Then there's the others who are so familiar with the tones we started with, listened to from a youth they just don't fit as we strive to copy the tones we love over everything else.
If you live in Nashville, gotta jam on the Tele!
Sounds killer!
My new favorite guitar is a PRS Hollowbody. I never cared much about Prs before and only played Stratocasters. The quality of PRS convinced me. I am saving for a DGT now….
From Leo: If that was the only guitar you owned, you would be able to do really well gigging, recording and practicing. They have a great sound, just because they do not sound like a Fender, Gretsch or gibson, does not mean they are substandard in any way. Only one of my collection is a PRS and it is just an SE, but it is a great playing and sounding guitar.
Look into the radiation coming off your phone and sterility.....not kidding....
Totally relate. I go through the same phases with my guitars. Play one or two for a month or so then grab a different one off the wall, and realize how good it is. It’s like NGD without buying a new guitar lol. Just went through a Tele phase, and I’m back to playing a Carvin that I’m really liking.
Ive had an SE 24 for 15 years. Upgraded pups, tuners, brass trem block and it plays and sounds great. It was great stock but I put Fralin Unbuckers in it to give me a fatter sound when coil tapped. This vid was great and has me ready to go down the P90 route. Ive always wanted a tele and hear its the most versatile but single coil picks up are loud and hum. I feel like you can get a closer to humbucker feel w P90s
P90s also hum unless you are in the middle position, they they are like a giant humbucker
I have 5 guitars hanging in my bedroom, mainly for different tunings so I can jump from random songs while practicing with my amp and pedals and not have pause to retune. I keep a guitar stand out in my living room for quiet practice while watching tv and rotate the guitars each week so they get played consistently and I can get use to the different bodies and necks...I noticed a long time ago that if I stuck with one for too long and then switch to another it took me a long time to adjust to the differences. This has worked a lot with that haha.
Because it is not a Les Paul ?
They have their own sound, like a lester orfendert or kramer....on and on
I was with you until you said "you get tired of pizza." Dude, I didn't think you were here for drama.
HAHAHA
@@RobertBakerGuitar Lets try and keep this civil.
I have whittled 10 down to 3 starts like objects each has its own voice....so i rotate through them depending on what I feel like playing....Ironically i reach for the HSS Player ( has handwound pickups in it.) first even over my Clapton Strat.....Top Tip : All my Guitars are white .....so when a new one is added management dosent notice. :)
I just spent a whole day at my local guitar store. I tried a little of everything, hollowbodies, semi-hollow bodies, solid bodies, single coils, P90's, single coils, HB's, expensive to cheap.
They all something cool to offer. The best one that day? A used Hohner LP with P90's. $350 and it just oozed tasty tones.
I have always seen PRS as their own thing. I have an Xotic Strat, a Suhr Tele, a Gibson Custom SG… a Harley Benton 335 (which is great!), so when I went looking for an all-in-one, I immediately thought of PRS. Didn’t get on with it at all.
I feel that, for me (for me) it has a design flaw. The spring cavity is too short. I play 8's and it was horrible trying to get it setup because I could not get the tension to adjust with the room that was available. I ended up buying other springs, cutting them in half and removing the spring claw and screwing in the springs right into where the claw was directly. Other guitars I have have a longer spring cavity and I have no issues with them. Rant over.
As weird as it sounds, no matter what, I have two go to guitars for everything. I have my Zakk Wylde Bullseye Les Paul which I love recording rhythms with because it's so thick. And my main go to is my Fender HSS. That guitar is a beast and screams like an Eagle. I use both guitars on the same setting as well and get completely different sounds.
I have four guitars right now. I plan on getting one more electric (Gibson SG) and an acoustic. I'm purposely keeping my collection small so I can rotate playing all of them and they're not just sitting idle collecting dust.
Me too! I have 4 and that’s it for me. I have the guitars of my dreams so I don’t need anything else!
I have a PRS C 24SE Whale Blue. It has never worked well. The 3 way switch only likes the bridge position. The push/pull doesn't work, and even after I sent it to PRS for repair (which took 2 years for them to respond) it still has the same issues. I paid $1000 for it, but my Harley Benton CST-24 T copy of a PRS Custom 24SE has no issues.
Nice. Paul builds great guitars. But its nice to see some Squier love here bro.
Id put my B Bender in that Tele tomorrow... maybe even my double bender. Nice guitar.
Its funny how I gravitate between my own custom builds like my Leather Gram Parsons bender, and my old beat to hell Paisley Tele, to my old Squier.
Never play my 77 Les Paul artisan because it weighs 12 lbs.
Suffering from some pretty bad trigger finger these days has slowed my ability to play super slim necks. Anyway. I alwats enjoy your videos.
Stop by my RUclips page someday amd check out my benders. I install my designs for about 1/2 my local Nashville pickers, and players all over the world.
Opens up a whole new voice once you get used to them.
Cheers.
Forrest Lee Jr.
I play a Paul Reed Smith and I love it… It feels to me like it was carved just for my hand. It fits my hand perfectly. If I’m not happy with the sound I can always put it through a different amp or add some effects to it. But to me no guitar plays better than a PRs. I used to own a telecaster and I don’t like them… They sound tinny and thin, to me. The guitar store I went to had one EVH and it just felt terrible in my hands. Felt like it was made out of cheap material. I’m sure it was just there low end model. I’d like to try it again. But I’m never giving up my PRS.
I wish Gibson got over their obsession of recreating old guitars, because if they fixed the tuning/stability/headstock issues they still are the best sounding overall, just not dependable enough when taken out of the house! custom buckers are the best humbuckers by a mile (lollar imperial a close second), amazing P90s, etc...
The core two guitars that I play 99% of the time (actually 100%) are the two guitars that I own (a tele and an SG). But I do cycle back and forth between them for a season. I *almost* sold my SG to get a PRS after hearing a ton of hype about them a couple years ago, but ultimately chickened out. And so far I'm still content.
You being a content creator gives you a little freedom of choice for what you're going to use that day.
What I find is that in a working band situation a lot of times, you get sort of tied to the material. While you *can* play a variety of guitars.... you sort learn that for your set list these 2 work best or whatever.
So, while sitting around at home, I can totally dig a bunch of sounds... but when I walk out the door... I really gravitate to a much smaller number of guitars to do what I know needs done for that purpose.
And it's not practical to lug 3 or 4 guitars around. So I think most people end up with a "workhorse" guitar or 2 that they lean on a lot of the time.
It’s our true nature to love variety and with PRS, they are probably the first and foremost guitars that by virtue of their fit and finish and other features for many (not everyone) have been as much works of art as musical instruments.
I've always been a humbucker kind of guy. However, in my last band we were doing songs that needed a brighter sound so I started playing single coil guitars. And I'm hooked. Not that I don't dig the humbuckers but been finding the strats and teles comfortable. However, my Yamaha SG is still my go to instrument. Whenever I pick it up, I'm reminded what an amazing instrument it is. Also totally dig my PRS. It's just so comfortable to play and sounds great.
I just got a well used SE standard 24-08, and it is probably my forever guitar. I’ve had it for 2 weeks and I haven’t even thought about another guitar. The warmth and width of the tone is amazing, as well as the price I got it for. $570 because of a chip in the paint on the back, and the slight fret wear, which I would’ve worn down anyway because I play hard and I play a lot.
My PRS hasn't received much love from myself either. But I recently had to use it at some gigs and I thought, "Damn, this is a great guitar, why don't I play it more?"
Im sure I could pick a Strat, Tele, Les Paul, maybe even a 335 out of a lineup just by hearing them. What does a PRS sound like though?? Exactly