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PRS Basses
- Thread starter chuck norriss
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PRS' Makena Blue is gorgeous in person. The little sample of a pic doesn't do it justice. In a better world they'd post a full set of pics of both basses in every color.
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Hopefully they stay in tune better than their guitars. My buddy has two PRS guitars, and holy geez, do they SUCK at staying in tune. 
Hopefully they stay in tune better than their guitars. My buddy has to PRS guitars, and holy geez, do they SUCK at staying in tune.
Why would their tuners not work? That's silly.
I had a chance to play an absolutely beautiful, artfully crafted PRS 5 that Paul himself had with him when doing in store demos, and it is extremely easy to play, like artwork in the finish and attention to detail. Sound? Perfectly sterile and as uninspiring as it is beautiful.
There are $500 Squire basses that sound better to me.
Terrible shame.
There are $500 Squire basses that sound better to me.
Terrible shame.
Hopefully they stay in tune better than their guitars. My buddy has two PRS guitars and holy geez, do they SUCK at staying in tune.
Sorry, but this is a completely ridiculous post. IMHO of course. I have never heard of PRS guitars having trouble staying in tune. My last guitarist had two PRS's also, and they were rock solid. Loved the tone too.
Agreed that their basses are uninspiring in the tone department though. Also agreed that that is a shame, as they are really beautiful instruments aesthetically.
Friend of a friend knows a guy yada yada yada and I got to play one. Same experience. I could sit and hold it, or look at it all day. After a few minutes, I stopped playing it and went back to looking at it. Sounded icky.
Never played one of the Graingers but when I briefly worked there I happened to be around as they were prototyping the 2000 era 4 and 5 strings. They were essentially Jazz basses with set necks, IIRC. It had a decent sound but I was playing it through an old PRS solid state guitar head with matching 4x12 so its hard to say for sure. Turns out that was the same bass that got reviewed in Bass Player.
If anything PRS guitars are known for not going out of tune. There have been some issues with the tuners on the SE models.
If anything PRS guitars are known for not going out of tune. There have been some issues with the tuners on the SE models.
Not as ridiculous as seeing my friend struggling to tune it at jams, or worse yet, during a gig. The one has a cast bridge (my friend's favorite of the two) with no individual saddles to adjust! You're expected to intonate the instrument by shifting the entire bridge - who was the bright designer behind that idea?! After a few big string bends during solos, chords sound sour as Hell. The B string especially is awful. Yeah, the tone is decent, but I'd never recommend a PRS to anyone.
Hopefully they stay in tune better than their guitars. My buddy has two PRS guitars, and holy geez, do they SUCK at staying in tune.
Mine are rarely out-of-tune, amazingly so. One came out-of-the-box from Baltimore completely in tune.
However, mine are "hardtail"; most people prefer vibrato-equipped models.
