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They are completely different animals too. The NF3 would be closer to the silver sky but it’s even pretty different from that. It really seems to be its own thing.
I really loved the guitars comparison and also both players. 👏🏼👏🏼 The Gib is better of course but not so much that better. I own the Epi and I love the guitar. The playability, confort and the overall quality of the Epi is amazing. ❤
I like to use 2n2218 or 2n2219 trannies in my Astro Tone. It adds a certain heft or unique quality that sounds great thru tube amps. Cleans up nice as well. 🤙
This is the first video I've ever seen from your channel. Within 28 seconds you got me to click the subscribe button based on how clear everything stated. Bravo. Continued success both of you.
Wife found a solid black one at Sweetwater the other day! I need to crack it open and see if there are any notes in it. Can't find any other solid black ones, just ones with black knobs. Maybe it was just a custom color variation but I'm super curious if it was modded in any other way. Sounds so so good
I asked Dave and here was his response… “We have made the exacta in black, if there’s no indication inside, it’s likely a triangle, usually the ram says ram”
It's a great sounding pedal that I used for a couple years.The single issue that I found was that the boost could be too much combined with other Drive or clipping effects.Awesome throb and beautiful mids , but I prefer more glassy high end; in other words, now I think about it, the same reason that I don't use Supro amps.Too much of qualities that can't be dialed back. .
Man, - to be born in these times when effects like this can be obtained used for under $100; it's probably not among the best available, but it still could be a inspiring ,distinctive and useful tool. On the other hand, the only way you can survive as a musician now is to play endless live shows and shill merch. Doesn't seem like a great trade.
I don’t know. The keeley stuff always seems to stand up well to everything else regardless of the price. The get what you are saying, can’t imagine trying to survive strictly as a musician. It’s a hard road even for the most talented musicians.
Great Video Guys. I bought the Drybell Vibe Machine pedal 5 months ago. The Pedal is phenomenal. Just ordered the NF3 in the same color you have. We shall see how good it is.
I can't wait to try this amp. I love the Grissom signature PRS guitar. I've loved the tone of every PRS amp I've ever tried. They have good ears at PRS. They sure know how to design guitars and amps that sound wonderful.
I’ll respectfully disagree. We have a bunch of US PRS guitars between us and both of us like the SE guitars we have had in for the channel. Are they as good as the US made PRS’s? Nope, but they don’t suck either.
Hard for me to recommend not knowing what you specifically like. I can say my favorite SE was the Paul’s guitar. I love the splitting options and loved the little toggles used to do that. PJ really loves the SE Silver Sky guitars. I’m not sure we have had the NF3 long enough to know. PJ played it live last week and it definitely sounded good from my side of the stage.
Not much difference in sound with the effects you are using mainly because it should be noted that Junior's and single PU SGs was designed to be cheaper starter guitars anyway so they are not difficult to replicate cheaply in SE Asia. You might notice a bit more difference if you played the guitars clean into the amp without any effects.
The thing is Uli Behringer tries to produce Boss pedals as best he can and he's done a fabulous job for years. I have many of his pedals and I love all of them. He gives poor, broke, shade tree musicians like me real value.
Nice NF3 demo covers lots of tones! The Narrowfield 'S' Deep Dish are a unique sound- not mini humbucker, not single coil but a bit of both. The Grey model with the maple fretboard, white pickguard and black pup covers looks great. Not sure why PRS insists on calling this neck "wide thin", when it's pretty chunky compared to Fender or Gibson thin necks. Lots of folks get confused by that.
I just purchased one in Metallic Orange. Beautiful finish, maybe not quite as gorgeous as Ibanez' Metallic Orange finishes (I have two different Ibanez basses with different metallic orange finishes) but pretty suite. Sound is absolutely perfect.
We recorded this immediately after unboxing it. No set up needed. We have had a bunch of different SE’s in and only one of them has needed any work so far. That one just needed a neck adjustment if memory serves.
First time viewer, I really like the video. That’s an instant sub. I love this PRS SE NF3, I was already a big fan of the NF3 an DC3 when they were released, and I bought a Brent Mason at the time to have the HSH setup, but right now, I would love both a SE Silver Sky and this SE NF3. Noiseless Pickups and 10” radius is actually what I wanted on the Silver Sky, that’s also why I prefer the SE Silver Sky over the US Core model, for the 8.5” radius. Now, my only question is to figure out if I want the SE SS or the SE NF3 first? Either way, I’m getting the SE NF3 Maple in Metallic Orange… it’s on my “next to purchase” list :)
I’ve watched a lot of the SE NF3 videos, and it sounds like it’s a fat dirtier Strat, while the SE SS will stay the best ‘63/64 Strat you can get for the money, which is brighter and snappier, while the NF3 looks to be smoother and a bit darker. So it’s NOT insane to believe one could get both in their (small) PRS collection, the SE SS and the SE NF3 looks to complete each others pretty well, to cover a larger tonal spectrum. I intend to get both too… I just don’t know which one to get first now, I was about to pull the plug on the SE SS, and noiseless pickups and 10” radius are actually the TWO major things I wanted for the Silver Sky. So I might get the SE NF3 first, in Maple and Metallica Orange color :)
I've got gun metal gray with a rosewood fretboard. Upgraded to locking tuners today. Definitely a keeper. The tone knob lets you get a nice variety of sounds.
Chose the same options for mine. I'm gonna do some custom wiring on it. I'd much rather have bridge and neck in the 2nd position. Also gonna upgrade the tone capacitor and add a treble bleed curcuit. Very happy with mine. It doesn't need any major parts upgraded. That rare at this price.
@@PJandtheBeard Haven't opened mine up yet, but I didn't see anything extra in there on Trogley's review. I'm not a fan of modern wiring unless it's got a treble bleed. It just makes the volume and whole guitar so much more versatile. Yeah, quite a few PRS's have them stock. 50's wiring is my personal preference, but with single volume and tone pots. Modern wiring is the obvious choice.
Played many PRS, from SE to US Core and even Private Stock (not mine tho), and they’re all worth their price tag, but considering the law of diminishing returns. If you don’t care where the guitar is built from, then the SE are real good guitars to consider… they’re not sub par guitars, and you don’t have the feeling that you have the SE because you cannot afford the “real” PRS… it’s actually different. Here you could get the SE NF3 because it’s the only way (today) to get the NF3, and a US version wouldn’t provide much more (beside maybe locking tuners), everything else would be the same, flat top, pick guard, paint, etc… so what the US core models provide such violin carved top, beautiful wood top, etc… wouldn’t do much, so there’s no real point anymore for a US NF3.
@@PJandtheBeard yeah! It definitely stood out from grey & blue which were the other two they had at the shop. I’m really glad PRS included a fun color in the lineup
When I first saw the SE NF3 on launch day, I saw the Metallic Orange one on Andertons. I immediately went online to order that Metallic Orange one. My wife has been pushing me to step outside of my comfort zone with the colors. I ordered it, and then doubled back, not even an hour later, and changed the order to Gun Metal Gray with rosewood. I was feeling unadventurous when I switched the color, but the more I looked at the Metallic Orange, I pictured a confederate flag and a "01" decal on it like the "General Lee" from The Dukes of Hazzard. I'm glad that I switched to Gun Metal Gray. It seems like it's almost a shade of blue in person.
We might have to get in an orange with rosewood at some point. I wonder if there is a noticeable difference in sound between the maple and rosewood necks. I feel like maple is snappier, but that could be all in my head.
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The epiphone has Mallory caps ,cts pots ,greeny buckers 300 value…and a long neck tenon….the us model has a short neck tenon…..everything’s more expensive today…it’s a viable Les Paul for sure…ps that Tyler amp is nice
Great demo. I remember when the SAS "Core" model first came out. Being a Nashville-esque player, that's the model I kind of gravitated to. I recently picked up a new Swamp Ash Special SE. I put 10s on it and set it up. Plays and feels great, except for the neck. All my other guitars are Telecasters so the necks and fretboards have a much different feel. That's my only complaint. I also replaced the stock pickups. Replaced them with: Bridge: Seymour Duncan Custom Custom Middle: Seymour Duncan Alnico 2 Pro Strat pickup Neck: Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates neck model I wired the middle pickup to the push-pull tone pot so that it is only engaged/disengaged. No coil splitting. The difference in sound is incredible.
