I can't believe it! 11 months ago, I commented under a PRS video "PRS, if you're reading this, please more satin". They even replied "heard". Now this. 2023 starts GREAT!
Take it for what it’s worth, I’m also not in the market for a 5 grand guitar… but if you like satin guitars I would highly recommend that you try a prs vela! While the electronic is not amazing (it is a s2 guitar) this is one of, if not my, favorite guitar! (I have the semi hollow one in sunburst for ~1.6k this is well worth the price!)
@@valerianalcindor8304 the Vela looks a bit like a DC Jr? If so l mucked about on one at a shop once, l love the body shape.. but can't get past the headstock. I was gonna get an SE 245 (single cut, 1 p90) lndonesian made, but nice guitar.. bar the headstock. And PRS replying 'heard' ...Hotel Alpha!! They must've listened mate.
Well...Paul Reed Smith does strike me as someone who believes in fair payment of the workforce and with the time intensive production of these master pieces it only seems like a fairly realistic price point. Unobtainium for the masses, but that then probably covers the dime they get in profit per unit for the SE range
Indeed. In addition to all the hard work practicing, Lee has benefited from what is known as the "Danish Pete Effect". :) Danish Pete is just one of those players who makes everyone around him play better. If he played basketball, he'd be the John Stockton of youtube guitarists.
Just brought the gold wrapped one from you guys today, i fell in love with it as soon as i strummed it. Quality is outstanding. As for the whole debate around satin vs gloss i could hear the difference between the two but peoples opinions to there own, one thing is for sure is that the neck feels way better in satin finish. Thank you lee for getting these in.
Wow, love the satin finish on these! It reminds me of when bodybuilders apply that bronze thing all over themselves for competition - all the curves and carves really stick out more.
I’ve been subscribed for a few years and watched Lee’s playing improve so much We look at all the great payers as an example of where we can get to but I really admire the fact that Lee went from where he was to where he is and it’s a great example of how anyone can do it Thank you captain for your perseverance and sharing it via playing here That does not detract from the fact the Mr Honre is an incredible player it just means Lee has shown us where we can get to as mortals with only so many hours a day and not played for years Thanks 👍👍🍺
Indeed. In addition to all the hard work practicing, Lee has benefited from what is known as the "Danish Pete Effect". :) Danish Pete is just one of those players who makes everyone around him play better. If he played basketball, he'd be the John Stockton of youtube guitarists.
@@pauldncn1 He does post semi-regularly on fb, often with lots of looping tips. He notably did a follow-up vid on that Anderton's set where he shows how to play the legendary chord progression loop from the first Fender Acoustasonic release as I recall. If you didn't see that, you really must, Pete's follow up vid was so good, especially for a such a simple yet beautiful chord loop that I downloaded it to live forever on my machine.
My Prs family is growing strong I ventured into there parlor acoustic last month and it's a very praise worthy instrument at an awesome price,,I really appreciate it's addition to my collection,, GET ONE ! 😀
I just bought a Schecter C1 exotic (spalted maple) a few days ago and it's amazing! If you like these PRS's but don't have that kind of money or do not want to spend that much, check out the Schecter. The feel of the c1 is stimulating to the touch and no finger prints ! I think it's a guitar more people should be talking about. Keep on playing Players !
It doesn't get any better then a PRS imo, including SE's, but I've said ever since I first tried a C-1 that it's probably THE best non PRS guitar I've played.
The title of that video was about satin finish. If any one wishes to 4, 700 dollars more for a guitar up to you. Does that 5400 dollar guitar have dual carbon trust rods ? The schecter i have does. Does it really matter no.
Great story about satin finishes and resonance. I was lucky to discover that with my first guitar ibanez s320 weathered black. Then I upgraded to 2 prestige models...and they were better made but sounded less open than the s320 and that annoyed me. Now I have a PRS s2 standard Satin and an Ibanez RG satin. Both are loud and vibrant giving back more energy.
I was never a PRS fan until I played the Custom 24-08 top 10 what a truly versatile guitar and the playability is second to non. Blows my Gibson Custom Shop 1960 v2 out of the water. and it was $2,000 cheaper. PRS has finally won me over. I will design my own private stock guitar
Satin is exactly what I have wanted from PRS. Satin is what is visually "pops" more. All gloss does is act like a mirror reflecting the light. Satin allows you to see the guitar itself.
Bought an L7V off you guys, it's brilliant. It's the 3rd Guitar i have purchased in the last 12 months from Andertons. Might be a 4th if i can get a left hand PRS.
If you remove the tolex covering from your amp head and speaker cabinets, it lets the whole thing breathe. It just sounds richer, with more harmonic content.
Lee you are correct, I recently purchased a 2015 limited fender telecaster 10 for 20 model satin Redwood and it sounds amazing acoustically, I couldn't believe how well it sounded, tremendous tone through an amp as well.
Haha, "Demonstrashioni"! Wonderfully made and sounding PRS guitars, just fantastic! Thanks both of you, and huge thanks to Paul aswell! I cant help it but when i hold and play a PRS guitar it feels immediately at home in my hands like no other guitar brand does! 🤗❤😊
The combination of Freedman little sister, that purple PRS and Pete’s playing are amazing. What a sound. Haha just heard how Lee described the price 😂 Love it, you guys are great.
I’d like to see more creatively designed tops like those being done by his long-time private stock designer-builder Joe Knaggs, who I serendipitously played golf with in early 2009, a couple weeks after he left PRS. I didn’t know Joe, but I did know his builds. The first thing Joe said to me was, ‘I may have just made the biggest mistake in my life’, then talked to me about his 25 years as head of R&D, Private Stock and production at PRS. He didn’t need my advice, but I said he’d look back and never regret the move. You folks at Andertons should stock a few of the Knaggs guitars. They are stunning.
I have a really nice SE semi hollow with 57/08 pickups. I love everything about it other than the look. It's gloss and charcoal gray with some nice grain. I'm no stranger to woodworking. I'd love if I could take steel wool or something to the finish to make it satin, and especially the neck. I want the neck to feel like hand rubbed and waxed furniture, like soft and buttery. Any suggestions?
I got 2 guitars that ring really loud, ones a prs black faded tee, and the other is a fender strat from 1996. Its poly , but it just rings so loud. The pickups are so punchy aswell on both. So i think the woods and finish do change the sound. Proper dry wood makes a differnce aswell. I have 30 guitars and 2 are nitro. They both are my favorites the singlecut doesnt ring as loud but it plays amazing. Prs smiths are always reliable everytime i pull them out, there intune and ready.
Having owned a flat finish guitar before, I’m not normally a fan. These PRS models though…! The thing is if it’s my money I’d probably end up with the gloss. They do sound beautiful and look great.
I have a Core McCarty from 15 years ago, and a Core 594 built in 2021. The older one rings so much louder and brighter when played acoustically. But the newer 594 sounds so much better when plugged in.
Those are some of the best tones I've hear from a PRS guitar. I really like them. Wish the bird fret markers were tinted to kind of match the guitar top color, and make them look a bit more subtle.
I’d even say visually the satin looks a lot nicer than the high gloss stuff. Then again, I’m a sucker for satin finishes anyway, on metal hardware, too. Satin gold hardware, man, so, beautiful.
I don't like glossy finishes. You have to constantly wipe them in order for them to stay clean looking and not sticky. I think satin looks prettier and definitely feels better! I would buy a SE custom 24 if it were satin.
Love your passion Lee when you get a good bit of kit, I am never much of a fan of the PRS, too much bling for me, but that addition would not be amiss in the smokey whisky joint in Nashville, or on any stage, or church even. Just the way I like it.
Love the satin finish, best looking PRS. Would love to try one. I have played and sold a few SE's and they're so nice to play, I know they get the dentist guitar label but that aside they sound good and play well, these look stunning!
I actually greatly prefer the sound of the 22 fret PRS guitars, because of the difference in the pickup spacing. Not that I’d turn down a 24 fret model is someone handed it to me, but having played both, I have a definite preference for the 22s. My dream PRS would be a 22-fret, 24.5” scale, bolt-on neck model with piezo pickups and vibrato bridge. Someday, if I hit the lottery, I will place orders for several Private Stock guitars.
I want to like the Custom 24, owned two core version but could not bond with them. The McCartys are where it is at for me. From the early stop bar 1994 models to the current 594s, they are all fantastic. I am talking core guitars not SE or S2. Maybe the S2s are good with hardware and electronics upgrades.
Lot’s of people will try to prove that woods, finish, weight, body and neck shape don’t change tone. But I feel they forget how it affects the way you play, how you hold it, the effort you put in, the resistance it has against your hand. That must affect your playing and therefore affects the sound.
Thought to myself - “ these sound like they’re lovely guitars…” Look at the price on the shop link and - “Holy Sh#t!!!” 🤣 More things to add to the fanasy wish list 🤣 Lovely guitars though!
I actually prefer the gloss models, as you see the light reflect off the bodies a lot of the wood grain gets hidden under a big smudge - most evident when Lee ends with that gradient colored one. I could never get the finish vs tone argument, "wood needs to breathe" & "poly seals away the tone" Lol
I really like PRS guitars, but I could never buy one for myself. They are just stunning and beautiful pieces of fine furniture really. I feel like I would need to go for one that had a slightly less flashy top, but has all the beautiful colors and the reveal binding, and the gold appointments. I need something that looks perfectly imperfect, and PRSs are just pure perfection. It is too much for me. I would also probably leave on its case and never take it out to play to keep it nice and pristine.
PRS no doubt makes beautiful guitars. I'd have to say from experience, if youre a player that wants consistency, PRS is for you. edited to add, i wish they had more offerings with satin necks with gloss bodies.
I've wanted a satin finished PRS for a while - but truthfully, with regular play they develop "hot spots"... where the satin goes glossy. It doesn't look great when that happens.
Wow I hope they make this as a standard model, and also to spread it as a satin version for the other core models! Can you clarify if the neck is a "pattern" or a "pattern thin"?
These all have Pattern Thin, what used to be “Wide Thin”. Lee must have misspoke. There are exceptions to every rule with PRS guitars, however, generally speaking, if it has 24 frets it most likely has the Pattern Thin or Wide Thin, though it could possibly have their Pattern Regular, which is more narrow at the nut. Any 22 fret will most likely have the “Pattern” or what was known as “Wide Fat”, which is my personal favorite. I personally own a Custom 22 fret with a Wide Thin so proof that you will find examples in the wild which go against their typical specs all the time.
Growing up a guitar lover, I always considered the Gibson Les Paul my “Holy Grail” - the unattainable instrument. Over the years I’ve come to realize it’s actually an American made PRS I’m longing for…
I really love this guitars and I'm proud to got a custom 24 anniversary 35. This guitars sound really great on high distortion amps like my diezel vh4. On the other hand on my Dumble style amp "honey bee" a little bit underpowerd if this make sense.
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I can't believe it! 11 months ago, I commented under a PRS video "PRS, if you're reading this, please more satin". They even replied "heard". Now this. 2023 starts GREAT!
There are a also handful of satin S2 models if you shop around.
Take it for what it’s worth, I’m also not in the market for a 5 grand guitar… but if you like satin guitars I would highly recommend that you try a prs vela! While the electronic is not amazing (it is a s2 guitar) this is one of, if not my, favorite guitar! (I have the semi hollow one in sunburst for ~1.6k this is well worth the price!)
@@valerianalcindor8304 the Vela looks a bit like a DC Jr? If so l mucked about on one at a shop once, l love the body shape.. but can't get past the headstock.
I was gonna get an SE 245 (single cut, 1 p90) lndonesian made, but nice guitar.. bar the headstock.
And PRS replying 'heard' ...Hotel Alpha!!
They must've listened mate.
Get a satin CE 24 or the new Dustie wiring hardtail model.
Well...Paul Reed Smith does strike me as someone who believes in fair payment of the workforce and with the time intensive production of these master pieces it only seems like a fairly realistic price point. Unobtainium for the masses, but that then probably covers the dime they get in profit per unit for the SE range
Captains playing on another level. Improved a lot.
Agree. He’s playing so much better now. A pleasure to listen to
Agreed 👍🏼
but the Danish Guy is no slouch either...
Indeed. In addition to all the hard work practicing, Lee has benefited from what is known as the "Danish Pete Effect". :) Danish Pete is just one of those players who makes everyone around him play better. If he played basketball, he'd be the John Stockton of youtube guitarists.
@@joesatchton212 magic things, like henry potter...wasnt he danish too?
You can tell cap is loving these guitars that opening solo was SO good. Pete sounds amazing as always
that outro jam was painful though, and you can even see it in their faces, they knew it too.
Wow! Lee's phrasing has evolved so much! Sounds amazing!
I bought a SE Pauls guitar last month and absolutely love the thing. Such a comfortable, playable guitar.
SE🤣
@@RUARI-mi1yt lol be nice
@@JadedJet lol im just joking se guitars are pretty good i got one
Just brought the gold wrapped one from you guys today, i fell in love with it as soon as i strummed it. Quality is outstanding. As for the whole debate around satin vs gloss i could hear the difference between the two but peoples opinions to there own, one thing is for sure is that the neck feels way better in satin finish. Thank you lee for getting these in.
That blue fade is fantastic.
Wow, love the satin finish on these! It reminds me of when bodybuilders apply that bronze thing all over themselves for competition - all the curves and carves really stick out more.
Love the satin finishes. I know glossy flashes in the lights, but I prefer satin finishes. Those look fantastic, and so hard to pick a favorite.
I’ve been subscribed for a few years and watched Lee’s playing improve so much
We look at all the great payers as an example of where we can get to but I really admire the fact that Lee went from where he was to where he is and it’s a great example of how anyone can do it
Thank you captain for your perseverance and sharing it via playing here
That does not detract from the fact the Mr Honre is an incredible player it just means Lee has shown us where we can get to as mortals with only so many hours a day and not played for years
Thanks 👍👍🍺
Indeed. In addition to all the hard work practicing, Lee has benefited from what is known as the "Danish Pete Effect". :) Danish Pete is just one of those players who makes everyone around him play better. If he played basketball, he'd be the John Stockton of youtube guitarists.
@@joesatchton212 valid point I hadn’t considered
Maybe Pete should do some lessons with Pete ?
@@pauldncn1 He does post semi-regularly on fb, often with lots of looping tips. He notably did a follow-up vid on that Anderton's set where he shows how to play the legendary chord progression loop from the first Fender Acoustasonic release as I recall. If you didn't see that, you really must, Pete's follow up vid was so good, especially for a such a simple yet beautiful chord loop that I downloaded it to live forever on my machine.
@@joesatchton212 thanks Joe
That’s tomorrows lunch break sorted !
My Prs family is growing strong I ventured into there parlor acoustic last month and it's a very praise worthy instrument at an awesome price,,I really appreciate it's addition to my collection,, GET ONE ! 😀
PRS & Suhr for electric but for acoustic... Larrivee. Prepare to be blown away if you try an OM-05.
Pete just makes every note sing. The way he makes simple phrases and single notes come alive is amazing.
Satin PRS? Yes please. Also Paul, if you're watching this, could I please request an SE Fiore?
SE Fiore +1
I just bought a Schecter C1 exotic (spalted maple) a few days ago and it's amazing! If you like these PRS's but don't have that kind of money or do not want to spend that much, check out the Schecter. The feel of the c1 is stimulating to the touch and no finger prints ! I think it's a guitar more people should be talking about. Keep on playing Players !
Agreed, although don't think Schecter offers 25 inch scale on any of their models.
It doesn't get any better then a PRS imo, including SE's, but I've said ever since I first tried a C-1 that it's probably THE best non PRS guitar I've played.
@@kagenotatsumaki Do you even own a prs ?
The title of that video was about satin finish. If any one wishes to 4, 700 dollars more for a guitar up to you. Does that 5400 dollar guitar have dual carbon trust rods ? The schecter i have does. Does it really matter no.
It’s absolutely a thing, I love the almost butterflies feeling in your chest when you strum a really resonant guitar 😊
Satin looks way better on a PRS than gloss. Love the violin style finish of Lee's. It's probably the only PRS I covet.
Captain, that guitar suits you. It is you and your playing has become stellar. Tip of the hat, sir.
Wow, that intro just set the mood!
Such a depth of tone from thise guitars. You might even have me finally acknowledging satin as a worthwhile choice!
I love these PRS Guitars as I've owned a SE Custom 24 and SE 24-08 Custom and I have really enjoyed playing them both.
My favorite PRS models are the Modern Eagle V, the Fiore, and the 594 hollowbody.
The finish looks perfect !! You can still see the flame tops . It’s amazing that a new sound has been unlocked .
The blue one just kills! Nice!
Great story about satin finishes and resonance. I was lucky to discover that with my first guitar ibanez s320 weathered black. Then I upgraded to 2 prestige models...and they were better made but sounded less open than the s320 and that annoyed me. Now I have a PRS s2 standard Satin and an Ibanez RG satin. Both are loud and vibrant giving back more energy.
Beautiful!!!
I wish Anderton’s sold Strandbergs, would love to see The Captain and DP reviewing them
They just announced they’re carrying Strandberg at NAMM 2024
I always enjoy these 20min+ videos
Digging the matte finishes. Not the norm for PRS, but I dig em'
The yellow tiger is wow.... As for the purple, I think it looks better with a glossy finish
I was never a PRS fan until I played the Custom 24-08 top 10 what a truly versatile guitar and the playability is second to non. Blows my Gibson Custom Shop 1960 v2 out of the water. and it was $2,000 cheaper. PRS has finally won me over. I will design my own private stock guitar
Satin is exactly what I have wanted from PRS. Satin is what is visually "pops" more. All gloss does is act like a mirror reflecting the light. Satin allows you to see the guitar itself.
Bought an L7V off you guys, it's brilliant. It's the 3rd Guitar i have purchased in the last 12 months from Andertons. Might be a 4th if i can get a left hand PRS.
If you remove the tolex covering from your amp head and speaker cabinets, it lets the whole thing breathe. It just sounds richer, with more harmonic content.
Lee you are correct, I recently purchased a 2015 limited fender telecaster 10 for 20 model satin Redwood and it sounds amazing acoustically, I couldn't believe how well it sounded, tremendous tone through an amp as well.
Haha, "Demonstrashioni"! Wonderfully made and sounding PRS guitars, just fantastic! Thanks both of you, and huge thanks to Paul aswell! I cant help it but when i hold and play a PRS guitar it feels immediately at home in my hands like no other guitar brand does! 🤗❤😊
The guitarist Pete was referring in the Tina Turner band was Laurie Wisefield. He was playing a Ernie Ball Luke guitar I believe
Yep - he played with Wishbone Ash as well.
My Les Paul Standard Greeny (satin finish) is the most resonant electric guitar I have. The flame is stunning on it.
So i bought a satin finish S2 Standard 24 and it plays beautifully and yes the satin finish and wood make a difference in the tone and i love itm
The Modern Eagle V as part of the Core lineup...I just finished paying for my CE24, temptation is huge!
I got a custom 22 from Anderson’s in vintage sunburst a little over a year ago it’s a fabulous guitar many thanks guys.
These are gonna age beautifully!!!! I almost wanna buy one just to see
Ive held off from getting one .. because i'm not the typical PRS guy.. I bought a SE pro & absolutely love it...SHHHH!.....
Gorgeous aesthetics and pristine tones. Wow!
I hardly ever say nice things about PRS, but that's freaking gorgeous. That satin finish is really pretty. Fretboard, too.
The combination of Freedman little sister, that purple PRS and Pete’s playing are amazing. What a sound.
Haha just heard how Lee described the price 😂
Love it, you guys are great.
Lee your playing is really improving!
Might be my favorite Intro Jam of all time!
Beautiful guitars and much more reasonably priced than I expected.
Those look and sound amazing. PRS are just incredible.
You made me fall me in love with my ce 24 semi hollow all over again😊👍🏿
On a side note:
What stools are they using? They look very comfortable and I need to buy one.
They look like the Tama HT730B
Tama "1st chair"
I’d like to see more creatively designed tops like those being done by his long-time private stock designer-builder Joe Knaggs, who I serendipitously played golf with in early 2009, a couple weeks after he left PRS. I didn’t know Joe, but I did know his builds. The first thing Joe said to me was, ‘I may have just made the biggest mistake in my life’, then talked to me about his 25 years as head of R&D, Private Stock and production at PRS. He didn’t need my advice, but I said he’d look back and never regret the move. You folks at Andertons should stock a few of the Knaggs guitars. They are stunning.
I have a really nice SE semi hollow with 57/08 pickups. I love everything about it other than the look. It's gloss and charcoal gray with some nice grain.
I'm no stranger to woodworking. I'd love if I could take steel wool or something to the finish to make it satin, and especially the neck. I want the neck to feel like hand rubbed and waxed furniture, like soft and buttery.
Any suggestions?
I got 2 guitars that ring really loud, ones a prs black faded tee, and the other is a fender strat from 1996. Its poly , but it just rings so loud. The pickups are so punchy aswell on both. So i think the woods and finish do change the sound. Proper dry wood makes a differnce aswell. I have 30 guitars and 2 are nitro. They both are my favorites the singlecut doesnt ring as loud but it plays amazing. Prs smiths are always reliable everytime i pull them out, there intune and ready.
Having owned a flat finish guitar before, I’m not normally a fan. These PRS models though…! The thing is if it’s my money I’d probably end up with the gloss. They do sound beautiful and look great.
Pete's reluctance to elaborate on any sort of tone wood argument in this video is hilarious 😂
I wonder if Pete plays poker. Probably would lose his shirt.
that reaction on the background @15:58 "OOOOOHHH" 🙂🤘
just amazingly beautiful finishes
Ok....let's see how many "Lee has improve so much!" comments do we reach in this video............😅😄😄💪🏽😄👍🏽
I have a Core McCarty from 15 years ago, and a Core 594 built in 2021. The older one rings so much louder and brighter when played acoustically. But the newer 594 sounds so much better when plugged in.
Those things sound beautiful and look beautiful the guitars obviously
Once plugged in it's all about the strings and pickups, wood only makes a difference acoustically.
Those are some of the best tones I've hear from a PRS guitar. I really like them. Wish the bird fret markers were tinted to kind of match the guitar top color, and make them look a bit more subtle.
I’d even say visually the satin looks a lot nicer than the high gloss stuff. Then again, I’m a sucker for satin finishes anyway, on metal hardware, too. Satin gold hardware, man, so, beautiful.
was ready to click buy on one of these, then saw the price 😂 still tempted though but sooo difficult to justify £5499 for a nice looking satin finish
I always love Andertons' jams. They don't take annoying solos and they allow the guitars to shine to their full potential. Y'all are some real pros.
Just sold my PRS and got a Harley Benton Fusion 3......best thing i ever did!
I don't like glossy finishes. You have to constantly wipe them in order for them to stay clean looking and not sticky. I think satin looks prettier and definitely feels better! I would buy a SE custom 24 if it were satin.
I do agree, a guitar is a sum of it's parts. Some parts are more important than others, but if it didn't matter we'd have silicone guitars.
If it was possible to make silicone guitars back in the 50s, they would be silicone now and nobody would dare to use another material.
Wow, these sound amazing!
These are nice, sometimes all that figuring plus gloss is just overload for me but these look really nice.
off-topic, but that blue hoodie Danish Pete is wearing is fire
These guitars sound so great!
With the satin finish, you can see the peaks in the violin carve more prominently!
Need more PRS Singlecut satin finish guitars especially SE
Love your passion Lee when you get a good bit of kit, I am never much of a fan of the PRS, too much bling for me, but that addition would not be amiss in the smokey whisky joint in Nashville, or on any stage, or church even. Just the way I like it.
Love the satin finish, best looking PRS. Would love to try one. I have played and sold a few SE's and they're so nice to play, I know they get the dentist guitar label but that aside they sound good and play well, these look stunning!
Why wouldn’t what a guitar is made of effect the sound? These guitar look and sound sugar sweet!
By Odin's balls those are the most beautiful guitars I've ever seen!
Now I want to go to the UK just so I can visit this shop! 😁
Is any chance of getting Thatcher banking track at start? Sound amazing😍
Got my first core PRS a week ago. Officially a fanboy.
I actually greatly prefer the sound of the 22 fret PRS guitars, because of the difference in the pickup spacing. Not that I’d turn down a 24 fret model is someone handed it to me, but having played both, I have a definite preference for the 22s. My dream PRS would be a 22-fret, 24.5” scale, bolt-on neck model with piezo pickups and vibrato bridge. Someday, if I hit the lottery, I will place orders for several Private Stock guitars.
I’ll split the lottery with you my man!
Can we get a “classical guitar shootout under $1,000” please. 😊
I want to like the Custom 24, owned two core version but could not bond with them. The McCartys are where it is at for me. From the early stop bar 1994 models to the current 594s, they are all fantastic. I am talking core guitars not SE or S2. Maybe the S2s are good with hardware and electronics upgrades.
Lot’s of people will try to prove that woods, finish, weight, body and neck shape don’t change tone. But I feel they forget how it affects the way you play, how you hold it, the effort you put in, the resistance it has against your hand. That must affect your playing and therefore affects the sound.
Gorgeous I wish I could afford one right now and by the time I can they will be gone :)
Thought to myself - “ these sound like they’re lovely guitars…”
Look at the price on the shop link and - “Holy Sh#t!!!” 🤣
More things to add to the fanasy wish list 🤣
Lovely guitars though!
I definitely like the satin better. Sound difference is noticeable too...yes even on here.
I actually prefer the gloss models, as you see the light reflect off the bodies a lot of the wood grain gets hidden under a big smudge - most evident when Lee ends with that gradient colored one.
I could never get the finish vs tone argument, "wood needs to breathe" & "poly seals away the tone" Lol
I really like PRS guitars, but I could never buy one for myself. They are just stunning and beautiful pieces of fine furniture really. I feel like I would need to go for one that had a slightly less flashy top, but has all the beautiful colors and the reveal binding, and the gold appointments. I need something that looks perfectly imperfect, and PRSs are just pure perfection. It is too much for me. I would also probably leave on its case and never take it out to play to keep it nice and pristine.
PRS no doubt makes beautiful guitars. I'd have to say from experience, if youre a player that wants consistency, PRS is for you. edited to add, i wish they had more offerings with satin necks with gloss bodies.
Show us the frequency response curves if there is a difference then it will be clear on those.
If you ask Billy Corgan the paint color effects the tone.
I've wanted a satin finished PRS for a while - but truthfully, with regular play they develop "hot spots"... where the satin goes glossy. It doesn't look great when that happens.
Wow I hope they make this as a standard model, and also to spread it as a satin version for the other core models! Can you clarify if the neck is a "pattern" or a "pattern thin"?
These all have Pattern Thin, what used to be “Wide Thin”. Lee must have misspoke. There are exceptions to every rule with PRS guitars, however, generally speaking, if it has 24 frets it most likely has the Pattern Thin or Wide Thin, though it could possibly have their Pattern Regular, which is more narrow at the nut. Any 22 fret will most likely have the “Pattern” or what was known as “Wide Fat”, which is my personal favorite. I personally own a Custom 22 fret with a Wide Thin so proof that you will find examples in the wild which go against their typical specs all the time.
@@Chris-em4tc thanks!
I have a Satin CE. It rings out like crazy. Maybe there is something to the finish.
Hardware is going to be the biggest factor to sustain.
Growing up a guitar lover, I always considered the Gibson Les Paul my “Holy Grail” - the unattainable instrument. Over the years I’ve come to realize it’s actually an American made PRS I’m longing for…
I really love this guitars and I'm proud to got a custom 24 anniversary 35. This guitars sound really great on high distortion amps like my diezel vh4. On the other hand on my Dumble style amp "honey bee" a little bit underpowerd if this make sense.
Beautiful intro jam.
The Captain keeps getting better and better. Dansk Pete er meget godt