PRS SE ----acoustic?

gasket said:
My brother-in-law is "John Smith", he doesn't have a middle name to enhance it. When he was younger and had any dealings with The Man he always produced his licence before actually telling them his name.
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Interesting. I had an uncle “John Smith”. It’s likely he didn’t have a middle name, either. My father’s first name was “Paul” and he didn’t have a middle name.

It would be pretty wild if my father had had a middle name that began with the letter “R”. I literally would be the son of “PRS”!
 
IMG_6327.JPG FWe are identified by numbers but a middle name can save you some time. I don't have a middle name and used my conformation name Thomas for most of my life. Kevin is very common in my home town of Dublin. Paul was to be my middle name but the night nurse forgot the space. Too much whiskey in the tea they say. Kevinpaul is how it stayed. My cat Boop did not get a middle name until she was 20 years old. I had to fix it so Boop Ann is how it is and she is not mixed up with
The cartoon lady Betty Boop. The cat known only as Boop or Boop Cat gets her mail now and her favorite magazine " Cat Fancy " ! More than just a lump of 20 year old fur.
 
kevinpaul said:
View attachment 17384 View attachment 17385 View attachment 17386 I just don't like PRS products and I don't have a good reason not too. I know the quality of the PRS stuff and I would bet some where in the neighborhood of $14 to $16 bucks that the acoustic guitars are great. I heard Paul Smith speak and I was very much impressed with how he came across.
I wanted to ask him about that gay as pink Reed name crap. Like was it mommy's maiden name?
Did he know that name puts him in the kick my ass class? Never the less that bald worm makes good guitars.
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Acoustic PRS???

In studio circles, there are a lot if PRS guitars around. I have played a number of their 'Artist Series' which are the models I most frequently encounter.

I can't find anything wrong with them. Finishes are great, but their style - or lack thereof - is not appealing to me. Clearly, they seem to be a very good guitar, but I don't find anything awe inspiring about them. All the highly lauded 'innovations' seem different enough to afford patent protection, but I've never been astounded by these points.

They feel very much like an Ibanez to me, but the Wizard neck actually feels better to my hands.

The scale length gives them a very foreign, 'Fender-esque' feel. Good quality instrument though without a doubt.

I've said this before and I am being brutally honest. if I were on the road and lost my guitars and needed a replacement - and Guitar Sinner was my only option - I would buy an off the hangar Jackson.

Every single Jackson I pick up - and I'm talking the import models that everybody carries - have such a good setup. Every one is silent when plugged in, due to shielding being SOP, pickups have goid output, neck is thinner, but has wide shoulders, and the split radius fretboard has a really great feel.

I'm not trying to compare the two, just offering my personal observations.

I wouldn't at all be surprised to find myself coming home one day with a Jackson. I only have two complaints:

1: the Dinky bodies are too small to my eye

2: I don't like the sharkfin inlay visually speaking

Now, I've never cared for Jackson's, but a guitar that is properly intonated and set up - right off the hanger - impresses me.
 
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