Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted February 9, 2016 Moderators Share Posted February 9, 2016 OK, been utter crap with NGDs lately, I gotta get what I consider to be my real family together. See some time back, I sorta gave up on 6 strings, and went back to 4 bridge supports, so a nice little stable of bass guitars have moved into chez moi. Then last week i saw this 30th Anniversary PRS SE Custom 24 in Chestnut and it looked a lot like one of the original West Street originals, so I bought it for my eldest son who is turning out to be quite the player at 14, and writes a song in 5-10 mins and then sticks some music with it. Got it home and it took him best part of three days to get it out of my hands. Anyroad, I started just lookin for a 90s CE24, and there arent many around at decent prices, ie <1000, negotiated with some guy on his beat up black 94, but he wasn't going below a grand, but then came across a nice flamed top on Ebay, put in the lowest bid, and nobody bid against me, so got this for 950 of our scrounging queens pounds (yes, treason, well high treason) Super Distortion in the bridge, Air Norton in the neck, so may have to swap something more my bag in and ditch the rotary switch. I now get why folk like these Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 HNGD! Nice score. It's a beauty! I love the look of some of the PRS models. I'd be sorely tempted to buy one, but their necks just don't work with my hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted February 9, 2016 Author Moderators Share Posted February 9, 2016 HNGD! Nice score. It's a beauty! I love the look of some of the PRS models. I'd be sorely tempted to buy one, but their necks just don't work with my hands. I'm over the neck shape thing...at one time it had to be a fat neck, now I'm happy with my 54 reissue Strat, a Wizard neck, or this PRS one, which I presume is wide n thin. I seud to have the same problem with radius nonsense, now I don't care. Maybe it's playing bass, you don't really get much choice with PBs, JBs or Rics etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RaVenCAD Posted February 9, 2016 Members Share Posted February 9, 2016 Tasty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grant Harding Posted February 9, 2016 Members Share Posted February 9, 2016 Nice one! I've always wanted a PRS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted February 9, 2016 Author Moderators Share Posted February 9, 2016 Odd isn't it, I've never fancied one, but the MIK I got my son just seemed to fit, I'd been trying to make myself like SGs, but not finding one that did it. I now gotta choose out of my 6 Pauls, and that'll do the Seth Lover, lightweight Paul sound I adore, got my 54 Strat, and share a Tele with the son. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grant Harding Posted February 9, 2016 Members Share Posted February 9, 2016 So you've got it covered? What, no Gretsch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gardo Posted February 9, 2016 Members Share Posted February 9, 2016 " I bought it for my son" yeah right., I'll have to remember that one.Seriously , It's a beauty. The wood alone would be enough to sell me on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grant Harding Posted February 9, 2016 Members Share Posted February 9, 2016 I only notice the neck size if it's really fat due to the way I position my thumb. If it's too fat I don't have a comfortable/stable anchor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted February 9, 2016 Author Moderators Share Posted February 9, 2016 Gardo, I bought the SE for my son, the US one is for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted February 9, 2016 Author Moderators Share Posted February 9, 2016 Soon as I find a 64 6128, I'll be good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kherman Posted February 10, 2016 Members Share Posted February 10, 2016 Nice!Congrats. PRS makes a great guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members billybilly Posted February 10, 2016 Members Share Posted February 10, 2016 Oh ya, she's a sweetens she is, love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gardo Posted February 10, 2016 Members Share Posted February 10, 2016 My mistake,sorry about that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AlamoJoe Posted February 10, 2016 Members Share Posted February 10, 2016 That is a gorgeous instrument! (Sigh) It would be like having a movie star in the House. I'd just wanna sit around and look at it all day.....Great Score! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members steve_man Posted February 10, 2016 Members Share Posted February 10, 2016 nice score! Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted February 10, 2016 Members Share Posted February 10, 2016 Congratulations and Happy New Guitar Day. Lovely guitar. Have you tried living with the rotary switch? Personally I've never played a guitar that had one. I'm not sure how I'd like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted February 10, 2016 Author Moderators Share Posted February 10, 2016 Congratulations and Happy New Guitar Day. Lovely guitar. Have you tried living with the rotary switch? Personally I've never played a guitar that had one. I'm not sure how I'd like it. DE, my son's SE has master volume, master tone, which is a pull/push pot and a 3 way Strat style blade switch. As I don't have a requirement for the range of tone that the 5 way rotary seems to give me, and it doesn't make sense, and it's not the easiest to use, it will be being replaced iwth a LP type 3 way toggle switch, like the McCarty has I believe, wish _pete_ was here, he was the PRS expert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted February 10, 2016 Author Moderators Share Posted February 10, 2016 Thanks Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted February 10, 2016 Author Moderators Share Posted February 10, 2016 Actually if it were a movie star in the house, until I get rid of my R7 and 63 RI 335, it'd be a supporting actor, and lets not go into the CS LP 68RI, and the Strat 54RI. So many beautiful guitars, so little talent:-| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted February 10, 2016 Author Moderators Share Posted February 10, 2016 BB, it's almost completely down to the 25" scale, I don't understand how a fraction of an inch spread over such a length can make both a LP and a Strat seem harder to live with. I love how when open minded we can learn a lot about ourselves, if we're honest with ourselves. If you'd told me last week I'd own a US made PRS this week, I'd have giggled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted February 10, 2016 Author Moderators Share Posted February 10, 2016 This is the first US one I've ever held, and it shows to a design engineer a great deal of considered thought, throughout the whole guitar, and I'm sure even the rotary switch made sense at some point. I have been doing pickup swaps for quite a few people on the latest crop of PRS Ses, and some of them are just gorgeous...the Zach Myers being one, Korea and Indonesia can easily do what the Japanese did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted February 10, 2016 Author Moderators Share Posted February 10, 2016 Tastes like bacon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soundcreation Posted February 10, 2016 Members Share Posted February 10, 2016 Very pretty! Beautiful grain on the fretboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted February 10, 2016 Author Moderators Share Posted February 10, 2016 Very pretty! Beautiful grain on the fretboard. Jeez it's a gorgeous guitar, and I must admit, I'm on a bit of a Wine Red thing at the moment, and it was described as Tiger Red, and although red is not a colour I've ever associated with Tigers, it is exactly the colour as the pics....brown, but still beautiful, but man, those tuners just set it apart from anything else...I love me Kluson style, but they make them look like Neolithic engineering. I'm going to replace the Super Distortion/Air Norton with a Duncan JB and then cycle through A2, A3 and UOA5 magnets, and a Duncan 59 neck, that I took out of an Edwards SG, which is now equipped with Seth's...bloody made for each other, but because of the control layout, I'm at a bit of a loss as to whether I want split coils. I'm not a gigging musician, so if I want summat that sounds ;like a Strat, I have a bloody nice Strat, and if I want something that sounds like a Tele, I've got a bloody nice Strat:) I tempted to put the Seths in this, lose the Edwards SG, and leave it at that. That way I have two guitars, both worth about a grand, one each for the two boys when I shuffle off, so they get a nice watch and a nice guitar to remember Dad by, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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