leonardo7
Banned
After owning and playing nothing but top notch shit such as ViK, Ormsby, Mayones, Blackmachine, I decided that I should get a low end Korean 7 just to toss around. After playing a friends PRS recently I sort of had GAS for a 25" scale PRS 7, so I bought this one from Sweetwater.
I literally just got it one hour ago. So far I must say that the quality is not bad at all. The fretwork isnt insane, but its good with no complaints at all, and all the frets are totally pressed in all the way. There arent any sharp edges or anything like that. The strings are old and turning black with corrosion in some spots. The set up was good but after playing it for 5 minutes the action started to get higher, which is to be expected since I didnt let it acclimatize at all. After I brought it in from the outside sun for 2 minutes of pics, the set up was back to normal. So Im going to give it some time to see how stable the neck is on this guitar, but it plays well and the neck is very comfy. Im really a huge fan of PRS right now.
The tone is good. I just picked up my ESP CS, my ViK Duality 7, and my KxK and Strandberg to compare them all sound wise and if I was forced to say something it would be that this guitar is the least "focused" sounding of them all, but its not loose or flubby sounding at all. The other guitars just seem to have this overall more compact compressed solid tone to them. Dont get me wrong though, the tone on this thing is really good. I am pleased. It sounds like my old Ibanez Apex 1 sounded, but brighter and tighter. The pickups are good too, I have no major complaints about them. They are slightly geared more towards the hard rock player than straight up metal in that they arent too aggressive or hot but I am surprised at how decent they sound. They dont really need to be switched out.
I picked this one up because it weighs less than 7 lbs and has an actual maple top over a mahogany body. You can give me a veneer all day if it has a real maple top underneath, especially if Im only paying $700! I also wanted a 25" scale and something with proper inlay markers. Im totally glad I picked it up and will post more thoughts and pics after I toss in some BKPs and replace the cream pickup covers with black ones.
I literally just got it one hour ago. So far I must say that the quality is not bad at all. The fretwork isnt insane, but its good with no complaints at all, and all the frets are totally pressed in all the way. There arent any sharp edges or anything like that. The strings are old and turning black with corrosion in some spots. The set up was good but after playing it for 5 minutes the action started to get higher, which is to be expected since I didnt let it acclimatize at all. After I brought it in from the outside sun for 2 minutes of pics, the set up was back to normal. So Im going to give it some time to see how stable the neck is on this guitar, but it plays well and the neck is very comfy. Im really a huge fan of PRS right now.
The tone is good. I just picked up my ESP CS, my ViK Duality 7, and my KxK and Strandberg to compare them all sound wise and if I was forced to say something it would be that this guitar is the least "focused" sounding of them all, but its not loose or flubby sounding at all. The other guitars just seem to have this overall more compact compressed solid tone to them. Dont get me wrong though, the tone on this thing is really good. I am pleased. It sounds like my old Ibanez Apex 1 sounded, but brighter and tighter. The pickups are good too, I have no major complaints about them. They are slightly geared more towards the hard rock player than straight up metal in that they arent too aggressive or hot but I am surprised at how decent they sound. They dont really need to be switched out.
I picked this one up because it weighs less than 7 lbs and has an actual maple top over a mahogany body. You can give me a veneer all day if it has a real maple top underneath, especially if Im only paying $700! I also wanted a 25" scale and something with proper inlay markers. Im totally glad I picked it up and will post more thoughts and pics after I toss in some BKPs and replace the cream pickup covers with black ones.
they look so nice. Good purchase man.
