PRS Custom Owners! What do you use yours for?

ICBM

Adam_MD said:

I can't think of any genre a custom couldn't easily do.

Cool music?

I used to own one, and although very versatile in most ways, you couldn't really do anything alt/punk-like with it properly. It wasn't just being too 'posh' - although it was - it didn't have the looseness of something like a Jazzmaster or a Gretsch, which you really need for that kind of thing.

Mine was always my backup really - I usually preferred my much plainer-looking and slightly better-sounding Standard. I never used the Custom anywhere without a full stage and lights, it would have just looked silly at a pub gig. I kept the Custom mostly for playing Pride festivals… since it was pink . (Not kidding!)

GuitarZero

johnonguitar said:

GuitarZero;654791" said:

I use my Custom 22 mostly for cleaner work.  I find PRS cleans are top notch but there are other guitars I prefer with some overdrive.

See that's interesting, I tend to shy away from using the Custom for clean stuff if I can and only use it when I need a guitar that behaves under high gain

I have the 57/08s in mine so maybe they lend themselves to the cleaner tones a bit more than what you have.

guitarfishbay

I have the EMG 57/66 set installed on mine, switched the locking tuners out for non locking (due to needing to fit thicker strings), and added the adjustable wraparound.  I play modern hard rock music.  Love it, it weighs very little but still feels sturdy, sounds and plays really well.

Adam_MD

ICBM;654895" said:

Adam_MD said:

I can't think of any genre a custom couldn't easily do.






I used to own one, and although very versatile in most ways, you couldn't really do anything alt/punk-like with it properly. It wasn't just being too 'posh' - although it was - it didn't have the looseness of something like a Jazzmaster or a Gretsch, which you really need for that kind of thing.

I totally disagree with this statement. Why on earth would you need a Gretsch or Jag for punk?

johnonguitar

Adam_MD;654992" said:

[quote="ICBM;654895"]Adam_MD said:

I can't think of any genre a custom couldn't easily do.






I used to own one, and although very versatile in most ways, you couldn't really do anything alt/punk-like with it properly. It wasn't just being too 'posh' - although it was - it didn't have the looseness of something like a Jazzmaster or a Gretsch, which you really need for that kind of thing.

I totally disagree with this statement. Why on earth would you need a Gretsch or Jag for punk? [/quote]

I think you guys are talking about different genres.


Ps. J Mascis just bought a 10 Top in Bengal Burst

Evilmags

ICBM;654895" said:

Adam_MD said:

I can't think of any genre a custom couldn't easily do.





Cool music?







































I used to own one, and although very versatile in most ways, you couldn't really do anything alt/punk-like with it properly. It wasn't just being too 'posh' - although it was - it didn't have the looseness of something like a Jazzmaster or a Gretsch, which you really need for that kind of thing.

Mine was always my backup really - I usually preferred my much plainer-looking and slightly better-sounding Standard. I never used the Custom anywhere without a full stage and lights, it would have just looked silly at a pub gig. I kept the Custom mostly for playing Pride festivals… since it was pink . (Not kidding!)

Dave Navarro managed to play a lot of James Addiction on one...

johnonguitar

Evilmags;655005" said:

[quote="ICBM;654895"]Adam_MD said:

I can't think of any genre a custom couldn't easily do.





Cool music?







































I used to own one, and although very versatile in most ways, you couldn't really do anything alt/punk-like with it properly. It wasn't just being too 'posh' - although it was - it didn't have the looseness of something like a Jazzmaster or a Gretsch, which you really need for that kind of thing.

Mine was always my backup really - I usually preferred my much plainer-looking and slightly better-sounding Standard. I never used the Custom anywhere without a full stage and lights, it would have just looked silly at a pub gig. I kept the Custom mostly for playing Pride festivals… since it was pink . (Not kidding!)

Dave Navarro managed to play a lot of James Addiction on one...[/quote]

Wasn't that a McCarty?

ThePrettyDamned

johnonguitar;654998" said:

[quote="Adam_MD;654992"][quote="ICBM;654895"]Adam_MD said:

I can't think of any genre a custom couldn't easily do.






I used to own one, and although very versatile in most ways, you couldn't really do anything alt/punk-like with it properly. It wasn't just being too 'posh' - although it was - it didn't have the looseness of something like a Jazzmaster or a Gretsch, which you really need for that kind of thing.

I totally disagree with this statement. Why on earth would you need a Gretsch or Jag for punk? [/quote]

I think you guys are talking about different genres.


Ps. J Mascis just bought a 10 Top in Bengal Burst[/quote]

He sent it back because he really struggled to get the action just right for him.

57Deluxe

I don't have a Custom... I have a P90... but I also have other guitars and it is not what the guitar is equipped with sonically that turns me to any style  - it is if it can be played effectively on it physically...

johnonguitar

@57Deluxe I'm totally different. I never really give much of a shit how a guitar plays. I probably should pay more attention to it though. All my guitars are wildly different. In fact the only guitar I ever bough because of the neck was my Taylor 314ce

57Deluxe

/\ I cannot play Sultans of Swing licks on my Les Paul... neck is way too big...

johnonguitar

57Deluxe;655030" said:

/\ I cannot play Sultans of Swing licks on my Les Paul... neck is way too big...

I'm awesome so don't need to worry about that too much

10thumbs

......annoying the neighbours

jeztone2

johnonguitar said:

jeztone2;654727" said:

The new band I'm in is sort of Skunk Anansie/ Duke Spirit with hints of Placebo. Im the only guitarist so I've put down the Kotzen & picked up the Custom 22. I have a big clean requirement. Plus a need for a fat solid power chord. The CU22 does both. But I find myself shifting between the split coils in parallel sound for clean & the back pickup for dirty.



In terms of living with a Custom, I don't think it would work in my last band. But I've used a Kotzen Tele for the last 10 years & 3 bands. But I wanted something slightly more Gibsonish, but with the clean tones a bit springier. In terms of taste I like massive frets and my 15 year old CU22 needed new ones, so I had @felineguitars put 6100's on. Then changed the machines to phase II's then had a Freeway switch installed.



It's not just PRS. I used to have an old Yamaha SG1300T & that was similar in feel & tone. But playing with another guitarist who had a mushy sound. The tele was great. But in a 1 guitar band its filling out nicely.

Are you me?! My main gigging guitar has been a Kotzen for 8 years now. Although I added a tone control, push pull for the bridge and a four way pick up selector. Awesomeness

Well I have bad eyesight & like lager. I spend an unhealthy amount of time looking at the women of the Israeli Army website.

Going back to the Yamaha SG1300T. If you wanted to do PRS Custom on a budget. That to me is the nearest non PRS guitar in terms of weight & feel. I restored a trashed one a few years ago & always regretted selling it on, but had been kicked down at work so needed the cash.

But they have a thinner body & tremolo.