dang. and i thought i was over prs guitars...

domhatch · 2013-10-21T17:14:11+00:00

prs starla s2. i want mine in the antique white, or that mccarty 'baccy burst. the sienna looks hot, too. thoughts? anyone seen/played one? dh|

Mr-M

Dom, if you can stretch your budget, the Core PRS Starla will be better sounding than the S2 for sure. Not that the S2 is a bad guitar, but it aint the same as the Core models in terms of construction methods or pickups & hardware (Korean vs US made). If you do go with the S2, you'll still be getting a very good guitar, so don't let my comments sway you either way. Buy what you like and what you can afford. PRS don't make bad guitars IMO. I might perhaps be tempted to call some of their pickups non-flattering names however...but I won't. ? To their credit, these days with the Starla, 57/08, DGT etc. they are making some great pickups to compliment their guitar designs.

domhatch

Mr T wrote Dom, if you can stretch your budget, the Core PRS Starla will be better sounding than the S2 for sure. Not that the S2 is a bad guitar, but it aint the same as the Core models in terms of construction methods or pickups & hardware (Korean vs US made). If you do go with the S2, you'll still be getting a very good guitar, so don't let my comments sway you either way. Buy what you like and what you can afford. PRS don't make bad guitars IMO. I might perhaps be tempted to call some of their pickups non-flattering names however...but I won't. ? To their credit, these days with the Starla, 57/08, DGT etc. they are making some great pickups to compliment their guitar designs.

all valid points. so i've owned two prs guitars before. a standard 22 in mahogany and, much later, a custom 22 in a beautiful green finish. the latter is now in the hands of a fellow forumite. i know what these guitars represent in terms of quality. i've also played a few se models, and i've been impressed by the playability and the sound/tone/whatever you wanna call it. if the s2's come in somewhere between these, they should be pretty darn good.

but the point for me is that i'm prepared to go in at a lower price point for what i perceive as greater value (value here being a trade off between cost and quality with a little bit of me being happy with my purchase down the line). in each of my three tokai purchases, it was a no-brainer. the quality was absolutely there, and the cost was well below half, if not less, in each case, than the equivalent.

i have no doubt the core starla will be a better instrument than the s2. but will it be worth the extra 7/8grand, plus the trip to ct? (add on another 3g or so.) that's what i need to factor in here. and i would need to go down there, because i have a 'no-give' policy of not buying a guitar i've not played.

i'm also prepared to wait. if the s2's come in, and i'm not that impressed, i won't buy. and maybe then i'll deem the trip to ct worth it - if the core starla is still there. (big if, i know, but i'm not in a rush, and neither is mike's starla, it would seem...)

but seriously. i can't tell you how much i appreciate you putting me in touch with mike. i just hope there are no capetonians around who now have a hankering for this very pretty young lady...

thanks again
dh|

Mr-M

? No problem. That's a good approach you have to making the right decision. To my detriment, I'm more the "ooh, pretty...hmm good price....BUY!" sort. ?

domhatch

Mr T wrote ? No problem. That's a good approach you have to making the right decision. To my detriment, I'm more the "ooh, pretty...hmm good price....BUY!" sort. ?

usually i'm that sort of gaseous individual too. but i've arrived at a 'collection' i'm happy with right now. which is why i'd be hard pressed to part with any of my guitars - and that's what i'd have to do to purchase either the s2 or the core starla. it'd just be a question of whether it's one or two of them that i put up for sale.

from what i've heard and seen, i think the starla would easily replace my sg in terms of where it fits in my collection. but possibly not my gold top. surprisingly, my lp custom does a pretty good job of covering the gold top's bases tonally. the tokai lc98 is a really versatile guitar, far more so than i expected until i started playing around with it. that all said, i am super-attached to my gold top; of all the guitars i've ever owned, it's one of my favourites. the sg, not so much. while it's a great guitar, it's just not massively suited to my playing style.

on the other hand, there are quite a few things that appeal to me about the starla. split coils, obviously, and the resulting tonal range. the bigsby. the styling. and, it's a prs - a single-cut prs to boot. (i know brand doesn't really mean anything, but i have a thing for prs guitars, in much the same way that i have a thing for porsche cars.)

so you see my dilemma...
dh|

Mr-M

I hear you. ? We want photos of whatever you go for. ?

domhatch

Mr T wrote I hear you. ? We want photos of whatever you go for. ?

deal.

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