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I don't know if this has been brought up before, but isn't this PRS design a direct ripoff of the iconic Rickenbacker "slash" soundhole?

The slash soundhole is not trademarked by RIC, it long predates them.

Really? I thought that was something unique to Rickenbacker.

Grey wrote:Really? I thought that was something unique to Rickenbacker.

No, take a look at some old German archtops for instance. Maybe this soundhole was something Roger Rossmeisl learned in the family trade along with the German Carve.

Besides, the sound hole on a PRS isn't the problem; it's the rest of the guitar.

Has anyone ever seen a builder try so hard not to be another brand by essentially designing a guitar that's an amalgamation of inside out silhouettes of every guitar it's trying not to look like?!
Honestly, do people find that guitar attracttive? I may be biased, but looking at that thing does not want me to think, "ooh, I want to spend my $$ on that!!!"

paologregorio wrote:Besides, the sound hole on a PRS isn't the problem; it's the rest of the guitar.

Has anyone ever seen a builder try so hard not to be another brand by essentially designing a guitar that's an amalgamation of inside out silhouettes of every guitar it's trying not to look like?!
Honestly, do people find that guitar attracttive? I may be biased, but looking at that thing does not want me to think, "ooh, I want to spend my $$ on that!!!"

Don't hold back now.

paologregorio wrote:Has anyone ever seen a builder try so hard not to be another brand by essentially designing a guitar that's an amalgamation of inside out silhouettes of every guitar it's trying not to look like?!
Honestly, do people find that guitar attracttive? I may be biased, but looking at that thing does not want me to think, "ooh, I want to spend my $$ on that!!!"

It's really not an appealing guitar. Granted it's their low-end model but PRS is at Gearfest every year so i've played even their most expensive products and certainly never felt like I was playing a 4000$ instrument.

That said, there is one PRS guitar I have love affair with.

Grey wrote:That said, there is one PRS guitar I have love affair with.

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Boy have I got a guitar for you! This belongs to a friend of mine who has been on and off the fence about selling it.

jps wrote:Boy have I got a guitar for you! This belongs to a friend of mine who has been on and off the fence about selling it.

Unfortunately that guitar has two things I don't like about PRS, flame tops and complicated inlays. The birds just don't do it for me.

sloop_john_b wrote:

paologregorio wrote:Besides, the sound hole on a PRS isn't the problem; it's the rest of the guitar.

Has anyone ever seen a builder try so hard not to be another brand by essentially designing a guitar that's an amalgamation of inside out silhouettes of every guitar it's trying not to look like?!
Honestly, do people find that guitar attracttive? I may be biased, but looking at that thing does not want me to think, "ooh, I want to spend my $$ on that!!!"

Don't hold back now.

Grey wrote:

jps wrote:Boy have I got a guitar for you! This belongs to a friend of mine who has been on and off the fence about selling it.

Unfortunately that guitar has two things I don't like about PRS, flame tops and complicated inlays. The birds just don't do it for me.

He can yank the birds out and paint the body for you.