I’m a Fender Strat guy and I think this PRS sounds fantastic!

@TheBbtlegit

2 жыл бұрын

Yesvi can't wait to get one.

Strat recreation #936,768......... Leo gave the world a hell of a platform to work from.

@ngoma

4 жыл бұрын

Loving the hell out of my PRS i'm going to give this one a go...

I like it and will buy one when the initial rush dies down and it becomes readily available. I also own Fender American Vintage and custom shop guitars and I think they can all live together just fine. Play what makes you happy and disregard the bitter trolls.

I personally like what it sounds like. I also own 2 PRS's. In the future I probably will own one.

What amp are you using? Is this the clean channel of Tremonti amp?

Hey great work in this video.I need some help into deciding what my new guitar would be.I am from greece so dealers around here do not have a banch of guitars and brands so i have to consider the fact of buying guitars without trying them by just watching vids and reading forum articles.This time i want an acoustic electric with a comfortable neck and a great sound.I would like a: Faith Blood Moon Neptune Or a Seagull Artist Mosaic Or a Martic DCPA5 Can i have an opinion from you and from anyone who owns or knows something about these guitars? Thank you so much

This guitar looks and sounds awsome. Period!

This axe has a great sound! I can hear the difference compared to a Fender Strat. Sounds a bit warmer from every pick up. My fav has always been the neck pick up, as well. Great video, GI! Thank you for your time, Paul! See you at the Dallas Guitar Show (DIGF)!...

@melvynobrien6193

6 жыл бұрын

If Leo Fender were alive today, some of these ignorant talentless assholes making comments would probably shit on him, too.

@john564holloway

6 жыл бұрын

Mel, the 3 most copied guitars ever are the Les Paul, Strat & Martin. All the axes from PRS, Kramer, Schecter, Ibanez & ESP all have that 'Strat' body. Any time you invent something new, copies always follow. I would love to shake Leo's hand and tell him how he's inspired my playing and what an icon he is. To me, he's right up there with CFMartin and Orville Gibson-the Thomas Edisons of guitars...

I'm waiting impatiently for the Silver Sky SE.

Would love to see the PRS silver sky compared to the series Eric Johnson Stratocaster and see running them both through a fender twin,Marshall, and mesa boogie amp and do .compared shoot.out

PRS makes the McCarty which is a take on the Les Paul and people seem to be OK with it. PRS makes the Silver Sky, which is his take on a Strat and people get torn up about it.

@mitcharney1

5 жыл бұрын

No Richard. Gibson actually sued PRS for making the single cut. They however did work things out.

@davecarsley8773

4 жыл бұрын

@@mitcharney1 What part of your irrelevant reply actually addresses anything the original poster said?? "No, Richard [irrelevant irrelevant irrelevant]".

@c3powa1

3 жыл бұрын

@@davecarsley8773 This guy is just a PRS hater, he is in other comments and in other videos, just an angry brainless teenager with nothing better to do

Very cool guitar but only the first 500 come with a hard case? Will you knock down the price when they start coming with gig bags? I already have a gig bag.

I wonder if the DC3 will be reissued again?

Sooooo the SE will be out when ???

@rbenm

6 жыл бұрын

SE guitars suck..

@melvynobrien6193

6 жыл бұрын

I have an SE and it's pretty good. Can you be more specific?

@shanedavis3414

6 жыл бұрын

mel obrien Hi I too have an SE custom 22. It's an 05 I believe, with the moon inlays. I think mine is pretty good. I be know they have since made upgrades to the SE especially the pups. In my opinion the first wave of SE has better pups than Epiphone Alnico classic, and Probuckers. I may put some Duncan's or DiMarzio in it in the future.

@davecarsley8773

4 жыл бұрын

Apparently never

@davecarsley8773

4 жыл бұрын

@@rbenm Experienced guitarists see right through your comment and know immediately that you're an inexperienced fool trying to talk with people on a subject you don't understand. I'm sure you don't care. I just wanted you to know that you are "that guy".

I think it looks and sounds great, people get conditioned to expecting things to be a certain way and when it isn't it causes consternation and offence. The facts tell the story, these guitars are selling out fast. I also find it fascinating that Paul Reed Smith is so much nicer and more compliant in this interview than he is with Captain Lee Anderton, I wonder why? Is it because Lee plays his Les Paul more than the PRS that Paul gave him?

PRS knows how to make great guitars

@mitcharney1

5 жыл бұрын

So do many many other guitar manufacturers.

it reminds me of the 80s ,when all companies started makin strat shaped guitars, they're all great guitars, enjoy them.

Play it !!!!! Paul

how do i get one???! so hard

Definitely Paul is a really special person, really not an easy person to treat or interview, but this guy knew how to handle the situation well by being calm, trying not to debate, and giving him space to sound his creation, that maybe (just my opinion) was the thing that lack with the hard conversation with the Captain (Anderton)... People need to be prepared when they are going to interview these "type" of people, know to whom they're going to work. Don't get me wrong...Lee is good, but he needs to be more carefull to not be let ashame by these kind of people by preparing more himself. God bless people.

I would play it

I just wish the jack was on the side. Some wireless systems have trouble fitting into the jack. Other that that it's perfect.

the tones alone kill the Fender Strats....

Late to the discussion on this video, just saw a 2017 video where they took a Squier Bullet Strat, a Fender Champion 40 & a Klon-like pedal & clean boost and sounded like John Mayer for about 350 British pounds. Pretty much what I assembled without researching anything John Mayer when I found a used $ 25 2005 Squier Bullet SSS HT, a $ 80 Pyle 60W open back combo & a $ 25 Mosky Silver Horse Klon. Essentially a similar budget John Mayer sound-alike, only I have $ 130 US into all of that. I say this because I wanted to see what the big commotion was all about in January 2022 & the new PRS SE Silver Sky John Mayer Strat for $ 850 US. The PRS SE is a Poplar body that if I were to consider the PRS SE today, I can save $ 300-500 buying a Sterling Cutlass SSS CT30 or CT50 in 2022. So while the SE may be an affordable Silver Sky, the Sterling by Music Man has been making the Poplar body Strat for a few years now. Unless handling one is that vastly different, I don't see anything that will influence me to to go with PRS. BTW, never did like the bird inlays. I also prefer the headstock shape & 4/2 tuners of the Ernie Ball Music Man/Sterling to the 3/3 PRS. Oddly PRS & EVH headstock shapes are essentially the same Meh to me. Not that I'm against PRS, I do like the standard strings PRS makes in the 9.5 set.

Paul you play way better than I do too

PRS used to be an icon of excellence and was a unique instrument in its own right. Now they make everything. Even Strat copies. Nice to. See that you have the market range covered. Count those coins.

It seems an awesome guitar. If I wouldn't had already a great Stratocaster, surely I would like one; Again like always, good job sir Paul Reed Smith. If is made by PRS, the quality is above all brands... The only issue is that I didn't heard Fender Stratocaster. It deserves at least design credit; I think it will have a succesfull market. I am very eager to see it also in Romania guitar shops :)

That double bend thing at around 9:40

Alot of people are getting really into prs and if you dont like them then there is something wrong with you paul is a great guy that makes great guitars and actually listens to people and what they want not just tell people no I make everythjng the way I want and if you want to play my guitar you will habe to dela eith it no paul listens and wants to make guitars that peoe will actually like and appreciate I love his guitars especially of lately

What's NOT DIFFERENT about this guitar and the Fender Stratocaster are THE 2 BASIC elements. The body wood which is Alder for both companies and a bolt on Rosewood on Maple finger board. According to earlier YT videos by Paul and John Mayer the neck shape and the pickups were patterned from 2 of Johns vintage Strats. So now there are 4 of the Basic elements taken directly from Fender. The 7- 1/4" radius would have been less of an issue if John had only stated that it was his choice of neck radius and left it there. If Paul had just said we are making the guitar neck specs the way John want's it...because it's "The John Mayer Model" and left it at that it would have been an easier intro. The problem for some people is that in videos like this, as well as earlier videos, it sounds as if Paul feels like he has to sell it. (2). All the tens of thousands of previous PRS guitars Paul put his name on HAD a FLATTER radius neck and each of those models will continue to have a flatter neck. Paul knew that the majority of players preferred an easier bending flatter neck and that's why for 30 years he made them that way. PRS has made great guitars and the Company is successful. It's just a little tough to chew when it's being pushed as "innovative" when cosmetic changes have NOTHING to do with the sound of the guitar. All of Mayer's big hits were recorded on a Fender John Mayer guitar. Did those songs have a tremendous sound? Did Stevie Ray have a tremendous tone/sound? Clapton? Hendrix? Blackmore? Beck? Malmsteen? Guy? Gilmore? Knopfler? Eric Johnson? Amazing the tone and hundreds of major hit songs these guys have pulled out of a guitar without the new "innovations"! No matter who makes the guitar, the guitar is only as good as the man that is playing it. John Mayer would sound great on any of the aforementioned 'Signature Player Models'. All those great players would sound tremendous playing any of the other models because they worked hard at the craft and spent countless hours playing. A guitar does not define the player, the player defines the guitar.

@shockednodd

6 жыл бұрын

Where has the word innovative been used by PRS in marketing the Silver Sky?

@keatonkipker1528

6 жыл бұрын

That’s exactly it. And you didn’t insult either side, you just said the truth. That was the perfect comment.

PRS isn’t trying to reinvent the wheel. They are just improving the vehicle that the wheels are on. I for one think they have done a phenomenal job. Anyone who has played and collected a multitude of models and makes can tell you a thousand different things they could’ve, should’ve improved. This is where Paul and his crew fills the void. If Fender and Gibson was alive today, they would feel honored that someone has devoted his life to producing a better version of the original. So it’s not just about trying to copy someone else’s design but loving the design enough to impart his creativity and improvement on it.

If you are done using the red one, can I have it?

I think the Silver Sky is a great thing, and I'm really hoping that it helps rehabilitate the 7.25" radius fretboard in the eyes of guitarists, because I find it the most comfortable of all the common radii. The only thing about this guitar I don't like so much is the 25.5" scale length, which is integral to the sound of a Strat, but I find myself preferring a 24" scale or even a 22.72" scale, as a personal preference due to the fact that I use non-standard tunings that are higher. My ideal guitar doesn't exist, but I love PRS guitars.

@davecarsley8773

4 жыл бұрын

Why on earth do you need ME (and other guitarists) to like 7 ¼ boards just because you like them??? Why do we have to like what you like?

@gcvrsa

4 жыл бұрын

@@davecarsley8773 I think maybe you should consider the idea that the world doesn't revolve around you. I couldn't give a flying fuck what you like. Go play whatever the fuck you want. I'm not forcing anything on you, I'm not asking you to like a goddamned thing, so why are so fuckin' mad that I like 7.25" radius fretboards??

The thing is, ultimately, any production guitar is one guy's idealised version of the trade-offs he is willing to make, and if those work for you, that's great, and if they don't, then there are other companies with other versions of the trade-offs they are willing to make.

I’m starting to like this guitar, I don’t get why all the hate

@michaelangeloh.5383

6 жыл бұрын

Purists... It's always Purists... They probably think "whites and blacks shouldn't mix" either. - They're irrational thinkers and they can't handle change or something different. It makes something snap in their minds because they hold on to this fixed ideal. - On the flip side, you have normal people who go "Nice guitar!". - The only thing I can't stand is the non-matching headstock (color). But nice guitar!

@davecarsley8773

4 жыл бұрын

@@michaelangeloh.5383 In other words, "If you don't agree with me about liking a certain guitar, you're also a racist"... Got it. Thanks for putting that pearl of wisdom into the world.

I have a red one on order in Australia. Never played one. I wanted PRS quality but wanted a 25.5 inch scale length . Bingo! Ah you reliced it 😂😂

@nickbouvy8851

6 жыл бұрын

P4P KING Only about another week for me I hope. I called Port MAC guitars they are expecting their first shipment this week. Hopefully a red one in there. I think they are your best bet

After this video i know i need to buy that MT15 head!

The guitar sounds great and I am sure is very well made. A lot of people reacted negatively because of the way the guitar was presented and explained. I personally do not like the headstock but that's just me.

So, you're already gettin' asked about a Private Reserve model. That's great! I'll be waitin' for an SE. What's the chances?

@melvynobrien6193

6 жыл бұрын

An SE~ version will be better than most Strats; there are so many different versions of Strats made by Fender that it's ridiculous, including those silly "relic" guitars that are so fake it's incredible that anyone buys them.

"Retooled.... retooled..." I love PRS guitars. Quite refined. However... I think the negative response to this model might have something to do with JM leaving Fender only to partner with PRS in making a Strat copy. It's just an odd move that hints that JM really can't get away from the Strat. It would be like Michael Jordan ditching Nike only to have Adidas make Air Jordan clones. IDK. The whole thing is just a little odd.

@alexwoods5132

3 жыл бұрын

He left, not because the strat was the problem, but because the people at Fender were not going to afford him the opportunity to do with the strat what he wanted to do. All the “retooling” JM wanted- Fender folks wouldn’t allow him to have it. So he went to a company that would give him that ability.

PRS was a lot better behaved in this interview than he was in his Anderton’s interview

@keatonkipker1528

6 жыл бұрын

Jakob Morningstar yet he’s still being an arrogant shit

@richtfingers

5 жыл бұрын

Look, Paul is Paul, he is confident, intelligent and personable and gives a lot of himself. Live with it, I like the guy.

@rbenm

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah but their kinda buddies and they are both goofin around. Now hes working

It sounds pretty good, but so do a lot of guitars. But whatever you like and don't worry about it. Whatever gets the sound you want to hear is what's best.

wrong !SRV's guitar was not 7.25 " radius !

@philipbrown2225

6 жыл бұрын

exactly you've just confirmed what I said. of course it started as a 7.25" and end became a 10" or what I remember a 12". wasn't the SRV fender guitar copy a 12 " ?

@elvis_chen

5 жыл бұрын

@@philipbrown2225 The $1699 one? Yes, it's 12".

Hey. Sounds like an okay Strat. Well done PRS. Way to f-ing go!

If there are no legal ramifications - and as far as we know they will be none - there should be no outrage. This is a PRS' take on the Strat classic ('63-'64) tone & feel. Man, those pickups sound amazing. Kudos to PRS for nailing that. I get the aesthetics controversy, but that comes down to personal taste. The fact of the matter is that the Silver Sky sounds great, and for the money they are asking, well you be the judge. That being said, the marketing part & the announcement that have been rather a flop. I don't think presenting an exceptionally well crafted Strat-inspired signature model as a product of 2.5 years of development is a sensible approach, at least in the eye of the public. I am sure that tenure is fully justified with the internals and the ergonomics; those should have been prominently highlighted as they are the pinnacle of the new axe. At the end of the day, they will sell like cupcakes, and for all the good reasons.

LOL PRS plays the same Whitesnake Still Of The Night riff in the Andertons video 🎸

@MisterTee

6 жыл бұрын

MrKareem33 It’s cool how he takes a piece of that and slides it into something twangy

“The part I like about the internet is...” it’s free advertising for me.

@alexwoods5132

3 жыл бұрын

He actually mentions that in one interview i think lol

Lars Ulrich interviews Paul Reed Smith :)

One word mate: Lighting

Dear Paul Reed Smith please make me a left hand sky in fiesta red. X

Anyone see Lee Anderson interview Paul Reed Smith the other day? Man, PRS is MUCH nicer to this guy than he was to Lee.

@fossilmatic

6 жыл бұрын

That could be because a number of video comparisons, blind tests and stray comments have indicated the PRS he gave Lee didn’t really work out. It was a “gift”, but any expectation Lee would start using it in videos to cover Les Paul territory appears to have been disappointed. This model will no doubt sell a truckload. But it won’t replace the real Strat. And its entirely appropriate that it should be a signature model for Mayer. What this guitar is to a Strat, he is to his precursors.

@mickm8028

6 жыл бұрын

+Conan 1812 andertons also did a video where they had two guitars which looked like a prs and a Gibson , but with a fender headstock and decal. The video was a joke , probably because the silver sky is a Strat with prs headstock.maybe paul didn't like the joke very much.i myself can't stand paul , as he thinks no guitar can be as good as one of his. He obviously has some of the best quality control , but that doesn't mean the best guitars.

@melvynobrien6193

6 жыл бұрын

Horrified? Not only are you a fucking langer, but you're also extremely sensitive. So fuck off.

@multipipi1234

5 жыл бұрын

Lee is prepared to ask questions which touch raw nerves.. PRS seems continually defensive

Paul is a heck of a PR man. But: we retooled, rereretooled, while you May buy most of that stuff online 😯🎸😁

I bet this guitar would be great for a player like Dave Murray... He'd mod it with a Floyd, however.

Ravenous Dog Department: Seafood with a Maple fretboard please.

@daveprosser941

6 жыл бұрын

SeaFOAM green with a maple fretboard - damn spell check harrumph...

@bueller8278

6 жыл бұрын

They do special runs from time to time so stay tuned. Paul did say in one recent interview they would likely do more colours in the future. Sky is the limit with an S type guitar

There is no controversy.... it is a fantastic guitar.....i compared it to my beautiful vintage 56,57,65, Strats and it sounds like a common donominated Destillation......Well done Paul&Company......you have my thumbs up!!!!17-248433 sez hello.....

So Paul what's up with this guitar? I get it you want to make a guitar that sounds better than a Strat. For as many great guitar that you have made,did you forget that you made a guitar in the SE model line many years ago that looked just like this Silver Sky guitar?? That particular SE model was really a good Strat like guitar. You referred to it as 'like a Strat on steroids'! Now about 15yrs later and about $1600 later its new. For the record,I think your SE models are really good guitars for the money and they sound just as good as the more expensive models!!! Can't wait for the SE model!!!

Who is the 14 yr old from Waco?

Did everyone lose their minds when PRS produced the 245 shape? The only thing I would criticise is the cheap looking truss rod adjustment cover on the headstock... looks a bit naff.

Guess what, John Mayer already did a signature Strat with Fender. $1500 cheaper than the PRS. Most who watched the comparison prefer the Fender. If you're a PRS fan you'll buy that one, if there are any gains it would only really be that the neck is different. Personally, you can get exactly what you want with a partscaster and using bridges with vintage equivalent steel parts and you're there. I hate the necks on all the strats I've played except back in 67 when I had an original strat. The neck on it was baseball bat, so I got baseball strat neck from Allparts, screwed it on my old awful '57 reissue from the 90's and voila, my dream strat. kzread.info/dash/bejne/omZowcdrm6ynmto.html

I would invest in a couple lights man, the video is way too dark I can barely see your faces.

ok so its a strat with your own knobs and switch tip . the pickgard dont fit a fender . wow

I like prs guitars, but the new Mayer stratocaster is awful, the octomore is okay, but not available here, fortunately, like the strat

I can remember a gibson that looked like a prs or a micheal kelly and so many others that look like others. I dont see why this one is different

PRS “took a sad song and made it better” If Fender Strat had kept improving over the years...instead of stagnating without evolving...which Leo did do improvements especially the great bridge w G&L...while fender listened to the “purist” and stayed behind...logical then prs would have to do it...i have a USA fender Strat and love it...but I’ve moded over time and quite frankly there were minor imperfections on the staining and crooked screws on the pickup which missed the wood...so yeah I expected better quality for a 1,000$ guitar...so fuck yeah I’m behind prs...build it better and I’ll buy it...good work Paul...it’s due time!

So much hate over this guitar, yet there's no hate for Suhr or Anderson? The beauty of this guitar is that it combines the innovation and advancements PRS has made with the familiarity of a classic design. I'm sure the Frost Green Metallic version is coming....

@mitcharney1

6 жыл бұрын

Jason Clark: The reason there was not hate for Suhr, Anderson, Grosh, Ibanez , ETC, ETC is that the owner of the respective companies didn't go on the internet and claim that they had built a better guitar than the original.

@someweirdguy101

6 жыл бұрын

hmm... I don't remember hearing him claim that. Do you have a link?

@mickm8028

6 жыл бұрын

+Jason Clark he doesn't exactly say it, but he always says how he has improved on the original designs ( obviously meaning a Strat) and he then says where fender fail and his design is an improvement.

FIVE FUCKING MILLION GUITAR MAKERS ALL WITH THEIR OWN TAKE ON THE STRAT BUT PRS GETS RIPPED FOR TRYING THEIR TAKE? Personally... I LIKE IT! Good for you Paul!

He kewl as shit yo

It's just a strat copy made to Mayer specs by PRS nothing more nothing less .Sounds great and most likely it's an excellent instrument overall but there's nothing revolutionary or a game changer here.Nothing to be outraged either, as far as aesthetics i don't like it but beauty is in the eye of the beholder.Clearly Mayer and PRS are smart enough to milk this controversy...

@melvynobrien6193

6 жыл бұрын

South Side: a rational comment, at last.

I think the "controversy is really down to the way PRS is seen as one of the big three iconic guitar brands, along with Gibson and Fender. The three have a few variations in styles, like tele/strat or sg/les paul, but each company has their own identity encompassing these body options. Most of the other companies are copiers, big/small, high end/low end, and that's fine, but for one of these big three iconic brands to mimic the visual style of one of the other two feels like they are betraying their own identity and muddying the choices. This problem is exactly because, as brands, they are so iconic. It doesn't really bother me. It looks like a nice guitar but probably not good enough to justify the cost for me (Plus my partner pressured me into promising to never buy another guitar... Plus I'm broke).

@jerrymckenzie6205

6 жыл бұрын

Adam Howell well said, I believe you are correct. I only disagree with the part about promising to never buy another guitar. That's like telling a woman to never buy another pair of shoes!

@daveprosser941

6 жыл бұрын

I think you've hit the nail on the head. I've seen rants on YT about PRS doing this from people I would have thought much more level headed, and part of their reasoning seems to be what you elucidated. That, and headstock mania.

"I don't hear a buzz" - at 3:25 he bends the high E string up and it nearly chokes out...

@daveprosser941

6 жыл бұрын

Huh? No, it does not. If it was choking out, you would not hear the lower note still ringing when he releases the bend. Go back and listen again. The caveat of course, is how high is the action set? One has to actually try one to have a final verdict I would think. For what it's worth, J.M. prefers a very low action, and on the several vids on YT of him playing the guitar, it's obviously not fretting out. So, that would seem to bode well...

@crosswalklarry

6 жыл бұрын

He was just playing sloppy, not the guitar.

Considering the design brief this is brilliant: it's all Strat and all PRS. That said, anyone who thinks this is a forever relationship needs to think about how John plays the field with women, he'll do the same to guitar companies.

@melvynobrien6193

6 жыл бұрын

When Mayer starts being a little bit original and not copying everybody, maybe I'll give his shit another listen; but his voice ain't too hot either.

People don’t like Paul. I don’t get why? Can you imagine asking Gibson or Fender’s CEO about the design of any guitar. He didn’t just copy the strat, he made some improvements. 2K for an American made signature guitar, it’s priced fairly in the market. He’s passionate about guitar making and it shows in his specs and designs. Fender isn’t going out of business because of this guitar. I don’t have a problem with it.

It really boils down to the headstock. It just looks out of place. I'm sure the guitar is great, just hard to look at.

@charleshoernemann8661

6 жыл бұрын

I don't see the headstock while I'm playing... 😉

So, it's a retooled Strat.

"Controversey", lmao. Nobody ever said shit when Suhr makes signature Strats for people like Mateus Asato. It's just a bunch of people being outraged because they're being told to be outraged.

@Williamstanway

6 жыл бұрын

It's ugly

@Williamstanway

6 жыл бұрын

Nope wrong, I like strats but I'm not fussed about copys, the fact is the headstock looks shit, the angle on the cutaway looks miss placed and the flatness of the top just makes it look cheap. It sounds nice though.

@Williamstanway

6 жыл бұрын

I don't deny any of that it's obvious why it's sellong, but although subjective to personal opinion if you think that a badly designed out of proportion object is pretty... then yes it's your opinion but it shows you have no taste.

@Williamstanway

6 жыл бұрын

I'm not stuck in my ways, I love all 's type copys like suhr and numerous others. I love all guitars I have no issues with PRS making a strat copy, but the fact of the matter is it's out of proportion and the carve and paint finish looks cheap, it's a bad piece of design that's a fact and easy to see if you have any class or taste.

@Williamstanway

6 жыл бұрын

When I said not fussed about copys I literally meant I don't mind copys, it was in answer to your "die hard Fender fans" comment and I was saying I'm not. As I said I'm open to anything but I will criticise bad design.

This is just a bit of a surprise to me ,its like asking Chevy to build you a Mustang and they do it.....PRS should have built a PRS for him or said no.....

HEY!!!, Im in my basement wearing nothing but my dirty underwear, Im offended!!!! I demand a apology from Mr. Paul Reed Smith!!!! and a free guitar!

@leocubiasmusiclifestyle7460

6 жыл бұрын

thehotsixer1 🤣

This guitar has created a new sensation. The back orders are massive now. But it's not for me; sworn off bolt-ons...

@spyderlogan4992

6 жыл бұрын

I don't like the 'heel' of a bolt on compared to a neck set for one and sustain/resonance for another.

"I don't hear it buzzing out" Really? Because the second bend you did had fret buzz.

@gdkopinionator4356

6 жыл бұрын

Huh?

@CaliLuke

6 жыл бұрын

That was a squeal, not a buzz. Train that ear.

@TomMilleyMusic

6 жыл бұрын

Luca Candela Lol, you're an idiot

@CaliLuke

6 жыл бұрын

Well, at least I'm not an asshole insulting people that haven't said anything rude to me. Bye!

@TomMilleyMusic

6 жыл бұрын

Luca Candela Lmao K bye

2:10 - These are vintage "CLUNK!"... Never saw McCarty do that! Never trust anyone with your PRS, even PRS!

Special thanks to Leo Fender and Ted McCarty for PRS guitars. There is nothing new under the sun...at least since 1954. 95% of guitars since then are either copies of the Les Paul, The Telecaster or the Strat. The fact that PRS takes pride that it took him 2 years to "develop this guitar" is laughable. It took Leo a few months to build the 1st Strat. I'm sure this guitar plays like a dream. Please don't make believe that it's a PRS design.

@markd4768

5 жыл бұрын

Let’s just enjoy all these great guitars we have to choose from!!

Say you have 500 to ship and now you won’t have anything shipped till Nov BUSSINESSes are Pissed because of your delays in your product, like acoustic se the the Mt- 15 the cabs where are they Paul Namm was months ago come on.I WANT MY SHIT

The PRS McCarty line has become more and more like the Les Paul - though obviously, PRS can make them a lot better than Gibson can these days. But this has even included abandoning features that made PRS guitars better than Gibson, such as going to a Tune-o-Matic style two-piece bridge. Any complaints from the peanut galleries? Nope. And then PRS makes a really great Strat copy: Oh, such wailing and gnashing of teeth! Listen, people, it's a guitar. If you don't like it, there's no law that you have to buy it.

It's a "PRS" strat... Lol...😵😱

Looks like a strat...sounds like a strat....lol...it IS a strat!!! 😱

@melvynobrien6193

6 жыл бұрын

Harley Benton make a Strat copy, but I don't hear people shouting, "It's really a Strat, it's a Strat."

they fucking took 2 years to change the fucking hardware!

"Some of these guitars every string has a differemt angle which changes the tone." fuggoff... -_-

Can he really not even say “strat” or “les paul?”

@melvynobrien6193

6 жыл бұрын

Chris Butler: he's having a laugh.

Playing a prs is like using a condom, it comes close but it will still never be the same.

@MrGratefulEd

6 жыл бұрын

Scooby, that may be true, but using a condom is cheaper in the long run....

It's just recycled PRS DC-3 from 2011 thats its with a few tweaks nd over priced anyway your should check outnthe new Eric Johnson thinline Stratocaster semi hollow stratrbody going.for $ 1,999.99 and.his.artist series Stratocaster going for 1,519.99 - to1,899.99

@melvynobrien6193

6 жыл бұрын

Eric who? Oh yeah, I remember him now. Not too interesting.

Sorry, but it’s a Super strat. PRS makes some amazing guitars ( I have owned a few). He comes off egotistical in a bunch of interviews.

"63.5?" ???? Ummm, there is NO difference between 63 Strat pickups and 64 Strat pickups. Both were within the Leo Fender era, and both were hand wound heavy formvar and there was no consistency in how many winds were used. The same diameters of wire were used, it didn't change. 1965 is when CBS bought Leo out and they changed the pickups to plain enamel wire , machine guided traverse winding, and grey bottom flatwork. Why do these guys need to make up magical stories and hype to sell guitars or pickups? 63.5, c'mon. Looks like a Strat sounds like a Strat, its a STRAT.

@melvynobrien6193

6 жыл бұрын

It's a PRS Strat. What's the fucking problem, folks?

I'm sorry, its a SRAT with a PRS headstock. Embarrassing.....

@melvynobrien6193

6 жыл бұрын

No, it's a PRS with a Strat body, and so what?

@SDPickups

6 жыл бұрын

Its "better" than a strat because it says PRS ;-) $$$

Paul seems to be on the apology tour these days.

It's just a guitar. Get a Life.

"It sounds like the real deal" And there you have it - the Stratocaster *is* the real deal...PRS should have known better than to make another knock off.

@melvynobrien6193

6 жыл бұрын

My 88 Strat was total shite; got rid of it.

@stevelandress

4 жыл бұрын

Have you played one? Or are you just looking at it and making a judgement?

John Mayer is probably the most boring "guitar hero" of all time, but this guitar sounds awesome

@melvynobrien6193

6 жыл бұрын

If Mayer had an ounce of originality it would be lonesome.

Let's say it how it is,shall we? John Mayer wants a Strat,but since he and Fender don't like each other anymore,he can't play one in public,so he asked PRS to make a Strat copy for him,that's it. Paul Reed Smith and his marketing department can use as many euphemisms like ''inspired by a vintage guitar'' and ''innovations'' etc. as they like,in the end it's a Strat copy,Paul knows it,John knows it,everybody knows it.And it's a very overpriced one to boot.John Suhr & Tom Anderson have done also ridiculously overpriced Strat copies,so it's nothing new. The baffling thing is,Leo Fender designed this type of guitar,to be a cheap instrument for working musicians and you can literally build a ''Partcaster'' for a fraction of the money,which will sound and play as good as any of these ''boutique Strat-copies''.

@MagnusGuldbrandsen

6 жыл бұрын

I went to a John Mayer show about a year ago, he played the PRS for a couple of songs and he played a bunch of Stratocasters... The man plays what he wants to play. And the reason PRS can't say Fender or Stratocaster is due to legal reasons... It's exactly why Suhr calls their start-copy a "Classic Pro" or why many boutique builders calls it an S-Type. It sound idiotic when they do it, but hey - what are you gonna do? :)

@flonsdg

6 жыл бұрын

John Mayer has never stopped playing strats, he's even bought new guitars after having his other sig' PRS. Go watch his video explaining which they designed this guitar and you'll get it

@greekfreak1980

6 жыл бұрын

I'm just amused,how people still fall for all this marketing-BS,not only from PRS but form other ''boutique brands'' that make Strat copies and Fender himself. Get a solid alder or swamp ash body,put a good neck,quality hardware and electronics on it and plug it into a good amp,that's it.You don't need to spend 3 grand on a Suhr,which is made out of basswood,the cheapest of all woods of all things or 2,5 grand on this ugly thing here or 4 grand on a Fender ''master build''. Hell,Jeff Healey's main guitar was a modded,MIJ Squier and SRV had bought an entire batch of Tokai Strat copies,when he visited Japan,in the early 80's.Not to mention EVH's legendary ''Frankenstrat'' was build out of parts,that cost Eddie less then 250 USD,now they sell replicas for several thousand USD.

@Davivd2

6 жыл бұрын

Any guitar that you pay out the ass for because of it's brand is a rip off. I have a Washburn with Seymour Duncan pickups and Grover tuners that I payed $200 bucks for with a practice amp. It sounds and feels great. To get the same level of quality out of a Fender, a Gibson, or even a PRS would cost me around $1000 at least.

@davestephens8033

6 жыл бұрын

But it says PRS on it, so its worth a lot! Lets get real, the original strats were hand made, not perfectly machined parts, no $500 spit shine finish, pickups wound randomly by women in a hot metal building. They're not Mercedes guitars, the finish wore off real fast, they wouldn't stay in tune. Go to Warmoth, buy the parts you want, put some good pickups in it, heavy formvar hand wound, wire them the way they were wired in the 50's, set it up right and it'll go toe to toe with this PRS wall furniture that real working musicians just aren't going to buy.

PRS would have made a great used car salesman (he seems SOOOO arrogant) - The guitar sounds great but the headstock and birds will keep me from ever owning one 🤮

he's so sensitive. why? because he knows he is a design copier