#Vintage rocker forum prs piezo strings plus#

I have no idea except dollars why Paul decided to put a non-intonation-available on any guitar. View attachment 764312 View attachment 764314 View attachment 764315 I'm thinking about getting the PRS - SE 'Paul's Guitar' Ģ problems I have (since I haven't touched on yet, just drooling over the zinternet)ġ) It has a wrap-around bridge with seemingly no way to adjust intonation.Ģ) The tuners look very basic and don't even have a screw in the end/side of them if they needed to be snugged up. Does it stay in tune, and why is it worth $999.00 (new MAP) over an SE Custom 22 at $789.00 (new MAP). Let me know if you have got one and what you think of it if any different than any other SE models. Īs I'm concluding this, I am thinking the $999.00 price tag is only there because they named this model 'The SE Paul's Guitar'. Such as this one or one like it from Reverb. AND Grover tuners you don't have to worry about. maybe that's a better way to go, and I get an intonate-able bridge as well.

AND the SE Custom 22's can be had (right now) on Reverb for $350-400. and on those there is open space to drill 2 small holes and make my own 'SE Paul's Guitar' for coil split. Maybe > since the earlier SE Custom 22's had the 3-way toggle and not the 3-way blade. IMHO except for two mini switches for coil split, it doesn't seem like this is much different than a PRS SE Custom 22. I might look for one of these used before buying new, I don't really like the $999.00 price for an Indonesian made anything. I've had 3 previous SE models in the past but never one with the wrap-around bridge. Then as far as the tuners, did you need to replace those, or has the same kind of magical fairy dust from unicorn hooves been applied to these el-cheap-o looking tuners to make them work right? Back in the day you could replace a Gibson wrap-around with a Leo Qwann Badass, but I don't know if Leo Qwann is still in business, or does it/do they fit these same PRS studs? Or if you could even buy a different bridge that is intonate-able, what is it? If not, what did you replace it with? (I'm not all that hot on blowing a grand on a guitar then having to make it right by spending more money on it.). So, if anyone has had any of the SE or other models from PRS with a wrap-around bridge, how does it go so far? Is it constantly out of tune, or did PRS put some kind of magical fairy dust from unicorn hooves on this bridge that makes it actually work right? No way to adjust the bridge and no way to adjust the tuners.

Even with most crap tuners, if they have a small Phillips screw there you can tighten them up if needed. I might expect that on a $149.00 Epiphone LP Special II.Īlso, from what I see, these tuners look like the el-cheap-o kind that come on the cheapest Epiphone Les Paul Special II's that have no screw adjustment in the end/side of the button. Not sure how that makes any sense on a $999.00 guitar. My experience with not being able to adjust intonation is that.

Celtic, U.K.I have no idea except dollars why Paul decides to put a non-intonation-available on any guitar (some that are significantly a lot more money).

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Quick Navigation Four, Five and Eight-String Electrics Top I would recommend having both a midi and a quarter inch jack, so you can just travel with just the mando for kitchen jams and plug into a buddy's amp for simplicity

Instead of a quarter inch jack you could use a midi jack that plugs into a eq box to hold all the switches and knobs to dial in the tone you wish, thus leaving the body uncluttered by hardware. Ī hollow body could have any arrangement of piezo or microphone pick ups and a floating mag pup attached to the end of the fret board. an assortment of switches and knobs to dial in the tone.

#Vintage rocker forum prs piezo strings plus#

On a solid body you could use bridge saddles that have piezo in them plus what ever assortment of pups you want. I could equally have linked to a PRS or Godin hollow-body instrument (and yes I know they've both dabbled in mandolins too).īest, John.A electric mando with both piezo and magnetic pick ups would give you lots of tonal options.

* The Atilla Zoller example (I'm never going to sound like him, and certainly not on a mandolin) was to illustrate an electrified sound that none the less sounds nothing like a typical electric guitar - it retains some essential essence of an archtop, while being distinct from an acoustic (even a plugged in acoustic) sound. * I want it to sound like a mandolin, not an electric guitar, while still being distinct from an acoustic. * I'm only interested in building, not buying. I don't think I explained myself very well: