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Some great footage and talk on how they build their guitars in here.

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The factory bits are cool.
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PRSs are considered uncool sometimes. What's not to like though?
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Yeah. I don't get that. But then I have two and hardy ever play them.

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werdna wrote: Tue Jul 13, 2021 10:49 am PRSs are considered uncool sometimes. What's not to like though?
It’s a proven factoid that no-one ever got laid playing a PRS.

That’s why PRS is so angry - he builds one of the best guitars in the world, and some munter with a broken headstock and stonewash denim jacket walls into the bar and steals his girl....

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murky wrote: Tue Jul 13, 2021 2:56 pm
werdna wrote: Tue Jul 13, 2021 10:49 am PRSs are considered uncool sometimes. What's not to like though?
It’s a proven factoid that no-one ever got laid playing a PRS.

That’s why PRS is so angry - he builds one of the best guitars in the world, and some munter with a broken headstock and stonewash denim jacket walls into the bar and steals his girl....
Not even John Mayer?

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murky wrote: Tue Jul 13, 2021 2:56 pm
werdna wrote: Tue Jul 13, 2021 10:49 am PRSs are considered uncool sometimes. What's not to like though?
It’s a proven factoid that no-one ever got laid playing a PRS.
Not meaning to be argumentative, but that is patently incorrect :lol:
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Chad Kroeger got Avril Lavigne but dunno if that counts
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They're great for insomnia, just glancing my eyes across one instantly puts me to sleep.

The problem PRS has always faced is for their target market, all the good body shapes are taken. So instead they ended up with something that is best described as not offensive... even with all the Private Stock offensiveness they try and glue to them.

They even admitted it with the Silver Sky, they didn't even bother to try and make it look like something other than what it was copying.
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StratMatt wrote: Tue Jul 13, 2021 3:36 pm Chad Kroeger got Avril Lavigne but dunno if that counts
My point exactly.....

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KNNZ wrote: Tue Jul 13, 2021 3:20 pm
murky wrote: Tue Jul 13, 2021 2:56 pm
werdna wrote: Tue Jul 13, 2021 10:49 am PRSs are considered uncool sometimes. What's not to like though?
It’s a proven factoid that no-one ever got laid playing a PRS.

That’s why PRS is so angry - he builds one of the best guitars in the world, and some munter with a broken headstock and stonewash denim jacket walls into the bar and steals his girl....
Not even John Mayer?
Especially Mayer - Silver Sky introduced 2018 - before vs after is somewhat notable: https://www.more.com/celebrity/just-wai ... has-dated/

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Molly wrote: Tue Jul 13, 2021 1:45 pm Yeah. I don't get that. But then I have two and hardy ever play them.
Send me the red one!

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handsoffmatt wrote: Tue Jul 13, 2021 3:21 pm
murky wrote: Tue Jul 13, 2021 2:56 pm
werdna wrote: Tue Jul 13, 2021 10:49 am PRSs are considered uncool sometimes. What's not to like though?
It’s a proven factoid that no-one ever got laid playing a PRS.
Not meaning to be argumentative, but that is patently incorrect :lol:
Personal experience Sir?
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Danger Mouse wrote: Tue Jul 13, 2021 3:52 pm

They even admitted it with the Silver Sky, they didn't even bother to try and make it look like something other than what it was copying.
While you are correct, in the interest of balance might I mention
Tokai
Suhr
LSL
Exotic
Fernandes
Schecter
Hahn
And this wouldn't be 10% of the total.
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Slowy wrote: Wed Jul 14, 2021 9:04 am
Danger Mouse wrote: Tue Jul 13, 2021 3:52 pm

They even admitted it with the Silver Sky, they didn't even bother to try and make it look like something other than what it was copying.
While you are correct, in the interest of balance might I mention
Tokai
Suhr
LSL
Exotic
Fernandes
Schecter
Hahn
And this wouldn't be 10% of the total.
My point isn't that copying a strat is a new thing, more that PRS have spent decades trying to not be a Gibson or Fender copy. Plus there are examples of guitars trying to be strats, without looking exactly like a strat, the Godin Passion for example.
The older I get, the more disappointed in myself I become.

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