That90'sGuy
DyzaBoyzologist
Re: You Have To Buy A New Gibson or PRS - Which Do You Choose?
As someone who has owned a McCarty Hollowbody Spruce, yes, PRS does make full hollowbody guitars. The wood where the bridge screws to is not run across like a semi-hollowbody. True, they don't come with trapeze tailpieces, but who really cares when it's constructed (and sounds) like a hollowbody.
I like the sound of Gibsons better, but the playability, fit and finish of PRS is so, so much better. I've sold off any Gibsons I've had because they didn't play right and I've sold off a half a dozen PRS over the years because I just couldn't get them to sound amazing. Sure, they sounded pretty good, but there was always something lacking. I've tried multiple pickup swap outs to get the "magic" so to speak, but they just didn't bark the right way so they were unloaded. The '96 McCarty was probably the only guitar I thought about holding onto because it almost had the low mid Les Paul thing going on and I'd say the rest reminded me of SGs, it's more of a upper mid chirp, little extra clarity thing. Visually, the one PRS I regret selling is the silver sparkle metallic one I had. I loved playing live with that thing and maybe with Filtertrons or something it could have been a keeper, but I decided to ditch both Gibson and PRS and go more towards Fenders (and eventually) Gretsch.
If I had to choose between the two, I'll take playability first so it's a win for PRS in my book.
As someone who has owned a McCarty Hollowbody Spruce, yes, PRS does make full hollowbody guitars. The wood where the bridge screws to is not run across like a semi-hollowbody. True, they don't come with trapeze tailpieces, but who really cares when it's constructed (and sounds) like a hollowbody.
I like the sound of Gibsons better, but the playability, fit and finish of PRS is so, so much better. I've sold off any Gibsons I've had because they didn't play right and I've sold off a half a dozen PRS over the years because I just couldn't get them to sound amazing. Sure, they sounded pretty good, but there was always something lacking. I've tried multiple pickup swap outs to get the "magic" so to speak, but they just didn't bark the right way so they were unloaded. The '96 McCarty was probably the only guitar I thought about holding onto because it almost had the low mid Les Paul thing going on and I'd say the rest reminded me of SGs, it's more of a upper mid chirp, little extra clarity thing. Visually, the one PRS I regret selling is the silver sparkle metallic one I had. I loved playing live with that thing and maybe with Filtertrons or something it could have been a keeper, but I decided to ditch both Gibson and PRS and go more towards Fenders (and eventually) Gretsch.
If I had to choose between the two, I'll take playability first so it's a win for PRS in my book.
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