10 Top PRS....or not?

spark240

Ok,,,so the only thing in its favour so far is the ebony FB...plus there’s a chance that I could pick up the 10 Top LTD edition Version for almost the same money as the standard top with rosewood board,.

Google Peach or Music street for their semi Hollow Charcoal burst with trem and you’ll see the “ standard “ version.

KrisGee

The nicest tops I had on prs guitars I owned in the past were not 10 tops. Random example:

Regular top


10 top

bacchanalian

spark240 said:

Ok,,,so the only thing in its favour so far is the ebony FB...plus there’s a chance that I could pick up the 10 Top LTD edition Version for almost the same money as the standard top with rosewood board,.

Google Peach or Music street for their semi Hollow Charcoal burst with trem and you’ll see the “ standard “ version.

The ebony fingerboard would probably swing it for me.  I am 51.9% sure that I prefer ebony to rosewood

tony99

if they really knew their maple they'd go up to 11

bacchanalian

Haych said:

bacchanalian said:

10 top owner here and I say no unless there is something else about that guitar you prefer.  Better weight, nicer neck or sounds better.  I have mine because the neck and fingerboard are nice.

As for looking like a bellend, once that sweet music leaves your fingertips to poke the audience in the earholes, they will not care what your guitar looks like.

C'mon, the only audience members who care about what your guitar looks like are other guitarists!

Aye, that is what I meant. And even within 'guitarists' there will only be a subset who care about how the guitar looks when it sounds amazing.

ICBM

Haych said:

C'mon, the only audience members who care about what your guitar looks like are other guitarists!

Actually you couldn't be more wrong about that...

Every time I've used a Rickenbacker guitar at a gig, I've been complimented on it by a woman - some of them even young and attractive. It can't be me or my playing .

professorben

When buying no
when selling...... oh yes it does!!!!

spark240

KrisGee said:

The nicest tops I had on prs guitars I owned in the past were not 10 tops. Random example:

Regular top


10 top

Orange Tiger ?

Funkfingers

Hidden drag on.

richardhomer

There seems to be a general dislike of flame tops these days - though I’m out of step - I like them.

My view is if you like a one guitar over another - that’s the one to buy - regardless of how it’s top is categorised....

tekbow

I've a 10 top, but tbh when I bought it the dollar was like 1.7 to the pound, plus i was looking for the colour, and it was a McCarty Trem (my other criteria).

It just happened to be a 10 top.

If I'm being honest, most of the time it's hard to see it's any kind of flame.

Nice guitar though. Scratched my PRS itch. Wouldn't have another.

spark240

My preference is a semi hollow with trem...I have a 513 in Orange tiger which is great but I’d like a different colour finish, so I quite like the charcoal burst, ...there’s a couple to choose from ..

Haych

ICBM said:

Haych said:

C'mon, the only audience members who care about what your guitar looks like are other guitarists!

Actually you couldn't be more wrong about that...

Every time I've used a Rickenbacker guitar at a gig, I've been complimented on it by a woman - some of them even young and attractive. It can't be me or my playing .

That’s what I’ve been doing wrong all these years, playing the wrong guitar. 

KrisGee

spark240 said:

KrisGee said:

The nicest tops I had on prs guitars I owned in the past were not 10 tops. Random example:

Regular top


10 top

Orange Tiger ?

Indeed

Philly_Q

tekbow said:

I've a 10 top, but tbh when I bought it the dollar was like 1.7 to the pound, plus i was looking for the colour, and it was a McCarty Trem (my other criteria).

It just happened to be a 10 top.

If I'm being honest, most of the time it's hard to see it's any kind of flame.

Nice guitar though. Scratched my PRS itch. Wouldn't have another.

I like that a lot, I think the darker, cooler (as opposed to warmer) colour tones down the blinginess of the flame maple.

My own McCarty (nowhere near a 10 top) is a dark green colour, I think it's called Evergreen, you can barely see the flame in some light.

I'm quite conflicted about the whole topic.  The "dentist guitar" thing has always annoyed me, I think flame - or quilt - maple is amazingly beautiful... but I'm not sure I want it on a guitar I'm playing.  Even though I'm never even going to be seen in public with it.

I'm much more comfortable with ash, which I also think is beautiful but somehow never looks blingy, no matter how highly figured it is.  Maybe because it doesn't have that 3-D effect?

tekbow

@Philly_Q,

I've never looked at it from the point of view of "dentists guitars" and it's not something I understood because I grew up exposed to PRS before "dentists" guitars was a thing. I remember quite a lot of artists using them.

My guitar teacher was actually Simon McBride's teacher, and he had a PRS Simon had got him an artist discount on, so the dentist guitar thing has never twigged for me.

That one is Teal Black, saw the colour in the 94 or 95 catalogue and that was the colour guitar I had in my head.

Another example is the EBMM EVH/Axis. To me, that guitar doesn't look right without a scrunched duvet quilt top. I play the crap out of those guitars at home, and certainly wouldn't be embarrassed to play them in public, I'd just be more worried about them getting damaged, being pretty rare examples.

When I say rare, I mean the colour on the PRS and the quality of the quilt on the axis.

Figured Ash? Do you mean the grain? I like the look of it too, and looks great in stained transparent or raw finishes.

Both Macpherson and McGuire do great examples of popped Ash bodies.

Philly_Q

"scrunched duvet quilt top".  I like that description. 

tekbow

Philly_Q said:

"scrunched duvet quilt top".  I like that description. 

I think that was someone else description from the previous page

RaymondLin

Mine is a 10-top, 2011.

What qualify as a 10-top almost 10 years ago probably are like Artist Pack these days I feel.

spark240

Like it or not....this is what m looking at...but possibly with a 10 Top and Ebony FB.