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

[VonBonfire]

PRS Custom 22 with EMGs - Got it in 1999, it's been my #1 for that long. It's an awesome guitar.

Is this the axe you cut all those siiiiick Wizard MCII clips with? Or am I getting mixed up?

 

[Skirmish]

PS Custom24 with BKP Abraxas PUs.

 

[TheGreatGreen]

Is this the axe you cut all those siiiiick Wizard MCII clips with? Or am I getting mixed up?

That's the one! And thanks.

 

[NeubyWanKaneuby]

@NeubyWanKaneuby how do you like the blade pickups on your NF53? I tried a black one out at the store and though the guitar wouldn't have been my first choice for a PRS, I thought the blades were killer and was kind of blown away by them. I could easily get addicted to playing an axe like that. The whole thing was exceptional. It caught me off guard.

They kinda feel like a cross between humbuckers and noiseless single coils, if that makes sense.

 

[Fiesta Red]

One of the best strats I've ever played. Don't have a problem with the 7.25 radius (surprisingly). 6 pounds 12 ounces.

I bought a Tungsten one about he same weight. Getting the pickups changed in that (which PRS makes a bit of a challenge).

 

[VonBonfire]

One of the best strats I've ever played. Don't have a problem with the 7.25 radius (surprisingly). 6 pounds 12 ounces.

I bought a Tungsten one about he same weight. Getting the pickups changed in that (which PRS makes a bit of a challenge).

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I always liked the vintage radius! It's very comfortable for chording. Nice axe!!!

 

[ChurchHill]

PS Custom24 with BKP Abraxas PUs.

What do you think of the Abraxas in your PRS? I've got a set of Abraxas that I didn't quite sound the way I wanted them to in a Les Paul, not bad, just not thick enough. I've had great luck with Crawlers in my CU24, which I don't think are that far off, at least tonally, from the Abraxas. So, I was wondering what your thoughts on Abraxas in your PRS.

 

[VonBonfire]

What do you think of the Abraxas in your PRS? I've got a set of Abraxas that I didn't quite sound the way I wanted them to in a Les Paul, not bad, just not thick enough. I've had great luck with Crawlers in my CU24, which I don't think are that far off, at least tonally, from the Abraxas. So, I was wondering what your thoughts on Abraxas in your PRS.

Paired with a nice mesa or cranked twin do they give those Carlos tones?

 

[Skirmish]

Paired with a nice mesa or cranked twin do they give those Carlos tones?

Any Boogie combo will do, I like the Mark IV and Mark VII the best, works really well. Though I personally don't hear that much of a difference between different sets of good PAF PUs, i.e. a good set of Seymour Duncans would work as well for me.

 

[Skirmish]

What do you think of the Abraxas in your PRS? I've got a set of Abraxas that I didn't quite sound the way I wanted them to in a Les Paul, not bad, just not thick enough. I've had great luck with Crawlers in my CU24, which I don't think are that far off, at least tonally, from the Abraxas. So, I was wondering what your thoughts on Abraxas in your PRS.

I mostly play heavy music and tonewise go for a 70s Rock basis adapted to a modern setting with organic sounding overdrive. Hence my main amp rig is the VH4 paired with the Mark VII. For lead tones, Santana is one of my biggest inspirations and I love that fat, juicy, tuby, Boogie lead sound. Works well in a modern setting as well. That was the basis on which I discussed my pickup choices with BKP and ultimately went with the Abraxas. Works well for me, I don't feel a need to change anything.

 

[Fiesta Red]

I always liked the vintage radius! It's very comfortable for chording. Nice axe!!!

It's odd -- I didn't think I'd like this one much. Just tried it on a whim. One of the best strats ever, not counting the pickups. I've played other PRS guitars, and owned a couple of DGTs but didn't bond with them. But this model is great! The finish on the neck that they say is a satin nitro almost feels like an oiled neck. The frets are tall and it's a big round strat neck, which is most comfortable for me. The K-Line strats I play have a larger, rounder neck too. The Silver Sky is on par with them for quality.

Just a very, very cool guitar.

Oh, and unlike a lot of people I dig the 3x3 headstock.

 

[dr_rbg]

I am actually tired of that Strat headstock and that rigid mentality about it, my favorite headstocks now are EBMM and PRS.

 

[errrrrl]

Sup fellas! I still got this old 2015 USA Holcomb, fun guitar to play. I still remember the day I got it, the local shop brought it back from namm, I got to unbox and try it out at the shop... was shocked it was perfectly tuned to drop D out of the box.

 

[TheGreatGreen]

Sup fellas! I still got this old 2015 USA Holcomb, fun guitar to play. I still remember the day I got it, the local shop brought it back from namm, I got to unbox and try it out at the shop... was shocked it was perfectly tuned to drop D out of the box.

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That's the best looking Holcomb I've seen, it doesn't have the neck binding the new ones have.

What's the neck profile on that guitar?

 

[errrrrl]

That's the best looking Holcomb I've seen, it doesn't have the neck binding the new ones have.

What's the neck profile on that guitar?

I think its called pattern thin with a 20" radius?

 

[EGW-Eric]

This was my 2011 Tremonti in Angry Larry that I never ever should have gotten rid of.

 

[EGW-Eric]

The guitar I have had the longest, my 2000 Custom 24.

 

[EGW-Eric]

My number one PRS since new. My 2014 Custom 24 Floyd. Crappy picture. It's a little more purple, but used to be very purple. It's a nice fade. Took out the \M/ pickups which I hated, and have BKP Ceramic Nailbombs in there now.

 

[VonBonfire]

I saw a dude ripping on a custom 24 tonight. Sounded killer in the modern rock context. Was paired with some sort of blonde Fender head, I didn't get close enough to see what it was. Dude is a great player.

 

[ChurchHill]

Those Blonde Fenders are something...