I'm starting to think that there is more enjoyment in looking for the next guitar than actually buying it😅
@joninawhitecoat
Жыл бұрын
And playing it!
@garywhitt98
Жыл бұрын
There… you have found real wisdom.
@harryh5620
Жыл бұрын
that's nothing new.
@christopherfidler3019
Жыл бұрын
The power of unobtainium...
@pastorofmuppets1968
Жыл бұрын
There have been times were I have bought a guitar and loved having it then sold it two or three days later. The purchase at times has definitely been more exciting then the ownership.
@GeoffroyVincens
Жыл бұрын
Single guitar person here! I've been playing for 25 years now, and over the years, I've refined my tastes in what I like and don't like in an instrument. In 2021, Richard from Indra Guitar built me a bespoke instrument and I haven't felt the GAS syndrome since. The more I look at it, the more I feel like the electric guitar is the just interface. Now that I have one that looks good and plays extremely well for my personal tastes, I don't feel like I need another one, ever. If I need to change my sound, I would more likely change my pedalboard. To make an analogy, the guitar is the mouse/keyboard, the pedals and amps are the software. I only own one mouse and keyboard, but I use multiple software according to my needs and what I'm trying achieve.
@dcflake5645
2 ай бұрын
Unless you just play for pleasure, you really only need 2 guitars. 3 if you want an acoustic. One to play, and one back up if that one breaks mid gig/session.
@romchip
Жыл бұрын
The PRS core line has developed so much since this edition. That doesn't mean you'll like a newer one any better but they are different and don't have the same issues. I have a Custom 22 with the pattern regular neck carve - best neck shape for me personally. There are so many variations out there.
@L0gged
Жыл бұрын
For what I recall Custom 22 never came with the regular neck. Only pattern or pattern thin... For me I feel comfortable with the regular and the wide fat I have in my 2005 standard and 1998 ce. It's a shame they don't offer more choices of neck profiles like they used to do before...
@michaelwallace1189
Жыл бұрын
Almost two years have gone by since I used everything I learned watching you to build my own guitar. I haven't seriously played another instrument since. When I do, they feel sterile and the necks are weird. Maybe my neck is weird, definitely not a standard shape, but it is by far the most comfortable neck I have ever grasped. When I carved it, I carved it to fit my hand. The only GAS I've had has been to build another with a few refinements from the original and a different body style. I still have six other guitars that sit in their cases and only get pulled out to remind me why I like the one I made so much. This was the first, and so far the only guitar I have made. Yesterday I purchased two truss rods and a few more tools. I have been itching to build again since I finished the last. I got some incredible rosewood and Paduak sp? to make fretboards, enough for three... Here we go!
@OrbPonderer-cw6zh
7 ай бұрын
Just curious , what do you mean by carving the neck to fit your own hand? Is the neck slimmer/thicker than standard? Or does it have a groove in for your thumb? Or something else?
@apinakapinastorba
Жыл бұрын
I got a -91 PRS Standard 24. I just love it. It’s been in the family from new. Hundreds of gigs. Nothing has been repared, just new string now and then, and some cleaning. Not even truss rod hasn’t been adjusted. There’s never been no need. It just works, and is always in tune. And feels and sounds amazing. Going to keep it for another 30 years.
@ForeverDownByLaw
Жыл бұрын
It's odd isn't it? I acquired a PRS core Mira about 6 months ago, the honestly wasn't my dream guitar in any way, and I wasn't particularly drawn to PRS before, but this guitar has become my new #1. You can never tell.
@MarkDonnison
Жыл бұрын
It's all about the inspiration you feel when it's in your hands. There's no feeling like being inspired by a new Guitar, you play better, for longer, and what you play has more effect on you. It's magic. I also think it's only partly about the guitar itself, often it's how your mind shapes the experience for you and if your experience isn't fully positive, you pick holes in everything and subsequently feel little to no inspiration. All you can do is move on and get something else.
@DaveSwart
Жыл бұрын
You’re speaking my language brother. On the acoustic scene. Been drooling over a Taylor K22ce V-Class for years. Finally pulled the trigger - spending 3x more than I ever have on a guitar in the last 25 years. Nearly cried when I opened it - so gorgeous. Spent the next few months wondering if something was wrong with ME! Sweetwater saved my life and allowed an exchange well outside the standard window.
@mikes4585
Жыл бұрын
I bought a 1998 PRS all mohogany body, standard. It's been my work horse ever since. It gave me more than I needed from the start. I've grown as a player, and my comprehension of what I like/dislike in a guitar has too. I still love my PRS but I completely understand realizing your tastes develop over time. I think that's why PRS continues to develop and refine what they do. We all do its a part of growing. That guitar is a snapshot in time of the PRS journey, which is still going. Thanks for sharing!
@Adipsia1
Жыл бұрын
I also think that PRS were struggling through the early-1990's in transitioning from low-volume to much higher output. A decade later most of the issues raised had been resolved.
@bushnord
Жыл бұрын
Maaaaan I’m so with you. Dreamt years to buy one, got a fantastic looking and playing 408, and sold few months after buying it.
@TheGuitarCurator
10 ай бұрын
When I was about 15 years old, I saw an ad in a guitar magazine showing Paul Stanley holding one of his Ibanez PS signature guitars. The cream and abalone binding around the glossy black paint, the pearl/abalone inlays, the chrome hardware, and that crazy yet beautiful Iceman body shape... I fell in love. I couldn't afford one though, so it just remained a dream. He left Ibanez for Washburn in the late 90s, and I never really thought of it much after that. Fast forward to 2015 and I walked into a local guitar shop. Hanging on the wall was my dream guitar, albeit a newer version as he had just returned to Ibanez. All those feelings came rushing back and I bought it after only playing it for a few minutes. I still have it, but, it's the guitar I play the least. I never really bonded with it, sadly. It's not a bad guitar at all, as it plays well and it's quite comfortable to play sitting down. But it's just not for me. I don't have the heart to get rid of it because I feel like I bought that for my younger self, so there it remains on the wall behind me, next to guitars that I play far more frequently. Perhaps one day I will let it go.
@allanb1402
Жыл бұрын
So funny I ran across this video. I just put a guitar up on Reverb I bought a few days ago. It was something I had been coveting for 2 years and when it was finally in my hands I just knew I didn't love it, and I wouldn't ever love it. Perfect instrument not a flaw on it, I had just built it up in my mind that this was going to be 'the one'. I've been a 'serial guitar buyer' for the last few years and now I am also looking for just one or two guitars for life. Found one, still searching for the second. I always enjoy your videos sir. Thanks for doing what you do!
@SebasHoning
Жыл бұрын
What a topic! Haha! I made my first guitar 12 years ago that I designed to do more or less everything I wanted. I love that thing and it's my number one for sure. That comes with two problems: 1) It's not perfect. The neck is bought and not made so I'd actually like to have something more custom to my taste, but the current neck does feel good and thus is part of why I love that guitar. I'd like a little more output from the pickups and they look ugly, but the sound fantastic so I don't wanna change either. The oak body is absurdly heavy but again: It sounds so good I don't want to change it. 2) I still own around 50 guitars or so because I like so many different guitar styles and sounds. Steelstrings, nylonstrings, 12-strings, sitar-saddles, strange pickups, Nashville tuning, different constructions, 7-strings, etc. All flavors I do use very often and although I have my number one and I could live with only having that one, I would thoroughly miss all the others. Another problem I have is that while I'm a better builder now my first guitar is still the best playing and sounding one. I can't seem to top it (yet)! I'm still trying though...
@m00plank90
Жыл бұрын
I am a one guitar guy. I’m the same with motorcycles. Been playing bass and guitar since I was 15, and now I’m 47. Had a precision copy, bass collection, GS1, Yamaha sg200, fender prodigy( still have it) Spector 6 string bass, and my latest one is my old beloved Gould surfrider bass that I converted into a Baritone. Had to give up bass due to a failed back operation and due to being disabled and off work, couldn’t afford a baritone for my band. (Drop A, the fender just couldn’t cope) and I’m absolutely sunned and amazed that it made an absolutely fantastic guitar. I think because the Gould was my number one bass for over 20 years, I recognise the feel. So if I were to get another instrument, it would be a backup for this. I keep looking at short scale basses to convert now though, this has given me the confidence to have another go. Epiphone eb0 might be the next victim.
@michaelwest3379
Жыл бұрын
Hey Ben. Years ago I - like you - obsessed for quite some time over the sheer beauty of PRS. I eventually pulled the trigger and bought a PRS SE custom 24 (30th anniversary edition). Its has a beautiful figured maple top in a kind of orange burst. It's stunning. But when it arrived and began to play it... Same exact thing, I am not in love with it. It doesn't sound or feel like I had expected or hoped for. I forced myself to give it some time to see if it would grow on me.... though it never did. I even attempted to trade it in at Guitar Center once but they offered me only a fraction of what I had initially paid. So now it sits, a beautiful wall piece that rarely gets played... Part of why I got interested in making my own.
@ObiWanAugus
Жыл бұрын
It's not weird what happened to you. Sometimes the same thing happens with people (hence the advice "don't meet your idols"). In any case, come across new instruments, or build them; It's always a good thing, because it changes our perspectives. I make guitars as a hobby. I always thought that Gibson manufactured with better quality and design than Fender. I had to make a Les Paul and a Telecaster with my own hands, to realize the genius of Leo Fender to simplify shapes and processes; and in any case deliver instruments with which epic songs have been made. Thanks for the channel. Thank you for your videos and teachings. Greetings from Argentina.
@RDog4484
3 ай бұрын
I’m about in the same boat. I’m a bass player, and for 20 years I wanted a Fender American Deluxe Precision V. I finally found one at a price I could afford, and at first I was over the moon. Over time, though, the honeymoon phase ended and I started to see how it doesn’t quite seem right for me. I’ve tried different types of strings, tried it for different types of music, and while it is a very nice instrument, it’s not quite what I had built it up in my head to be. I think I’m about to sell it, but they’re not in production anymore and I’m worried about the regret setting in if I do let it go.
@micheltremblay4774
8 ай бұрын
I did the same with a 2018 Paul Reed Smith Santana, played probably 25 hours on it and sold it. The guitars that I owned and made me sing were a 1966 Gibson 335 Trapeze & rectangular markers, my 1969 Fender Stratocaster Arctic White with maple neck, an 1996 Epiphone Emperor Joe Pass Signature and my baby for the moment is a Univox Matsumoku made 1959 Les Paul JR Special (Dual Dog Ears P90) that I bought for $100.00 CDN ($75.00 US). At one point, I had 18 guitars and sold 12 of those I would cherish for their legendary shapes, colors and beauty and kept those that I was one with.
@alicewilson1913
Жыл бұрын
Perfectly understandable if it's not for you. PRS have fantastic build quality, they're great guitars, but they have a style, they feel and sound a certain way and that's not what everyone wants. For me, when I first picked up my S2 Custom 24 it was perfection. I wasn't sure if I would like it, it had a rounder radius than most guitars I own, a very different neck profile, a different scale length to what I'm used to, but for me all of those things came together to add up to a great playing guitar. It's reliable, it has the best trem I've ever used, the best volume/tone pots, and the pickups and tuners are as good as anything I've ever used. Even so, I could completely understand someone else disliking it. Different strokes for different folks. Think it's worth saying that's a much older PRS though, and a lot of the features you complained about have changed subsequently for exactly the reasons you pointed out. PRS actually moves on where a lot of guitar companies don't, which is admirable.
@stephenturner8102
Жыл бұрын
My wife bought me a Suhr MK1 in amber with a carved top, it's literally the nicest carve I've ever seen, as soon as I held the guitar it felt like I'd owned it for years, since that point I've hardly played any of my other guitars. When you know you know. Great channel.
@TSoneonetwo
Жыл бұрын
i went through this last year. my obsession with Tool, had gotten me fascinated with finally owning a Les Paul. I was looking at images on the internet, watching videos of Adam playing, and reading and watching reviews. until one day, I went to guitar center, to play a few. within one minute of sitting down with one, all of that I had buiilt up in my mind, was gone. I immediately returned to being a teenager, and the first time I tried to play a Les Paul. I never liked the ergonomics of them, the weight, the bridge so high off the body, and on and on. I will confess that the Dragon 1 has been a dream guitar, since its release. however, this was based upon experience. I was lucky enough to have played one, and that was my first exposure to PRS guitars.
@FossilFishy
Жыл бұрын
I’ve had the same guitar since 1989, sort of. As of a few weeks ago the only original part of it is the body. I just installed a new neck with a 54mm nut, fulfilling a desire I’ve had for as long as I’ve played electric. I’m not sure I really count as “being happy with one guitar” given all the modifications I’ve done. But my desire is to have a single instrument that does what I want it to and no production model has all those things. I am very, very close to being finished with adding new neck. I think. There’s nothing in how I play and the music that I create that I can’t achieve now. There are little details to improve like a better nut but the broad strokes are finally all there. And it feels great. Seriously. For the first time in decades I’m not thinking “I really wish my guitar did this” and/or “how the hell will I play that” and so on. It makes me really, really happy to be so close to just getting on with playing after thinking about the instrument for so long. Will I someday have another desire for a thing that my guitar won’t do in its current form? Maybe. But I’m 56 and give how long I’ve been thinking about it all that seems unlikely. Anyway the details amuse the guitar nerds and annoy the purists. It started life as Tokai Strat copy. I went through a phase of making it as “versatile” as possible (installed Craig Anderton’s switching system to get all the possible pickup combinations in series and parallel for instance). But now I’ve honed my needs down and it’s much simpler. A single Seymour Duncan Coolrails in the neck position. Three way switch that engages two separate trim pots set to different values. I really only use one of those settings but I thought I’d future proof it a bit. The bridge is a Hipshot Trilogy. Each string has a lever that gives it three tunings with a quick flip. I play finger style with unusual chord voicings so it comes in handy when the stretch for a note is a bit much. I put a new route under the scratch plate and installed an acoustic stompbox driver. I do live looping and wanted some basic percussion sounds without doing the circus act of picking up and putting down instruments. I put two holes in the aluminium guard I made and installed cut down plastic water valves with spring returns. One pushes the driver diaphragm for “thumps” and the other taps a metal surround for “tacks”. The signal runs out to a trs jack. There’s a Virtual Jeff digital whammy that I took the regular arm off of and installed a bit of wood dowel pointing up. The Trilogy is too long to put the Jeff behind so you can operate it like a regular whammy bar. My solution is to move the dowel back and forth with the heel of my hand. And of course the wide neck. I started in Classical guitar and never liked how skinny electric necks are near the nut. Only 2 songs of mine have parts fretted bellow the fifth fret. This new neck is so very comfortable that I was honesty angry I hadn’t made that change sooner. Finally I moved the front strap button to a new hole I put on the neck plate and added an aluminium extension off the back the top right part of the body for the other button. I made a cardboard model to figure out how to get it to hang perfectly and later discovered that my solution puts the strap attachment points in very similar places in relation to my body as a Klein ergonomic guitar. Anyway, I have one guitar and no desire for another but clearly I’m a freak, or at least that’s how most guitarists treat me when I try to explain my instrument. 🤣
@moham1287
Жыл бұрын
Ultimately it comes down to the individual instrument. I had a PRS custom 24 about 10 years ago that I similarly disliked - it was less than the sum of its parts. I wrote off PRS as a brand, as it was my first experience of owning one, and I was disappointed after thinking they are the GOAT brand. Fast forward to last year, and I happened to play a pre owned custom 24 in a local shop, fell in love, bought it, and now even my main strat is a PRS Silver Sky!
@rolty1
Жыл бұрын
Funnily enough I have my dream guitar, the one for me! It's a PRS hollowbody 2 and I am rapidly wearing it out; in fact I expect I'll be bringing it to you to to sort out the trenches in the frets! You my too fall in love with it, who knows!
@oldmanzen6682
Жыл бұрын
I’ve got 5 PRS guitars, and honestly love every single one. I do understand though that it’s all subjective. This was very well done, Ben. You pointed out what you liked, and were honest with your critiques without ever presenting these critiques as objective facts.
@brettgl21
Жыл бұрын
I totally get it. I bought a core 594 single cut after wanting it for ages. I got it and it was beautiful. Fit and finish, impeccable. I just couldn't fall in love with it. I bough an ESP eii and it's a forever guitar.
@elephantfootrisers
Жыл бұрын
Great vid. Hated my first PRS, didn't play another for years. Now I own several - love them all. Still, my Strat is #1 just for comfort. The guitar I lusted after as a kid was a Les Paul. Now I find them clunky and uncomfortable to play sitting down. There is no one guitar to rule them all. You don't need to be a guitar monogomist!
@WilliamZuest
Жыл бұрын
I felt this pain last year. ESP Custom Eclipse was sold in under a year from purchase. What an amazing guitar it was, but I just couldn't get comfortable with the feel of playing it. I sold it for very-very low price to a young ripper that wouldn't have been able to afford such a guitar for a long time. His smile and holding back of tears made said pain immediately vanish.
@jeffmays7192
Жыл бұрын
Ive played many prs over a 20 year period. Custom 22’s, custom 24’s, high end private stocks, McCarty, single cuts, double cuts, many types of exotic woods etc etc. None fit the bill. And then, I discovered the DGT and it was an instant connection. Everything I thought a prs should be, the DGT is IMO of course. It’s truly the best guitar I’ve ever played hands down. I play it constantly. The most addicting, most playable guitar I’ve ever owned. Absolutely magic every time I pick it up. To find a prince, you must kiss many frogs. Buying 1 and taking your chances that this is it and that all guitars “prs” are all things aside created equal is a bit naive. I’m so grateful that I found in prs what countless others have and what has made prs one of the best guitars ever created.
@jakethebard
Жыл бұрын
I'm so sorry to hear that you don't love that PRS! But I totally understand. Sometimes you just build a guitar up in your mind so much that when you get it, it can't possibly live up to the expectation. I'm a giant PRS fan. I own an SE Custom 24 from 2020 and it's an unbelievably amazing guitar. Now, I have swapped out many of the imported parts for the Maryland-made components, and added a couple of my own modifications, but right away, it was perfect for me. I still dream of getting one of the Core Custom 24s, but I absolutely love my SE. The modifications I've made to my SE Custom 24 are as follows: PRS locking tuners Maryland-made PRS 85/15 pickups PRS 5-way super switch Mann Made USA PRS tremolo assembly (John Mann was the designer and manufacturer of the original PRS tremolo system) Fender coated tremolo springs Push/push tone potentiometer (In my opinion, the push/push pots are infinitely better than the push/pull pots. Especially if your control knobs are particularly slick) Orange Drop Capacitors Dunlop Strap Locks I also had the frets Plek'd. The fretwork was amazing to start, but I was very curious about the Plek'd system and it lives up to the hype in my opinion. I've been thinking about sanding off the finish on the neck, but I haven't convinced myself that I need to do that yet.
@waynebake1123
Жыл бұрын
For me, I have a fleet of guitars precisely because they are different. You approach how you play them entirely differently. I've had guitars that didn't do everything I wanted them to, but that's OK, there's another one that does.
@claudevieaul1465
Жыл бұрын
Same here. I own a really nice and versatile collection (I'm not a collector, though) and I love and use them all - depending on what I'm doing or trying to go for. Some are kept fully original, others modified to suit my needs or do something I didn't have before. None are what you might call collector's items. Their value to me is usually far higher than what they'd do on Reverb or what I paid for them... 🤣🤣 At some point I will sell those I use the least (I need the space), but that's going to be a really tough process...
@peaner083
Жыл бұрын
I absolutely agree,also customising a little. I love having different guitars for different things. I have a Les Paul (classic worn Epiphone) love the worn finish and just the sound,a black MIM Fender Player series which I put a black pick guard with Jeff Beck pickups in and also two Dime guitars. The base model ML which led onto the Dime-O-Flame....iam not gonna modify them haha. I got the 60s Epiphone Standard before the Classic Worn but I didn't particularly like the sound so I stripped it and got a sander too it....that was like 6 months ago but I'll get too it one day too turn it into a custom hard rock/metal guitar. Oh yeah and a cheap SG knockoff that I actually keep forgetting about that's in the back shed. I still have at least two more guitars that I want but like many storage...ugh. Four amps probably doesn't help haha
@nocturnal101ravenous6
Жыл бұрын
Generalization versus specialization - anything that is remotely good will be specialized not generalized, sure it may be passable but through generalization you lose the ability to excel at any one thing. That is the reason why there are signature models.
@riviecc
Жыл бұрын
I usually buy the cheaper versions of guitars I have wanted and sell them down the road . I've had a Korean washburn hb 335 that I bought for 275 and sold for 800 on Reverb. Also a 72 strat that I never really liked much I bought in 70s that I sold for 4000. A dillion tele I bought for 300 and sold for 650 and mex tele I bought for 300 and sold for 750 . A epiphone 175 premium I bought for 425 and sold for 1250 . Most of these were sold during covid . Ended up buying a 2019 Les paul standard for 1700 and a 2021 60s figured es335 for 2200 . My wife also bought me a 2019 American elite tele for around 1200 that was a customer return back in 2000 . Also have a 2017 sg standard , gibson es137 and a Dano electric 12 string . On the acoustic side I have a j45 standard , prs parlor ,seagull 12 string , washburn dobro , goodtime banjo and takamine ef341sc .lm always buying and selling and think I've done alright . I actually play all these guitars ,some more than others ,depending what type of music I'm into at the time . I really think I'm satisfied with what I have now and have nothing listed on Reverb.
@John-cw4no
Жыл бұрын
Same here, I LOVE how slick PRS necks are, but that lack of soul rumor hangs around for a reason
@kpbarker
Жыл бұрын
Bought my son a Pacifica when he was young. He never got into it so I took it over and love it. Have no desire to purchase another. Was gifted one, couldn't even tell you model, has split coil... But that Pacifica just fits me perfectly. Would purchase a acoustasonic solely for convenience for church and not having to switch from acoustic to electric.
@LinCampell73
Жыл бұрын
Every prs that pass in my shop I feel the same, stunning craftsmanship, beautiful solutions for all the problems, the mix of materials to make all the hardware is fantastic. But I aways feel like “that’s a perfect guitar to look, but not for me to play”
@joesharpe7685
Жыл бұрын
The Guitars I love are the ones I have put myself into. For context I am a run a repair shop. My first fav guitar is an ibanez SA series, I got it when i was 15 and was never afraid to tinker until it was mine, it's been thrashed and I love it. My partscaster telecaster is another favourite, a vintage harmony that I X braced is possibly my desert island guitar, and my strat which I resprayed and refretted with stainless steel. I never 'loved' those guitars before working on them, but afterwards, now they're inseperable to me.
@marcello1982
Жыл бұрын
I know exactly what you mean. I own a 7-string PRS and it's incredible beautiful, sounds amazing and heavy as it should. After several years of wishing to own one i do since round about 2 years, but since the first time of taking it in my hand, it does not fit to me though i am used to 7 strings in general. But i would not give it away after all, it is simply too beautiful and well crafted.
@VesiustheBoneCruncher
Жыл бұрын
My cello is an old German church cello, about 150 years old. There is a hole on the back of the scroll so people could hang it around their necks, and then walk and play at the same time, because they needed to process around the church. This damages the value of the cello, but it is still significantly valuable. You could offer me a cello worth 5 times more in exchange and I doubt I’d take it. That instrument is in my soul, forever. I’ve now built 4 guitars. The last one, finally, I didn’t refer to any of your (or anyone elses) videos, I just thought it through and did it all. I need one more guitar, a pure single coil model, and then I’m done. However, I am detouring via making a violin before that. I sourced some beautiful englemann spruce and a stunning maple back and sides that has consumed me. I am letting the spruce overwinter here and it is on in spring. Anyhow, long story short. I love the guitars I’ve made. I think two, or maybe three of them are legitimately, properly good. I much prefer them to other guitars I know or own. They aren’t saleable. My finishing skills are a weak point, but I mean from a players perspective. But none of them hold a candle to the relationship I have with my cello. I don’t know why this is. Maybe I am aware of the faults in my guitars. But I am also aware of faults in my cello. The ‘action’ and therefore string tension is too high, I would argue, significantly. The pegs need replacing and that is not entirely straightforward as I think the peg holes are not ideal - and who wants to recut peg holes on an antique cello with an already ‘compromised’ scroll? I don’t trust the glue and have had to get a buzz repaired recently where the top was starting to detach. But I have a relationship with that specific instrument. I put the most expensive strings on it and it sings, far more than it is meant to at it’s value. I learnt how to force it around a tricky wolf note tendency. I trust the instrument utterly. Whatever I have reasonably needed it to do, it has done.
@frankiechan9651
Жыл бұрын
Multi-owner here - for several reasons. One: multiple tunings for different music I'm learning - E std, DropD, Eflat std and a couple in some open/alternate tunings - some of which needed string sets different to 9-42/10-56. (I'm seeing if I need something for lower chugs at the moment below DropC) Two: some need to be through the amp, a couple sound good unplugged - for late night noodling. Three: different pickups - different songs/genres just didn't sound "right" on certain guitars but great on others. I too, like to think I have wide musical tastes. Four: Weight. Some days I want the boat anchor, other days the back complains and I grab the semi-hollow (A PRS Zach Myers I really like) or a basswood guitar. Core thing though - I NEED to love something about each of them or that they are around for a certain job. There is one guitar that I was kinda "meh" about until I put it in alternate tuning and it just came alive - something worth exploring if you're unsure about a guitar you have. If there is a miracle and there is "The One" that can do it all for me - then I may reconsider. (I'm really hoping that never happens though 😜)
@veguitars
Жыл бұрын
My whole reason getting into building guitars was the wish to play as many different guitars as possible to find my dream guitar. After having built a few I realized that there won't be a single dream guitar for me. The journey of birthing them however turned out was the actual dream I followed without realizing at first :-) let there be sawdust Thank you Bun and team for being great guides along my journey
@CastlebayNet_Music
Жыл бұрын
This comment speaks to the idea on one guitar vs multiple guitars. As an acoustic player the load limit in our touring car is one guitar (I have to leave room for my partner's Celtic harp and a box of fiddles and flutes) I play 12-string guitars, one tuned down two semitones and the other tuned down five semitones. For a long time I contemplated building a 14-string to cover the whole range. I did, and it does what I hoped it would (mostly) Is it my perfect guitar. No, I'm already thinking about the next one. (I do have nine other acoustic guitars in the studio. They don't leave home very often)
@willrayment9544
Жыл бұрын
Had 3 prs guitars.. on my 4th an sc58. Want to love them but always end up back at my telecaster. Totally agree with you.. different guitars speak to different people. Awesome video.
@p01am3a
Жыл бұрын
after owning several bass guitars over the years and even fully customized myself an old squier bass to my taste, I figured it out that my end goal was quite simple - I like certain shapes, certain sounds, a certain feel in use and all of these spread over 3 variants: 4 strings, 5 strings and 6 strings today, 15 years later from that moment and about 8 years of not playing a bass guitar at all, my goal is 2/3 complete :) the 4 strings bass was the 1st made, initially as a custom shop order for a warwick corvette $$ model (precision+humbucker pickups), which later was modified at a luthier that I know (and like his work) to replace the fretboard with a fretless ebony piece and added perl iron cross inlays - with thomastik flat wounds and drop C tuning, I still like this guitar the same as when the fretless conversion was completed the 5 string bass was easier to do, its also a warwick corvette $$, but with with 2 humbucker pickups, I kept this one fretted and only modified the electronics a bit - with the same thomastik flat wounds in standard tuning, it's a joy to play almost any type of music the 6 strings bass will be the future project and last one - I'm certain it will be a musicman bongo, 2 humbuckers and fretless ebony fretboard ... maybe with some small changes at a luthier if I don't like or are not available all the details that I care about as the factory options
@ZiddersRooFurry
Жыл бұрын
I just wish I could afford to fix the first electric guitar I ever bought with my own money. I was 17 and picked up a brand new 1991 Epiphone Les Paul. It was your basic $300 model ($664 USD today) and nothing special but to me I loved how much it reminded me of Randy Rhoads & Zakk Wylde's main guitars. I had it all the way until 2007 when the headstock broke. I haven't been able to get it repaired since. All I have left of it is the body, really. I know I could get another guitar, maybe one a bit cheaper but my dream is to get it repaired and play it again. It holds a lot of memories for me.
@jvin248
Жыл бұрын
After owning "more than one" PRS ... a few things that my help you in your continued search: the 22 fret models will sound more like LPs while the 24 fret models will be more like SGs (I have observed too many chase 'two free frets!' and then complain they don't get LP tones). Some PRS have skinnier bodies which can throw off the feel (remember Paul tries to be goldilocks just right between Gibson and Fender) where SC vs DC body styles adjusts the weight too. The sterile/bland/not-bonding guitar tone claims can be corrected! Pickup height/tip adjustments (often that is all they need), but there are caps and pots swapping, before the last mod of pickup swapping. The SE models are quite a good value especially the later MIK models found on the used market. The S2 Vela model is a fun Tele/Gretsch/offset mashup. By far though, my biggest fix for any LP guitar including PRS is rotating the bridge pickup 180deg so the screw poles face the neck side, lower the pickup and raise the screw poles 3/16ths inch for a beastly P90 tone -- an easy reversible mod to try out. If you still have that guitar for a few days, I'd suggest testing that.
@myeyesarewaiting
Жыл бұрын
I'm happy with one (electric) guitar. I've reached guitar monogamy. I played in bands, wrote music for people, recorded a bit. And I did find use for a total of three guitars back then. Had three basses as well. Now... I just play at home for pleasure and I'm happy with one. I have a telecaster made from Warmoth parts. Standard Tele bridge and Neck pickups and a strat pick up in the middle (Nashville style) and threw a freeway 10-way switch in for fun. I've always loved single coil sounds. The funny switch can give me three humbucker type tones for when I do fancy going that way. None of them are "genuine" classic humbucker tones but they get me close enough to have fun with. I thought I did lust after another guitar, a Music Man Stingray RS. One actually came up second hand at a crazy good price and I didn't spring for it. I missed out on an original 70s model back in the 90s when I had no money... it was the one that got away. And even when the modern one came up... I could let it go. Classical musicians... they are drilled from day one that it's all about the music. This is the way it ought to be IMHO. The reverence given to guitars is a distraction. Remember Clapton probably only picked up a Les Paul back when he did as they were cheap at the time and were mostly out of favour. I am buying prize draw tickets on the dailyguitardraw.. because... we often holiday in Dorset and I want to go somewhere other than pub, museum or beach on time that we're down there... I suppose if I end up with another guitar I'll enjoy it. But I do not lust for one. I have a Tele that I assembled to my specification. Any other guitar would be a compromise.
@jimsalman7257
Жыл бұрын
I’ve owned 2 PRS guitars: a 1985 Standard (22 frets, all mahogany body, solid foam green), which I still own, and a 2001 McCarty w/Indian rosewood neck, which I sold about 5 years ago. I bought both as brand new. The Standard is from the 1st year of production, built in the original small factory, mostly hand made (before heavy use of CNC machines). It was probably from the first run of guitars they built after receiving lots of dealer orders at the very first NAMM show for PRS. Despite issues with the locking tuners and no tone control (only the sweet switch) it plays great and sounds very good. It feels like a well-crafted guitar. The McCarty however was a real disappointment. Notes thinned out and had little sustain past the 12th fret. It refused to intonate properly, even with a replacement stoptail bridge with adjustable saddles. Notes had a hard, brittle attack and pickup swaps didn’t help. The longer neck heal was uncomfortable. I didn’t like the 10” fretboard radius ( I much prefer 12”). Eventually I admitted to myself this McCarty was a failure and didn’t live up to the hype as a pro level musical instrument. It was decidedly UN-musical and I’ve never regretted selling it.
@AndrewSmith-pc8eq
Жыл бұрын
You are the 1st PRS owner I've ever heard say it wasn't their favorite! Some may slightly prefer a Les Paul or a strat, but nobody ever said they didn't like the PRS!
@peejay6930
Жыл бұрын
Well I have two, Custom 22 and an original EG and they're nowhere near my favourite guitars
@TomPriceism
Жыл бұрын
I’ve had about 30 guitars over the past 15 or so years, but for the past 10 one of those has remained constant whilst a few others have rotated out. It’s a Lindo LDG-7x with upgraded hardware and a Seymour Duncan Nazgul sentient set. It does everything I need for a gigging and recording guitar. Versatile tone, stable tuning, intonation and action that fits me well. It doesn’t have all the frills I’ve had on some of the others, with Floyd roses, locking tuners, graphite nuts, but it’s a workhorse guitar that feels great to play and I keep going back to over any of my others.
@catfishdinner7394
Жыл бұрын
I have been playing the same 1970 Les Paul for 35 years live. I've bought and sold others, restored others and sold them etc. no matter what if I'm playing rock music I always end up back with my Les Paul, I tried to retire it from live performances, but I can't it just feels right. If I'm playing traditional country stuff I exclusively use my Gretsch Historic Series G3520, I have a G3523 which s the same guitar but with a natural finish and I never use it. I owned a Martin and sold it. Nothing compares to that particular Gretsch. I own lots of guitars, including a 95 American Strat, I just never use them because the Les Paul and the Gretsch just feel and sound absolutely perfect.
@paulapplewhite6135
Жыл бұрын
Ben, with you all the way. THREE TIMES I've walked into a Gibson franchise. Money in my pocket, and a head full of Jimmy Page and Peter Green. But every time, I pick up a Gibson electric, the magic dies. I look at Fenders: Teles and strats. Bolt-on necks and string-trees. I hate the idea. Where's the craftmanship? But damn! they feel so right! As Danny Gatton once told a scornful Les Paul, "It just fits my hand, man"
@rosewoodsteel6656
Жыл бұрын
I was just playing my 1986 Standard a few minutes ago. It's a great guitar. You may want to immerse yourself in yours for a couple of weeks and see if you change your mind.
@IndyRockStar
Жыл бұрын
i bought a new dream PRS McCarty 594 (core) in Orange Tiger in February. It's beautiful and completely Perfect.... too Perfect. It seems there's point where perfection comes at the cost of personality. I feel the same way you do about your PRS. It has the coveted 85/15LT core pick ups in it. I don't like them. I want to put 57/08 pickups in it, but it feels like I'm doing something wrong. I put it up for sale on Reverb this week. Contrarily, I bought my other dream guitar a Gibson Custom Shop Les Paul 1959 M2M. I'm completely in love with that guitar.
@woroGaming
Жыл бұрын
The One guitar for me was my first electric. A Squier Stagemaster, it just feels good instantly. Like a glove. Doesn't stop me from getting more though. Found a London City comet that I fell in love with, that has almost the same effect. Finding one guitar that you like doesn't mean you can't keep collecting them and finding more guitars that really vibe with you.
@aliensporebomb
Жыл бұрын
I have the 7 string Stagemaster and the integrity of the neck and fingerboard is like something from a much more expensive guitar, I mean really surprisingly good. They stopped producing them so I kind of have to hold onto it.
@thenoisesimake
Жыл бұрын
99% of the time I use the same guitar. I also have a "Strat", a fretless "Strat", matching 6 & 12 string electro-acoustic Washburns, a Floyd Rose type metal guitar, an acoustic and a classical... and of course the GGBO 2022 entry. Still tweaking the GGBO........plan on making that my main one. The guitar I use was a cheap Korean Les Paul neck and a solid body (mainly my father) and I built. It has 3 humbuckers with ALL of the switching combinations (1084) possible in a STEREO guitar. 99% of the time I use the same pickup setting. My (stereo) Rack gives me all the flexiblilty I need. I love the feel, even though it badly needs a re-fret.
@psychonaut689
Жыл бұрын
I think this is an exercise in object relations. I've been through all sorts of feelings after buying my SG and eventually after 3 years (after putting on some open pick up covers and changing the knobs) I've come to know and appreciate it. It's not perfect, but then nothing is.
@vincentcuclair5522
Жыл бұрын
I’ve recently delved into the magical/grotesk world of ’the relic’ which automatically leads to the unavoidable debate. Long story short, I have come to the realization that it is ALL about inspiration and that is a very personal thing. Price has very little to do with it, if it inspires you and you can afford it (or usually just not) you buy it or build it. Musicians, pros and newbies alike, need inspiration to make music. The way a guitar looks, feels, sounds (even it’s history) can inspire. I feel alright that my current project is going to end up being a faded surf green heavy relic with a flamed roasted maple neck 😊.
@andrewmundenandcadfellmast4624
Жыл бұрын
More thoughts on this - as you've spent a couple of decades building your own version of a PRS, making it your own, and those subtle changes and improvements, its no sutprises the 25 year old PRS doesnt live up to expectations. Its a bit like buying an old car, a 70s muscle car might be really cool, but a modern family sedan is going to be better in almost every way...objectively. To appreciate it, you have to accept its faults and foibles and recognise its been left behind, but just not care - or compare it to a modern car.
@theashen
Жыл бұрын
Had the same experience, wanted a Custom 24 for many years, finally bought one, and it just never became “my” guitar. It was beautiful, it was incredible made and it sounded good, but had the same experience as you, just not for me (I also hated the locking tuners 😂). So, I sold it and got a Fender Telemaster and absolutely love it.
@mattfleming2287
Жыл бұрын
Same. Got a PRS as a present. Played it in a band for years because it was my best guitar but I never loved it. My true love is a partscaster that took 20 years to finalize.
@xSupermanstightsx
Жыл бұрын
It is for this exact reason that I am afraid to finally play my dream PRS. A PRS Tremonti. Every time I go to the guitar store it is always a story of "literally sold our last one yesterday" or "a guy just bought our last one 30 minutes ago". It's like owning a unicorn, the fantasy is more than the reality. I will get one at some point, but damn are they expensive!
@davidglynnguitars8119
Жыл бұрын
When I bought a semi-hollow body guitar, I went through probably 10-15 guitars of the same make and model until I found the one that "talked" to me. It's not just the design, maker or other objective thing. If a guitar speaks to you and you feel that it's something special, then it is YOUR guitar. But, every style guitar has a place in a person's personal collection. I have my favorites, but when I'm in the mood for something different, I pull out one of the Line 6 Variax guitars I have and play with the workbench to design what I feel at that time.
@gazmasonik2411
Жыл бұрын
Variax is wonderful for experiments & maybe essential. The lack of character or tonal permeance(?) strangely detracted from its charms, despite being THE whole point for its existence lol.. the reasons we're attracted to the ultimate guitar, or anything? Seems to me, a bit mad or irrational sometimes
@davidglynnguitars8119
Жыл бұрын
@@gazmasonik2411 Yeah, the variax does have some downsides, but they are fun to play around with and then look for, or build, something to improve on the experiment. I have the older generation of the electric(300), acoustic(700) and the Bass(700). I do wish they would have had the ability to program the bass. The 300 electric is okay and the bass has some good sounds. My favorite is the acoustic. I use very few of the models and have reprogrammed most of the model switch positions to alternate tunings. I really like the banjo when tuned to Nashville tuning and the resonator models in alternate tunings..
@gazmasonik2411
Жыл бұрын
@@davidglynnguitars8119 👍 agreed. Variax acoustic is my favourite too.
@RiffageRyan
Жыл бұрын
The main thing I look for when buying new guitars is the shape/comfort of the neck, and I'll change everything that I don't like. Obviously I want the body shape and finish to be to my liking as well, but as long as it looks good and feels nice to play then the rest is easily changeable. I rarely sell guitars either, so by modifying them they always end up being to my liking. For example, when I bought my Flying V the first thing I did was swap the Influence pickups for EMGs. I also swapped the switch and volume knob positions as I wanted switch>volume>tone not volume>switch>tone. I finally I moved the strap button to better balance the guitar when standing, I tend to always put Grover machine heads on most guitars I buy also, unless they come as standard. Having spent 10 years working in guitar shops, I've played and setup many many guitars, and personally most guitars that come out of the factory are never usually to my liking. It's a personal thing so I just make them my own. Plus it is fun to do!
@Vladthebaddest
Жыл бұрын
I ended up with a Peavey Predator as my first guitar when I was 13 (I'm 45 now) and it took a long time for me to appreciate it as a unique instrument. At the time, it felt 'not quite like a strat' and I lusted over 'real' strats, and teles, les pauls, etc. But now that I've played a few other guitars, I feel like I can appreciate it more. It sounds somewhat unique, its bigger, its kind of scrappy. Its a forever guitar. Funny how the limitations you have to accept when you are younger become a part of you, and later in life you wouldn't trade them for anything.
@miguelangelvacaheredia8230
Жыл бұрын
holy crap....it has happened the same to me, I have a Peavey predator 1991 USA red... i have buy another good guitars (tele, duo sonic,cyclone,lp studio)..... the bloody Peavey still being my no 1....of course I updated pick ups (tex mex and seymour HB) ... it feels great at playing... the tone.... (unpluged) is so friendly and inspiring to me....anyway
@GypsyLane
Жыл бұрын
Let’s be brutally honest here, everyone…the electric guitar, to everyone in a live audience, sounds exactly the same, regardless of what brand, what pickups, what amp you’re using…it’s all about what inspires you as a player! It’s a personal feel…keep acquiring guitars that you love, for what ever reason…Cheers!
@vialav
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, not true :/ Strat vs Les Paul is like a night and day, both clean and distorted.
@bestregardsband6912
Жыл бұрын
You're right about those older tuners. They are pain. I've played many PRS's over the years. I finally found the one - a core 594 SC. It was by chance - as the store manager showed it to me and initially I did not like the color, but when I played it I knew. Only change I made was swapping out the bridge pup for a 57/08. Love this guitar!
@gethespewet
Жыл бұрын
I was never a Strat man, didn’t like how they looked, sounded etc. played a Gibson Les Paul for 20 odd years and liked it a lot. Decided I was going to build a guitar. Already had the les Paul and a tele so although still not enamoured I built a high spec Strat with low output vintage P’ups. It’s now my go to guitar and can’t put it down. The Gibson and the fender both gathering dust. I guess it’s just because I made it for me.
@ianedmonds9191
Жыл бұрын
I had a similar but not exactly the same experience as you. My main guitar had always been an Ibanez RG570 from about 1991. Bought it in 92 did a couple of mods to fit a multibucker and microswitch to coil tap it and then played it as my main guitar for just under 30 years. It's pretty beat up now but still plays brilliantly and I'll never part with it. I was made redundant after working for a company for 20 years and got a great redundancy package. I found a job within a month and consequently had a chunk of free money to blow. Like you I'd always wanted a PRS Custom 24. I looked at the price of new ones but I couldn't justify it to myself and so set about looking for a second had one on Reverb. I found a beuatiful emerald green 2001 ten top with a bit of cosmetic damage to the back of the neck. Nothing serious. It was still expensive but I could justify it to myself. I bought it and it arrived and I played it and while it felt really good and easy to play and sounded amazing it just wasn't as amazing as I'd hoped it would be. I decided I'd probably built it up too much in my own head for it to live up to my idea of it. I'd spent a ton of money on it so I decided to persist and play it as my main guitar for a few months and see if we bonded. I'm happy to say that yes we did. It was a slower burn than I expected but now I understand the quality of these guitars. It does sound amazing. It is easy to play. The tuning stability is far better than it has any right to be. And the looks are always inspiring. All in all I'm glad I took the plunge and it will be my goto guitar in almost every situation now. My RG570 still has the faster neck so if I'm playing any shredtastic nonsense it fits better but other than that the PRS fits the bill. I hope you persist a bit longer with your guitar - They are a slow burn and they have no standout features other than being super competent at literally everything. Love the channel. Luv and Peace.
@mickeygiesbers8176
Жыл бұрын
What I found is, that... the journey is often more enjoyable than the "destination" Right now my setup is very "streamlines" as it were, I play metal, and I use my Ibanez RGD 7 string with Fishmans, into my Line 6 Helix into my Engl Steve Morse amp, into a Mesa 2x12, I have all the tones I need, and more than all the effects I could ever need, still the other day I thought about building a pedalboard because I miss collecting pedals a little bit 😂 That idea just got shut down in my head because in order to do the multiple effects and midi channel switching that I do with my Helix, would set me back way too much money 😂 But I do miss it. And still on my Helix, I swap effects from time to time to try different stuff haha
@travisswanson3449
Жыл бұрын
I've owned a fender squire, black and white, (first guitar), an Epiphone Les Paul light sunburst with two push pulls, a reissue fender Jagstang ( Kurt Cobain style guitar) seafoam blue, An American Telecaster black, chrome with raw maple neck, and then the Ed Roman Baker B1 (Not confused with the original Baker guitars) with a smoked grey burlwood top in a coffin case lined in dark purple diamond stitching. The last was the one I want to get back, and regret getting rid of, as it's rare and hard to find, and just fell in love with, and at home with, even the custom coffin case. I traded all my guitars as well. Which was fun talking and jamming with other guitar players. Not the most extensive list, but it's interesting to experiment and see what different guitars feel and sound like and the moods they can put you in. So, no not one guitar for life. But maybe there is a one guitar you know you'll never part with, if not a few. That Baker B1 with the coffin case was that for me. But I will always love to play and own other guitars.
@jamesoneill2855
Жыл бұрын
If the Pattern thin is too thin and the pattern neck is too fat, try the pattern vintage. It’s based on a ‘59 Les Paul Neck, in my hands was a perfect fulcrum for vibrato and bends.
@rasputinsbeard3899
Жыл бұрын
The way the intro led into your montage intro had me worried from the start. "This WAS my dream guitar....burn it."
@wyntyr1518
Жыл бұрын
I just bought my PRS Tremonti 10 top. It was and is my dream guitar it fits me so well and sounds so amazing. But completely understand things not fitting for each person individual. The phase III locking tuners are amazing.
@bobbrowne3027
Жыл бұрын
The magic statement is "FEEL ". A guitar is a personal thing and has to feel right to yourself to induce loving playing it no matter your skill level. I'm a capable guitarist , not a good one in my book and have several. My oldest ( about 50yrs old now ) is a cheap ( at the time ) Avon acoustic that I won't part with that has put a few Martins to shame and is a joy to play on. I bought a PRS copy a while back ( Harley Benton ) , nothing wrong with it but didn't feel nice to play on , same with a Vintage 335 I was looking at getting. What dawned on me with electric guitars is that I'm happier and more comfortable with a Fender type neck. I have 3 Aria STD's one of which I stripped back to it's natural ash body and tweaked a little , this is my every day player and possibly the best guitar I've ever played on and I've had some of the big name guitars in the past. My advice to anyone who can play reasonably well on buying a guitar is to hit stores and try as many as possible , somewhere there will be one that feels right to you and that will be the one. I've had expensive guitars that were crap and cheap ones that were amazing , you never know , a top brand doesn't guarantee anything other than bragging rights. Like buying a bed , try before you buy , it needs to be comfortable to you.
@aliensporebomb
Жыл бұрын
Current census: 8 electric guitars, 1 acoustic guitar, 1 bass. I have found unusual values in excellent guitars that were not really supposed to be just by dumb luck. I am always on the lookout for something to perhaps augment or fill in gaps in the tonalities of the guitars I have. I do like to try things out I've never tried before. There are a few I sold that I wish I hadn't. Sigh. The guitar I call #1 I've had for 34 years though so when I like something it tends to stay around. Guitars I'm uncertain of are less likely to stay. There have been a few that have created the outburst "oh crap I'm getting this!"
@vincezab1
Жыл бұрын
I bought a 64 Gretch Tennessean, and just didn’t vibe with it. Two years later I decided to sell it and plugged it in one last time, and it sounded fantastic, all the planets aligned. The pickups are so incredibly touch sensitive. So I kept it. Relationships take time .
@gregsteffey1266
Жыл бұрын
I have owned my Custom 24 for about 20 years now (black like yours but with birds) and would not sell it and I buy and sell guitars regularly. It never goes up for sale because it is a joy to play. I would say that building guitars changes your opinions. I am on my 3rd build and now there is always something you want to change on a factory off the shelf guitar. Also PRS and Hamer started building quality guitars a long time ago when it wasn’t cool.
@jessphuqette1716
Жыл бұрын
My assortment of go to guitars was honed in the 70s. Part time session man. Everything from car jingles to holiday music and so on. I've been really lucky as all my instruments or pawn shop refugees. A L.P...strat..tele and a es335. Are they modded? Sure. I made them play and sound to my specs. If you want a guitar that feels like your favorite pair of old faded blue jeans you gotta tweak it to your style
@enterprise1954
Жыл бұрын
'If you know how many guitars you own, it's not enough'! I've written a list of 19, but I think I may have missed a couple! GAS indeed!
@banjoganjo7116
Жыл бұрын
Ultimately it comes down to, the weight, the style (personal preference), the neck, the quality of the hardware and the electronics, this is why i buy cheap guitars with a good neck and mod the guitar to suit my own needs, if i pick a guitar up, i check the neck, weight and intonation, if those boxes get ticked, the rest can be changed or modded.
@GuitarJeff
Жыл бұрын
I have had 20 or so PRS guitars over the years. All of them custom 24. I get one, it's beautiful but just playing it. No life, no soul and off it goes eventually. Then after a while I just see one that is so beautiful and I need it. Then I can't stand playing it. There are 2 PRS I have and have had that I love and play and will keep. The Limited Edition Artust V. This guitar is a custom 24 in everyday but the pickups. This guitar has such a soul and life. Then I have a PRS custom 24 with a floyd rose. Again beautiful and love how it plays but hated how it sounded. So I put in Suhr DSV pickups. Not a normal pickup but one of my favorites. Slightly hotter PAF sound but very clear and slotted on each string. This brought the guitar to life.
@mrdirect51
Жыл бұрын
I’ve got to agree Ben, I excitedly bought a PRS years ago, a good one with ex owner provenance, and sold it again soon after as it just didn’t do it for me. The rotary selector was a pain in the bum , and the guitar just didn’t feel “right”
@dichot
Жыл бұрын
In 1998 I held two guitars in my hands in a guitar shop. A PRS standard, and a Parker Fly Deluxe. My guitar hero Alex Lifeson was playing PRS, should have been a shoe-in, but again.... just no. The PRS was undoubtedly beautifully made, but it just..... it just had no soul. I picked up the Fly and it almost felt like it ‘relaxed’ in my hands, it just felt *right*. And that’s the way a guitar should hit you. I’m delighted to say that the only other guitar that did anything even close, is my ServingBrother baritone by... yep... Crimson Guitars. Ben builds that same comfort and relaxation into every instrument. My SB may weigh about the same as the moon due to all the electrickery I wanted in it, but the guitar itself is a thing of spiritual beauty.
@dichot
Жыл бұрын
And yes, I was that guy that sat with Ben and wanted the guitar that did everything. And the Parker and the Crimson are worlds and weights apart, but my god, I love them utterly both the same. But for very different reasons.
@peterschut63
Жыл бұрын
I had the same experience, wanted it for many years, bought one online 20 years ago an it never worked for me. Sold it after a few years. Last time I bought a guitar online as you need to “feel” it. Then a PRS needs to have a transparent lacquer to see the grain. And that on all sides. A non transparent lacquer could hide a bad piece of wood or even MDF. No ….. I ended up with 3 Japanese Ibanez guitars: An Artist, a S5670SK and a JSM100 and the character is so much better, build quality second to none. Incredible pieces
@wynoh
Жыл бұрын
I've got a blood red 1993-ish Carvin X220 which I got as a teenager, second-hand, after playing a Squier Strat for a while. I have never forgotten getting it home and just playing everything I knew on it, for about 3 hours. It was a transformative instrument, it just made me play so much better than I thought I could. I've still got it 28 years later. I never even thought about selling it even through 15 years of alcoholism, even when I really needed the money. It's mine, dammit. And it's a mental shape, it's uncomfortable to play on the knee and it has to have a washer on the strap nut to stop it falling on the floor, it's heavy as hell and it's a pig to string because it's got an old skool Floyd Rose on it. But it's metal as f*** and I love it. Guess I was just lucky to find it and fall in love with it early on. I still cheat on it sometimes with an LP, though. I just don't think there's anything else out there, no matter how customised, that could replace it for me.
@aaarghwilson
Жыл бұрын
Know exactly where you are coming from. I've had a few PRSs over the years but there was just something about them that just never quite "fit" for me took me a while to admit that as I was a complete fan boy of them and was in denial...
@sw4610
Жыл бұрын
I feel you, brother. I bought a B.C. Rich Beast, and I just never pulled it off the wall. Even though I never coveted any LP style guitar, I keep pulling the HLK Bossman I bought for less money. Sometimes one just feels right. (I sold the Beast)
@Kipperbob
4 ай бұрын
I was the same way with Strats, and when I got one after 20 years, I hated the thing, found out that the humble Telecaster is my instrument, not even the expensive one, the Squier that I bought for my then teenage daughter from the Argos catalogue, once I spent some time setting it up I gave her the Strat I'd wanted since the 80's and played the Telecaster myself, I did upgrade the electronics, but the Guitar just fits me like no Strat ever could.
@paddyspencer5681
Жыл бұрын
Sounds like you could sum this up with: as a luthier, Ben admires and loves the guitar, but as a player, it doesn't work for him. I had an Epiphone Sheraton II for a decade that I really wanted to love, for the 335 vibes, but it just didn't work for me and I part-ex'd it for a tele that I connected to more in the first 10 seconds of playing than the Sheraton ever did. I also have a 1999 PRS CE 22 that I really love, and I totally get why other people wouldn't.
@markhanks5841
Жыл бұрын
As a teenager growing up in the 80s, I dreamed of owning a prs. Skip forward to 2003, my wife came into some money and offered to buy me any guitar. I chose a prs ce22. After spending weeks on the phone to various dealers (Internet was In its infancy back then) I found my dream guitar. It cost £1500.00. I'll never forget the disappointment of playing that guitar for the first time. I don't know what I was expecting, but it just felt like any guitar I'd ever held in my hands. I hated the rotary switch so changed that immediately for a push pull set up. After a couple of years the locking tuners packed up. Prs wanted so much money to replace the shaftt in the tuners, I fitted a set of sperzal tuners to save money. I've since replaced the dragon 2 pickups for bare knuckle mules. I did grow to love the guitar, and it's been by my side for 20 years. But I love my washburn bt1o just as much, it's been with me for longer and cost a 3rd of the price. It is what it is, if it works for you it works. No matter the cost. I'm so relieved that an expert such as yourself has the same weakness for design and beauty over feel and playability as I did all those years ago. I must say though, after 20 years my prs is still with me, many, many guitars have come and gone. Possibly, because it was a gift from my wife?
@GuitarDocAndMore
Жыл бұрын
"it just did not speak to me" - Exactly the same for me. Saw the book, wanted one, bought a Custom 24 with TenTop and what was I playing in the end? A Tele. Still love everything from PRS from a technical viewpoint and designwise.
@Jeff-hn8iy
Жыл бұрын
I had a similar thing recently with a Gibson Les Paul Custom. I just didn't like playing it that much, and am currently in the process of sending it back.
@Harrysound
Жыл бұрын
I have a custom 24 I bought in 2016 after 20 years of yearning. Incredible guitar, took me a few years to bond with it though. Took me years to get what I wanted out of the pickups with my axe fx but I know it well now and it’s great. I had a custom 22 SE from 2009 (flat top, cheap rubbish guitar £400 new back in 09) I sprayed it white, nitro finish, Seymour Duncan JB, Dimarzio Crusier bridge in the neck position, locking tuners and its magnificent. Better then the custom 24 IMO. The SE has a “wide fat” neck that is now “regular” I believe. Much more meat.
@adrianhjordan1981
Жыл бұрын
As others have said, the PRS range has come a long way since then. I tried a few PRS guitars back then and disliked them all, now I own 3 from within the last few years and love them all. Give a Standard 22 or 24 from the last few years a try. You might be surprised.
@captainfruitbatify
Жыл бұрын
I had a Custom 22 with the half-moon inlays. It had been my dream guitar for a long time. The only thing that killed it for me was that rotary pickup selector. I just couldn't get on with it and didn't want to change it because the guitar was 100% original and I didn't want to change that. So I ended up selling it. My current main player is a Korean-made SE Custom 24, and I love everything about it.
@NervousFlashlights
Жыл бұрын
You know that you can swap it out... right? Why did you buy that version if you didnt like it? Seems strange to complain.
@captainfruitbatify
Жыл бұрын
@@NervousFlashlights it took me a while after I bought it to realise I wasn't going to get along with it. Yes I could have modded it, but I chose to move it on and buy something else instead
@LeMans512
Жыл бұрын
The 5 way rotary is a challenge to use. I had mine modded by PRS for the tones I use. I would have preferred a Strat style 5 way.
@joeb564
Жыл бұрын
Actually the guitars I put together myself are my favorites. I guess something to do with putting a bit of yourself into the process.
@thudhard2665
Жыл бұрын
I totally understand, the concepts of building up something in your mind. And if not meeting your expectations when you finally get it. Which is probably why I’m not completed my concept guitar. Sincerely, your fellow luthier.
@stevenedwards4470
Жыл бұрын
Did you not check one out first at a guitar store? Are they scarce in England? 😝 Those pickup change guitars wouldn't curtail my inclination to want more guitars one little bit.
@Jaryth14
6 ай бұрын
I was never a "one guitar to rule them all" kind of person, but I will say that the only guitar I've built up in my mind that's ever lived up to the hype is the Solar E1.6D limited edition. I bought it used because it was cheaper than the non-limited-edition modern variant that's readily available to be purchased new, but it's got similar bones. I can absolutely see putting a good three-voice Fluence set of pickups in it and having it be the only guitar I need -- with the exception of wanting a second one as a backup for gigs. For now my Epiphone goth series explorer is a fine backup, though.
@Ryan-no5bf
Жыл бұрын
Hear me out, never loved a PRS with a painted neck. I have two PRS with bare necks. One is a flame maple neck Custom 24 and the other is a Zach Myers. To me, those two guitars are magic.
@spearmintvole9522
Жыл бұрын
I did exactly the same. PRS was to me the pinnacle of off the shelf guitars. Got one, played it for about three months, then after six months realised I hadn’t picked it up since then and admitted to myself I didn’t really like it. Flogged it with no regrets.
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