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I think the fact they offer a good range of solid colour models at reasonable prices (S2 range) has helped the image for those that struggled with the blingier stuff.
Well built, great sounding instruments, they get some hate usually from the kind of guy that plays telecasters and bashes out Stones covers all day.
But as a great looking (subjective) great playing (undeniable) and great sounding (subjective) it’s hard to go wrong with a s/h Core model.
Loads of Nu Metal era bands used PRS at some point. Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit, POD, Hoobastank etc
Mark Holcomb seems cool. Periphery have a huge following among people who buy musical equipment in modern metal/prog/djent genres, across the board (guitars, bass, drums, any recording equipment)
These guys are way cool.
I picked up 10 top Custom 24 for a £1k the other year - for what I paid it's an amazing guitar.
I'd guess that's what's starting to make them more popular ... maybe
Hipster with excellently groomed beard plays PRS and uses Boss pedals.
[I like both of these bands before anyone gets too upset!]
They are all 'better' in pretty much every modern way then every other brand and model they seek to improve upon, but young, trendy, 'fashionable' bands can't afford them for starters and the visual message of these bands is usually based around a vintage look so Fender, Gibson, Gretsch and, more often than not, '70s style Teles with at least one Wide Range humbucker and the '70s Deluxe type scratchplate.
The guitarists stood at the back in their touring bands that can actually play probably do use guitars from one the US boutique brands though for the same reason that I do in my function band - they work without fail, stay in tune, are impeccably built, usually quite light in weight and can cover 99% of top 40s covers styles with the flick of a switch or the twist of a pot.
See you again with the same answer next time this old chestnut crops up..
"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
“This isn’t just any production line electric guitar....” etc.
But the point I'm making is that ‘cool’ is such an intangible and subjective thing.
I dont think a Tele is cool, I think they look boring and tbh very uncool, Keith Richards plays a Tele ffs!!! How uncool do you wanna get?
its all subjective.
Playability is not subjective, it’s a quality argument sure, but quality is cool.
Only in the world of music can you seem to get away with poor quality being lauded as cool.
How many olympic skiers use ski’s made from old pallets?
“But this guy uses these old pawnshop guitars that barely stay in tune!!!”
”Awww doood, that’s sooooo cooool”
It’s a music thing for some reason, perhaps it stems from a lot of musicians not having money when we are young (therefore cool) and having it when we are older (inherently uncool)
According to PRS own warranty card data, the most common occupation for a PRS owner is in the engineering fields.
Which makes sense, decent income, appreciate a well designed well built thing.
Doctors, Dentists and Blues Lawyers apparently are quite few.