PRS Singlecut vs Gibson LP

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ibenhad":26uo94os said:
Have a PRS custom 24 and 8 Les Pauls. The PRS's always sound more stratish to me. "Les" meat..... Nice guitars and sound and play great but not a close or fair comparison IMHO.
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A Custom 24 has a 25" scale length. That's why it sounds closer to a Strat. This thread is about a PRS Singlecut, which has a 24.5" scale length. That's closer to what a LP has. So your comparison is kinda off topic. Now you might say, "But wait, FourT... does .5" really make that much of a difference?" Yes. Yes it does. 1/2" difference in scale length probably (just guessing here) equates to about 20-30 lbs. difference in string tension for the same tuning. And that will give you a much different sound and feel.
 
Have had more PRS's than just the custom 24, that's the only one I have I have left and they all sounded much more straty than any Les Paul I have ever played. I also hate the unbound neck. Only reason I keep the one I have is because it's a rare color and fun to beat on now and again.
 
Apples and oranges when you compare the tone.

But, PRS wins hands-down on build quality and playablity, IMHO.
 
ibenhad":sjuzn1hl said:
Have had more PRS's than just the custom 24, that's the only one I have I have left and they all sounded much more straty than any Les Paul I have ever played. I also hate the unbound neck. Only reason I keep the one I have is because it's a rare color and fun to beat on now and again.
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I've owned literally dozens of PRS Singlecuts, and none of them sounded stratty. You could split the coils on the right pickups and get close, but even the SC Trem (25" scale) sounded like most mahogany body/mahogany neck/RW fingerboard solidbody electrics sound.

And it's funny you hate the unbound neck. I hate the plastic binding on a Les Paul. It's cheap looking and cheap feeling. Dunno why Gibson continues that tradition. There's not any good reason to glue long strips of plastic onto a guitar neck and headstock. Total Ewww. It's one of the reasons PRS guitars don't look cheap like bound neck Gibsons do.

Of course, PRS had to break the tradition with the SC58 and put a binding on that one. Kind of an obvious ploy to get died in the wool LP players to come over.
 
I'm bumping this "again" because I just played a bunch of LP's and a PRS SC recently. I had a classic custom that was ...ok. I grew tired of the neck shape after a while. I had a standard a few months ago that sounded great, but I hated everything else about it. Upper fret playing blows, never fucking stayed in tune, digs into your ribs, and a few other things. For as good as it sounded I didn't want to keep it.

A few days ago a small shop near me has a bunch of used LP's and a PRS SC and a few other various PRS guitars like a Custom 22, Mira. Comfort, playability, attention to detail, the PRS won hands down. The one I played had totally straight neck and low action with zero buzzing or dead areas. Not ANY of the LP's had as good a neck, all of them had too much relief, or a dip in the middle which to me means they're setup like that to hide stuff that appears when you straighten a neck out. They were all used so ignoring the regular wear and tear it's easy to tell Gibson still doesn't put as much attention to detail as PRS does. I think to match a regular PRS SC245 in quality you need to go historic on the Gibson side. A lot of the flaws on Gibsons aren't really that big a deal though, like the typical finish bleeds and whatnot.

But playability, I was much better off on the PRS. They did have a 95 Standard that felt decent but the playability for me wasn't as good. I played them all on a small LIne 6 amp so they all sounded the same, of course anything through those little shit cans sounds the same. But the SC245 should sound closer to a good LP than the SC250.

Here's one thing I find funny. When anyone posts about a Suhr, Anderson, Ernie Ball, Carvin how come nobody says it won't sound like a Gibson? Some of those companies make SC style guitars but it's always a bro hug and high 5 butt smack party. When someone posts about a PRS almost always the Gibson police are quick to make their opinions known, even if it's a Custom 24! You mean, it's got 24 frets, strat shaped, 25 scale, different pickups and it's doesn't sound like a Gibson! Oh My.
 
^^^^Agreed.

I'm a lifelong LP player and never cared about PRS SC till I played one. Build quality is awesome. I also needed to switch to a lighter guitar. Still rocking both LP and SC.
 
I love Les Paul's (have 7), but I also have a PRS SC 245 and it's an awesome guitar in its own right. It's very Les Paul like (close enough for me). I'd love to try an SC 58 as well.
 
The Singlecut is a completey different animal. I much, much prefer a good LP over just about any guitar. I have yet to hear or play a guitar that can do what an LP can do. Can you see I am an LP fan boy!? :)
 
Holy necropost.

FWIW, I toyed with this idea too. I own several Lesters, all of which are awesome in their own ways. I toyed with the PRS notion as they've got a reputation that precedes them - quality, construction, pups, everything. So I sat there wondering and wondering. Then it came to me...

I have what I need.
The reason I have Les Pauls is becasue they rock my world.

Done.
 
I own both SC's and LP's and will continue to do so.

If I want an LP sound I'll play the Pauls, if I want something different or the PRS sound I'll play the PRS's. Both have their own thing going...not really sure why people make that big of a deal about it. Both fine guitars...and really no different than any other guitar....you may go through several till you find the one that does it for you.
 
Thanks to those who responded with serious replies.

..And the rest, I guess it was completely fucking stupid of me to inquire if the PRS sounded anything like a LP...Even though it has the same body shape, same wood combo, same scale length etc and is obviously their version of one.
 
snowdog":mza7p386 said:
..And the rest, I guess it was completely fucking stupid of me to inquire if the PRS sounded anything like a LP...
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That's not fkn stupid at all, as, seriously, if there were EVER two brands/models that were compared against each other the most, it's PRS and Lesters. So even if they are "different animals", all the media surrounding them sure as shit makes them out to be direct competitors to one another; which therefore only logically leads us to think they MUST sound kinda alike :dunno:
 
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