So today my new guitar arrived and it's a beauty!!! Wow!!! Never ever did I think I would own a guitar of this caliber. But, when I returned my PRS to Sweetwater, I saw they had closeout deals on these models...some of them demos. They were flying off the shelves and I missed the first one I saw. The one I got never even made it to the website - my sales guy snagged it for me...thanks Nick!! :-).

It is a honey burst with a AAA top. I thought it would be weird not having a pickguard, but it is actually easier to play without it. I feel like I have more room. Because the top is carved, I'm nowhere near hitting the top with my pick, so no worries about scratching the finish.

I got to try out the locking grover tuners already since I broke a string in the first 5 minutes of playing. Actually, it came undone at the ball end...never seen that happen. The locking tuners make it a breeze to change the strings.

The feel is incredible. The 60's profile neck is much like the strat neck profile I like. I don't feel like I'm holding a baseball bat like the 50's neck on my faded studio. The fretboard is a compound radius which is subtle but feels really cool. It gets flatter as you move toward the body.

Playing it is like a dream - the neck is so smooth and the fretboard feels great under the fingers.

Only thing I'm not happy with is the setup. First it seemed weird to me that the neck pickup was so much louder than the bridge pickup. The bass strings also seem louder than they should be. When I looked at the setup on my faded LP, I could see a HUGE difference in the pickup heights. So I'll have to tweak that. Also I have some fret buzz on the low E from the B up. Raising the bridge on the bass side a smidge should take care of that no problem.

So once I have my minor setup issues addressed, I should be good to go.