thehikingdude
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A few days ago my PRS Studio finally got here from Ontario. Took a LONG time. I was very pleased when I got the case opened. Looked even better than the pics I'd seen. This is my first PRS with a trem. Still not sure about it since I'm not much of a trem guy. I will very likely get a Tremel-No to lock it into place. I have a tremor in both hands and it tends to cause issues with any trem when I'm playing since I have to rest my hand on the stoptail or trem to help control the tremor. Loving the pickups so far. Each option is quite unique so you can dial in a LOT of sounds. All (3) pickups are the 57/08, but as you can tell the Neck and Middle pickups are Narrowfield. Try to imagine if you could combine the best sounds from a humbucker, single coil and a P90 and put it all together. That's the best way to describe the sound. As for the treble pickup it's a standard 57/08, but if you pull up the tone knob you can switch it to single coil. The 5-position switch gives you a bit of a Strat layout, but by my ears it still leans closer to either a P90 or humbucker sound. Still playing with my amp to get all that I can out of it. I may have to raise the full-size pickup as its sound output is a bit less than the narrowfields. Time will tell. The volume control works amazingly well at going from totally clean to a ton of overdrive (assuming you have some overdrive going via your amp or a pedal) along with being extremely touch sensitive. More so than most guitars I've played. Gives you a ton of choices without having to take your hands off the guitar. As always with PRS, the build quality is top notch. Loving the new birds WAY more than I had anticipated. You have to see them in person to know them. The neck is the new Pattern style, which is very similar to their old Wide/Fat variety and identical to the neck on my JA-15 so I feel right at home there. I will try to follow-up with more on the pickups, maybe a video or two, early next week. And now for the show!
