A Closer Look At...PRS 509 

Jack is an absolute beast on the guitar

I have a 509, along a with DGT, a Studio and a SC-245, and a few different types of Strats. The 509 is truly a Swiss-army knife and holds its own against the Les Paul and Strat guitars sound wise. It’s the guitar that is out of the case and being played the most because of its sound and flexibility. I’d definitely buy it again if something happened to it; I feel the same with all my PRS. I initially thought it was the usual “somewhat in the middle” type guitar, somewhere between a Les Paul or SG and a weak Strat. The last several weeks I’ve had it with me when playing and it’s really impressed me. It really does a good job of rosewood fingerboard Strats, and a very light body Les Paul. In my favorite combination, SSH, it’s a blast. As an HSH it’s believable as an old LP-type guitar on the neck or bridge pickups, not as thick and deep sounding as some Les Pauls, but obviously something with good humbuckers with some guts to it. My SC245 is closer to a Les Paul, but nowhere as close to a Strat like the 509 can be. If I have to take only one guitar this is my pick, followed very closely by the DGT or the Studio. They’re all awesome guitars. (That’s not to denigrate the SC-245, it’s just designed to be a more specific sound than the other three.) The comments in this video are dead on.

holy smokes...as soon as you started demoing the high gain...wow.. man that was incredible. I don't think anyone would ever doubt you were in the zone there...incredible.

I watch all your videos now, regardless if I have absolutely no interest in the gear, just to hear you play it. Best on YT.

Middle pickup with gain sounded very telecaster. Love it

Brilliant tones and monster playing!

i love the way you introduce this guitar; i found your demo after doing my own due diligence and settled on the same conclusion before your demo came along my way; the lineage background helps a lot; this instrument seems to be an option for those who cant go all the way to the modern eagle but want to stretch towards pristine prs quality voice with range; if i had the ten grand i would go for an eagle; but this one in my opinion must come close to doing it all for a lesser hit on the pocket; also, very very nicely done demo; you give the instrument all the reverence and respect she deserves; of course that is just the prs brand of integrity; i'm going to look for a preloved 509 to sit beside my cu 24 and se santana babies

Outstanding demo yet again Jack... any chance you could post some lessons on You Tube?

I so thoroughly enjoy your videos! And yes;this one gave me a serious hankering for a PRS 509!🎸😍

first cool guitar love PRS love your vids and playing

A review of the updated US Paul’s Guitar would be appreciated.

Great demo!!

By far the best guitar I've ever owned! 🤘😎. Nothing it can't do

Great demo as usual Jack........kinda bummed PRS still can’t seem to offer a Core Model with flatter fret radius? My god enough of that 10” radius already........it’s 2019.

Love the guitar but the blacked out pickups look like EMG’s , I’d prefer to see pole pieces , apart from them aesthetics, it’s a killer guitar

Great video!!!Closer look at the 408 please.

I love my Fire Red Burst 509 but I think this has a nicer top. I am fed up of trying to describe a 509 but I tend to call it my PRS 'Super Strat' as that 'best fits'. It can do all the positions of an Ibanez JEM for example and the only current PRS with a 'SC' middle for those stratty tones and like a JEM can still give you those 2 humbucker positions as well. Great demo, great playing too...

There is obviously special things going on with the pickups, WHAT they actually are could be good info.

If I may paraphrase Leonard Cohen: “ there ain’t no cure,there ain’t no cure,there ain’t no cure for GAS.”😍🎸

Jack please play some metal on a 509 I wanna see if it works- the fret height and scale length should make this better than the cu24, save for the lower output pups.. but that's not easily changed on this model. Although your bridge portions at the end weren't bad.

My 513 has this same fire red top. The 509 seems to be a slight improvement over the 513.

Is the bridge pickup comparable to their dragon pickups

They are tapped? I thought they were supposed to be split or was that an older year. Is the middle really loud?

Big hair big sound....I like it

The simulated strat tones just don't get it. Damn close but no cigar. Shame