I’ve played guitar for 54 years. I have played pretty much everything over the years. I have a 1993 PRS EGII/3. While I have more expensive ones …. this USA built model has the most play by a significant margin. Although worn significantly the stainless steel frets and PRS hardware hasn’t been replaced. This guitar has been through so many bar gigs and even a girlfriend fell on it once and she wasn’t tiny. There is much wisdom in your recommendations in my experience. Great video
I managed to pick up a USA made PRS CE brand new for £1600.00 discounted by £900.00 presumably to clear old stock. It's just as good as my 35th anniversary Core PRS.
I just bought a 500$ hils, got it setup great. It's gorgeous, plays great, and ticks all the boxes for an at-home shred machine (I'd need a few more things for gigging)
I just got a PRS SE 594 double cut in Faded Blue, used in great condition for $599. With the exception of the tuners, its quality is on par with my 2020 Gibson Les Paul Studio. Made in Indonesia. It’s Beautiful
My current favorite is a Fender American Special which combines killer features: Texas Special pickups, jumbo frets, large headstock, Alder body all made in USA.
I dont know why all the hate from some people to PRS. I have two cores I love and I also have mexican fenders I love as much as my cores. I agree THE guitar is the one inspiring you but you could never ever say that a PRS is not a top notch instrument in every aspect. And if you do not agree, probably never had one or spent enough time with
PRS has taken what other brands do well and made them even better, while adding their own appointments to them. I’ve played LP’s, tele’s and gretsch’s and PRS tops them all without question.
Utkarsh, I just picked up a 2008 PRS Mira core. What a bargain. Would love to see a video on these. I bought it for less than a new SE. this guitar is a workhorse and I love the body style. In my opinion it is an even better buy than the satin finish in this video.
Starting performing in 1967 with a secondhand ‘64 Sunburst Strat, then got another secondhand guitar, ‘61 355, then another secondhand ‘68 Custom Tele a few years later. A couple amps, a few pedals gigging most weekends for over fifty years and never needed anything else except a ton of strings and a few refrets. But apparently this generation needs dozens of guitars, modelers, six foot pedal boards, walls of amps and production equipment to play in their bedroom.
@ yes you are exactly right. Definition is everything. I am guilty of ‘wanting’ my guitars, I like most wanted the guitars my heroes played. But it’s also the same reason I realized I only needed 3 guitars throughout my career. I have been very fortunate to see some of the greatest legends of guitar play in live shows and in their prime. Including Hendrix, Clapton, SRV, Gary Moore, Albert Collins and the 3 Kings BB, Albert and Freddie. What struck me the most when watching them in live situations is they don’t change guitars very often, maybe a string break or for a specific song. Like most of the greats they are synonymous with playing one type of guitar throughout most of their careers. I find guitars incredibly beautiful objects and have at times been tempted to buy certain guitars because they looked good. However it’s their function that attracts me the most, not their form. They are defined as musical instruments but to satisfy our want to be individuals they come in many forms and that suits a need as well. We need variety, potential and change in all things. Music itself is defined as just ‘noise that is pleasing’ yet styles and types and never ending. I’m retired now, but still play most days. Purely for personal pleasure and the odd get together with the old band mates. My sons will pry the guitars from my hands when they put me six feet under. They ‘want’ them, always telling me they are ‘vintage guitars’ ‘collectibles’ ‘highly valuable’. All definitions they believe fit the guitars. I just know them as old guitars that served me well over all those years. They fulfilled a need to expressed the music within me and I am grateful they did their job. For it’s the music I am proud of and the music will always outlive the instruments.
Based on your approach I would recommend the Gibson LP studio or LPJ 2014 model. Both great made in USA instruments and can be obtained for a few hundred £s on eBay. 😁 Great video btw. !
My feel good guitars are a 1973 (original owner) Ovation Deacon and a 1983 (original owner) Yamaha SG800S. I owned a 2008-ish Mira that I bought used. I enjoyed it, but it never really hit the right mark for my play style or jazz, blues, and classic rock. Borrowed a friend's 2016/17 CE 24 for a few months last year, but just didn't click with it. He loves and plays it all the time, but I just never found the sound I was looking for.
A year ago I bought an American Pro 2 strat and now I'm selling it. I'm still playing my Mexican tele (which I bought in 2010 for 400€) a lot more than a strat which cost about 2k. I always wanted a proper American stratocaster but for 2000$ it should be flawless and it's really not. I can't believe they didn't put CTS pots in it but some cheaper ones. The volume pot broke after just 6 months. And it's not just that. That guitar just isn't good enough. I was gonna buy a DGT SE but I found a great LP Jr. But next time I'm in the market for a guitar I'm buying a PRS! Either a DGT SE or a Silver Sky SE. I still need a strat in my arsenal, or something like it. I also like CE 24 SE in satin or the new sandblasted version which looks fantastic! Paul is killing it lately. Their pricing is amazing and guitars that are between 500-1000 are on par or even better than American Fenders and Gibsons. Sorry for a long comment. Loved the video and you have a new subscriber :)
A nice chunk of mahogany and a nice slab of rosewood, all you need. And as insanely resonant as my SE 594 Std is, I'm not worried about the hardware that's gonna come on my S2 594 Thinline.
Yup it starts right there, with mahogany and rosewood. The hardware can always be changed along the way in case the standard one doesn’t cut the mustard
Only played a PRS (SE) once. Double cut with P90. It sounded good but those are not guitars that get me exited. It might have been the same series. Full mahogany guitar.
Everybody has its own tastes. I am only starting to enjoy my prs custom 24 core. But though it is versatile (that’s why I bought it, humbuckers are individually splittable)it has no real character in terms of tone. Everything else is great. But if I need to keep one versatile guitar, it will be my suhr modern plus. It truly can do everything with character.
@ these suhr guys are magicians. I’ll definitely buy another one though they cranked up prices by 20-3% since I bought :( Never tried tom Anderson though. Have you? How do you rate compared to suhr if you have? Hard to find in Europe. PRS wins on looks though
I have a prs Mira S2 I boyght for 900 Australian. It is incredible plays fantastic and the stock pickups are amazing too. and hard to justify why I spent nealy 7000 on a custom 22!
If I ever owned a PRS this would be the type. Stripped back, no bling etc... But the most important part of any guitar for me is the neck profile and I don't think you mentioned this. Do you know what profile this model has?
This. I bought a FGN from Singapore three years back and it's hands down better than all guitars in my collection. And this is coming from someone with many guitars ranging from Gibson to handmade custom shop stuff. So much so that these days I say FGN makes the best guitars in the world. For the money, no brainer in my opinion.
Just traded a Fender Acoustasonic Strat for a 2008 Core Starla and it's a hell of a great guitar for the price point. These guitars would easily cost 3'500 / 4'000 bucks today....
My best money for dollar is my Vola Jz fro. Offsets 2 p90s and ss in middle. Push pull and blower switch. Roasted flamed maple neck stainless steel frets Japanese made only $1167
Line up 25 of any make And lucky if you have 5 keepers Most hobbyists , yes , hobbyists would not know a good guitar To look for a strong neck , to sight a neck and see if acceptable , to appreciate true voice and resonance ( if you won't get pick squeals and harmonics with ease , put it back) Paint Schmaint I always say
Hi utkarsh you should try an ibanez pia. Ive had mine for a year and I think its the best guitar I've ever played. Especially the set of pickups alone makes it worth buying. I get that you are more into traditional type guitars. But I'm sure any guitar lover would like it. At first it feels unlike anything you've ever played before, but now its my go to for everything. Its very versatile as well for being a modern guitar. My one and only desert island guitar as they call it.
Thanks for sharing. I have tried the Ibanez Pia at length. It’s a super high quality guitar . However due to the neck shape and general nature of pickups, it does not fit my preferences.
Thanks for sharing. I have tried the Ibanez Pia at length. It’s a super high quality guitar . However due to the neck shape and general nature of pickups, it does not fit my preferences.
@@stringmaster_leo don’t have a Tempest but I have a Schecter single cut Solo “ apocalypse “ made of swamp ash, very thin, light, very high quality, the locking tuners are excellent. It’s 24.75 scale and the Tempest is 25.5 . I had a Schecter Demon 6 that was cheapest in the lineup and its quality was very good for a $440 guitar. The Tempest has the same slim C neck as mine and it is a really thin neck 12-16 compound radius. Some people have said they find it too thin.
@@MrBrian4109 having an eye on the temptest.. since les pauls are excessive expensive.. look for an alternative.. was havin an eye on esp ltd-1001 as well but in India seems it got sold out.. have heard schecters are really good for the price.. but havn't tried yet... currently m using PRS since 5-6 months.. and could see the fret wear in these time due to its nickel frets hence somethin with ss frets would work for me.. also FGN NLS10.. also checkin which satisfies all my needs .. with the medium jumbo frets where schecters are having xj frets..
Yes and no . A setup helps tremendously. But the tolerances that you get in a high end manufacturing process enable action and intonation tremendously. Not to mention, how resonant a guitar feels (forget sound for a second) really depends on the quality of wood and how well it is dried
@@ministryofguitar Any guitar can be plek'd for ~$250 to have perfect fret work and action, and neck edges can be easily rolled. Granted, wood quality does matter for stability, and damping characteristics, but baking wood can cover that, and it's become common from some guitar part suppliers. There's only so much that will affect the sound of an electric guitar. IMHO, anything over ~$1.5k (made with decent quality and possibly baked woods) these days is more about prestige and looks. BTW, you do know resonance drains string energy? The most sustain would be from a completely rigid structure that does not resonate at all. That's what Les Paul was going for, but I prefer something resonant as well that softens the highs and absorbs some midrange. I find Limba a nice body wood for that.
I agree that PRS are quality instruments but they lack Rock'n"roll for me...they look very old fashioned and that headstock are so metal .... I wish they make something more modern as theit quality and necks are so great..and I love the feel of maple fretboards
people are dumping their Standard 24 Mahogany from 20+ years ago, and no one is buying because you can get a new one with NITRO finish with same build quality in an S2 for less.
That’s his choice. A woman I dated also taught me fashion is about confidence. You can pull off practically any style if you first have the confidence.😊
@@csharp57 So if a person's choice is shit you can't tell them the truth because they're wearing their mistake with confidence? How exactly do you then get them to realize that it is shit if nobody ever mentions it
@@areallyboredguy5825 a navy sport coat is more formal on the scale of sport coats. if someone wants to do the sport coat and t-shirt thing, having a jacket that is less formal fits better.
That’s not a sport coat by any stretch of the imagination; it’s a suit jacket or ‘blazer’ . Some of you have never followed the menswear guy on Twitter and it shows 😂
Hold on, so now that we found a $1500 guitar which plays as good a $15k guitar, are you going to sell your $15k guitars and get many $1500?. Btw isn't true the difference the price tag is in the wood.
Hi. The videos on RUclips, your latest videos, have been like a breath of fresh air, but we are back to the same thing. PRS. Too bad. And let's face it, you become a salesman. Little by little. And the information is from a web presentation. And not from a musician who tests instruments in depth and really compares. The channel at the beginning had a certain hook. "Ministry of guitars" and not PRS. Now my opinion about that brand. They are not really interesting guitars for work as a musician on a day to day basis. Nice? No doubt. I have seen one in a video and what a beautiful guitar it is. But I will not spend that money (2500 euro) - if I get the same or even better quality with brands like Ibanez, Scheckter, Cort and more manufacturers. And PRS at the electrical or electronic level are nothing special. I tell you that as a technician. Sometimes I think that a little bit more knowledge in physics would help many people save a lot of money 😏 My wish? Less PRS, less advertising, less marketing, and more diversity in guitars. 👍🤗
The electric guitar tonewood concept will die a very slow death. You can explain the physics to people, but a certain percentage will either not understand or not *want* to understand For many they somehow equate the unplugged sounds of an electrical guitar to the plugged in sounds, so if one ‘resonates’ unplugged better than another they think the tonewood is making a difference.
@ You are right. Unfortunately, that's the way it is. Have you seen Jim Jill's latest ideo? Madness 😂😂 I recommend it. And there's a channel here on RUclips where they talk in its entirety about what physics is on a scientific level as it relates to electric guitars. The best of the best. Although you will need a lot of time to watch it all. More than 120 videos and long and extensive. youtube.com/@physik-der-elektrogitarre?si=xhTsko7uJG3gUNJ-
@@christianhertwig1593 thanks for the link!!! I saw the Jim Lil video- excellent. pre-RUclips when I was a teenager I believed in tonewood until people explained the physics involved to me and I was educated in sensation and perception in undergrad But it is interesting how there are dozens of RUclips videos of electric guitars made out of acrylic, epoxied jawbreakers, laminated newspapers, epoxied pencil crayons, concrete etc etc etc- and they ALL sound like generic electric guitars lol Not ONE of them do you think- oh my god that sounds *horrible*! (Oh man the videos are in German! If it was English or French I could understand it. Time to turn on CC!)
PRS may be nice well made guitars but I think they are so ugly. Ugliest headstock in the business, and the ridiculous purple, orange, red highly flamed tops are stupid looking. I’ve never been a fan of any of the brands that just rip off others established designs. I’ll stick to Fender or Gibson
PRS guitars: expensive, dead, characterless, uninspiring. PRS as a person: purveyor of absurd straw man 'arguments' about 'tone wood'. Yeah, tone wood, folks. If you believe the wood in a solid body guitar is more important than pickups, wiring, controls, switches, scale length, and strings, well, I have some oceanfront property to sell you - in Arizona. Tonewood and fretboard material do make a difference, but it's one of the smaller ones. Now that I know that you buy into this tonewood BS for solidbody guitars, I know you have no idea about anything regarding guitars except collecting them and showing off your huge collection. I'll keep my cheap guitars that have character!
Funny how you missed the point of my entire post. The character of my guitars is coming from the pick ups, the scale length stuff like that. It was right in front of your nose. Perhaps you think that the word “character” is a synonym for “Tonewood”, in which case you need a dictionary.
@@NoBSMusicReviews funny how you are talking about “soul” and “character” of guitars. The abstract and absurd things like these makes me chuckle. I am also not into tonewood BS and paul reed is a douche for sure. I am not justifying absurd prices. Just pointing out the hypocrisy.
Your ego is impressive. There is no hypocrisy here. Pointing out that a guitar has “character” means that it has specific attributes that one finds attractive or that one resonates with. This can happen with handmade instruments and even with mass produced instruments. You could take three guitars right off a production lines one after the other, and each would feel different. That is what we call “character”. I appreciate that you are incredibly insecure and need to feel right, but you are only making a fool out of yourself. Of course guitars can have character. That doesn’t mean they have character the way human being does. It means they have specific characteristics that make them individual and unique.
@@areallyboredguy5825 I've had 5 PRS over the years, only kept one - the Santana.. Don't really care for all the proprietary stuff that doesn't work all that great to begin with. Their pickups are also stale.
The best guitars are the ones that inspire a person to want to play it but if think supporting anything from China or Indonesia is ok then you are the problem doesn’t matter what you like just support our allies
And by allies you mean American manufacturers? Calling people a problem because they don’t do what you want is typical for the zeitgeist. Without components from China US manufacturing is nowhere.
PRS headstocks look like can openers, Paul Reed Smith is an a$$hole and alot pro players say they have no character, why people refer to them as dentist guitars. I have never owned one but have played a few they were ok but nothing spicial. Better oprions out there in budget and high priced guitars in my humble opinion.
PRS's really do lack character. Fancy, expensive, and I cannot stand playing them. And yeah, PRS himself is a fucking load about tone wood, with his absurd straw man arguments. My favorite guitar is an imperfectly-made-in-Indonesia St. Blues 61 South that I bought used for less than $500.00. In fact ALL of my electrics are under $1200.00 And most are under $500.00
I bought the BEST handmade 335 ever made for $900. in 1993, it was a Heritage 535! When Heritage first started, they kept the prices low, while Gibson was suing and censoring Heritage Guitars in magazines like Guitar Player, they knew Heritage was a MUCH better guitar! Heritage kept a few of the Gibson luthiers and stayed in the original Gibson factory in Kalamazoo, Mich., of course Gibson moved to Nashville. Now people who play and try Heritage Guitars KNOW they are a MUCH better Gibson style than Gibson's maybe ever were! The u.s. is collapsing, our media constantly lies about everything, food and life's essentials are getting WAY too expensive, used products, like guitars are coming down bc Americans still can't afford to buy used instruments while horrible people are charging CRAZY amounts of money for a new instrument, it's crazy and wouldn't surprise me if guitars are used as firewood to stay warm VERY soon! The u.s. is done and take a good look at the crash of 1929 and you will get a glimpse what EVERY American economist from Peter Schiff to Richard Wolff including the IMF world bank all agree on! The music business like the u.s. in general is a whorehouse with pimps running the show into the outer limits while Americans are worrying about a future that doesn't seem to exist!
@@rickc2102 Wendy's are also going under, they may try mice or rat meat, it's cheaper and maybe healthier than the food American's eat, you never know!
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I’ve played guitar for 54 years. I have played pretty much everything over the years. I have a 1993 PRS EGII/3. While I have more expensive ones …. this USA built model has the most play by a significant margin. Although worn significantly the stainless steel frets and PRS hardware hasn’t been replaced. This guitar has been through so many bar gigs and even a girlfriend fell on it once and she wasn’t tiny. There is much wisdom in your recommendations in my experience. Great video
Thank you
I managed to pick up a USA made PRS CE brand new for £1600.00 discounted by £900.00 presumably to clear old stock. It's just as good as my 35th anniversary Core PRS.
There were definitely some insane deals on S2s and CEs lately
CEs are great
I have a CE since 2016 it is a fantastic guitar that has been in most of my recordings. She is worth every single penny
I just bought a 500$ hils, got it setup great. It's gorgeous, plays great, and ticks all the boxes for an at-home shred machine (I'd need a few more things for gigging)
Sounds amazing
I just got a PRS SE 594 double cut in Faded Blue, used in great condition for $599. With the exception of the tuners, its quality is on par with my 2020 Gibson Les Paul Studio. Made in Indonesia. It’s Beautiful
Sounds amazing. All the best with it
My current favorite is a Fender American Special which combines killer features: Texas Special pickups, jumbo frets, large headstock, Alder body all made in USA.
I dont know why all the hate from some people to PRS. I have two cores I love and I also have mexican fenders I love as much as my cores. I agree THE guitar is the one inspiring you but you could never ever say that a PRS is not a top notch instrument in every aspect. And if you do not agree, probably never had one or spent enough time with
PRS has taken what other brands do well and made them even better, while adding their own appointments to them. I’ve played LP’s, tele’s and gretsch’s and PRS tops them all without question.
Utkarsh, I just picked up a 2008 PRS Mira core. What a bargain. Would love to see a video on these.
I bought it for less than a new SE. this guitar is a workhorse and I love the body style.
In my opinion it is an even better buy than the satin finish in this video.
Mira’s are amazing. Not exactly my personal cup of tea but I will get round to making a video about them
I own one, i feel happy about the simple package and it plays like a core model! 😊
Starting performing in 1967 with a secondhand ‘64 Sunburst Strat, then got another secondhand guitar, ‘61 355, then another secondhand ‘68 Custom Tele a few years later. A couple amps, a few pedals gigging most weekends for over fifty years and never needed anything else except a ton of strings and a few refrets.
But apparently this generation needs dozens of guitars, modelers, six foot pedal boards, walls of amps and production equipment to play in their bedroom.
Haha love this statement. I think 'need' left the station long back. It is all about 'want'
@ yes you are exactly right. Definition is everything.
I am guilty of ‘wanting’ my guitars, I like most wanted the guitars my heroes played. But it’s also the same reason I realized I only needed 3 guitars throughout my career.
I have been very fortunate to see some of the greatest legends of guitar play in live shows and in their prime. Including Hendrix, Clapton, SRV, Gary Moore, Albert Collins and the 3 Kings BB, Albert and Freddie.
What struck me the most when watching them in live situations is they don’t change guitars very often, maybe a string break or for a specific song. Like most of the greats they are synonymous with playing one type of guitar throughout most of their careers.
I find guitars incredibly beautiful objects and have at times been tempted to buy certain guitars because they looked good. However it’s their function that attracts me the most, not their form.
They are defined as musical instruments but to satisfy our want to be individuals they come in many forms and that suits a need as well.
We need variety, potential and change in all things. Music itself is defined as just ‘noise that is pleasing’ yet styles and types and never ending.
I’m retired now, but still play most days. Purely for personal pleasure and the odd get together with the old band mates.
My sons will pry the guitars from my hands when they put me six feet under. They ‘want’ them, always telling me they are ‘vintage guitars’ ‘collectibles’ ‘highly valuable’. All definitions they believe fit the guitars.
I just know them as old guitars that served me well over all those years. They fulfilled a need to expressed the music within me and I am grateful they did their job.
For it’s the music I am proud of and the music will always outlive the instruments.
Based on your approach I would recommend the Gibson LP studio or LPJ 2014 model. Both great made in USA instruments and can be obtained for a few hundred £s on eBay. 😁 Great video btw. !
My feel good guitars are a 1973 (original owner) Ovation Deacon and a 1983 (original owner) Yamaha SG800S. I owned a 2008-ish Mira that I bought used. I enjoyed it, but it never really hit the right mark for my play style or jazz, blues, and classic rock. Borrowed a friend's 2016/17 CE 24 for a few months last year, but just didn't click with it. He loves and plays it all the time, but I just never found the sound I was looking for.
A year ago I bought an American Pro 2 strat and now I'm selling it. I'm still playing my Mexican tele (which I bought in 2010 for 400€) a lot more than a strat which cost about 2k. I always wanted a proper American stratocaster but for 2000$ it should be flawless and it's really not. I can't believe they didn't put CTS pots in it but some cheaper ones. The volume pot broke after just 6 months. And it's not just that. That guitar just isn't good enough.
I was gonna buy a DGT SE but I found a great LP Jr. But next time I'm in the market for a guitar I'm buying a PRS! Either a DGT SE or a Silver Sky SE. I still need a strat in my arsenal, or something like it. I also like CE 24 SE in satin or the new sandblasted version which looks fantastic!
Paul is killing it lately. Their pricing is amazing and guitars that are between 500-1000 are on par or even better than American Fenders and Gibsons.
Sorry for a long comment. Loved the video and you have a new subscriber :)
Not an expert but $1500 should buy you a good (keeper) guitar.
Just saying, what you need and want are two different things 😂
No one needs a guitar.
Man, after watching this I decided to throw my PRS S2 10th anniversary in the trash.
Fascinating video ! Thank you for sharing !
A nice chunk of mahogany and a nice slab of rosewood, all you need. And as insanely resonant as my SE 594 Std is, I'm not worried about the hardware that's gonna come on my S2 594 Thinline.
Yup it starts right there, with mahogany and rosewood. The hardware can always be changed along the way in case the standard one doesn’t cut the mustard
Only played a PRS (SE) once. Double cut with P90. It sounded good but those are not guitars that get me exited.
It might have been the same series. Full mahogany guitar.
Everybody has its own tastes. I am only starting to enjoy my prs custom 24 core. But though it is versatile (that’s why I bought it, humbuckers are individually splittable)it has no real character in terms of tone. Everything else is great. But if I need to keep one versatile guitar, it will be my suhr modern plus. It truly can do everything with character.
@daaaaaaaave i would also take that Suhr any time of the day.
@ these suhr guys are magicians. I’ll definitely buy another one though they cranked up prices by 20-3% since I bought :( Never tried tom Anderson though. Have you? How do you rate compared to suhr if you have? Hard to find in Europe. PRS wins on looks though
I have a prs Mira S2 I boyght for 900 Australian. It is incredible plays fantastic and the stock pickups are amazing too. and hard to justify why I spent nealy 7000 on a custom 22!
My PRS Custom 24 10 TOP is pure magic under my fingertips 🤔🎼!.
If I ever owned a PRS this would be the type. Stripped back, no bling etc... But the most important part of any guitar for me is the neck profile and I don't think you mentioned this. Do you know what profile this model has?
Oh my apologies. This one has a wide fat
@ministryofguitar thanks man 👍
Where can i find these used guitars?? ..
Reverb or any local marketplace
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You should check out FGN or Tokai Les Pauls. You can get them for around 1500 new and they are made in japan.
Tried several during my years in Japan. They are awesome , easily comparable to Gibson
This. I bought a FGN from Singapore three years back and it's hands down better than all guitars in my collection. And this is coming from someone with many guitars ranging from Gibson to handmade custom shop stuff.
So much so that these days I say FGN makes the best guitars in the world. For the money, no brainer in my opinion.
Gibson did the same in the 50's
Just traded a Fender Acoustasonic Strat for a 2008 Core Starla and it's a hell of a great guitar for the price point. These guitars would easily cost 3'500 / 4'000 bucks today....
Yes that’s precise the point. Enjoy the guitar
My best money for dollar is my Vola Jz fro. Offsets 2 p90s and ss in middle. Push pull and blower switch. Roasted flamed maple neck stainless steel frets Japanese made only $1167
Sounds great
@@areallyboredguy5825 volas are insanely great guitars.
Line up 25 of any make
And lucky if you have 5 keepers
Most hobbyists , yes , hobbyists would not know a good guitar
To look for a strong neck , to sight a neck and see if acceptable , to appreciate true voice and resonance ( if you won't get pick squeals and harmonics with ease , put it back)
Paint Schmaint I always say
Hi utkarsh you should try an ibanez pia. Ive had mine for a year and I think its the best guitar I've ever played. Especially the set of pickups alone makes it worth buying. I get that you are more into traditional type guitars. But I'm sure any guitar lover would like it. At first it feels unlike anything you've ever played before, but now its my go to for everything. Its very versatile as well for being a modern guitar. My one and only desert island guitar as they call it.
Thanks for sharing. I have tried the Ibanez Pia at length. It’s a super high quality guitar . However due to the neck shape and general nature of pickups, it does not fit my preferences.
Thanks for sharing. I have tried the Ibanez Pia at length. It’s a super high quality guitar . However due to the neck shape and general nature of pickups, it does not fit my preferences.
@@ministryofguitar oh I see you might like the more traditional AZ series then
What do u think about schecter temptest..
I haven’t tried it. Will let you know if I ever do
@@stringmaster_leo don’t have a Tempest but I have a Schecter single cut Solo “ apocalypse “ made of swamp ash, very thin, light, very high quality, the locking tuners are excellent. It’s 24.75 scale and the Tempest is 25.5 . I had a Schecter Demon 6 that was cheapest in the lineup and its quality was very good for a $440 guitar. The Tempest has the same slim C neck as mine and it is a really thin neck 12-16 compound radius. Some people have said they find it too thin.
@@MrBrian4109 having an eye on the temptest.. since les pauls are excessive expensive.. look for an alternative.. was havin an eye on esp ltd-1001 as well but in India seems it got sold out.. have heard schecters are really good for the price.. but havn't tried yet... currently m using PRS since 5-6 months.. and could see the fret wear in these time due to its nickel frets hence somethin with ss frets would work for me.. also FGN NLS10.. also checkin which satisfies all my needs .. with the medium jumbo frets where schecters are having xj frets..
Spoiler alert: it's a PRS
Shocker
Really? I didn’t know he liked PRS’s….🙄
If I didn’t know better, I’d say he’s trying to get an endorsement with them.
😂😂😂😂😂
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Haha of course it is
"plays like a $15k guitar". It's not that hard to make a cheap guitar neck and frets play as smoothly as a really expensive guitar.
Yes and no . A setup helps tremendously. But the tolerances that you get in a high end manufacturing process enable action and intonation tremendously. Not to mention, how resonant a guitar feels (forget sound for a second) really depends on the quality of wood and how well it is dried
@@ministryofguitar Any guitar can be plek'd for ~$250 to have perfect fret work and action, and neck edges can be easily rolled.
Granted, wood quality does matter for stability, and damping characteristics, but baking wood can cover that, and it's become common from some guitar part suppliers. There's only so much that will affect the sound of an electric guitar. IMHO, anything over ~$1.5k (made with decent quality and possibly baked woods) these days is more about prestige and looks.
BTW, you do know resonance drains string energy? The most sustain would be from a completely rigid structure that does not resonate at all. That's what Les Paul was going for, but I prefer something resonant as well that softens the highs and absorbs some midrange. I find Limba a nice body wood for that.
I hate those birds on the fretboard. That’s why I never even consider them.
Basically similar to a Gibson studio
I agree that PRS are quality instruments but they lack Rock'n"roll for me...they look very old fashioned and that headstock are so metal .... I wish they make something more modern as theit quality and necks are so great..and I love the feel of maple fretboards
Missing word: amenities, attributes, accoutrements, appointments.
Yes mind freeze right there
though I was looking for accoutrements to be specific
people are dumping their Standard 24 Mahogany from 20+ years ago, and no one is buying because you can get a new one with NITRO finish with same build quality in an S2 for less.
yes there are great deals going on the S2s of late. That said, the original Standard Satins are different animals
Do u ever in this video simply identify the guitar??
My apologies. It’s the PRS Standard Satin Singlecut Trem. Though my point is , look at the entire PRS Standard Satin Series from that era
@ Thanks!
Is this a new model?
No it’s from the mid 2000s
a clothing suggestion, navy sport coats and t-shirts don't make sense together. go fully casual or classic.
That’s his choice. A woman I dated also taught me fashion is about confidence. You can pull off practically any style if you first have the confidence.😊
@@csharp57 So if a person's choice is shit you can't tell them the truth because they're wearing their mistake with confidence? How exactly do you then get them to realize that it is shit if nobody ever mentions it
Sport coats and shirts are literally a style
@@areallyboredguy5825 a navy sport coat is more formal on the scale of sport coats. if someone wants to do the sport coat and t-shirt thing, having a jacket that is less formal fits better.
That’s not a sport coat by any stretch of the imagination; it’s a suit jacket or ‘blazer’ . Some of you have never followed the menswear guy on Twitter and it shows 😂
Not worth the money imho. PRS is great above the 2500 mark. Below that, there’s much better guitars.
NO STRAT please
Hold on, so now that we found a $1500 guitar which plays as good a $15k guitar, are you going to sell your $15k guitars and get many $1500?. Btw isn't true the difference the price tag is in the wood.
Haha guitar owning isn’t a math or rational exercise. The price tag is in multiple things as I discuss in the video
Hi. The videos on RUclips, your latest videos, have been like a breath of fresh air, but we are back to the same thing. PRS.
Too bad. And let's face it, you become a salesman. Little by little. And the information is from a web presentation. And not from a musician who tests instruments in depth and really compares.
The channel at the beginning had a certain hook. "Ministry of guitars" and not PRS.
Now my opinion about that brand. They are not really interesting guitars for work as a musician on a day to day basis. Nice? No doubt. I have seen one in a video and what a beautiful guitar it is. But I will not spend that money (2500 euro) - if I get the same or even better quality with brands like Ibanez, Scheckter, Cort and more manufacturers. And PRS at the electrical or electronic level are nothing special. I tell you that as a technician.
Sometimes I think that a little bit more knowledge in physics would help many people save a lot of money 😏
My wish? Less PRS, less advertising, less marketing, and more diversity in guitars.
👍🤗
The electric guitar tonewood concept will die a very slow death. You can explain the physics to people, but a certain percentage will either not understand or not *want* to understand
For many they somehow equate the unplugged sounds of an electrical guitar to the plugged in sounds, so if one ‘resonates’ unplugged better than another they think the tonewood is making a difference.
@ You are right. Unfortunately, that's the way it is.
Have you seen Jim Jill's latest ideo? Madness 😂😂 I recommend it.
And there's a channel here on RUclips where they talk in its entirety about what physics is on a scientific level as it relates to electric guitars. The best of the best. Although you will need a lot of time to watch it all. More than 120 videos and long and extensive.
youtube.com/@physik-der-elektrogitarre?si=xhTsko7uJG3gUNJ-
@@christianhertwig1593 thanks for the link!!!
I saw the Jim Lil video- excellent.
pre-RUclips when I was a teenager I believed in tonewood until people explained the physics involved to me and I was educated in sensation and perception in undergrad
But it is interesting how there are dozens of RUclips videos of electric guitars made out of acrylic, epoxied jawbreakers, laminated newspapers, epoxied pencil crayons, concrete etc etc etc- and they ALL sound like generic electric guitars lol
Not ONE of them do you think- oh my god that sounds *horrible*!
(Oh man the videos are in German! If it was English or French I could understand it. Time to turn on CC!)
@ I think it works the translator for the subtitles for the English language.
Of course, I forgot that it's in German 😂😂😂😂.
@ Yes, in the subtitles you can choose English.
He believes in tonewood everyone.
Oh well…
Clearly crazy toan is in the finger nails, and it depends on amount of calcium you have
Bonewood is real
Haha of course I do. Made an entire video about it
PRS may be nice well made guitars but I think they are so ugly. Ugliest headstock in the business, and the ridiculous purple, orange, red highly flamed tops are stupid looking. I’ve never been a fan of any of the brands that just rip off others established designs. I’ll stick to Fender or Gibson
PRS guitars: expensive, dead, characterless, uninspiring. PRS as a person: purveyor of absurd straw man 'arguments' about 'tone wood'. Yeah, tone wood, folks. If you believe the wood in a solid body guitar is more important than pickups, wiring, controls, switches, scale length, and strings, well, I have some oceanfront property to sell you - in Arizona. Tonewood and fretboard material do make a difference, but it's one of the smaller ones.
Now that I know that you buy into this tonewood BS for solidbody guitars, I know you have no idea about anything regarding guitars except collecting them and showing off your huge collection. I'll keep my cheap guitars that have character!
Funny how you went ape shit about tonewood thing then validated with your argument with “character” 🤣🤣.
Cheap and quirky is the way to go!
Funny how you missed the point of my entire post. The character of my guitars is coming from the pick ups, the scale length stuff like that. It was right in front of your nose. Perhaps you think that the word “character” is a synonym for “Tonewood”, in which case you need a dictionary.
@@NoBSMusicReviews funny how you are talking about “soul” and “character” of guitars. The abstract and absurd things like these makes me chuckle. I am also not into tonewood BS and paul reed is a douche for sure. I am not justifying absurd prices. Just pointing out the hypocrisy.
Your ego is impressive. There is no hypocrisy here. Pointing out that a guitar has “character” means that it has specific attributes that one finds attractive or that one resonates with. This can happen with handmade instruments and even with mass produced instruments. You could take three guitars right off a production lines one after the other, and each would feel different. That is what we call “character”.
I appreciate that you are incredibly insecure and need to feel right, but you are only making a fool out of yourself.
Of course guitars can have character. That doesn’t mean they have character the way human being does. It means they have specific characteristics that make them individual and unique.
If it's a PRS, I'll pass... Thanks anyway though!
Why?
Mostly the headstock
@@areallyboredguy5825 I've had 5 PRS over the years, only kept one - the Santana.. Don't really care for all the proprietary stuff that doesn't work all that great to begin with. Their pickups are also stale.
@@mrcarpentertoyou I don't mind the headstock too much
@@areallyboredguy5825 because they feel 'dead'. None of them have ever inspired me.
The best guitars are the ones that inspire a person to want to play it but if think supporting anything from China or Indonesia is ok then you are the problem doesn’t matter what you like just support our allies
The components for ALL Guitars come from everywhere!
Bruh even your iPhone is manufactured in China 😂 what do you even mean
And by allies you mean American manufacturers?
Calling people a problem because they don’t do what you want is typical for the zeitgeist.
Without components from China US manufacturing is nowhere.
PRS headstocks look like can openers, Paul Reed Smith is an a$$hole and alot pro players say they have no character, why people refer to them as dentist guitars.
I have never owned one but have played a few they were ok but nothing spicial.
Better oprions out there in budget and high priced guitars in my humble opinion.
PRS's really do lack character. Fancy, expensive, and I cannot stand playing them. And yeah, PRS himself is a fucking load about tone wood, with his absurd straw man arguments. My favorite guitar is an imperfectly-made-in-Indonesia St. Blues 61 South that I bought used for less than $500.00. In fact ALL of my electrics are under $1200.00 And most are under $500.00
Lot of pro players?? Just a bunch of random youtubers saying some bullshit. People forget how insane their artist lineup is.
I bought the BEST handmade 335 ever made for $900. in 1993, it was a Heritage 535! When Heritage first started, they kept the prices low, while Gibson was suing and censoring Heritage Guitars in magazines like Guitar Player, they knew Heritage was a MUCH better guitar! Heritage kept a few of the Gibson luthiers and stayed in the original Gibson factory in Kalamazoo, Mich., of course Gibson moved to Nashville. Now people who play and try Heritage Guitars KNOW they are a MUCH better Gibson style than Gibson's maybe ever were! The u.s. is collapsing, our media constantly lies about everything, food and life's essentials are getting WAY too expensive, used products, like guitars are coming down bc Americans still can't afford to buy used instruments while horrible people are charging CRAZY amounts of money for a new instrument, it's crazy and wouldn't surprise me if guitars are used as firewood to stay warm VERY soon! The u.s. is done and take a good look at the crash of 1929 and you will get a glimpse what EVERY American economist from Peter Schiff to Richard Wolff including the IMF world bank all agree on! The music business like the u.s. in general is a whorehouse with pimps running the show into the outer limits while Americans are worrying about a future that doesn't seem to exist!
Sir, this is a Wendy's.
@@rickc2102 Wendy's are also going under, they may try mice or rat meat, it's cheaper and maybe healthier than the food American's eat, you never know!
@pramesh.gurung - interesting that you blocked my rejoinder to yiur arrogance. How did you accomplish this?. I wonder if you are really MOG.