PRS Tekton - a PRS for modern high gain

[VonBonfire]

As much as I love PRS, no bird inlays is a fail for me.

With that 3k price tag, the bolt on neck, body mounted humbuckers, and dots instead of birds this is probably a pretty good deal if your name is Paul Reed Smith.

 

[Gitfiddler]

FUKTON of money

 

[SgtThump]

I recorded with a PRS a lot, but it felt like a baby sized guitar. I want more longer scale guitars, more more more!

Well c'mon... You are like 8 feet tall!

 

[japetus]

Well c'mon... You are like 8 feet tall!

No, I have shrunken over the years, bout 5'8 now

 

[VonBonfire]

No, I have shrunken over the years.
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/scnt...ey=afm0gm0warrtvp13lvomxurkz&st=qla0c2c3&dl=0

You are a giant in my eyes brougham. I'm like eight feet tall too, someone recently axed me if that's a 339 I'm using, grrrrr.....

 

[japetus]

You are a giant in my eyes brougham. I'm like eight feet tall too, someone recently axed me if that's a 339 I'm using, grrrrr.....

My dream guitar is a 25.5 inch or longer semi -hollowbody that doesn't feedback and just has a nice snappy play

 

[VonBonfire]

My dream guitar is a 25.5 inch or longer semi -hollowbody that doesn't feedback and just has a nice snappy play

Good luck on your search. I already have my dream guitar.

I was actually looking at PRS' recently and thought about hitting GC to try a couple. But since I am a sucker for ES' and F-holes I came across this last night:

Seventy-Seven Exrubato CTM-A, the full Japan edition.

 

[japetus]

Good luck on your search. I already have my dream guitar.

I was actually looking at PRS' recently and thought about hitting GC to try a couple. But since I am a sucker for ES' and F-holes I came across this last night:

Seventy-Seven Exrubato CTM-A, the full Japan edition.
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[harddriver]

 

[Rackman]

Eh, we finally get a stainless fret PRS and it's a bolt on.

So close, gentlemen.

 

[DanTravis62]

My dream guitar is a 25.5 inch or longer semi -hollowbody that doesn't feedback and just has a nice snappy play

It's a full archtop but the Gibson L5 CES reissue was 25.5

 

[Fiesta Red]

Square pickups?

 

[cobrahead1030]

$3K is pricey, but not ridiculous.

Anymore, you’re typically into the $2k range for any run of the mill US made instrument. For a PRS with a unique feature set like this, especially with the 7 string models; I can’t think of a comparable guitar made stateside that’s costing much less.

 

[VonBonfire]

It's a full archtop but the Gibson L5 CES reissue was 25.5

@japetus might like the T-Bone guitar, ES-5, 25.5" but it's full hollow.

 

[japetus]

@japetus might like the T-Bone guitar, ES-5, 25.5" but it's full hollow.

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I'd take the middle pickup out

 

[DanTravis62]

Those ultra-tight grained flamed tops are kinda ugly to me tbh


I like the solid green one

I think all the solid colors are good looking; the flamed tops? ehhhh not so much

Honestly I'm sure it's a great guitar, there's just no way I would ever pay that much for a bolt-on superstrat

Once we are getting into the 3k zone, you are well into the "can buy a neck thru or set neck soloist or hamer" money

If it's a bolt-on I can literally just build a partscaster and make it whatever I want, including a body that isn't a lame superstrat shape and a color that isn't fucking hideous

 

[VonBonfire]

Once we are getting into the 3k zone, you are well into the "can buy a neck thru or set neck soloist or hamer" money

Yeah, or a sweet 50's/60's neck LP.

 

[DanTravis62]

Yeah, or a sweet 50's/60's neck LP.

I mean obviously, but i'm saying if you're in the market for this, you're in the market for a superstrat - There is no universe where I would spend 3k on a superstrat in the first place

But the level of superstrats that you are competing with at this price range is full of a lot of set neck/neck thru guitars that are of super high quality; if you're gonna do a bolt on, you can build a partscaster (if you're handy) or use one of the many great partscaster building companies (chub, luxx, d'avanzo, etc) that all post around here for like half as much cash

 

[VonBonfire]

I mean obviously, but i'm saying if you're in the market for this, you're in the market for a superstrat - There is no universe where I would spend 3k on a superstrat in the first place

But the level of superstrats that you are competing with at this price range is full of a lot of set neck/neck thru guitars that are of super high quality; if you're gonna do a bolt on, you can build a partscaster (if you're handy) or use one of the many great partscaster building companies (chub, luxx, d'avanzo, etc) that all post around here for like half as much cash

I don't really get the same super strat vibes from it so I guess I don't make that connection. Would a super strat guy be lured in by this? I guess I don't know. Ain't even got a trem. It's not a strat body, its PRS with some hardware hank stuff holding the neck on. A trimmed down silver sky would be a super strat. Regardless, like you said, 3-4k opens up a world of options for sweet guitars that make this seem pretty meh.

 

[DanTravis62]

I don't really get the same super strat vibes from it so I guess I don't make that connection. Would a super strat guy be lured in by this? I guess I don't know. Ain't even got a trem. It's not a strat body, its PRS with some hardware hank stuff holding the neck on. A trimmed down silver sky would be a super strat. Regardless, like you said, 3-4k opens up a world of options for sweet guitars that make this seem pretty meh.

That's literally the market they said they are trying to tap into in the PR dude

And it makes sense, it's a stainless steel fret, small neck, ergonomic strat shape with a fancy trem system