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I don't dig PRS aesthetically and play-ability wise. The sound is ok I guess, I've heard really cool jazz tones once from someone playing a PRS with f-holes, no idea what model was that, looked like a regular one but with f-holes.
I tried a PRS in a shop once, and its neck was definitely not for me, the opposite of what I like, too wide, too flat, thin back profile... Maybe perfect for someone, but it ain't me.
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05-27-2024 10:06 AM
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I love them both.
PRS has made some design decisions that make it easier to deliver good quality consistently ... no binding, modern finishes, etc ...
where Gibson has to please most of its fans by trying to come as close as possible to products designed and built in the 1950s.
IMHO
My biggest problem is that I want one of each product from both companies and in every color.
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The original C24 concept was supposed to be a cross between a LP and a Strat, for people who used both and wanted one guitar to cover both. (The 25" scale is in between the two.) To me anyway, it seems much closer to the LP side. Aside from the one split coil setting and the trem, it sounds nothing like a Strat.
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I don’t think it sounds anything like a LP either. But you may have touched upon the heart of the matter. Ever since their inception, PRS guitars have been judged by how close (or not) they are to a Gibson or a Fender. Those two are so ingrained as cornerstones… if someone makes a guitar that’s close to that, people go “copycat”. If it’s far from that, they go “nah, it’s not a LP”. Personally, my brain isn’t wired like that. A LP is its own thing. A Strat is its own thing. A PRS is its own thing and I find it to be a thing of beauty.
Originally Posted by Woody Sound
Having said that, to me the Custom 24 is the least appealing PRS. They strike me mostly as clever, not necessarily inspiring.
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The 24-fret neck makes it more like a cross between a super-strat and a LP. The effect on the neck pickup tone may be the main reason PRS wound up having more appeal to metal players (at least until their 22-fret models came along). Originally Posted by Woody Sound
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I found my Custom 22 PRS to be closer in tone and feel to a Les Paul than a Strat. Mine had their "wide-thin" neck and Dragon Humbucker pickups. It was one of those guitars that on certain days, I wish I had kept.
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I have an early days PRS Custom 24. It was a wedding gift from my wife (how 'bout that, fellas?) and I like it a lot. In some ways, it is similar to my Sadowsky Jim Hall, oddly enough. The feel of both guitars is just so precise. Easy to play. Flawlessly level fretboard and frets, no dead spots, no string dinkiness, every note articulates nice and clean.
Entirely different than my 1944 Gibson L7 non-cutaway with reissued DeArmond. Now that's a guitar I have to fight a little to play. Fat neck. The guitar has been around the block. Some previous owners must have played it pretty hard. The fret wires are low and thin. A couple inlays have been chipped.
And somehow I love them all the same.
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... After not having had a Gibson of any flavor for many years, I just today bought a Les Paul. So I guess now that I'm back in Tribe G, I'm honor-bound to shout PRS Sucks! I hate PRS! Les Paul roolz!
Did I get that right?Last edited by John A.; 05-30-2024 at 06:57 AM.
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Almost right,you forgot to say how awful the bird inlays on the neck look. Originally Posted by John A.
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Oh man, they're so ugly I can't even speak about them. Scary, too. Like that Hitchcock movie. Originally Posted by nyc chaz
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LOL yeah people are so whiney Originally Posted by nyc chaz
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PRS has 2 models I think are soooo freaking cool, the original Mira and Starla.
Now they glossed up the Starrla and put a damn Bigsby on it. Criminal.
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I'm happy with this sound.
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Bigsby is the coolest thing. But that Starla is trying really hard to be a Gretsch Corvette, and it's not getting there.. Now I just remembered the Silversky monstrosity, and I start to gravitate towards the haters camp. I think PRS is douchebag of the guitar manufacturers. Originally Posted by mr. beaumont
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I'm a big fan of PRS guitars, would love to have another Custom 24. Given the choice I'd take a Custom 24 over a Les Paul any day, simply for the inconsistency of modern Gibsons. I traded my last Les Paul in 1980 for an Ibanez AR300, and haven't looked back.
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I had an original Core-line Starla and sold it Originally Posted by mr. beaumont
. That wasn’t smart. I had a wonderful S2 Mira and sold it, but at least that allowed me to afford my DGT. Anyway, both are great guitars. They were designed by Joe Knaggs before he left PRS. Solid, resonant slab of mahogany, no top, mahogany neck, rosewood board. The Mira has been in the Core and S2 ranges. The Starla has been in all three ranges. Both models have now been dropped completely. Good deals can be found used…
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I prefer the 22 fret PRS guitars. The "594" guitars especially.
I have an older standard McCarty that I love, but I'd love to add a McCarty 594.
We also picked up an SE Zach Meyers that is becoming my preferred axe for my guitar gigs. Most of my recent gigs have been playing bass.
I have a beautiful quilt blonde Custom 24 that I've been thinking about selling for many years. Not because I don't like it, but I haven't really played it and I could use the money ...
and, perhaps more importantly, I need the space for other guitars that I'm expecting to pick up soon. LOL
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PRSs are best heard and not seen, Les Pauls are best seen and not heard
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I am firmly in the Gibson camp. While the PRS may sound good(not denying that), I don't like how they feel/play, and don't like the look(esthetics). This is something that will never change for me. I own two Gibson's...a LP and a 335. They sound great, play great and look great. Love them.
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I've played few PRS guitars, and they are outstanding instruments, but I have always been a Les Paul player. Part of the reasoning is the struggle...as smoother guitars are released...they seem almost too easy to play. And though the "fretless wonder" has been improved upon, there is still the struggle. Your sound partially comes from having to manhandle your guitar. Sure, pickups and amps and effects all come into play but at the end of the day, your technique is what makes you the player you are...and after 61 years behind the neck, that's my opinion!
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Every PRS I’ve tried plays great and is set up very well, which isn’t something I can say for Les Paul. But I just can’t get past those damn birds.
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I find it funny the birds are so polarizing. I love them! It's one of the things that makes a PRS a PRS. When I bought mine (a Core DGT), I wouldn't have spent that kind of money WITHOUT having the birds! Originally Posted by Marklin678
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They can be had with dots , which are actually Moons .. David Grissom spec'd them on his
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I know. I just don't see the point, the birds are part of what made PRS into what they are. But different strokes and all that... Originally Posted by Greywolf
I agree with Grissom on most things tone/gear... except the birds. And effects loops LOL.
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Just a small point.
If the guitar has 24 frets, the neck pickup isn't under the node.
I don't know if that's a big deal or not. Maybe it depends on how you use open strings?
But, I have read that the reason the L5S (the solid body) didn't sell well is that the pickup was not under the node. Putting it under the node would have eliminated the pointy end of the fingerboard.
So, I'm asking. Does this node position thing really matter?
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