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ou can imagine the looks he gets walking on stage at a metal festival with a PRS

I don't know, quite a few metal players use PRS guitars these days - Mark Tremonti being a big one.  Like Fender & Gibson, PRS guitars have been adopted by players in all kinds of genres.

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Thought I would weigh in on the PRS topic.  Personally, I am a big fan of PRS guitars.  I am very fortunate in that I am related to someone who collects guitars, but doesn't really play at all.  (long story).  In any case, I only say that to reference the fact that I have a pretty large guitar collection as a result of inheriting quite a few.  I am also very blessed to have a wide variety of guitars from different companies.

I currently have 7 PRS.  2 lawsuit singlecuts, a stripped 58 singlecut, a limited run McCarty, a DGT, an SE Zach Meyers semi Hollow singlecut, and an SE Bernie Marsden singlecut. 

Outside of the PRS brand I also own: a Gibson Les Paul R9, 3 Fender strats, 2 Gretsch's, and 2 Reverends.

Again, I feel incredibly blessed to have the guitars I do and I love them all in their own ways.  Truly.  And as several others have stated it really is an individual thing with what instruments you do or don't connect with. 

For me, my Paul Reed Smith's are my clear go to guitars.  To me the quality, craftsmanship, and playability way exceed all my others.  I play all of them regularly and certainly use different guitars for different specific situations.  But PRS gets most of my attention and are the guitars that just feel and sound right to me.  They also, in my humble opinion, are the most versatile for me too in regard to playing different styles on one instrument.  I use my PRS guitars for metal, Hard rock, rock, worship, and blues.  They do all of it well in my humble opinion. 

My R9 is my most valuable guitar from a straight cost/dollar perspective, but I just have a really hard time being comfortable/natural with it.  I guess the best way to describe it would be to say it always feels like a bit of work to play it and that I am fighting with it somewhat.  Beautiful instrument overall.

Just thought I would share my 2 cents on the topic.  I fully understand PRS are an acquired taste and not to everyone's liking.  I am all good with that.  I am sure many will feel my take on the R9 is sacrilege.  smile 

I also know Joe would clearly disagree with my thoughts as well.  I will reiterate the story quick that I shared in a previous post about my last meet and greet with Joe.  I asked him what advice he would give me being someone who has spent most of my life playing hard rock and metal and that is truly trying to transition to being a Blues player.  Joe said first thing you need to do is get rid of whatever pointy and probably 7 string guitar you are playing.  I told him I play mostly PRS.  He said...yeah....go ahead and throw those away too.   smile

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Dear Joe,
             I just discovered your music that I didn't know was out there!!
I've been a fan of Jimmy page for many years and I'm blown away with
your music! (sorry but your better). Not to crazy with the blues stuff but you can certainly bring the
roof down with your rock songs!! It's all I play in my car every day!!
The live at Royal Albert Hall concert just was the most amazing concert
I've ever seen!  MAN... Your incredible my friend!
Thanks, Cove Mitchell
Ogden, UT.

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Joe said first thing you need to do is get rid of whatever pointy and probably 7 string guitar you are playing.  I told him I play mostly PRS.  He said...yeah....go ahead and throw those away too.

Joe has a good sense of humor... ;-)

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there is a video out there somewhere in interweb world of Joe sitting down playing  PRS, - I saw it years ago on YourTube but cannot find it now, - he was in a music shop I think, - he gave it a funny look when he started to play it.

Spent some time in a music shop with my son playing a number of PRS’s earlier this year, - he then played a 2015 Les Paul Traditional (I think) and gave it straight back, - but that was about the 2015 range being a pile of poo... He loved the feel of the Custom 24 in green, - just a lot of money!

the SE’s are also very good, - seen Warren Haynes playing a grey one a couple of times now.

My YouTube channel with plenty of my Joe's videos dating from 2009 inc his first Hammersmith Odeon ones:
http://www.youtube.com/ian916fun

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I've always liked PRS guitars, they nearly always look just beautiful to me.
Here is a clip of 18 yr old local whiz kid Christian Vegh, just ripping through Cliffs Of Dover on a gorgeous PRS. Lovely tone too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hUXCsk5rCo

Oh, and for added relevance to the forum, this kid caught the attention of Joe a while back. He tweeted about his band Red Legacy. https://twitter.com/JBONAMASSA/status/4 … 6909752320

1998 Ovation CS247 Celebrity Deluxe
2010 Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster
2015 Epiphone Joe Bonamassa Les Paul Standard with Bigsby (Signed)

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Wow, he is amazing. I've listened to everything he has up on YouTube, including Spirit of Radio. Anybody that can cover JB and Rush has my attention. Yeah, the guitar is a real beauty.

Jem 777 wrote:

I've always liked PRS guitars, they nearly always look just beautiful to me.
Here is a clip of 18 yr old local whiz kid Christian Vegh, just ripping through Cliffs Of Dover on a gorgeous PRS. Lovely tone too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hUXCsk5rCo

Oh, and for added relevance to the forum, this kid caught the attention of Joe a while back. He tweeted about his band Red Legacy. https://twitter.com/JBONAMASSA/status/4 … 6909752320

As corn through a goose, so are the days of our lives

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Just did a blues video with the new PRS - I feel like since they have a more modern look people don't use them for Americana genres as much, but man it sounds good for blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N70Xj8QWOns

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jackfossett wrote:

Just did a blues video with the new PRS - I feel like since they have a more modern look people don't use them for Americana genres as much, but man it sounds good for blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N70Xj8QWOns

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Thx for sharing....does sound good....stock pickups?

And so castles made of sand melts into the sea, eventually.........

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airportdon wrote:
jackfossett wrote:

Just did a blues video with the new PRS - I feel like since they have a more modern look people don't use them for Americana genres as much, but man it sounds good for blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N70Xj8QWOns

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Thx for sharing....does sound good....stock pickups?

Yup! Stock pickups, although I added the chrome covers - I'm finicky about looks.

At some point I may change the wiring but I haven't decided yet - I don't think its cheap wiring in any way, but I never use coil tapping on my own so I might simplify it and test some different capacitors just out of personal preference.

Jack

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jackfossett wrote:

Just did a blues video with the new PRS - I feel like since they have a more modern look people don't use them for Americana genres as much, but man it sounds good for blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N70Xj8QWOns

Mmmm, nice tone! Thanks for sharing.

1998 Ovation CS247 Celebrity Deluxe
2010 Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster
2015 Epiphone Joe Bonamassa Les Paul Standard with Bigsby (Signed)

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I just found out they made a semi-hollow 408 a year or two ago.  Specs-wise, it looks like the perfect guitar (lack of stainless frets aside)... but not easy to try out first.  I can't even find a local store that caries the regular 408.

I've been GAS'ing for another PRS lately.

Here is a clip of 18 yr old local whiz kid Christian Vegh, just ripping through Cliffs Of Dover on a gorgeous PRS. Lovely tone too.

That was an excellent cover.  I loved that he played it all to a metronome and not a backing track, you could really hear what he was doing.

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I have an SE Santana.

Sounds great but I've often found the PRS Tremolo bridge to be a bit of a menace. Not quick to get tuned up.
I'd probably be converted if I had the opportunity to try something like the Single-cut P245 which has a Piezo Stoptail bridge.

Guitars:
Epiphone Les Paul Junior Black + Gold Hardware, PRS SE Santana Yellow, Ovation Double-Neck Semi-Acoustic, Ovation Celebrity CC44 Honeyburst, Gibson 2008 Les Paul Standard Heritage Cherry Sunburst (#10), Gibson Robot Les Paul Studio 2012 Limited, Gibson 1976 Les Paul Custom Heritage Cherry Sunburst

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Hey guys
Came to my attention that there was an audio sync issue with the old video, so I reuploaded it -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqvdZD1meCU

After my initial infatuation with it, I actually ended up trading it for an SG Standard - it was a great guitar, but not really "me" I decided.

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jackfossett wrote:

After my initial infatuation with it, I actually ended up trading it for an SG Standard - it was a great guitar, but not really "me" I decided.

Hah I know how that goes!

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I just got rid of my PRS McCarty in favor of a vintage SG jr.
no regrets

- Nic from Detroit... posting on JB's Forum since 6-2-2006
Ask me about my handwound Great Lakes Guitar Pickups
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...and the funny thing is that I stopped using my Gibson SG in favour of my PRS Mira... big_smile  Go figure!

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I have a PRS 408 with a rosewood neck and I love it. Not as mid-heavy as my Les Paul and not as twangy as the Telecaster. It has its own voice and that's the whole point of having several guitars. I love them all.
The tremolo is great, not for dive bombs obviously, but stays in tune perfectly. I guess the locking tuners help.