What's with the Love or Hate thing in regards to PRS Guitars?.....

[Studiobuddy]

Re: What's with the Love or Hate thing in regards to PRS Guitars?.....

just about every young players dream 8-10 years back was to have PRS Custom with a Mesa/Boogie Dual or Triple Rectifier stack

 

[ImmortalSix]

Re: What's with the Love or Hate thing in regards to PRS Guitars?.....

• They're expensive, bringing out the anti-snobs
• They weren't around in 1964 so they weren't used on some folks' favorite songs.
• Some uncool bands use 'em
• They're pretty so tough guys can't play 'em.
• They don't sound like a Strat or LP.

Yep.

Alec said it: THAT is what the love/hate thing is about.

 

[Petrovsk Mizinski]

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Do want a PRS rather badly.
Not one of their production models, but a custom made 7 string with stainless steel frets and a flatter fretboard radius than their standard 10 inches.
I would be in heaven after that..
The American models are just so sexy looking.

 

[Empty Pockets]

Re: What's with the Love or Hate thing in regards to PRS Guitars?.....

i could never gel with the looks of them either

i bought mine cuz i got a screamin deal on it...played it for a while and was constantly disappointed

i think if i could just take it as face value (i.e. it's a guitar) then it wouldn't be an issue...but i couldn't get it to sound "gibson" enough or "fender" enough to wana keep it...

it did lots of different sounds and did them all pretty well but it never inspired me to play music.

 

[GuitarGuy503]

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It does seem like its all is some peoples head. "It's not a Fender or a Gibson so It's simply not appealing because of it". lol If people played them blind folded they would probably love them just because they wouldn't know it was a PRS. lol Kinda a sad thought. Its probably very true though.

 

[sosomething]

Re: What's with the Love or Hate thing in regards to PRS Guitars?.....

it did lots of different sounds and did them all pretty well but it never inspired me to play music.

And this is where it's at.

I felt the same way about the ones I've owned.

Not a slam against em - my muse just isn't interested.

 

[GuitarGuy503]

Re: What's with the Love or Hate thing in regards to PRS Guitars?.....

I've probably played 35 or so of them. While they were all instruments that were very well built with great craftmanship, I just couldn't find a single one that I liked the way they played.

Clearly they just aren't your thing.

 

[TheProphet]

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The Customs are THE most comfortable guitar I have ever played. I'd really like to try one out with the WT or Standard neck as all I've ever managed to get my hands on are the WF's. My hand has almost an allergic reaction to that neck profile, it feels extremely weird to me.

 

[Kam]

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They don't seem to make very many left handed guitars.

That made me sad for a while.

But to be honest, I just don't really like the look of them. None of their models really appeal to me; with the exception of that Starla that somebody here owned. That thing was shmexy.

 

[Brow]

Re: What's with the Love or Hate thing in regards to PRS Guitars?.....

I'd never played 1 of the USA 1s but a 1997 Custom 22 came up for sale for a great price a few years ago so I picked it up.

It needed alot of work to make it playable (the electrics were shot amongst other things) but since getting a better set of pickups in it instead of the awful Dragon pickups it came with and getting it set up, it's now easilly my best playing (and maybe even sounding) guitar.

It's not my No 1 though as it just misses the mojo of my 1998 Les Paul, but it's a great sounding and very resonant guitar that I pickup when I don't need a specific tone.

 

[uOpt]

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i didn't like the one i owned

Me, too.

I'm willing to give it another try, though. I think a CE model with maple neck and trem might be more to my liking than the stoptail McMarthy.

In general the PRS guitars don't sound edgy enough. For some reason most Les Pauls sound more "raw". But then they have no upper fret access and are heavy.

Another problem is resell value. I am trying to get guitars that are "special" and might increase in value.Some MIJ Les Pauls are an example, or the more popular Gibson and Fender Custom Shop models. Hamers, although that doesn't quite work out so far. Unless you buy "pre-factory" there's not much you can do with PRS.

 

[brunogio]

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I considered getting one a while ago and while the fit and finish were top notch, I thought the body felt too small to me. So I wasn't really comfortable playing it.

Never ended up getting one even though I was really falling for whale blue over flamed maple.

 

[uOpt]

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Another thing that turns me off is that they are in heavy use on TV, as in in TV shows that I think are heavily commercialized and have overly smooth attitude.

Even Jay Leno went from having Kevin Eubanks with his custom guitars to a generic PRS guitarist (is that the same one as in American Idol?).

 

[Empty Pockets]

Re: What's with the Love or Hate thing in regards to PRS Guitars?.....

The Customs are THE most comfortable guitar I have ever played. I'd really like to try one out with the WT or Standard neck as all I've ever managed to get my hands on are the WF's. My hand has almost an allergic reaction to that neck profile, it feels extremely weird to me.

I'm confused by this -- how is it the most comfortable guitar you've ever played if your hand didn't like the shape of the neck..?

Me, too.

I'm willing to give it another try, though. I think a CE model with maple neck and trem might be more to my liking than the stoptail McMarthy.

In general the PRS guitars don't sound edgy enough. For some reason most Les Pauls sound more "raw". But then they have no upper fret access and are heavy.

Another problem is resell value. I am trying to get guitars that are "special" and might increase in value.Some MIJ Les Pauls are an example, or the more popular Gibson and Fender Custom Shop models. Hamers, although that doesn't quite work out so far. Unless you buy "pre-factory" there's not much you can do with PRS.

mine was a maple bolt-neck model...i was thinking along the same lines as you..."I have a Strat and an SG and this guy in the middle!"

i duno...somethin just didn't click with me...and honestly it's not even a "Fender or Gibson" thing cuz I'm mostly playing distorted power chords either way haha

i think it's just the whole PRS package...the headstock, the little indent by the lower horn that looks like it makes the guitar easier to play but actually affect anything, the way they carve their tops...i just don't dig.

but hey -variety is the spice of life right...no reason not to play a PRS just cuz some dudes would rather play something different.

They're still my favorite "modern" guitar -- like if i were to join a modern tech-metal-core band (like BTBAM or something) and i needed a lightweight guitar that i could do fretboard gymnastics on, i'd be way happier with a CU24 than like an Ibanez RG or a MusicMan...but i'd still rather play heavy punky blues with my Gibsons hahaha

 

[Wonker]

Re: What's with the Love or Hate thing in regards to PRS Guitars?.....

I'm not a fan of any pickup in any PRS I've ever played and I hate to look of the finishes.

They are good guitars but not for me.

 

[TheProphet]

Re: What's with the Love or Hate thing in regards to PRS Guitars?.....

I'm confused by this -- how is it the most comfortable guitar you've ever played if your hand didn't like the shape of the neck..?

Everything else was perfect. The body depth, size, top carve felt perfect. it sat perfect. Everything other than the neck profile felt like it was a part of me.

If the neck profile had even remotely comfortable I would have bought 2 immediately and sold every other guitar I had and never looked back

 

[Lewguitar]

Re: What's with the Love or Hate thing in regards to PRS Guitars?.....

There seems to be a love or hate thing in regards to PRS Guitars. Whats the deal here?

You see the love or hate thing everywhere and it doesn't just apply to PRS guitars.

I think it's mostly just an immature "guy" thing and guys who never grow up thing, because it's mostly young dudes who give a rat's sass about such things and who confuse the size and ability of their pecker with whatever gun, car, guitar or amp they own.

Reminds me of the definition someone made about patriotism: It's when you think your country is the best country on the planet - just because you happened to be born there.

There's no way that PRS guitars or PRS pickups are crap because I've played some really nice ones that were not crap. Plus, there's to many great pro guitarists who can play anything they want who play a PRS.

Also, when I look at the pictures of "hot babes" on the forum sometimes and read the comments it's the same rubbish. Everyone of those girls some of you guys post photos of is gorgeous...and no way would any of us ever get the chance to not "throw her out of bed" because most of us would never get to first base (let alone hit a homer) with women like that anyway.

That kind of thinking is high school kid stuff...and there are a lot of kids on every forum.

BTW, I've owned a couple of PRS guitars...I sold them. I prefer Fender Strats, Teles and Gibson 335's. And I prefer my Taylors over the Martins I've owned. But it's just personal preference.

Whether it's Ford vs. Chevy, my country vs. your country, my religion vs. your religion, my God vs. your God: it's all just personal preference and the way you grew up. That's pretty much all such "love/hate" ever is.

Lew

 

[apj]

Re: What's with the Love or Hate thing in regards to PRS Guitars?.....

I've found the same thing where I really love the way they look, but just can't find one that plays amazingly, which it should considering the price tag

 

[Wattage]

Re: What's with the Love or Hate thing in regards to PRS Guitars?.....

-there are no artists I like using them....

-2 guys in bands i like are using them, the Mira models and whatever......

OK????:scratchch hehe, I know "edits"

In the world of the average player they are neither fish nor fowl for the most part, the 25" scale doesn't sit right under the hands if you grew up on a Gibby or a Fender. There was also the "me too" period where people bought and spouted off that they were the greatest thing ever rendering all other guitars inert, that alone turned a slew of folks off to them. They make some excellent guitars but they've made some crap too like every other large manufacturer.

When you are a big dog people on both sides of the fence are going to be pretty vocal about it.

 

[blueman335]

Re: What's with the Love or Hate thing in regards to PRS Guitars?.....

I like the necks, but the heel turns me off. But they still play and sound great!

What's the benefit to such a big neck heel that takes precedence over high fret accessability?