The Guitar Pron Thread

[noharleyyet 2,864]

28 minutes ago, dcbc said:

Yeah, I've got an old PRS HBII and it's beautiful and plays like a dream.  Even has the birds (probably my least favorite part).  But I just can't get past the juxtaposition of that headstock with the strat body.

I can envision Mayer trynna explain it..zzzzzzzzzzz

[Bogeywon 2,548]

Damn make me feel bad I want a JM PRS. I love PRS. I own 2 and the birds are my favorite part

[noharleyyet 2,864]

Have orphaned two PRS but will own another someday....beautifully constructed players. 

[Deej 77,826]

It's body is a wonderland. It's headstock? Not so much. 

[Bogeywon 2,548]

13 minutes ago, Deej said:

It's body is a wonderland. It's headstock? Not so much. 

I like the headstock. I’m a PRS homer tho

[DougO 5,266]

I like the PRS headstock. It is practical, more functional and better designed than most without the chronic tuning issues of some, and it fits the guitar. Both of mine are SE Korean models, one with birds one with dots. Hard to beat for the total package of quality, functionality and beauty. The only thing that can't do is make me not suck at guitar.

[dcbc 14,644]

Lots of PRS talk with no pictures.

1999 PRS McCarty Hollowbody II Ten-Top (Maple top and back with mahogany sides).

Edited March 26, 2021 by dcbc

[Chad Fuck 18,135]

Lots of PRS talk with no pictures.
1999 PRS McCarty Hollowbody II Ten-Top (Maple top and back with mahogany sides).

Wrap around stop tailpiece?

Beautiful

[dcbc 14,644]

1 hour ago, Chad Fuck said:

Wrap around stop tailpiece?

Beautiful

Yes, on both counts.

[Buzzrock 15,136]

The other day, my wife looked at one guitar on the wall and asked when I got it.  I said, "1982, a hell of a lot longer than I've known you."   She said, "Just never noticed it before."     Hulla sees a window opening..........local guitar shop getting in one of these.  
 

As I once heard PRS say: just leave the house with an empty case and tell her you’re taking one to the shop.

[Buzzrock 15,136]

This is a 40 minute video where JM goes into detail about why PRS instead of Fender and what the differences are. It features some great playing but it also features JM talking a lot, so if that’s the sort of thing that might bother you then I’d say pass. I thought it was fascinating and I go back and watch the playing parts often.

And a gazillion companies have made Strat copies, that’s not heat that should be reserved for PRS.

[Buzzrock 15,136]

My PRS is currently living in my office since I’m here ALL THE FUCKING TIME

[Goredho 17,656]

I just entered the Metal Zone with my second Pfizer shot.  Will be interesting to see if my playing gets heavier.

The notion that COVID-19 vaccines will be used by governments across the globe to track the human race's every move has long been a topic of discussion among conspiracy theorists. But now, new 'evidence' has emerged from Italian proponents of the idea – only it would be evidence, were it not a reworked schematic for the Boss Metal Zone.

The conspiracy theorists shared the schematic online, claiming it depicted the diagram for the supposed 5G chip. It features a section labelled “5G frequency” – clearly the source of many a theorist's eureka moment – as well as terms guitarists will find familiar: “MT-2 Gain”, “Footswitch” among the most recognizable.

Mario Fusco, a senior software engineer at Redhat, spotted the misinformation and took to Twitter to flag it.

“Here in Italy people started to share this figure claiming that this is the diagram of the 5G chip that has been inserted in the COVID vaccine,” he tweeted. “In reality it is the electric circuit of a guitar pedal.”

 

https://www.guitarworld.com/news/conspiracy-theorists-share-schematic-for-5g-chip-they-claim-is-implanted-in-covid-19-vaccines-only-its-actually-for-the-boss-metal-zone

[Buzzrock 15,136]

You can’t escape... The Metal Zone

[Goredho 17,656]

Actually, you can check out of the metal zone anytime you like, but you can never leave.

[hullabelew 3,730]

Better the Metal Zone than the Danger Zone.  

[noharleyyet 2,864]

5 hours ago, Buzzrock said:

This is a 40 minute video where JM goes into detail about why PRS instead of Fender and what the differences are. It features some great playing but it also features JM talking a lot, so if that’s the sort of thing that might bother you then I’d say pass. I thought it was fascinating and I go back and watch the playing parts often.
 

 

And a gazillion companies have made Strat copies, that’s not heat that should be reserved for PRS.

 

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[Goredho 17,656]

To reward myself for surviving the last year I just bought this 1964 Epiphone Texan.  Plays and sounds great.  It’s not in immaculate condition or anything.  Just a solid player-grade vintage acoustic.  Now I just need a good Tele.

 

 

[Chad Fuck 18,135]

23 minutes ago, Goredho said:

To reward myself for surviving the last year I just bought this 1964 Epiphone Texan.  Plays and sounds great.  It’s not in immaculate condition or anything.  Just a solid player-grade vintage acoustic.  Now I just need a good Tele.

 

 

Fuckin A.  Happy Friday to us!

[Chad Fuck 18,135]

Whenever I hear Epiphone Texan, this is what I think:

[Bogeywon 2,548]

2016 PRS Vine whale blue

 

2001 PRS Custom 24 with 10 top Green

[DougO 5,266]

Nice. The blue, green and amber flame tops were always my favorite PRS colors.

[Chad Fuck 18,135]

2016 PRS Vine whale blue
 
2001 PRS Custom 24 with 10 top Green

Those border on art. So nice I’d almost be afraid to play them.

[noharleyyet 2,864]

Damn....

[Bogeywon 2,548]

7 hours ago, DougO said:

Nice. The blue, green and amber flame tops were always my favorite PRS colors.

Same!

[Bogeywon 2,548]

6 hours ago, Chad Fuck said:

Those border on art. So nice I’d almost be afraid to play them.

I’ve played the whale blue one 1 time and got scared but the green is my go to.  

[Bogeywon 2,548]

2 hours ago, noharleyyet said:

Damn....

That’s what’s I had to have it. The picture doesn’t do it justice 

[Buzzrock 15,136]

Those border on art. So nice I’d almost be afraid to play them.

That’s why I kind of like that I have an “ugly” one. The wood grain is kinda weird, it’s purple, it has some sun fading. The 10 Tops can come off as too nice to play.

[Buzzrock 15,136]

The back of that neck/headstock is DOPE

[Bogeywon 2,548]

32 minutes ago, Buzzrock said:

 

That’s why I kind of like that I have an “ugly” one. The wood grain is kinda weird, it’s purple, it has some sun fading. The 10 Tops can come off as too nice to play.

 

Mines almost 20 years old and it’s a  beauty 

[Bogeywon 2,548]

They are a good follow on Instagram 

[Chad Fuck 18,135]

Found this on reverb.  How many candy apple red vintage Fenders can there be that have faded to burnt orange?  

[Deej 77,826]

https://austin.craigslist.org/msg/d/austin-2019-fender-wildwood-limited/7296634269.html

 

[Goredho 17,656]

39 minutes ago, Deej said:

https://austin.craigslist.org/msg/d/austin-2019-fender-wildwood-limited/7296634269.html

 

Nice bass.

[Paul Wesley 3,313]

I don't know why, but this memory popped into my head this morning:

When I was a little kid - maybe only 8 or 9 years old - my older brother went to a Kiss concert.  And the next day, he was recounting how incredible and amazing everything was... breathing fire, spitting blood, the light show, etc.

And among the details he related to me with breathless excitement was this:  Ace Frehley played a guitar solo, and he played the guitar **so** fast that it started SMOKING!!

For years, I thought there was something about electric guitars where if you just played the shit out of them, they could overheat.

 

[tbone_ 14,447]

Yea me too. I was way into Kiss around the 4th grade in 77/78ish.

[sidis 10,017]

On 3/27/2021 at 8:20 AM, Bogeywon said:

 

the real question here is how can someone with that couch have such taste in guitars...

[Celery Man 21,098]

Oh! Almost missed a PRS discussion. I just pulled it out the other day because it is so nice to play.
 

[Bogeywon 2,548]

2 minutes ago, Celery Man said:

Oh! Almost missed a PRS discussion. I just pulled it out the other day because it is so nice to play.
 

What kinda wood on the neck of the PRS? Both beautiful

[Paul Wesley 3,313]

10 minutes ago, Celery Man said:

Oh! Almost missed a PRS discussion. I just pulled it out the other day because it is so nice to play.
 

[Celery Man 21,098]

20 minutes ago, Bogeywon said:

What kinda wood on the neck of the PRS? Both beautiful

indian rosewood. It's a PRS McCarty from I think... 2003.

[Paul Wesley 3,313]

Hey, Celery -

Glad you took that in the (lighthearted) way it was intended.

Backstory:  My very first electric guitar was a black and gold Les Paul Custom.  I wouldn't settle for anything else.  Mowed yards and spent almost no money on anything else for the better part of a year until I could afford one.  

During that time of work and sacrifice, I overheard some of the older kids at church - who had inspired me to start playing guitar in the first place - talking about Paul Reed Smith this and Paul Reed Smith that.  I asked one of them what they were talking about.  I very much remember one of them telling me, "It's a guitar that's *better* than a Les Paul."  So you can imagine how that was received.  I was like, "Yeah, there's no way that's right."

The bias lives on.

Edited March 31, 2021 by Paul Wesley

[noharleyyet 2,864]

First PRS was a Modern Eagle II with the solid rosewood neck/board....should not have let it get away. Birds didn't bother me at all 

This color:

[Bogeywon 2,548]

1 hour ago, noharleyyet said:

First PRS was a Modern Eagle II with the solid rosewood neck/board....should not have let it get away. Birds didn't bother me at all 

This color:

I’m in love.... I’m a PRS super fan. 

[DougO 5,266]

PRS is the best at being a PRS. But it's better at being a Les Paul than a Strat, and better at being a Strat than a Les Paul.

[Bogeywon 2,548]

2 minutes ago, DougO said:

PRS is the best at being a PRS. But it's better at being a Les Paul than a Strat, and better at being a Strat than a Les Paul.

Lol! My custom 24 is my go to. I can get any tone out of that thing. I can make it sound like a strat or a Les Paul. 

[noharleyyet 2,864]

Sratopaul/rs

 

[Buzzrock 15,136]

My version of one of those. It’s my #1. The ‘59 / Pearly Gates combo is awesome and it plays great.

[tbone_ 14,447]

That’s dope af

[Celery Man 21,098]

one of my favorite surly guitars