PRS guitars

Philly_Q

BlueStrat said:

The heartbeat inlays on the Nita Straus Ibanez are the coolest inlays ever

I wonder if she'll stop using those guitars now she's working for Demi Lovato?  Too metal maybe?

Haych

The best inlays are no inlays at all. Side dots only and an otherwise unmolested fingerboard. 

guitarjack66

BlueStrat said:

The heartbeat inlays on the Nita Straus Ibanez are the coolest inlays ever

If its a Nita Strauss model,could they not be a fancy 'N' design for Nita? 

BlueStrat

guitarjack66 said:

BlueStrat said:

The heartbeat inlays on the Nita Straus Ibanez are the coolest inlays ever

If its a Nita Strauss model,could they not be a fancy 'N' design for Nita? 

No, they're heartbeat inlays. Nita describes the guitar herself in several YT videos. 

She seems  such a cool person

normula1

digitalkettle said:

normula1 said:

I actually like the birds and an interesting top, but I really don't like the eagle on the private stock models to the point that if I could ever afford one (lottery win excluded that's not going to happen ) I would specify no eagle.
Contrasted with Gibson, dots, trapezoids and parallelogram inlays get a thumbs up, as does solid colours and flame, but the supposedly more luxurious blocks (of any size and on any model) are a total no.

Quite like the Collings parallelograms:

I've not seen those before. I really like them

BlueStrat

Haych said:

The best inlays are no inlays at all. Side dots only and an otherwise unmolested fingerboard. 

I used to have an Ibanez S Prestige with no inlays except a tiny one at the 12th, really did look cool that guitar

gordiji

Tony's sabbath cross inlays will always be the coolest thing on a guitar neck, i used to drool as a teenager in the late 70's wishing.

NelsonP

This is a good example of what I really dont get about PRS. Why is this worth 3x a Custom shop Fender or 2x a Murphy Lab Les Paul?
https://wildwireguitars.com/prs-private-stock-mccarty-594-limited-with-ziricote-neck-in-amaretto-fade-ps-9537/

The S2s seem to be where its at? Like this one...
https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/product/151024290240006--prs-s2-vela-egyptian-gold-dots

Am I wrong?

RaymondLin

NelsonP said:

This is a good example of what I really dont get about PRS. Why is this worth 3x a Custom shop Fender or 2x a Murphy Lab Les Paul?
https://wildwireguitars.com/prs-private-stock-mccarty-594-limited-with-ziricote-neck-in-amaretto-fade-ps-9537/

The S2s seem to be where its at? Like this one...
https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/product/151024290240006--prs-s2-vela-egyptian-gold-dots

Am I wrong?

It's not a very good example actually because.....

1 - It's like saying "I hate Audi because their R8 is expensive"

Why is it worth 3x of Fender or Gibson's CS.....apples and oranges, it's not the same brand, it's not the same guitar, it's not the same material and not the same people.  When it is a Private Stock, it's done to spec so they can charge whatever they want for that 1 single build.  A Fender CS, although build to order, it's picked with the same kind of wood, try ask Fender use Ziricote and see how much that cost, but that is a bolt on...so ask Gibson for the same wood and see how much that cost in Murply Labs, then the comparison would be closer.

p.s. you get plenty and PLENTY of Fender and Gibson over £10k.  What makes those Exporer at those prices?  Korina isn't an expenisve wood, PRS used them for their SE One, I have one.  It was a £600 guitar.  

Apples and Oranges. 

NelsonP

That's helpful, thanks, but I really struggle to see the value in the Private Stock stuff though. I could be seduced by a £5k CS Strat or Les Paul but not an £11k PRS. In reality a £2k Les Paul Std or American Pro / Ultra would be more than enough. Horses for courses I suppose.

I like Audi R8s. I like Porsche GT3RS's more. But they are pushing £200k and that's a lot of money in anyone's book.

FelineGuitars

The dentist and lawyer guitar thing was always a jealousy thing towards people with big disposable income who chose a PRS and a Boogie Mk 4 as their first guitar and amp combo when they hadn't previously played anything before.

Those folks never went through the struggle of cheap or nasty guitars

So instead we hate the brand instead of/ as well as the people with disposable income 

I used to hate golf for the same reason - rich man's game or so it seemed to me

The thing is that PRS guitars are generally very good pieces of kit.

Now some PRS feel better than others....and they vary from one guitar to the next 

I have seen so many of them in 35 years as a tech and some leave me cold whilst some others (including many SE models) are great guitars that I would happily own.

Same goes for Fender, Gibson and all other mass producers of guitars - you will always get some that feel more magical than others.

chris78

Hmm. 11k for a prs private stock or 11k for this https://www.peachguitars.com/fender-custom-shop-51-nocaster-dale-wilson-masterbuilt-heavy-relic-nocaster-blon.htm

bacchanalian

NelsonP said:

That's helpful, thanks, but I really struggle to see the value in the Private Stock stuff though. I could be seduced by a £5k CS Strat or Les Paul but not an £11k PRS. 

I think you have encapsulated the discussion with that statement. Some guitar players are more invested in Fender and Gibson marketing/heritage than they are in other brands.
I have a lovely CS telecaster (much nicer looking than that £11k MB) but if I ever get the call from Dave Arch to dep at Strictly it would be PRS or Suhr I would be taking with me.

The car analogies don't work either.  Did Audi not kick Lancia's ass?

RaymondLin

FYI, I consider the Audi R8, a flagship car, a Halo car.

Fender CS or Murphy Labs, more a RS car. They are not in the same level, so to speak. Since there are more expensive Fenders and Gibsons above the £5k point, there are PLENTY of those.

A Private Stock is like a flagship car. When PRS first started, the Custom 24, is on the level of a Fender CS, actually, I believe Fender Custom Shop opened because of PRS’s level of quality. So Private Stock sits above Fender and Gibson CS, in both image and price.

elstoof

That’s why I don’t get Fender

Blaendulais

They look nothing like beats on a proper ECG trace though! 

flying_pie

Blaendulais said:

They look nothing like beats on a proper ECG trace though! 

Indeed. The lack of P waves is very disturbing 

Ungulate

Musical AF?

LastMantra

When I first got into guitar (late eighties/early nineties) I thought they were really blingy, and didn't like all the stripey tops and fancy finishes. Plus they were always out of my price range. 
First time I seen the standard satin (?) (the plain mahogany one) I really liked that. Still wouldn't have been able to afford one so forgot about it. 
 
Not in the market for new guitars now so guess I'll never know what I think about them.

LastMantra

Funnily enough I don't actually mind the birds. As long as they're on an otherwise simple looking guitar.