Comments on: Reader Poll: Hmmm, PRS With A Bigsby… What’s Your Take?

By: Lawrence (LURKINGRAIDARS band)

Lawrence (LURKINGRAIDARS band) — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 04:03:51 +0000

Awesome. That is what I was looking all this years.
I’ve been using GRETSCH coz its got BIGSBY on it, yeah!
I love it when I can push the Bar right down, no hasle in tuning the guitar again when it just goes back to it’s normal tuning.
AWESOME!!!!!!!!

By: Jaws

Jaws — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 03:59:44 +0000

I love it. A Starla and an SE One – and youre set for a blus/rock gig.

By: Jonathon

Jonathon — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:46:18 +0000

Kana said: “PRS has the best trems in the industry. why do this?”

The Mira & Sarla have significantly thinner bodies than the rest of the PRS line (I’ve got a Mira, it’s a very skinny guitar, kind of like an SG) and apparently there just isn’t room normal trem…

Going back to the original question, I think this one really needs more extrovert colours to work. A full-on retro-kitsch vibe with sparkly metallic colours and a pearloid or tortoiseshell pickguard are the way to go on this one I think!

Still what the heck would I know, I bought a Lilac Mira and I don’t think anybody except me likes that colour :-)

–
Jonathon.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:49:59 +0000

Vintage Guitar Magazine gave rave review; current edition. I bought one yesterday and I must say; never being a PRS guy- I’ve tried Custom 24, McCarty, Custom 22 in the past; this short scale monstrosity is nothing short of a MONSTER through my Dr. Z Prescription Rx Jr. Strength! Huge neck; huge tone with a jangle (Ric) at the end. Ugly for sure; but the tone is worth the ugliness.

By: muramasa

muramasa — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:58:03 +0000

Gibson-like, Gretch-like, Strat-like…… who cares about traditional looks. I say try all sorts of crazy things, if the quality and tone are there I don’t care if it has “VIntage” features or “futuristic” curves. Lets have a free for all with guitar makers trying anything, thats the only way guitar making is going to progress!

By: Tritone

Tritone — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:43:28 +0000

I also think it’s the best-looking PRS yet (and this is coming from someone who already has two).

By: kana

kana — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:38:35 +0000

putting a pig on lipstick (sic).
PRS has the best trems in the industry. why do this?

By: G L Wilson

G L Wilson — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:35:44 +0000

I like it!

It’s the first time I’ve seen a PRS that I actually like the look of.

By: John

John — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:20:01 +0000

I agree with Stratoblogster on the SC-J Thinline with a Bigsby; it looks pretty good on that guitar, maybe because the SC-J is HUGE! On the Starla things just look crowded. I’d get tired if it’s getting in the way of volume/tone knobs. Maybe it’ll work out ok with the controls when you play it but it sure doesn’t look that way from the pics. The Starla (w/o Bigsby) may grow on me over time, though; that’s what the Mira did. And +1 on Don’s comment.

By: Don

Don — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:03:31 +0000

Eastwood does it better.

By: Mark Kardwell

Mark Kardwell — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:51:12 +0000

Oh aye. But the guitar in itself? Ugly as sin.

By: Mark Kardwell

Mark Kardwell — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:49:16 +0000

I’m in the “why not?” camp. Those pick-ups and that trem sound great together, and PRS are more of a reliable stamp for build quality than Gretsch themselves. So yeah, if you want that sound, again, “why not?”

By: mark

mark — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:59:57 +0000

they nearly pull it of, but it looks a little daft.
nah…

By: Tom L

Tom L — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:31:20 +0000

They gave this guitar the perfect name: Starla. That is to say, “cheap whore.”

Pickups and Bigsby look like they were robbed from a Gretsch.
TOM bridge and single cut body style from Gibson
Pickguard actually looks like it came from a 70s Gibson — Marauder or S-1. Never a good idea to be taking style cues from those guitars…

Marry all of that with a nasty brown finish and that distinct PRS headstock, and you now have the ugliest guitar in the PRS line and possibly the ugliest new guitar of 2008 — even worse than the Gibson reverse Explorer.

Mike is right…they got it right with the Mira, but “Starla” totally missed the mark. Wonder if it come in a pink vinyl case?

By: Gearhund

Gearhund — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:00:06 +0000

Why not? Why should PRS just keep making the same guitar over and over? This will give them a piece of Gretsch’s market. Besides, anyone who hasn’t played a guitar with Tron’s and a Bigsby really hasn’t lived yet. It’s Rock-n-Roll Baby!