Im getting mine back in a trade this weekend.these are great sounding guitars.the mccarty p/ups are killer, the duncan cool rail is perfect.wide fat neck.what a great bolt on prs guitar.i have a neck through as well , i keep going back to this one as a real work horse.
I own the same model only with a maple fretboard and dot inlays. Nice review but there is no coil splitting in our instruments. The toggle works like this: Tone pot pushed - neck humbucker / both / bridge humbucker. Tone pot pulled - just the same but with the middle pickup activated in every position. Because of the difference in resistance of the middle humbucker - it creates a "coil split" chime. The middle pickup doesn't work on it own if you have the 3 way "Gibson" toggle switch + push-pull tone knob on this model.
I also have this guitar with maple fingerboard and dot inlays, but I’m under the impression that the tone knob does split the coils on the neck and bridge humbuckers when pulled out. I have a 5-way blade switch pickup selector, not a Gibson-type toggle switch. I find that when I pull the tone knob out and have some overdrive going, there’s a lot of buzz (like a single coil guitar). The middle position on the 5-way blade switch is definitely the middle rail pickup, and is unaffected by pulling out the tone knob.
The neck sounds great, with or without the coil split and blended or not with the middle. ..the unsplit bridge is a bit honky for my tastes, at least on rhythm, except when split...can you blend the neck with the bridge in any way? I like more of the low-mids or mid-mids and highs for most things and les hi-mids. Maybe a diff pick for the bridge?
I own this model with a Quilter Aviator Mach 3.... I think I have pretty much all the sounds I want in the blues department !!! I just wish PRS would come with a little bit more innovations in their neck : still no rosted mapple neck nor carbon reinforcement .....
I hate myself for selling my 96 ce 😥 I was this same looking guitar. Watch "1998 PRS Swamp Ash Special" on TH-cam th-cam.com/video/ThxJavS1IGI/w-d-xo.html
What? You made the tone demo with reverb effect? That's cheating!!! No one can tell how the swamp ash really sounds so there's no reason to buy it. Maybe, *the reverb effect is there to HIDE its flaws*
Great playing!
Excellent demo, all bases covered. Nice job. Great playing too...
Im getting mine back in a trade this weekend.these are great sounding guitars.the mccarty p/ups are killer, the duncan cool rail is perfect.wide fat neck.what a great bolt on prs guitar.i have a neck through as well , i keep going back to this one as a real work horse.
I own the same model only with a maple fretboard and dot inlays. Nice review but there is no coil splitting in our instruments. The toggle works like this: Tone pot pushed - neck humbucker / both / bridge humbucker. Tone pot pulled - just the same but with the middle pickup activated in every position. Because of the difference in resistance of the middle humbucker - it creates a "coil split" chime. The middle pickup doesn't work on it own if you have the 3 way "Gibson" toggle switch + push-pull tone knob on this model.
I also have this guitar with maple fingerboard and dot inlays, but I’m under the impression that the tone knob does split the coils on the neck and bridge humbuckers when pulled out. I have a 5-way blade switch pickup selector, not a Gibson-type toggle switch. I find that when I pull the tone knob out and have some overdrive going, there’s a lot of buzz (like a single coil guitar). The middle position on the 5-way blade switch is definitely the middle rail pickup, and is unaffected by pulling out the tone knob.
I have the same one
You can see at the very end that this guitar also has a blade switch.
Wish they still made them like this
Great demo, you've out-smoothed Gregg's Guitars
Love me this cletuscaster
Good 💪
The neck sounds great, with or without the coil split and blended or not with the middle. ..the unsplit bridge is a bit honky for my tastes, at least on rhythm, except when split...can you blend the neck with the bridge in any way? I like more of the low-mids or mid-mids and highs for most things and les hi-mids. Maybe a diff pick for the bridge?
I own this model with a Quilter Aviator Mach 3.... I think I have pretty much all the sounds I want in the blues department !!! I just wish PRS would come with a little bit more innovations in their neck : still no rosted mapple neck nor carbon reinforcement .....
Did this have the 5 way switch or 3 way toggle?
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You can see a blade switch at the very end of the video.
Still for sale?
I hate myself for selling my 96 ce 😥
I was this same looking guitar.
Watch "1998 PRS Swamp Ash Special" on TH-cam
th-cam.com/video/ThxJavS1IGI/w-d-xo.html
What? You made the tone demo with reverb effect? That's cheating!!! No one can tell how the swamp ash really sounds so there's no reason to buy it. Maybe, *the reverb effect is there to HIDE its flaws*
A bit paranoid, aren't we?
Step away from the coffee pot sir
STFU