Are These Guitars Sterile Sounding?
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- Some models of electric #guitar are known for having a signature sound that they define. Everyone knows what a #strat sounds like & the same is true of a #LesPaul. Would you define a guitar which isn't known for it's signature tone as "sterile"? Some people say this about a particular brand and I'm curious why.
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It's really simple. Play the guitar(s) you like, and stop caring about the guitars that others play. If you don't like the sound or feel, who cares. Guitars are very personal items. If a particular guitar brings someone joy, regardless of brand or style, it is a good guitar.
Telecaster Stratocaster,les Paul , arnt they the first 3 mass production electric guitars and therefore the first ones to be recorded on popular music. If your first you set the standard
The Amp is so much part of the sonic. I've always spent more on amps than guitars mostly. Possibly a discussion about that.? Great video John. 👍
the sound you hear is the amp, the guitar is no more than one of its tone controls
You hear so many bizarre justifications online for dissing all sorts of stuff. "Inverted headstock, I just cant play that" (but they already switch between inline6 fender and 3+3 gibson). "No fret markers, I'm out" (I stopped looking at fret markers about 3 months into learning to play). "Only a 10 inch radius, I cant play less than 14". Cant? Or just looking for an anti-GAS reason to wont? I might have personal sweetspots and ideal preferences, but often insignificant deviations dont put an instrument in the "cant" category. So to me the "sterile" accusation is more of the same - a self erected mental barrier to prevent you even experiencing something mildly different, often in fear that it might be better in some regard, but your unconfessed biases dont want it to be.
We all have them. I dont want to like music man because the 3+2 headstock looks stumpy and ill proportioned to me. I struggled with silver skys cuz a prs headstock on a strat isnt what Ive looked at for decades. Weirdly I prefer the functional Heritage headstock to the unnecessarily flamboyant Gibson, though many dont. I'm missing out on great guitars unless I overcome my own (often completely illogical) biases.
Excellent, bold and honest comment. My kind of fella 🙏
Listen to Deep Purple's Simon McBride and even The Hollies, Tony Hicks, he's played every guitar imaginable, both play PRS, it goes to prove that you really don't need to have a Fender or Gibson, it's all in the hands, the fingers and the mind !
Yes, Simon McBride is a killer guitar player ! 😃
It's not the sterility of PRS's that I object to, it's the budgies on the f/board
😆 Ha ha, me too, I don`t mind a bit of bling on a guitar, but I`ve never likes them.
You make a good argument, John. There are lots of popular brands that don't attract that criticism. I hadn't noticed it myself, to be honest, but people constantly repeat nonsense they see online, thinking they'll sound knowledgeable. (They don't). Because I know nothing, I wouldn't be able to pick out a PRS from a Suhr or an Ibanez in a blind test, and I suspect the 'knowledgeable' critics wouldn't be able to either.
Time for a blind test video, I think!
Sir, I think you summed it up quite well..... Sterile, accurate, definition, no character, really -- a neutral character to the tone from some of those brands. I suppose that's where the creativity with the Overdrives, EQ's, dirtboxes comes in. The neutral tone can always be charactered up with the right boxes later in the sound chain. As far as Ibby goes, i like mine. It's a budget model, a Gio, which a guy gave me (he kept his PRS), and being a budget model (with Powersounds) it has a bit of character to it, but the 'character' is more neutral a tone than Les Pauls or Strats. Ibby Gios often get hate from the guitar world..... That said, it's quite playable, still takes some working with. Turn down the Vol and Tone controls, push the boxes going into the amp, set it up for your style of playing, it still will make decent sounds and music. Every guitar has a voice. You just have to find it, and see if it matches, in any way, the sound in your head...
I was glad to hear you say you enjoyed playing the PRS you have, because I remember selling your previous favourite PRS, the Mira, was a wrench, and only happened because of last year's finger injury, and subsequent healing. I was also glad to hear it because of what I'm going to write next, so hold on!
PRS guitars are described as sterile because the people who describe them as such have less musical talent than they imagine. These guitars are researched into the ground: bronze filings in the carbon/Tusq nut; brass saddles; steel saddles with a brass coating; unique headstock design, to maximise string tuning stability; and more besides. They are designed to allow the guitar not to get in the way of creative players, to be neutral, to allow the personality and creativity to flow out. Players with less talent, creativity and personality sound more boring and conventional, er, because they are. I have to 'fess up here and say that I am one of those players, and, in my hands, a PRS would sound dull and sterile - simply because I'm NOT Carlos Santana or John Mayer (or John Robson!). In the hands of those players, PRS guitars sound elegant, eloquent, haunting and expressive - of their talent. In my mind, they are a triumph of design, a unique group of guitars which sound exactly like you - what you put in, creatively, IS the sound of the guitar, so if you're unoriginal, predictable and sterile, that's what comes out.
Hope you're well, John, and hope you're finger continues to heal, and you continue to adapt to the change.
Another reason is that all PRSs are good out of the box. Historically, you couldn't say that about Fender or Gibson. I believe both have upped their QC game in the last few years. But the old adage about Les Pauls is to try as many as you can to find "the one".
That has been spun into a positive, but it's really a negative; you are really searching for the one which isn't crap.
So I see it as jealousy.
First guitar in the video is a PRS. Didn't see that coming 😂
I think it’s all down to whatever inspires the player. I had a Tom Anderson Atom for years. A very well made boutique guitar, but it just did nothing for me. I couldn’t put my finger on it, just was never exciting to play. My beat up looking Gibson DC Tribute is no where near as well made but that pulls so much more out of me
Great track demoing what a PRS can do! I was never convinced by PRS guitars - but then the SE DGT came out. I got the gold-top and felt instantly at home with it. The build quality is superb for the price and it's really versatile. Despite what some might say, I think it's got bucketloads of character.
Not sterile at all, thank you very much. I particularly liked the pinch harmonics, it nails all the tones you could possibly want.
Every guitar player sounds different and we expect every guitar that tries to break away from the norm
to have a different sound.
Some do and some don't, as for PRS they seem to be a guitar that your either can or can't bond with.
A few years ago you told us that this was why you sold the one you had, now a few years later it seems
that you have now taking a liking to them.
As we age our tastes and expectations change, i have sold all my Fender guitars due to pains in my
hands trying to play their thick narrow necks.
Today i mostly play Ibanez or Schecter their slim wide radius necks are far more comfortable for me.
Each to their own.
Coming from a later generation, the “PRS sound” was always familiar to me, I was in my teens in the late 90s so I grew up on bands like Incubus and Primus and they almost exclusively used PRS back then, even a lot of the numetal and hard rock bands in the late 90s used them. Maybe it’s subtle and borrows from other older brands but PRS really do have their own vibe (depending on the model, I find their hard tails to be more distinctive). I recently acquired an SE McCarty 594 and I absolutely love it. Definitely not sterile to me.
Yes, well said.🙂
There is only one way that I can distinguish a PRS solid body electric guitar with humbuckers. That is when it is played clean without effects. Their open strings ring clearer than most guitars. There are other guitars that can have such a sound, but not consistently. Stock Les Paul humbucking guitars and SGs have a nasal dip in frequencies; not the Burstbuckers, but their chrome covered pickups. If that sound is heard, even with clear ringing open strings, it won't be a PRS.
Paul Reed Smith guitars humbuckers don't really stand out from other established aftermarket humbuckers. Playing lead with gain in the center of a Stratocaster neck, and often a Telecaster, has a specific sound. Doing the same on a Les Paul neck (and sometimes other Gibsons) has a specific different sound. When a PRS is in that range it just sounds different, but not special, because all other guitars sound similar.
I've owned a Stratocaster, a couple of Les Paul copies, Juniors, a hollow body, and many other shapes. My only electric guitar now is an inexpensive Donner DJC-1000S Thinline Telecaster style with two Gibson style humbuckers. It's still new to me and I'm enjoying it. It doesn't need to sound like other guitars and I'm fine with that. Like John, I don't think of it as sterile because it doesn't have a famous recognizable sound. It just works and that is good enough for me and anybody who would hear it. It does what guitars do. With some adjustments it will be perfect.
Perhaps the PRS is its own worst enemy in its versatility - the Strats, LPs and Teles do what they do and we have learnt to identify their sound, and seek them out when want that for whatever we are creating. By delivering strongly across such a breadth of tones, you might not make the mental connection that says "I need a PRS to get x sound" but its going to deliver in 95-99% of cases. I don't know how versatile the Ibanez discussed or Revstar are (love what Chris Buck does with the latter btw), but maybe the PRS guitars are more of a threat to the big 3?!
Nice video on sound that is make/model related and the allrounders. There is no brand I dislike (except when it comes to pricing).
We live in a very nice guitar era if you are to buy a guitar. Squier, Ibanez, Sire, Gretsch, Yamaha, PRS and many others make very good (keeper quality) guitars in the €400-1000 area. Fender has a resonator (PR-180E) I'd like to try, costs about €550.
But if there is another guitar I got an even weaker spot for a Gretsch G5622T Cadillac Green with Bigsby (rockabilly?).
Cheers & enjoy what you do own 🤠
Sir, when you're right you're right...
From Germany with best regards...
Call me old-fashioned (I’ve been called worse) but it’s the sounds of those original American made electric guitars for me, every time - Les Paul, Tele, Strat. I would say there’s a PRS sound - it doesn’t sound sterile to me but I don’t like it.
Here’s the thing though - for me anyway, John - you always make them sound great and not like others I’ve heard - live, or elsewhere on TH-cam. 🎸🙂👍
Aw... Cheers mate 👍
I have an SE Starla , this has its own sound which is definitely not sterile , a brilliant ,versatile guitar which is a definite keeper !
I'm with you on the Starla. I have one too and I like the sound of the double Slug pickups.
Hi John, Regarding your prs question, Nik Kershaw has been using his prs for years, so it's more than good enough for me! Cheers Stephen
It might be something subconscious from our first memories of music and seeing our hero's holding a Strat or les Paul etc, so when we see something different it doesn't sit right.
Got to admit, i'm not a PRS fan, with regards the piece of playing on your vid, i thought the playing was great, but the tone did nothing for me whats so ever, that might not be the guitar, might be the amp or the editing.
One last thing, when i see a nice high end Strat or Les Paul, to me they are things i lust for, When i see a high end PRS, i see a show pony which i have no desire to own, all this could just be in my head i know, but that is the way i see it, if others love em i'm cool with that, we all want different things.
PS, keep up the good work John.
Nice work Mate! I love my PRS SE CE 24. I have no idea what a sterile guitar sound is. I’ve never ever heard of that. Actually it sounds like a bit of malarkey. A great deal of tone on solid body guitars comes from the amp and pups. Any doubt about that, just change either one of them or both. Hum bug. 😳😂 cheers
Great demo of the versatile 85/15S pups! Not sterile just their own PRS sound, maybe not what people expect since PRS are not a guitar that saturated the zeitgeist like GIbson, Fender, etc. I've had 3 PRS, an 1992 EG-2 HSH, a 2008 Korean SE and the 2024 SE Swamp Ash Special HSH and they're all great instruments. Yet after only PRS for years I went back to Fender and Gibson past few years. Nothing like a chimey Fender single or any Gibson pickup, even the dual rail minis have a bassy timbre to them that PRS pups never get IME. Probably nostalgia in old age...
Love my Vintage Cherry PRS SE CE 24 Standard Satin...well made, plays great and is incredibly resonant ! Best guitar for $500 in my opinion !
Hi John, just listening to your opener regarding ‘we all know what a Strat sounds like ‘, well each player you mentioned had a completely different and unique sound, based on that I’d argue that we don’t know what a Strat sounds like.😊 All the way from super clean to down and dirty players……surely then a Strat is the ‘only’ guitar that you would ever need ? and then you’d actually only really to need have one 😮!
errrrrr……. I’ll get me coat 😉
Well, you certainly proved that the PRS has a multitude of very tasty flavours, both clean and with a little bit of dirt, John. Personally, I think it is like any art form, you are going to get a plethora of differing opinions but as long as the artist is happy with his sonic palate that is all that really counts. Yes, the Fenders and Gibsons do have an instantly recognisable and distinguishable sound ... and aesthetics ( the Telecaster being my personal favourite guitar ) so they can be an instrument many will gravitate towards ( and having one of each of these is always a great idea ). I also think the 335, the Epiphone Casino and a Gretsch semi hollows have their own thing going on. Also, the player him / herself has a major role in the sound and feel ( feel can be key to someones sound, I think ) ... Great video content as usual JR 🙏
For me they (PRS) are about nice looks and great sounds! . . . . .and I don’t even have one! 😕
John, Thank you for regularly challenging convention and being the needed contrarian. In my humble opinion the guitar sounds very nice in this demo. I have some history with PRS and I can say that my PRS Santana from 30 years ago and my PRS SE Standard 24 of today are / were very different guitars. However, the biggest changes in that 30 years were (to name a few) my understanding of guitar amps, pedals, settings, pickup types, and moderate improvements in my playing. My main guitar 30 years ago was a 67 Gibson SG Custom so the Santana was a completely different animal (as was I LOL). I really didn’t like the Santana and I love the SE. Today I also have a few other guitars I play (choices) so the PRS fits nicely in the mix. Also, I wonder how many people who think sound is sterile have owned or used a number of PRS guitars and for how long? Lastly guitar sound is subjective (the player, the listener, the venue, the settings and so on). I guess its like anything else - if you don’t like PRS there are plenty of other guitars out there - if you don’t want tacos, have fish and chips! I did go into Guitar Center a few months ago and play the exact model you have in this video and thought it was very enjoyable. All the best!!
I think you make a good point, John. We, or at least I, have been largely conditioned to the Gibson PAF, Strat & Tele Single Coil, Gretsch, Rickenbacker 'sounds'. Let's face it, from the mid '50s thru into the '70s they more or less defined what electric guitars sound like. All the brands you mentioned came later and it's true that no-one I know at least chases 'that Suhr sound' or 'Ibanez sound' or whatever. After my '68 LP Custom & '80s Strat' the guitar I have played most in the studio and, occasionally live, is my 1992 Roger Sadowsky NYC S Style HSH - it is extremely versatile and I love it, but no-one is chasing 'Roger's sound' - at least not with guitars - basses, absolutely! I think PRS are a victim of the brand's success to an extent + the fact that PRS came along a coupla decades after 'the classics' and also the marketing and the fact that Agent Smith puts himself out there seemingly relentlessly for better or worse. I bought the SE Custom 24-08 not long ago to see what the fuss was about, an on-sale toe dipper really, and I have come to really like it. It's versatile and the 8 positions cover a lot of ground - absolutely a live back-up to my Sadowsky. I'm also planning on buying the SE Black Tremonti to mod a bit - an eminently playable super cheap LP with a Trem - what's not to love? And I like the birds - so shoot me now! 😅If I were a rich man I'd be happy to own a Suhr and a Strandberg - have tried a couple of lovely ones . . . they have their own character. The John McLaughlin PRS Ltd. Edition has also just turned up here in HK - will try it altho way too dear for me, he asked for some customised EQ switches . . . good enough for our Johnny tho, so . . .
Saw a guy playing one with a maple top with p90s, sounded amazing!
The only thing I find lets a PRS down across the board is the pickups, but that's just personal preference.
They're built very well and are incredibly stable. They also play nice (even better after some fettling of the SE models).
Great vid as ever sir :)
Cheers mate. I think the pickups are one of the strengths. They're one of the only humbuckers that do convincing single coil sounds when tapped/split... Or whatever the approved term is this week.
Hi John, IMO a guitar played with a bit of feeling by the player can't possibly sound sterile. I think the thing with a PRS like this one is it does it all so its not the first choice for anyone who keeps within a certain genre, whatever that might be. If you played the PRS "Strat" type, I think its called "Silver Sky" I might be wrong. You might say it's like a Strat only better, but with this nobody is going to claim that it sounds better than a Strat, Tele and Les Paul all rolled into one. In about ten weeks from now I'm going to treat myself to a decent guitar with a designer badge on the headstock. The reality of it is one of these would suit me well. I don't gig anymore just record at my dining room table and with this guitar I could get just about any guitar tone I wanted all in one package and have a great guitar that played well, the thing is I just don't want one. Maybe the "Sterile" thing comes from players like me who justify paying more money for an instrument that won't do as much by saying that.
Maybe PRS is an Ibanezy kind of sound? 😊 Once again, excellent playing John!!
A lot of people search through huge numbers of (Fill in Your Brand Here...of the "Benchmark Guitars") until the fing "THE ONE"!
Grab a PRS (U.S. made or an SE Import) and they are so much more consistent, that you don't have to search for That Holy Grail Tone.....they all have it!
That's why the call them Sterile......that and they're a little jealous.
Great commentary!
No misgivings, they're great guitars and this video proves it. I don't even mind the birds. My pet peeve ... bound necks. Cracking track today, John.
The thing is With guitars whether you're into , or you like the image of a certain brand
that you want to be associated with , is inconciquential to the music that you produce 😂 on that instrument.As a good guitarist can make a cardboard box with elastic bands sound great 😃.
PRS absolutely has a signature sound, but I guess people lack the wording for it. Paul Reed Smith even describes what he is going for in a video about how they "tune" their pick ups. They almost all have a very high, slightly triangular overtone. I could easily pick out the PRS in the screaming guys vid (contrary to the others) who only ever is interested in speakers. I also did not like that sound in the beginning. I absolutely changed my mind after hearing it in a mix with other instruments. Btw, I modified a L Style guitar with the pick ups from the Chris Roberts signature, and the 57/08 "s" when split at the brigde delivers a Telly sound which made my jaw drop (nice P90 at the neck and really great humbucker in the back when not split)
Very strange that people think PRS don't have their own sound. Actually, I don't like PRS guitars, BECAUSE they have a particular sound. Mr PRS worked very hard to formulate a humbucker pickup that sounded noticeably different from typical Gibson pickups, and he succeeded. Many guitar players that I respect swear by their PRSs, and that's fine. It's just not for me. But to say they have no sound of their own is ridiculous.
I enjoy playing my 3 PRS"s (SE 594 Double Cut, SE Silver Sky & SE Quilted Custom24). I don't understand the negativity. I like them as h as my AmPro2 Fenders (Strat & Tele) & Gibsons (LP Std & 335).
I have always thought that there are actually only 5 electric guitars that all others aspire to be or cross over between 2. The only addition i would make as an 'original sound' would be a 335 as in 'the jazz box'
I don't know if anyone else finds this but my McCarty needs to be played at band volume to really shine. Noodling at home through a practice amp doesn't do it justice.
I don't get it either John. PRS SE guitars are my favourite.
That "sterile" comment sounds to me like it's too expensive, so let's knock it down to size type of thing. The PRS sound is Gibender or Fibson. Does it matter if you like the tone? DO a blind test video to see who can spot what. We listen with our eyes.
Absolutely right. I love Tele's. Whenever I "see" a Tele, I think it sounds great.
I had a PRS se custom 24 08 . In my opinion bearing in mind I have about 7 guitars, it was awful just lacked character, soul . So sold it after 4 months. Never again .
The ‘sound’ as you refer to it is purely the fact that the brands you mention were the first of their type .
People then become brainwashed into making those the reference points but like everything the world moves on , the success of PRS shows they are doing something right .
Far from sterile John as you clearly demoed . I’ve got an old 245 SE which is a belter and a Silver Sky SE which if asked to bring along to a session ( unlikely at age 67 ) I’d happily drag it along - even having a couple of Strats at home .
I think a lot of it comes down to brand snobbery. Listen to Mark Tremonti, Simon McBride, Tim Pierce and tell me they sound sterile. I just don’t buy it. PRS builds great guitars. Not everyone has to love them.
PRS's are very good guitars. The critisism comes from their outrageous claims for their importance or their technical superiority: the "perfect cross between a Strat and a Les Paul", a "Tele killer", a "Strat killer", a "humbucker which sounds exactly like a Strat single-coil pickup", plastic tuning machine buttons that "improve the sound", exceptional "tonewood" etc. etc. etc. Ibanez, Music Man and the others avoid the BS. Their prices also used to be non justifiable by any means. If they get serious, people's minds might change (although it's difficult for us rock'n'roll folks to forget the BS and financially support someone like that - there are other people out there building good guitars who deserve our support...)
Now we have the proove ! PRS noodles just fine
People have the same criticism about Taylor guitars. I like and own both PRS and Taylor so maybe that says something about me. 😎
Hello John.
Would you be so kind as to make a video on guitar amps? For example what is best in your opinion. Fender, Vox, Marshall, etc?
I was thinking more of a budget of around £300 for the amp as well?
many thanks in advance.
I had a PRS, it was the best sounding guitar I've ever had. Didn't like the bridge. I would buy another one if it had a fixed bridge (and I had the money right now!)
Oh, and to those who use the word " sterile " when talking about a PRS 🙂......... : th-cam.com/video/nbVet-Z5sng/w-d-xo.htmlsi=72A-9agqyrxDRiBE
I wouldn't call the PRS or any of the others you mentioned 'sterile'. They just lack their own distinctive character. The thing is if you stick your neck out and make something with character it limits the customer base, so makers lean towards the one size fits all approach. I couldn't get over excited buying a PRS, but I'd be happy with the number of bases it can cover. A lot of session players and other Pro's seem to play them for that reason. Listen to Santana for example....you can't really say that there is a definite Santana sound, but there is a definite Santana style.
Oh, that I had a Gretsch,Burns, Rickenbacker, Danelectro in my collection to lend you to review.
I'm not sure whether it's the guitar or the player, really. (And that's not besmirching your sublime playing, my friend)
But some people have changed guitars and did it affect the sound and style etc? ?
Hank will forever be linked with the Strat. But for years in the mid 60's he played a Burns. Surely The Shads wouldn't have tolerated losing their unique selling point. So, was it that different?
Hendrix played a flying V sometimes. Did that change much? Clapton has played everything (including a Beatles wife) but it's still Clapton.
Some of the younger Blues guys John Mayall, Jeff Healey (R I P brother) rated Squier; and they're seen often, as entry level guitars.
So who knows? Sterility comes in from the music I guess. (Beware of The Corrs) lol 😮
Guess you can't polish a turd
Never played a PRS.
I'm sure they are great guitars but they always look a bit too MODERN for me... I'm such a traditionalist 😊
Martin Barre with PRS and Soldana amp covers every Jethro Tull song ever recorded irrespective of what he played on the record or the live shows. The Martin Barre Band are Jethro Tull without Ian.
I own several prs guitars myself. Most of the people i hear that say prs has no soul are just not capable of making them speak. Ive got a 245 that is a full rock machine, while my 594 is a nearly do all. A nf3 or silver sky can do some great blues/jazz. I summarily disagree that prs are just too vanilla. And yes, i own fender/squiers and gibson/epi’s, as well as other brands. Most guitars sound as good as the player.
PRS clearly make guitars of exceptional quality, precision and tone. The are like Grand Pianos among Honky Tonk Pianos. PRS has engineered many of the valued sonic idiosyncrasies out of the guitar that make it quirky, and each one unique. A more direct comparison is the Flamenco vs Classical Guitar. On the Flamenco, the strings are supposed to rattle against the frets, and on the Classical the opposite is true. Flamenco music played on a Classical Guitar sounds "sterile", and Classical music played on a Flamenco Guitar sounds sloppy. Rock and Blues are a lot more like Flamenco.
"Ibanezed" would sound pretty funny. 😂
A raison d'etre John? I've got a big bag o those! '! 😆
I mean, if they say PRSs are sterile, don't they have their own sound then?
As other guitars are not "sterile"?
Personally, I think any good guitar will give you back what you put into it (and then some).
No matter the brand.
You and I know its a load of stuff and nonsense,, haha. PRS make plenty great guitars, this one included. I often hear the word 'sterile'around active pickups like EMG's,, but again thats cloth eared nincompoops that are too busy cork sniffing to hit the fuzz and enjoy the rock !. 😁👍
Cheers mate... Drop me an email sometime soon. You know what it's about 👍
Good stuff John , great playing, but I think you've demonstated the sound of the guitar depends on who is playing it.
Because PRS are expensive while you can get copy of the others relatively cheap.
Ibanez jazz models can be pretty fruity. Hagstrom can be high quality too.
PRS guitars definitely not sterile at all, John. I have two (an EG 4 SSH config and an SE 24 08 Standard with tappable humbuckers) I love them both and they can take on anything to be honest. I've got my trusty old Strat and a new Squier Tele, too. Again I love both. Different days and different guitars inspire what I play and I'd never change that. Don't understand the PRS slagging thing that's out there.
Interesting, your EG4 appears to have Seymour Duncan singles where my EG3 HSH had a Fralin single. I loved that Fralin. Stolen.
@@jimmyjames2022 I think you could be right. I was in contact with a guy on the PRS forums who knew a lot about them. I think he was connected in some way to the company. He mentioned PRS discontinued the model as they never made much money from it. Apparently the pickups they used were whatever was knocking about in the factory at the time, so the specs often differed model to model.
Every guitar made in Texas either down south in the brazilian part of it or up north where Canada and Portugal meat is a great Texan guitar.
I just love guitars, and critics of seriously very good guitars are perhaps just cloth eared twerps. I can't see a valid reason. Perhaps its my ears.!
Great comment mate, could not agree more
The PRS controversy is ridiculous in my opinion. If you don't like them, for any reason, whether rational or irrational, then why buy one or why even concern oneself about it? It's as though everyone is trying to play guitar marketer. Guitar players, God bless em, but really seem to suffer mental illness when it comes to gear.
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For that price point prs are going to shift thousands of those guitars . Value is decent JR
From Texas to the swamps fo Florida.... and on and on from there. 🙂
I’ve never tried one, however in conversation people do mostly thumb their nose and PRS = Soulless 😂 oh the snobbery of the working class.
There is inverted snobbery, mate. But I'm solid working class - I call my evening meal "my tea" (dinner is what you have at midday) and I eat it off a tray on my knee in front of the telly 🤣👍
@@JRobsonGuitar why sir we definitely seem to be of the very same claas and it getting very near my tea-time as it’s that time of day. 👍🏻
Carlos Santana would not agree those are sterile.
I've got two PRS core guitars, and they are the best guitars I have! It's only the jealous idiots that think they sound sterile!
I genuinely hate the aesthetics of 99% of PRS guitars. I hate the birds, I hate the pimps' toilet seat tops. I am a bit biased against humbuckers too, so that doesn't help, and there's not the fender jangle there for me. I know looks is a terrible reason to dislike a musical instrument, but they are the BMW of guitars - too many w*nkers own them. No Offence John!!
I've been called worse, mate 🤣👍