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So why WOULDN'T you buy a PRS?


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OK, so PRS is a brand that provokes some pretty sharp differences of opinion. Either they're amazing, high quality instruments, or they're doctors' and lawyers' toys. Some praise their distinctive toanz and buttah-like playability, others would argue there is no quicker way to identify A Douche, than by this, his axe of choice.

 

What say you, sirs? Why would you never buy a PRS? Why DO you want a PRS? Why'd you sell yours? Why will you NEVER sell it?

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I have one custom 24 with Dragon II pickups, plays and sounds great. I definitely would sell it if the price was right. the neck is a little on the small side for my taste but it was an impulse ebay purchase so i didn't get to try it before i bought it might not of based on the neck feel. but all and all they are solid guitars IMHO.

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I had serious PRS Mira GAS.



Until I played one.



Feels like a plastic shell, sounds like muddy butt. Made me very sad.


Maybe if they had one with a thin finish and a maple/maple neck?



:lol: a thin finish

have you convinced yourself you can actually hear the finish on a guitar

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:lol:
a thin finish


have you convinced yourself you can actually hear the finish on a guitar

 

You misunderstand me.

 

 

Notice I said "It felt like A PLASTIC SHELL"

 

 

I'm attributing the way the guitar felt to a far-too-thick finish. And hey, all things being equal, a finish would affect the way that the wood of a guitar vibrates.

 

THUS "changing" the way it sounds...(although most likely the change would be so imperceptible as to be impossible to quantize).

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The Hollowbody II is my dream guitar, and I could have probably bought by now (considering all the money spent on other gear) BUT

 

- I'd be to worried about nicks, dents and other cosmetic wear

- I'd go paranoid about carrying a guitar worth 3000+ bucks

- It costs 3000 bucks

- Nickelback

- Nickelback

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i would not say never, but currently i would not buy a prs, cause i don't need another solid body guitar, don't care about their hollow body modells

 

so next guitar for me will be something like an es335/ric330/gretsch alike.

my main problem i need a lefty...

 

oh this would be another point for me not to buy prs, cause they don't support lefty modells anymore...

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Supplementary question for those who voted and/or commented "Nickelback" or similar:

Are all PRS guitars tarred equally with the douche brush, or is a particularly quilted private stock-er with bird inlays douch-ier than a plainer model?

Do bird inlays denote greater douchebaggery than moons?
Is a Santana model douchebaggier than a Singlecut, or a Custom 22?
Your vote for most/least douche-friendly PRS?

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I had an SE model that was pretty good. Somewhat generic though, and ultimately it didn't have "soul" like a good Tele or strat. But it was good. I imagine the much more expensive USA models would be great. I would get a USA singlecut without a doubt. Expensive though, biggest deterrent for me. I don't care or mind that Nickelback plays them or anyone else for that matter. Stupid reason not to buy/play a guitar that you may otherwise love.

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