I was hesitating to pull the trigger on this one because there were no reviews, but I am glad I did.
I received it today and after playing with it for about six hours straight, I love it. I mean I truly love it from every angle. The pickups are nice and full bodied, coil tap (split) works nicely with very little hum even with one pickup selected…zero hum in the middle position as expected. Fit and finish is amazing. Strings were detuned in the box, but once tuned, the guitar was set up perfectly from the factory. Nice low action, correct neck relief, no fret buzz, perfect intonation. Frets are smooth, no burrs anywhere, freeboard is beautiful rosewood just like in the photos.
It is a bolt-on neck which is normal in this price range, but the note sustain is pretty good.
The look of this guitar is classy. I find PRSs beautiful, but this one has its modern clean glamour. It's the good looking girl in the black dress that you can't take your eyes off of. Black on black with the dark rosewood fretboard makes it just right. I have a few (too many) guitars, but this one is love at first sight. I bought the all black, but the other colors are just as attractive. The smaller black pickguard makes a huge difference to the aesthetics.
One thing missing in this model is a tremolo, which is kind of obvious from the pictures, but is misstated in the description (as of this review). The knobs could be better finished.
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