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Wednesday, April 13, 2005

PRS 513 Rosewood


Just when you think prs has done just about every sonic thing with a guitar they come out with this baby! I had to go to Matt's Music this week to pick up my new tremolo sleeve for my prs. Prs was kind enought to send it out no-charge - way to go prs!. Anyway, I took the opportunity to test out the very vast Crate amp selections at Matt's and strum a few of their beautiful prs guitars. One of the guitar nuts in the store was telling me about the recent release of the prs 513 that has the capability of configuring 13 different tone selections with its five single coil pickups! Yikes... check out the detailed specs here. I think the store is getting one in so all can salivate... very very cool. I'll have to re-mortgage the house for this baby.

posted by Andy at 8:57 AM

4 Comments:

  • Yeah, gotta be the ultimate studio tool... I've got plenty of tonal diversity for live stuff with just the five-way selector on my prs SE...

    .13's...man-o-man... do they sell those with prosthetic finger tips? yikes,matt - I'm, sure the tone will be sweet though - I just love DADGAD tuning - ever tried open C tuning - very very cool - try open E tuning with a brass slide - also... very cool :)

    By Blogger Andy, at 4/14/2005  

  • that's a beautiful prs! Andy, when you re-mortgage your house and get it, THEN can i have yours?
    i've always wanted to play a prs bass, but alas, they're nowhere to be found..

    By Blogger Martin, at 4/23/2005  

  • hey marts - well, I still might need the standard prs for the stage. Like matt said: to use this Rosewood on stage would mean some serious fast hand-to-knob co-ordination!!! Probably would need digital presets...
    hahah... yeah, I've never heard a prs bass in action - I love your bass anyway marty - it rocks!

    By Blogger Andy, at 4/25/2005  

  • I've been playing my PRS 513 for about 10 months, and found that the two switches are very easy to use and don't require a lot of thought when you are playing.

    The five position switch is very similar to using a Strat. The three position just gives you more possibilities with each of the five positions.

    Or you can think of it as having three Guitars in one. Each of these has a five position switch.

    It is not nearly as complicated as it sounds.

    By Blogger ST, at 1/09/2006  

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