Something new for PRS guitarists and non PRS guitarists

Majorscale · January 2016

As @Mkjackary says, I believe it depends what the guitar can get away with. As an analogy, Ferraris are best in red, Jags are best in green, Lambos work in those, but also look sensational in Lime, Orange,Yellow, Smurf Blue, Insert lurid hue of choice!

Al Di Meola seems to agree as this is how he specced his signature model:

I kind of like the Wudtone PRS finish, it's different and PRS are one of the few models that can pull off fades pretty well. Saying that the best fade that I've seen is a little more subtle, Sandstorm fade, as on this one:

Deijavoo · January 2016

Ooh Brum Guitar Show is now a Gay Pride March too? Be a dear and fetch my pink feather boa will you @Gassage? ;Double the fun!

On topic: I think the finish is well done but not for me. I'm too pale to pull off the Miami beach look. I'm still looking at this new bridge though Andy, will catch you at the show (minus aforementioned boa).

Emp_Fab · January 2016

I love the rainbow finish. It looks ace.

I also love the natural pre-rainbow treatment.

andypwudtone · January 2016

Thank you , @Majorscale , @Mkjackary , agree and like the nice classy example.

Here are some other PRS considerations we've been thinking about and pretty much driven by curiosity as to why some guitarists just don't connect with them.

If we can leave aside looks, as well as the "only for middle aged c????2 prejudice that gets used, the new/secondhand residual value issues.

There is no denying that PRS guitars are well made and that some of the science embedded in them contributes to a guitar that has some improvements in upper fret access and sustain.

However it seems harder to identify the real character , PRS tone so to speak. Maybe PRS owners would disagree and say that PRS guitars do have their own signature tone. It's just I haven't heard it on the stock guitars. What I do hear are electric guitar input devices with compressed dynamic and little character, driving effects.

Apologies if that offends and for some it maybe just what they want. An example last night on the Bar Rockin Blues radio show, plenty of instantly recognisable Buddy Guy, SRV strat tones, Joe Bonamassa and other suitably fat grunty Les Paul tones and then on comes Simon McBride, lovely playing for sure, but the tone sounds relatively like an input device to effects.

I think the same goes for Carlos Santana's work after he got into bed with PRS ( especially the last couple of efforts) and pretty much every video review on you tube of a PRS guitar.

Another issue I've noticed that rarely gets mentioned, is the neck angle and the extra distance from the front strap fixing to the nut and headstock. The distance on a Les Paul and a Strat is 335mm and on a CU22 /24 360mm. On a PRS single cuts eg a Tremonti it is a whopping 380mm, which explains why Mark Tremonti can't actually stand up straight playing live.

He is always head left leaning left with right leg out to counterbalance. the USA PRS's appear to have a shallow ( maybe 2 degrees ) neck angle ( no one on the PRS forums seem to know for sure and perception is that the lower cost CE's don't have any) compared to a 5 deg neck angle on a LES PAUL , so what I'm saying is that you have to adopt a very different stance ( and you really can't stand up straight as easily) when playing them live, look at Carlos Santana, Mr Paul Reed smith himself, they are all hunched over them playing live.

The only pic of Mark Tremonti stood up is when he used to play a Les Paul. It is hard to find a PRS review on you tube where the player isn't sat down.

These stance issues with a CU22 exist, but haven't been a show stopper for me. It has been the lack of signature tone, dynamics, coupled with costs that have been the show stopper for me, hence to desire to address that with the Wudtone PRS DD bridge in the video below along with the, sub 1k cost into a USA CU22 that you may be able to pick up. I do think buying one can be less of a lottery than a Gibson, the improved playability,quality, great sustain means that folks who haven't connected with these guitars (for any of the above reasons) could well find themselves really liking one with enhanced dynamic and tone. That could be good for all including PRS residual values.

Just putting these thoughts out there, here and yes I'm building the need and value of our product , but in a way that attempts to be honest as I can about pros, cons and the need it is designed to address etc. Happy to hear back even @Gassage 's jokes. kind regards

Gassage · January 2016

andypwudtone said:

Happy to hear back even @Gassage 's jokes. kind regards

Andy,

In fairness, I'm so devastated by Bowie's death I am in no joking mood and colours of PRS's matter not a jot.

Peace x

andypwudtone · January 2016

Gassage said:

andypwudtone said:

Happy to hear back even @Gassage 's jokes. kind regards

Andy,

In fairness, I'm so devastated by Bowie's death I am in no joking mood and colours of PRS's matter not a jot.

Peace x

and to you, my sister was taken at 52, way too young, to the same bastard.

boydie101 · January 2016

I like the look of the PRS! If I ever buy a PRS it will be in a stand out colour to show off the grain!

geepers0677 · January 2016

Moss said:

I quite like it

*Runs away*

me too

Branshen · January 2016

I like the colour but I think I prefer it without the stripe. It's very loud, and deserves to be played on stage. Nice job!

andypwudtone · January 2016

Yes, thank you for the comments , needs to be used loud on stage, as do many electric guitars. The stripe will divide, for sure , it is different, growing on me. kind regards

sweepy · January 2016

I quite like the colour scheme, PRS guitars can be a bit boring after awhile, I have owned 7 over the years, so it's not a random dismissal, plus I am a self confessed Al DiMeoka fanboy

not_the_dj · January 2016

Looks pretty good that.

andypwudtone · January 2016

lots of controversy re the stripe , plus , its not orange peel, its just thin and so the wood texture is evident even with the pores of a maple caple

Sarge · January 2016

Don't like that colour scheme at all, plus the headstock colour does nowt for the clownish body, shiny though.

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