Re: The Dentist Office: The unofficial PRS discussion and photo lounge
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2024 12:02 am
by Snave
I've got a 2000 CE24 in whale blue. Not the flashiest PRS but it's a chunky sounding guitar.
Re: The Dentist Office: The unofficial PRS discussion and photo lounge
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2024 1:10 am
by spawnofthesith
Snave wrote: ↑Tue Jan 30, 2024 12:02 am
I've got a 2000 CE24 in whale blue. Not the flashiest PRS but it's a chunky sounding guitar.
Looks snazzy to me
And a “core era” one! I hear a lot of people say they like those older ones a lot more than the new ones. I’m perfectly happy with my ‘19 but would be interested to compare
Re: The Dentist Office: The unofficial PRS discussion and photo lounge
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2024 1:36 am
by greatmutah
I gotta get a new group shot of my trio but..
Re: The Dentist Office: The unofficial PRS discussion and photo lounge
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2024 1:50 am
by spawnofthesith
greatmutah wrote: ↑Tue Jan 30, 2024 1:36 am
I gotta get a new group shot of my trio but..
I really need to try a Santana
Re: The Dentist Office: The unofficial PRS discussion and photo lounge
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2024 1:56 am
by greatmutah
I love mine. That 24.5” scale is super comfy. The neck is fat but fast and the frets feel bigger than either of my other PRS guitars. Not much but a little. I was dead set on putting 10s on it when I got it but the 9s felt so slinky on the plain strings. So I split the difference and run 9-46 on it. I do recommend locking tuners for it though.
I also really like the Santana S Pickups. I expected to yank them but they’re great.
Re: The Dentist Office: The unofficial PRS discussion and photo lounge
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2024 2:25 am
by spawnofthesith
greatmutah wrote: ↑Tue Jan 30, 2024 1:56 am
I love mine. That 24.5” scale is super comfy. The neck is fat but fast and the frets feel bigger than either of my other PRS guitars. Not much but a little. I was dead set on putting 10s on it when I got it but the 9s felt so slinky on the plain strings. So I split the difference and run 9-46 on it. I do recommend locking tuners for it though.
I also really like the Santana S Pickups. I expected to yank them but they’re great.
I bet, I love the PRs scale experimentation in general. the 594 scale is incredible, that guitar is so easy to play
I feel like the “s” pickups generally get a lot of hate, but the vela pickups and the s 594 pups are fantastic imo. The unique s version vela pups are amazing, and I like whatever is in the s2 594 better than any stock Gibson pups I’ve ever had
Re: The Dentist Office: The unofficial PRS discussion and photo lounge
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2024 2:27 am
by spawnofthesith
I didn’t love the one example of the se 594 I tried at all (despite the same pickups in my s2) but my bass player grabbed purple custom 24 recently and it’s a badass guitar l, definitely re-piqued my interest in SE stuff
Re: The Dentist Office: The unofficial PRS discussion and photo lounge
Snave wrote: ↑Tue Jan 30, 2024 12:02 am
I've got a 2000 CE24 in whale blue. Not the flashiest PRS but it's a chunky sounding guitar.
Looks snazzy to me
And a “core era” one! I hear a lot of people say they like those older ones a lot more than the new ones. I’m perfectly happy with my ‘19 but would be interested to compare
I actually haven't played the new CE24 model but I'm familiar with the differences. Should functionally be the same after a hardware swap. For whatever reason I've bonded with the late '90s/early '00s models (black headstock) more than the mid-late '00s ones (unfinished headstock) even though they're identical on paper. The couple later '00s, pre-discontinuation CE24s I had were lighter and just didn't sound the same.
On the other hand, a Korean PRS Torero was my main guitar for several years so they've got nice ones at any price point.
Your CU22 looks sick. Do those have the Dragon pickups? What amps are you running it with?
Re: The Dentist Office: The unofficial PRS discussion and photo lounge
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2024 5:20 pm
by diddlybo
I have the oddest looking PRS ever. You don't see many with a LP pickguard.
Here it is in a video done for Xotic effects, when the guitar was owned by Kenny Greenberg.
Re: The Dentist Office: The unofficial PRS discussion and photo lounge
Snave wrote: ↑Tue Jan 30, 2024 12:02 am
I've got a 2000 CE24 in whale blue. Not the flashiest PRS but it's a chunky sounding guitar.
Looks snazzy to me
And a “core era” one! I hear a lot of people say they like those older ones a lot more than the new ones. I’m perfectly happy with my ‘19 but would be interested to compare
I actually haven't played the new CE24 model but I'm familiar with the differences. Should functionally be the same after a hardware swap. For whatever reason I've bonded with the late '90s/early '00s models (black headstock) more than the mid-late '00s ones (unfinished headstock) even though they're identical on paper. The couple later '00s, pre-discontinuation CE24s I had were lighter and just didn't sound the same.
On the other hand, a Korean PRS Torero was my main guitar for several years so they've got nice ones at any price point.
Your CU22 looks sick. Do those have the Dragon pickups? What amps are you running it with?
It has the Dragon IIs, which seem to be divisive, but personally I like them a lot. Sound great under a lot of gain
5153 50 watt is my primary gigging amp right now, but I played several shows with the cu22 + Mesa roadster this year. I keep my engl Thunder at my drummers house for practice
