PRS custom 22

seanw1010
seanw1010 Posts: 1,205
edited July 2006 in Musicians and Gearheads
i have been seriously looking at the prs custom 22 guitar( http://prsguitars.com/showcase/current/custom.html) because i dont have a good humbucking guitar and want to avoid any gibsons due to their business practices. i have tried it and like it, and think i wanna buy it. is this a good idea? the reason i might not want it is because my influences dont use them, and Nickelback does(eww). share your thoughts
they call them fingers, but i never see them fing. oh, there they go
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  • Milestone
    Milestone Posts: 1,143
    If you like a really nice looking guitar with shitty tone.....go ahead and buy a PRS.
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  • keeponrockin
    keeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Have you checked out the Standards as well? There are MANY humbucking guitars in that pricerange.
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  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,342
    I think PRS's are entirely overrated.
    Some sound decent but for some reason I'm never comfortable playing them.

    My motto of life...anything that Nickleback does, I do the opposite.

    I HATE THEM SOOOOOO MUCH!!! What a waste of human life!
  • Pacomc79
    Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    Have you looked at the Carvin California Carved tops? I'd think they may be up your alley.

    and since you're in the price range, how about checking out Mcinturff, Suhr, and Anderson while your at it too?
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  • seanw1010
    seanw1010 Posts: 1,205
    Pacomc79 wrote:
    Have you looked at the Carvin California Carved tops? I'd think they may be up your alley.

    and since you're in the price range, how about checking out Mcinturff, Suhr, and Anderson while your at it too?
    actually, i tried my first carvin today, and they are very nice
    they call them fingers, but i never see them fing. oh, there they go
  • hendrix78
    hendrix78 Posts: 507
    I love my PRS custom 22. It sounds great, especially on big crunchy power chords. If you want to know some great guitarists that use PRS's, there's Dave Navarro on Jane's Addiction's Ritual De Lo Habitual (listen to Three Days and tell me that isn't great tone), Chris Haskett from Rollins Band, Carlos Santana, and Dickey Betts. My main guitar is an American Standard Strat and I'll always be a Strat man at heart (probably a big shocker given my nick) but when I want the humbucker vibe, I think the PRS delivers just fine.
  • mccreadyisgod
    mccreadyisgod Bumfuq, MT Posts: 6,395
    I'll throw the Schecter name in here for the more affordable humbucking guitar. VERY playable, pretty good price, and with a pickup swap, it can sound like you want it to.
    ...and if you don't like it, you can suck on an egg.
  • sennin
    sennin Posts: 2,146
    Mike Einziger is another guy who drives a prs from time to time.....
  • moster78
    moster78 Posts: 1,591
    Tim Mahoney from 311 too.
  • Pacomc79
    Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    sennin wrote:
    Mike Einziger is another guy who drives a prs from time to time.....


    He's a hollowbody spruce guy. man that is a fantastic guitar.

    If I could rationally purchase any PRS it'd be either a Hollowbody Spruce top or a Hollowbody II.
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  • MichaelMcKevin
    MichaelMcKevin Posts: 1,161
    If you don't like Gibson's business practices, buy a used LP
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  • keeponrockin
    keeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    GivenToCarve wrote:
    If you don't like Gibson's business practices, buy a used LP

    I like his thinking.
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  • Pacomc79
    Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    http://www.carvin.com/guitars-in-stock/big/84406b.jpg


    Here's a Carvin Gold Top CT4.

    I would have used, black pickup rings.
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  • Thumbing My Way
    Thumbing My Way Posts: 1,073
    Might not mean too much... but this guy has been trying sell this thing for so long on the Toronto Craigslist....

    You should maybe check it out if it's possible.

    http://toronto.craigslist.org/msg/180571269.html
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  • Milestone
    Milestone Posts: 1,143
    George McConnell of Widespread Panic switched to a PRS and totally ruined the sound of the band.

    For that reason alone, I want to burn every PRS in existance.
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