New Paul Reed Smith Day!
Hopefully, the pictures below work, I'm trying the imgur app.
I've been playing this for a few days, making sure it's a keeper - it is - got it used at Guitar Center, but will NOT be using their return policy! Great tone, particularly on "clean" settings, but it rocks, too, with really no feedback at a high gain unless you put the guitar right in front of the amp. Extremely versatile pickup settings, and the tone knob does not lose volume as you use it, although my attendance is to leave it b/w 8 and 10. I know it's not a Guild, but it is one of the best sounding electrics I have ever played. Spruce top, McCarty Archtop pickups. A 2008, and included some nice case candy, like the original hang tag, etc.
Seriously, this thing sounds great...
"Wide/Fat" neck, 1 11/16" nut width. Very comfortable for me. Bluesbird-ish, but a bit less "chunky". Unfortunately, I'm struggling with the '77 S-60 thin neck.
But for me, it is the comfortable ergonomic body shape and light weight that is the clincher. Like the S-60, sitting or standing (I almost always play standing) the rounded "edge" on the back of the guitar where it rests against my stomach does not aggravate my surgery riddled abdomen. And it weighs a measly 5.2 pounds! Excellent!
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walrus
Hopefully, the pictures below work, I'm trying the imgur app.
I've been playing this for a few days, making sure it's a keeper - it is - got it used at Guitar Center, but will NOT be using their return policy! Great tone, particularly on "clean" settings, but it rocks, too, with really no feedback at a high gain unless you put the guitar right in front of the amp. Extremely versatile pickup settings, and the tone knob does not lose volume as you use it, although my attendance is to leave it b/w 8 and 10. I know it's not a Guild, but it is one of the best sounding electrics I have ever played. Spruce top, McCarty Archtop pickups. A 2008, and included some nice case candy, like the original hang tag, etc.
Seriously, this thing sounds great...
"Wide/Fat" neck, 1 11/16" nut width. Very comfortable for me. Bluesbird-ish, but a bit less "chunky". Unfortunately, I'm struggling with the '77 S-60 thin neck.
But for me, it is the comfortable ergonomic body shape and light weight that is the clincher. Like the S-60, sitting or standing (I almost always play standing) the rounded "edge" on the back of the guitar where it rests against my stomach does not aggravate my surgery riddled abdomen. And it weighs a measly 5.2 pounds! Excellent!
walrus
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