Product: Paul Reed Smith Guitars Custom 22 Hollow Body
Price Paid: US $2495.00
Submitted
05/17/1998
at
09:20pm
by
Dave Fortner
Email: David_Fortner<at>Woodberry dot org
Features
:
10
I recently bought this guitar as a step up from a McCarty. This is THE best guitar I have ever played, owned, or heard. It has a wide fat neck, dragon III's (w/covers), hard tail, those neat locking tuner things from PRS (which allow you to change a string in about 25 sec!!), birds, 10 top (it isn't exceptional, but it's pretty!), and it's one of the last hollow bodies Paul made before those new ones coming out. That makes the guitar SCREAM!!! My only gripe is the 5 way rotary switch, even though it does tons of diffent sounds (actually sounds like a single, something I can't say about the McCarty) it is a little difficult to change when playing live.
Sound
:
10
This guitar is simply the most versitile guitar I have played! You can do anything: Strat, tele, and PRS sounds all flow from this baby. The Hollow body, hard tail, and 22 fret neck make this thing have sustain for days! I can play it louder than my acoustic, when it's not plugged in! I play alot of classic and blues rock, it's like having a 335, strat, tele, and Paul all rolled into one guitar!!!!
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
10
I played this thing straight out of the box and it was excellent. The top was great. And the Vint. Yellow is one of the prettiest colors I have laid my eyes on. PRS is THE BEST company out there, they smoke gibson, fender, anderson, and anyone else out there. I have played them all and for my uses the PRS line is the best, when you buy a PRS(no matter if its 1000 or 10000) you get a DAMN GOOD GUITAR!
Reliability/Durability
:
No Opinion
This thing is built like a tank, as I said before this guitar will smoke anything.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
Only had it a few weeks so really don't know, but from what I've heard they really care.
Overall Rating
:
10
I would kill someone if they took it from me, or at least go get it's twin! I think that for my purposes it is the best guitar money can buy. Even though I had to sell my first born to get it, it was defiantly worth it. I have been nothing but happy with it! I run it through a Bogner Ecstacy (which is also a kick ass product!) and a Subway Blues for practice. It is a great rig, but alot of it has to do with the guitar, if you can get one get one, if you can't sell what ever guitar you are using now and get one, you won't be dissapointed.
