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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
But I've not bought plenty of amazing sounding guitars that haven't felt right.
Plugged in may be a different story. Some of those boat anchors which sound pretty dead acoustically may be entirely different beasts plugged in (Les Paul Customs?). And I think some of those very light, resonant, vibrate-y guitars can lack something plugged in - as if the resonance of the guitar dissipates too much of the strings' energy(?). Apologies for my pseudo-science....
I've got two PRS McCartys, same year, identical spec except for the paint colour, both lightweights (but one is about half a pound lighter than the other). Unplugged, they're both very resonant but one is quite noticeably less bassy, generally thinner sounding and I think has less sustain. I wonder if going up a string gauge might help.
If a guitar plays and feels nice I bond with it and forgive its ugly duckling sound. I’ve had some really nice looking great sounding guitars in the past that quickly left me due to not feeling or playing right.
Years ago when we all bought guitars in person this wasn’t an issue for me but nowadays most people buy from distance based on purely the looks of something and someone else’s opinion on how it sounds so I’m moving on more guitar than ever
Having said that I’ve had plenty of Gibson’s that were great sounding but I just couldn’t put up with how hard they were to keep in tune.
No, I wanted it to sound good .
The stupid thing is that the shop I worked for ordered two - my one (which I asked them to) and a black 450, the two-pickup version. When they arrived, the black one was much better-sounding, but I had really really really wanted the burgundy single-pickup one, so I bought it thinking I could fix the sound by changing the pickup. By the time I finally accepted I was wrong, they'd sold the black one.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Much the same experience with my Teye which was phenomenal in every way but just not quite right for me. There was an Ampeg Dan Armstrong reissue some years ago that I had much the same experience with. All in all I invariably end up back on a telecaster every time.
I actually think they put the pickup in the wrong place - it was very slightly different from the originals. Pickup placement can make a surprisingly large difference to the tone - if you've ever played a guitar with a sliding pickup, it's quite remarkable how much difference even about a quarter inch back or forward makes.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Unfortunately I’ve never heard a worse sounding guitar. I stripped the finish, and I’ve never seen a more unappealing piece of wood either.
I can't help about the shape I'm in, I can't sing I ain't pretty and my legs are thin
But don't ask me what I think of you, I might not give the answer that you want me to
I've always found SG2000s sound 'hard' and 'cold' - not bad-sounding, but lacking any of the woody warmth of a Gibson (even a Custom) - and somehow 'too pure'... you just hear the strings, there's really no difference in the sound of the two pickups other than the basic harmonic content, and even the coil splits don't sound as different as you would expect really.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
The saddles and block on the current PRS trem are brass - as are the bridge posts on their stop-tail. The string contact points on the saddles are unplanted - so the brass is in contact with the string. Certainly modern PRS guitars sound noticeably ‘bigger’ than the use to - so I assume this is all part of the reason why.
I’d always thought brass was a fairly soft metal - and therefore not the right thing to be making bridges out of....