Let's see some PRS pics and share your stories about them

[VonBonfire]

I brought home a Custom 24 SE last fall but wound up returning it a couple days later because I wanted a 2nd gigging 335 and had found an amazingly nice one for cheap (in Gibson prices). Everything about the Custom 24 was awesome. Fretwork, pickups, neck profile....my only minor complaint was the tuners didn't feel great but they held tune just fine. The QC on all the axes I had tried was excellent and I really dug the necks on everything I handled. Some of them were way outta my price range but even the more affordable axes were nice!

I'm thinking my next blues jam axe is gonna be a PRS so I been browsing again. Depending on how things work out maybe this month....maybe next year but I wanna start getting info from actual players not youtube shills. Thanks to those who decide to post up!!!

 

[CoreyW]

I have a couple, a beautiful Custom 24, and a Silver sky.

On paper, they are both fantastic guitars. Play great, sound great, but both of the feel like something is missing. I can't quite put a finger on it, but I never really feel compelled to pick either up.

The Silver Sky has a fat neck that I can't bond with, Ive tried since I bought it but my hand will cramp after a short time trying to play it, and not the typical overly large hand cramp more like trying to play a V neck guitar hand cramp.

The Custom 24, I find more enjoyment looking at it than playing it, maybe its too pretty and I dont want to scratch it up? I dunno. I do know I am not a huge fan of how its carved at the edge with the binding, I know thats just a little thing but it does bother me.

 

[S̷͖͑m̵͎͂á̵̺s̸͚̈́h̴̬̑]

My old gibson les.paul was like that. The tuners felt weird as shit, but that guitar never went out of tune. My junior has flawless tuners though

 

[ChurchHill]

Here's an old picture of my first PRS. Bought it new back in 2001. It's still one of my main guitars and usually the one I grab when I'm not sure exactly what I'm going to be playing at a jam. It'll cover anything and just feels like an old friend. This has the wide-thin neck, which feels great to me. I like it much better than the wide-fat or whatever they're calling it these days.

I really liked the original HFS pickup, but it started squealing after about 15 years. So, I replaced both with a set of BKP Crawlers. Just perfect for this one, not too hot, but not too mild, either, and can just scream when I want them to. I upgraded the tuners a few years later just because I liked the newer PRS tuners better, the originals still worked fine but are not quite as easy to restring. Not long after I got it, I replaced the original black speed knobs with gold ones, and changed the black pickup rings to gold metal. Just liked the look and still do. Other than that, it's as I got it.

 

[stratjacket]

I have acquired several over the years. They play so good, feel great and I like the 25” scale length better than 25.5”. I’ve thought about selling one many times but then I play it and think no way so they’ve just accumulated.

Latest is a 40th Anniversary CU24

Standard CU24

Left to right:
McCarty in seafoam green (painters choice)
Custom 22
McCarty 594 in white
CE24

30th Anniversary CU24

 

[cobrahead1030]

1996 ce24, local marketplace score that I thought I would flip. That was 10 years ago….

Always wanted to own a PRS, wasn’t gonna pay $3k for one. This pops up for $800 and I decided it was worth a go. The look and feel grew on me quickly, but I didn’t love the sound of the stock HFS/VB pickups or the stupid rotary switch.

Then I tried it with a 3 piece band, and it just filled in the mix like magic. Had a 3 way toggle put in & played it every gig for about four years.

Outside of that particular band, I couldn’t get on with the stock pickups. Recently I finally swapped them out for Suhr Thornbuckers & I’m loving it all over again.

 

[griff10672]

I think I've had this 4 years or so now ...

My old lady likes to play the slots at Foxwoods with her friends once in a while .... every time she would go I would always say to her " If you hit it big stop by Guitar Center on the way home and pick me out something nice "

Well I got home from work one day and this was waiting for me .... CE24 ..... I ripped out the wiring and pickups and installed a Super Distortion in the bridge and a Steve Morse sig neck ... in Dubbel Creamz with black pole pieces

 

[japetus]

I brought home a Custom 24 SE last fall but wound up returning it a couple days later because I wanted a 2nd gigging 335 and had found an amazingly nice one for cheap (in Gibson prices). Everything about the Custom 24 was awesome. Fretwork, pickups, neck profile....my only minor complaint was the tuners didn't feel great but they held tune just fine. The QC on all the axes I had tried was excellent and I really dug the necks on everything I handled. Some of them were way outta my price range but even the more affordable axes were nice!

I'm thinking my next blues jam axe is gonna be a PRS so I been browsing again. Depending on how things work out maybe this month....maybe next year but I wanna start getting info from actual players not youtube shills. Thanks to those who decide to post up!!!

Well here we go. The only logical step after this is a James Tyler.

 

[griff10672]

Well here we go. The only logical step after this is a James Tyler.

I figured he'd be endorsing Harley Benton by now ....

 

[japetus]

I figured he'd be endorsing Harley Benton by now ....

I want to endorse Hartley Peavey. Imagine a 120 amp made in the USA, 2 channel