Newer PRS stuff?

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Wednesday Oct 21, 2009

Anybody played on the new PRS Mira or {gulp} any of the new PRS Korina models?

The Mira Korina looks really tempting.

I should have bought a KL1812 cheap ($1500) when I had the chance. No birds on the neck, so I didn't go for it. Its basically its a Standard 24 hardtail made of Korina:

onegunguitar · Post by **onegunguitar** » Wednesday Oct 21, 2009

Come on Jeff,just buy one and get it over with,you know you want to

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Wednesday Oct 21, 2009

Yeah...I know...I want a Mira Korina with BIRDS!!!!!!

MOONDOGGY · Post by **MOONDOGGY** » Thursday Oct 22, 2009

You certainly have a thing for Korina! What kind of wood is korina? I assumed it was in the mahogany family. Is it similar tone & density to mahogany? Why's it so rare? Is it like koa where most of it comes from Hawaii?!

JackANSI · Post by **JackANSI** » Thursday Oct 22, 2009

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminalia_superba

Its closer to rosewood than mahogany (scientifically) if my memory serves. Not sure about acoustically.

Don't trust the info though.. its wikipedia and everything in it is wrong

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Thursday Oct 22, 2009

MOONDOGGY wrote:You certainly have a thing for Korina! What kind of wood is korina? I assumed it was in the mahogany family. Is it similar tone & density to mahogany? Why's it so rare? Is it like koa where most of it comes from Hawaii?!

Its another name for African Limba. Acoustically, its like a lightweight mahogany with more resonance and more noticable mids.

The grain is similar to mahogany, but usually has a more "curly" detail and has a lighter, more amber/orange color.

It makes for super-light, super-hard-rock guitars.

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Saturday Oct 24, 2009

Got one! More birds and a little extra grain character with no dark spots!

onegunguitar · Post by **onegunguitar** » Saturday Oct 24, 2009

It's about time Jeff!! Haha,nice looking guitar,how's it play and sound?

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Saturday Oct 24, 2009

Won't know until Tuesday or Wednesday. Its coming from Cinncinnati.

bassist4life2004 · Post by **bassist4life2004** » Saturday Oct 24, 2009

I got a Tremonti SE a couple years ago, and I've never been happier, of course I would love to have the dove inlays and the pickups and specs of the USA model, but what can you do? They are awesome guitars though, I have never played a PRS that wasnt awesome. I got mine out of the box from American Musical Supply, it was set perfectly and tuned, even had D'Addrio 10's on it, its like they just knew...lol. I'm sure you will love it man, congrats

Merge · Post by **Merge** » Sunday Oct 25, 2009

I can attest to the quality of the Tremonti SE. My brother has a PRS that he paid $2400 for, and my Tremonti SE plays better. It's the smoothest playing guitar I own.

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Tuesday Oct 27, 2009

Those new PRS's are looking really sweet, that is for sure. They had Paul Reed on the news this morning talking about the guitars and the company's future ..

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Wednesday Oct 28, 2009

It plays like sweet creamery butter--as good or better than my PRS Custom 24. The wood does everything that I thought it would. The finish is unbelieveable and the above pics don't even come close (I'll see if I can improve on that.) It weighs 7-1/2 pounds. The wraparound bridge creates ultra resonance and sustain. Its the best sounding/sustaining piece of wood I ever played on.

On the down side (I kind of expected this anyway):

1) I'd rather have a toggle switch than a 3-way slider.

2) The 1st time I wanted to switch from bridge to neck pickup, I yanked the coil-split toggle. Its more visible and accessible between the knobs than the main 3-way switch.

3) I don't like the Mira pickups much. They have a round bottom, not much mid and very little highs. The neck P/U is suitable for jazz and the bridge is suitable for modern metal on an amp that has a lot of treble output. It would probably sound really muddy on a Mesa Rectifier. I have a set of Duncan JB/Jazz nickel cover pickups that should fix that.

4) The pickups are very thin when coil-tapped (more than usual) and are not wired humbucking in the middle position when both pickups are on.

5) The intonation is excellent, but the wraparound bridge is not string-length adjustable, so its not perfect. I'll probably fix that with a TonePros adjustable locking bridge and Graph Tech saddles.

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Wednesday Oct 28, 2009

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Tuesday Nov 03, 2009

bassist4life2004 wrote:of course I would love to have the dove inlays

Just FYI, there are no doves on the PRS neck. Each bird is actually different:

Peregrine falcon
Marsh hawk
Ruby throated hummingbird
Common tern
Coopers hawk
Kite
Sparrow landing
Storm petrel
Hawk landing
Screech owl on a branch (24-fret models only)

Post by **Ron** » Tuesday Nov 03, 2009

That looks much more like an arctic tern than the common tern. Note the deeply forked tail.

bassist4life2004 · Post by **bassist4life2004** » Tuesday Nov 03, 2009

lonewolf wrote:
bassist4life2004 wrote:of course I would love to have the dove inlays
Just FYI, there are no doves on the PRS neck. Each bird is actually different:

Peregrine falcon
Marsh hawk
Ruby throated hummingbird
Common tern
Coopers hawk
Kite
Sparrow landing
Storm petrel
Hawk landing
Screech owl on a branch (24-fret models only)

Awesome information man, where did you find that? I've always heard everyone say they are doves...thats messed up, you now destroyed all i thought i knew about PRS...Time to find a short cliff and take a long walk...lol. Thanks man, glad to have known that.

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Tuesday Nov 03, 2009

bassist4life2004 wrote:
lonewolf wrote:
bassist4life2004 wrote:of course I would love to have the dove inlays
Just FYI, there are no doves on the PRS neck. Each bird is actually different:

Peregrine falcon
Marsh hawk
Ruby throated hummingbird
Common tern
Coopers hawk
Kite
Sparrow landing
Storm petrel
Hawk landing
Screech owl on a branch (24-fret models only)

Awesome information man, where did you find that? I've always heard everyone say they are doves...thats messed up, you now destroyed all i thought i knew about PRS...Time to find a short cliff and take a long walk...lol. Thanks man, glad to have known that.

At the PRS FAQ. Scroll down to question #10:

http://www.prsguitars.com/csc/faq.html

VENTGtr · Post by **VENTGtr** » Tuesday Nov 03, 2009

That's sharp. Have always like the extra cutaway one the bottom horn.

Played a few of the PRS', running the price gambit. Obviously, all nice instruments
(Except the Santana model for some reason had a cheap, ratty feel). The one I really
liked most of all, and REALLY liked, was the Paul Allender model. Just had a nice feel
and resonance to it.

Didn't like the painted neck...but any finish would come off if I owned, so not an issue.
Still consider them from time to time.

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Tuesday Nov 03, 2009

I couldn't stand the Mira pickups and after 2 hours I ripped my Gibson SG-I apart and put its nickel JB/Jazz set in the Mira. The Jazz wasn't bad, but the JB boosted all the wrong frequencies for korina wood and made it sound too harsh and throaty.

Korina seems to work best with PAF style pickups, so I pulled the Duncans and put in a set of nickel Stew-Mac Golden Age PAFs. Sounded much better, but I wanted a little more heat on the bridge, so I put in a Stew-Mac Golden Age Overwound (12K) PAF in the bridge and this really smoked. Stew-Macs are as good or better than anybody else's sub-$100 PAFs at half the price.

Then, I glanced over at the "Rat". My little Steinberger boat paddle guitar was sitting there with a Bill Lawrence-designed Gibson HB-L and a Dimarzio PAF Classic in the neck (possibly Dimarzio's best PAF). Tore that sucker apart too and put them in the Mira....

The HB-L just screams and its voicing is perfect for korina. The PAF Classic sounds good, but I have a coverless Stew-Mac PAF neck coming in the mail soon. One more test to go...