holy smokes...as soon as you started demoing the high gain...wow.. man that was incredible. I don't think anyone would ever doubt you were in the zone there...incredible.
I have a 509, along a with DGT, a Studio and a SC-245, and a few different types of Strats. The 509 is truly a Swiss-army knife and holds its own against the Les Paul and Strat guitars sound wise. It’s the guitar that is out of the case and being played the most because of its sound and flexibility. I’d definitely buy it again if something happened to it; I feel the same with all my PRS. I initially thought it was the usual “somewhat in the middle” type guitar, somewhere between a Les Paul or SG and a weak Strat. The last several weeks I’ve had it with me when playing and it’s really impressed me. It really does a good job of rosewood fingerboard Strats, and a very light body Les Paul. In my favorite combination, SSH, it’s a blast. As an HSH it’s believable as an old LP-type guitar on the neck or bridge pickups, not as thick and deep sounding as some Les Pauls, but obviously something with good humbuckers with some guts to it. My SC245 is closer to a Les Paul, but nowhere as close to a Strat like the 509 can be. If I have to take only one guitar this is my pick, followed very closely by the DGT or the Studio. They’re all awesome guitars. (That’s not to denigrate the SC-245, it’s just designed to be a more specific sound than the other three.) The comments in this video are dead on.
i love the way you introduce this guitar; i found your demo after doing my own due diligence and settled on the same conclusion before your demo came along my way; the lineage background helps a lot; this instrument seems to be an option for those who cant go all the way to the modern eagle but want to stretch towards pristine prs quality voice with range; if i had the ten grand i would go for an eagle; but this one in my opinion must come close to doing it all for a lesser hit on the pocket; also, very very nicely done demo; you give the instrument all the reverence and respect she deserves; of course that is just the prs brand of integrity; i'm going to look for a preloved 509 to sit beside my cu 24 and se santana babies
Great demo as usual Jack........kinda bummed PRS still can’t seem to offer a Core Model with flatter fret radius? My god enough of that 10” radius already........it’s 2019.
@@muziqman100 Dusty Warren of "Between the Buried and Me" had a flat radius PRS signature custom model that was rad.....but again, not a Core model and no longer available. (Super spendy $$$ if I recall.)
@@Auen73 the Dustie Waring CE 24 Floyd Limited is a Core model. Remember that the CE line are Core models with bolt-on necks. There was also a full Core model as well in small numbers.
@@muziqman100 Yeah.....I'm aware the CE-24 is Core line.....but the 16" flat radius fingerboard from the Waring Custom 24 spec didn't carry over to the Waring CE-24 model.....it has a 10" radius ........Booooooo!!! lol. The DGT model has a 10" radius.... but has BIG frets and a really nice neck shape that fills your hand without feeling JUMBO. Great playing/feeling/sounding guitar! Just not a fan of the CE models though... If I'm gonna shell out that kind of cash for a high end, high performance bolt neck guitar.....It's gonna be Music-Man JP-11-12- or 15, Suhr, or something like that. Peace
Jack please play some metal on a 509 I wanna see if it works- the fret height and scale length should make this better than the cu24, save for the lower output pups.. but that's not easily changed on this model. Although your bridge portions at the end weren't bad.
I love my Fire Red Burst 509 but I think this has a nicer top. I am fed up of trying to describe a 509 but I tend to call it my PRS 'Super Strat' as that 'best fits'. It can do all the positions of an Ibanez JEM for example and the only current PRS with a 'SC' middle for those stratty tones and like a JEM can still give you those 2 humbucker positions as well. Great demo, great playing too...
@@milliesdad8322 The Special is more a very versatile humbucker guitar with many options to tweak the tone. The Split coils sound more like split coils and the middle, which can't be played on its own, is a humbucker too. Its like being able to fine tune your double humbucker guitar sounds to the 'nth' degree to get just the right tone you want The 509 is more a guitar that is versatile in a different way - like a bit of a tele, strat and LP in one instrument. Want a bit of Tele bridge, you got it, want that more stratty neck or neck middle, you got it, want some LP neck or bridge, you got it. If you go wood library and get an ash body/maple neck version, its more 'stratty' than the all mahogany core version. Being a PRS, they are exceptionally high quality, very easy to play, high end instruments. You can't go wrong either way. The necks are similar and the radius too, scale length is a bit different - the 509 is 25.25" and the Special is 25" but other than that, they are very similar. The Special is of course lighter. I would say look at the 509 if you want a guitar that offers multiple instruments in one type guitar or go for the Special if you like double humbucker guitars but want to have more tone shaping options.
@@BAMozzy69 Thanks Man! Ended up going with the 509. The Narrow field was in a very awkward spot in the Special I felt. Even though there is a middle pickup in the 509, it doesn't get in the way of my picking hand. Plus, I think I just gravitate more towards solid body guitars. The mids are different especially with gain/overdrive.
@@milliesdad8322 Cool! I have both the 509 and Special myself - my Special is in my avatar LOL and they are both great guitars but both different too. As I said initially, I think of my 509 as a 'Superstrat' so you get that versatility of being a bit of multiple instruments in one. I hope you have a lot of fun with yours...
Damn...that high gain sound you had in the beginning there......Chefs kiss!!
Jack is an absolute beast on the guitar
holy smokes...as soon as you started demoing the high gain...wow.. man that was incredible. I don't think anyone would ever doubt you were in the zone there...incredible.
I have a 509, along a with DGT, a Studio and a SC-245, and a few different types of Strats. The 509 is truly a Swiss-army knife and holds its own against the Les Paul and Strat guitars sound wise. It’s the guitar that is out of the case and being played the most because of its sound and flexibility. I’d definitely buy it again if something happened to it; I feel the same with all my PRS.
I initially thought it was the usual “somewhat in the middle” type guitar, somewhere between a Les Paul or SG and a weak Strat. The last several weeks I’ve had it with me when playing and it’s really impressed me. It really does a good job of rosewood fingerboard Strats, and a very light body Les Paul. In my favorite combination, SSH, it’s a blast. As an HSH it’s believable as an old LP-type guitar on the neck or bridge pickups, not as thick and deep sounding as some Les Pauls, but obviously something with good humbuckers with some guts to it. My SC245 is closer to a Les Paul, but nowhere as close to a Strat like the 509 can be.
If I have to take only one guitar this is my pick, followed very closely by the DGT or the Studio. They’re all awesome guitars. (That’s not to denigrate the SC-245, it’s just designed to be a more specific sound than the other three.)
The comments in this video are dead on.
hey man, where u live? Haha, nice collection
I watch all your videos now, regardless if I have absolutely no interest in the gear, just to hear you play it. Best on YT.
Brilliant tones and monster playing!
Middle pickup with gain sounded very telecaster. Love it
i love the way you introduce this guitar; i found your demo after doing my own due diligence and settled on the same conclusion before your demo came along my way; the lineage background helps a lot; this instrument seems to be an option for those who cant go all the way to the modern eagle but want to stretch towards pristine prs quality voice with range; if i had the ten grand i would go for an eagle; but this one in my opinion must come close to doing it all for a lesser hit on the pocket; also, very very nicely done demo; you give the instrument all the reverence and respect she deserves; of course that is just the prs brand of integrity; i'm going to look for a preloved 509 to sit beside my cu 24 and se santana babies
Outstanding demo yet again Jack... any chance you could post some lessons on You Tube?
I so thoroughly enjoy your videos! And yes;this one gave me a serious hankering for a PRS 509!🎸😍
A review of the updated US Paul’s Guitar would be appreciated.
Great demo!!
first
cool guitar love PRS
love your vids and playing
zach Hughes yeah, this one is a bit on the cheap side
Great video!!!Closer look at the 408 please.
Love the guitar but the blacked out pickups look like EMG’s , I’d prefer to see pole pieces , apart from them aesthetics, it’s a killer guitar
Great demo as usual Jack........kinda bummed PRS still can’t seem to offer a Core Model with flatter fret radius?
My god enough of that 10” radius already........it’s 2019.
Auen73 yeah they do sooo many colors so why not more spec options?
The SE Mark Holcomb has a 20 inch fretboard radius and they did make a Core model of that in 2015 or 16, rare and hard to find now though.
@@muziqman100 Dusty Warren of "Between the Buried and Me" had a flat radius PRS signature custom model that was rad.....but again, not a Core model and no longer available. (Super spendy $$$ if I recall.)
@@Auen73 the Dustie Waring CE 24 Floyd Limited is a Core model. Remember that the CE line are Core models with bolt-on necks. There was also a full Core model as well in small numbers.
@@muziqman100 Yeah.....I'm aware the CE-24 is Core line.....but the 16" flat radius fingerboard from the Waring Custom 24 spec didn't carry over to the Waring CE-24 model.....it has a 10" radius ........Booooooo!!! lol. The DGT model has a 10" radius.... but has BIG frets and a really nice neck shape that fills your hand without feeling JUMBO. Great playing/feeling/sounding guitar! Just not a fan of the CE models though... If I'm gonna shell out that kind of cash for a high end, high performance bolt neck guitar.....It's gonna be Music-Man JP-11-12- or 15, Suhr, or something like that. Peace
Is the bridge pickup comparable to their dragon pickups
My 513 has this same fire red top. The 509 seems to be a slight improvement over the 513.
Jack please play some metal on a 509 I wanna see if it works- the fret height and scale length should make this better than the cu24, save for the lower output pups.. but that's not easily changed on this model. Although your bridge portions at the end weren't bad.
By far the best guitar I've ever owned! 🤘😎. Nothing it can't do
Good to know. I'm seeking ultimate versatility, and all I've ever played were Strats.
Mark Homiak
Get it, strat on steroids and much better looking
There is obviously special things going on with the pickups, WHAT they actually are could be good info.
They are tapped? I thought they were supposed to be split or was that an older year. Is the middle really loud?
The middle is as loud as the neck or bridge. They are nicely balanced.
I love my Fire Red Burst 509 but I think this has a nicer top. I am fed up of trying to describe a 509 but I tend to call it my PRS 'Super Strat' as that 'best fits'. It can do all the positions of an Ibanez JEM for example and the only current PRS with a 'SC' middle for those stratty tones and like a JEM can still give you those 2 humbucker positions as well.
Great demo, great playing too...
How would you compare the 509 to the Special 22 Semi hollow?? In terms of usability, functionality, and tone.
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@@milliesdad8322 The Special is more a very versatile humbucker guitar with many options to tweak the tone. The Split coils sound more like split coils and the middle, which can't be played on its own, is a humbucker too. Its like being able to fine tune your double humbucker guitar sounds to the 'nth' degree to get just the right tone you want
The 509 is more a guitar that is versatile in a different way - like a bit of a tele, strat and LP in one instrument. Want a bit of Tele bridge, you got it, want that more stratty neck or neck middle, you got it, want some LP neck or bridge, you got it. If you go wood library and get an ash body/maple neck version, its more 'stratty' than the all mahogany core version.
Being a PRS, they are exceptionally high quality, very easy to play, high end instruments. You can't go wrong either way. The necks are similar and the radius too, scale length is a bit different - the 509 is 25.25" and the Special is 25" but other than that, they are very similar. The Special is of course lighter.
I would say look at the 509 if you want a guitar that offers multiple instruments in one type guitar or go for the Special if you like double humbucker guitars but want to have more tone shaping options.
@@BAMozzy69 Thanks Man! Ended up going with the 509. The Narrow field was in a very awkward spot in the Special I felt. Even though there is a middle pickup in the 509, it doesn't get in the way of my picking hand. Plus, I think I just gravitate more towards solid body guitars. The mids are different especially with gain/overdrive.
@@milliesdad8322 Cool! I have both the 509 and Special myself - my Special is in my avatar LOL and they are both great guitars but both different too.
As I said initially, I think of my 509 as a 'Superstrat' so you get that versatility of being a bit of multiple instruments in one.
I hope you have a lot of fun with yours...
If I may paraphrase Leonard Cohen: “ there ain’t no cure,there ain’t no cure,there ain’t no cure for GAS.”😍🎸
Big hair big sound....I like it
The simulated strat tones just don't get it. Damn close but no cigar. Shame