Hi all!
im thinking of selling a few amps and guitars and getting a sc594 core. I’m going down the prs route as I’m finding I’m playing my sc245 more then my Gibsons and Guilds. The comfort in playing compared to my les Paul’s has sold me. If anyone has a sc245 and 594 do they feel very different in their neck profile? Mine is 2007 with a wide fat profile and it’s amazing. Equally my 245 is one of the only guitars that I have left stock. The guitar would be in drop c.
I can’t get out to try one very easily due to my job. So any thoughts I would appreciate it.
if it helps the stuff I like to play is metal - Neurosis, mastodon, high on fire, slayer, monster magnet etc.
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I've played both the SC245 and the SC594, the latter has a slightly fatter neck but for me that was a positive. Tonally I much prefer the 594 to the earlier singlecut variations for most genres, although the SC250 and Tremonti models have their place too for more modern music.
It might be worth checking out the ESP Eclipse range too?
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The 594 neck profile is the fattest that PRS do - it's also asymmetric so D’ish at top verses C’ish at the bottom. For metal you’ve got two challenges – as already mentioned the scale length is quite short so you would probably need quite thick strings and the pickups are low wind version and consequentially low output.
I think you could clean boost them and get where you need, unless you are using something with shed loads of gain you are going to need more push that the pickups will give you stock
That said they are quality guitars and are pretty much the only PRS’s with the “right” control layout IMHO!
based on recent examples I've had and measured
Traditional wide/fat - .884" top nut end to .924" 12th fret
594 - .894" top nut end and 1.075" 12th fret
But retains that easy slick feel and playability that you'll find on a PRS
My band, Red For Dissent
Looks to be a lot for the money
I prefer the confusingly-named S2 McCarty Thinline, looks-wise, but it has a thin neck.
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Re the downtuning Leon Todd (youtuber) has his SC245 in drop C for his band Ragdoll so it should be alright!