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I kinda hope he sells up and there's a CBS style buy out and the QC drops off, just for shits and giggles. I say that like having owned two core PRS guitars, both of which have minor gripes that I never saw on any Suhr or Anderson. Both of them were great guitars but some minor niggles none the less.
My head said brake, but my heart cried never.
I know humidity makes a difference to acoustics etc so maybe mine'll fare better come the Summer when I can get things closer to 40/50% in here.
Derek Duncan takes an active part in pickup winding for the company. He seems set to inherit in much the same way that Dan Armstrong handed on to Kent and, thence, to Aaron.
He likes all guitars, not just his own. I can cope with his sales approach as I think it comes from a genuine passion to make guitars as good as they can be.
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He compared one of his own guitars (a private stock, no less) to a custom shop Fender and was waxing lyrical about how clean his guitar played compared to the Fender, which he claimed choked on the upper frets.
He passed both guitars round for comparison and he was somewhat right, the PRS did play much cleaner in the high registers, but the Fender had a reasonably low action whereas the PRS had an action high enough to drive a Pantechnicon under.
He also compared one of his acoustics to a well known brand, I forget if it was Martin or Taylor, and was claiming his sounded much fuller, but his was also tuned down a full step with heavier strings where the other was at concert pitch so naturally had a completely different voice.
He also talks in riddles and pinning him down to a straight answer is harder work than a Newsnight interview with a politician.
I can't dispute he makes very good guitars and as mass produced instruments go his are probably the best and most consistent among well known makers. But as an individual, certainly the persona I saw that night, he doesn't come over as a very likeable character.
There is no 'H' in Aych, you know that don't you? ~ Wife
Turns out there is an H in Haych! ~ Sporky
Bit of trading feedback here.
Seriously, thanks for the personal viewpoint, as experienced.
I've no idea how they did the test, plugged or unplugged, one string or multiple strings. And I wasn't going to sit there for an hour comparing different guitars. But the one PRS I tried managed about 20 seconds, unplugged, with my ear right to the body. It's an S2 so maybe it's shite compared to a core model...
I'm not saying that proves anything or even means anything. Just something I tried out of interest.
We need to know :-D
I think a better description would be to have stated that he seemed like he could be a bit difficult, possibly prickly, if he wanted to be.
Apologies if I did a character assassination without much need.
There is no 'H' in Aych, you know that don't you? ~ Wife
Turns out there is an H in Haych! ~ Sporky
Bit of trading feedback here.
I own four of them.
I would love to hang out at his studio for a week or two.
Its always looked like a nice space and place.