FS: PRS Custom 22 PRICE DROP £900 Whale Blue Dragon 1 pups

guitargeek62

Yup, fraid so. If it was a wide-fat I'd fight you for it, but chances are I'd move it on in 6 months or so anyway!

welshboyo

ok, cheers GG, see, I'm bit of a freak and like both profiles on the PRS's

monquixote

If my ASAT goes this is top of my list

TTony

monquixote said:

If my ASAT goes this is top of my list

Buy a cheaper car than you originally intended to, and use the rest of the car budget to buy a guitar 

monquixote

TTony;77493" said:

monquixote said:

If my ASAT goes this is top of my list



Buy a cheaper car than you originally intended to, and use the rest of the car budget to buy a guitar 

That almost works but now the Mrs wants a new car!

Can I interest you in an ASAT?

TTony

ASAT's not really a "me" guitar. 

The shiny blue one up there ^^^ is more of a "me" guitar, but having had a car consolidation, a guitar consolidation is probably next ... Which means fewer rather than morer.

crunchman

Don't need another guitar, just as well it's wide thin.  At least I'm not tempted.

Daneff

bump

rmilesy

excuse my ignorance on this Model, but does it have push \pull coil taps ?

guitargeek62

Sorry to jump in before Dan but here's the specs from PRS on the 5-way rotary switch;

ROTARY POSITIONS

• Position 10: Treble pickup
• Position 9: Outside coils- deep and clear - parallel
• Position 8: Series single coils – Warm version of the "in between the treble and middle pickups"
• Position 7: Parallel single coils – Crisp version of the "in between the treble and middle pickups"
• Position 6: Bass pickup

It doesn't work in practice for everyone, which is why you often see these swapped out for a 3-way toggle and a push-pull tone pot to split the 'buckers. For me at least the sounds offered by the 5-way are fantastic (particularly with these Dragon 1 humbuckers), and it's worth taking the time to get used to the new method of switching. It's also easily rectified by swapping the knob out for something with more grip and/or a more visible pointer - like a J-bass knob for example.

Daneff

No coil tapping im afraid. Dunno if it would have the option with some modification!

welshboyo

I assume this CU has the 5 way rotary? if so, then it alreasy does a fair amount of tapping with the "in between" sounds available.

to get a standard 3 way + coil taps set-up, you would need the McCarty switching installed which is a doddle to do,

rmilesy

thanks mate - that clears it up !! so how do you know which position you're in ? looks like a standard 10 digit tone pot ?

Daneff

*facepalm* sorry my brain didn't engage at all when I just read "push pull" coil taps. Course it has the 5 way rotary! D'oh!

welshboyo

rmilesy said:

thanks mate - that clears it up !! so how do you know which position you're in ? looks like a standard 10 digit tone pot ?

no easy way as far as I can remember (of all the PRS's I've had, they've all been McCarty), something in the back of my mind tells me that the position relates to 5-10 on that pot.

The CE22 I had with Rotary produced some lovely sounds, the out of phase is one I particularly remember.

Irelandy

Nice looking axe.....good luck with the sale!

guitargeek62

guitargeek62 said:

Sorry to jump in before Dan but here's the specs from PRS on the 5-way rotary switch;

ROTARY POSITIONS

• Position 10: Treble pickup
• Position 9: Outside coils- deep and clear - parallel
• Position 8: Series single coils – Warm version of the "in between the treble and middle pickups"
• Position 7: Parallel single coils – Crisp version of the "in between the treble and middle pickups"
• Position 6: Bass pickup

It doesn't work in practice for everyone, which is why you often see these swapped out for a 3-way toggle and a push-pull tone pot to split the 'buckers. For me at least the sounds offered by the 5-way are fantastic (particularly with these Dragon 1 humbuckers), and it's worth taking the time to get used to the new method of switching. It's also easily rectified by swapping the knob out for something with more grip and/or a more visible pointer - like a J-bass knob for example.

So you all missed my post then?

SimpleSimon

How does the wide thin neck compare to say a Gibson 60's neck? Is the board wider than a Gibson, say more Ibanez territory?

Daneff

Im not familiar with the Gibson necks so can't really say. Its not in Ibanez territory, more fender in its depth, but wider fretboard. I expect someone more qualified will come along and comment now haha

JMP220478

I simultaneously had a Gibson 60's neck LP , a PRS custom 24 wide thin n a Jem Vai - the Prs sat in the middle - marginally shalllower in depth than the 60's classic i have but not Jem thin - the radius of the PRS was more modern fender - approx 10"  than the Gibson 12"and certainly not as flat as the Jem 15+" .. 

overall the W/T neck is a easy swap to go from gibson 60's IMHO - I only let my 24 go cos I wasnt a huge fan of the 5 way n the VB / HFS pickup combo and tbh the scarlet red flame top was too nice !! 

good luck with sale