PRS NF3 SE Follow up 

@@Dsauce128 I concur. Not a single thing wrong with it, I just have personal preference for others and that’s just fine. Thanks for watching and stick around for more!

@@Sick_Strings01 for sure thanks for the in depth review! Watched ur vid before buying it too🤘🏼

@@Dsauce128 that’s really encouraging to hear, thanks so much!

I got the gun metal gray myself. No complaints, was setup perfectly right from the box. Tremelo is very smooth too. I agree the output of the pickups is very low but I think that's how they make it for less hum. Fender noiseless strat pickups has the same low output too. NF3 pickups has a better tone than Fender Noiseless IMO.

@@evanharnett I’ve noticed a small intonation issue with the one that I have which is an easy fix. I really like the NF3 a lot. It is its own thing so I’m glad PRS decided to produce it. Thanks for watching/commenting and subscribe if you can!

@@paulmiller657 it definitely could be an isolated issue but it seems to be that with any “budget” range guitar electronics are always the weak point or the savings for the company selling it. Thanks for watching and I hope you enjoy your NF3! Stay tuned.

I’m curious, why do you think having the trem deck raises the volume? Certainly the humbuckers will have less noise/hum coming from them.

Which color did you go with? To me it still retains some of the character of the single coil sound but it is different. Thanks for watching and stay tuned for more!

It’s hard not to get GAS! I would also suggest people just practice more on the instrument the already have instead of buying something new. Thanks for watching.

For me it would be the neck as I prefer the Silver Sky SE neck. The great thing is that I could do that if I really wanted to as it attaches identically as the Silver Sky SE. From my experience with the SE line, when people refer to not having an “emotional connection” to them, it’s that the pickups seemed lifeless or clinical no mojo no soul. In the past I would say that is true but the last few years that has changed. I’ll be doing a comparison video of PRS SE guitars soon! Thanks for watching and subscribe!

@@Sick_Strings01 Subscribed!

@@bradmarchi1946 it is nice that PRS decided to release an SE version for sure. Thanks for watching and subscribe!

Thanks for watching! I’ve considered switching up the format a bit since upgrading my microphone and to keep things fresh. Stay tuned for more.

@@jongwonl in my experience, most guitars initially have the string height too high. This is something that is personal so you might try out a few guitars to see what you like. Some people like strings that are almost sitting on the frets they are so low. Some like the strings set higher, it’s all personal preference. I usually let a guitar tech set guitars up for me simply because of time. They will check all the boxes making sure things are correct before they are done. Thanks for watching and please subscribe if you enjoy the content!

I am still up in the air about tonewood being a truly significant factor in the sound in electric guitars. There are too many videos showing how the only true factors influencing sound/tone are the electronics, strings, amp/speaker, and overall construction. Until I see something otherwise I find it hard to believe the type of wood actually changes the sound of the electric guitar. Thanks for watching!

@@Sick_Strings01 I’m pointing out the irony in Paul’s litany about tonewood impact, when he then makes a guitar out of poplar, the softest wood in instrument making. My NF3 was a ding magnet of cosmic proportions, mainly due to soft body wood. Sold it for that reason. While tonewoods are generally overrated, a poor choice of wood may have a negative impact of attenuating the vibration frequencies. So in an electric guitar the main goal would be for the wood NOT to attenuate anything and poplar is one of those that I find questionable because it is generally softer than the alternatives. I’ve seen a few deformations of bridge post routing holes in poplar body guitars occurring in less than 2 years of use, which I’ve never seen in any other electric guitar wood. Since I don’t want my bridge to drift out of alignment with time and climate variation, I find poplar to be too soft of a construction material to provide a long lasting stable platform for an electric guitar. Other than that, when people talk about maple vs rosewood boards, korina vs mahogany bodies on solid body electrics, I perceive it as white noise. Give me a properly dried through-and-through platform from a structurally adequate hardwood with a sold neck-body joint, sealed and PU coated, with properly aligned hardware and decent electronics. And please, no cottonwood.

@@linvesel sorry, apparently the irony was lost on me! Lol, all great points and I agree wholeheartedly. Thanks again!

To my ear, the narrow field pickup falls in between a strat and P90 sound wise. I love a good P90, it might be my favorite pickup overall. Something about having that little bit of hum adds to the sound for me. Thanks for watching and stick around for more!

I’m just gonna be honest, you are speaking in a different language, whooaaa. Lol, I need to dig deeper into the ins and outs of wiring and pots. It’s been my experience that this is where most manufacturers save on production, electronics and wiring. Thanks so much for watching and I hope you come back for more!

Does the linear taper make it better for volume swells?

Not yet! That’s a guitar I’d like to get my hands on for sure.

I have both models, and beyond them being Strat shaped and having three pickups each, they are vastly different guitars from a tonal perspective.