2012 PRS P22 Artist Experience

2012 PRS P22 Artist Experience At the NAMM 2012 show, beloved by us all, Paul Reed Smith presented a bunch of novelties, including the Signature Limited, the acoustic SE series, Van Damme/PRS cables... But perhaps the most important thing is the PRS P22, their first solidbody electric guitar with a piezo! "We have been working on creating a solid body electric guitar with a piezo for, you wouldn't believe it, a whole decade. We didn't put a piezo pickup in solid-body instruments solely because our favorite company L.R. Baggs didn't produce a pickup+preamp that would fit there. But we managed to come to an agreement and developed one." Paul Reed Smith "I've recorded and mixed hundreds and hundreds of acoustic guitars, including mixing live and studio tracks, and I've never heard a more musical, more natural sound from an acoustic pickup system. This fact alone excited me extremely, however when I heard the electric sound – I was simply blown away," said Grammy winner, famous producer and sound engineer Don McCollister after a recording session with the P22. Sound: 10 out of 10 Build/manufacture quality: 10 out of 10 Appearance/design: 10 out of 10 Price/quality ratio: 10 out of 10 User opinion: the best guitars I have ever held in my hands! The guitar is definitely worth the money! Specifications: Finish: V12 Construction: set neck Body: Select Mahogany Top: select maple Neck: select AAAA maple (!) Nut width 1 11/16″ Fretboard: rosewood Neck profile: Pattern Regular (PRS Fat Wide neck) Scale: 25″ Number of frets: 22 Bridge: PRS Piezo Adjustable Stoptail Tuners: PRS Phase III Locking Fret markers: mother of pearl birds Pickups : Covered P22 Experience 2012 Truss rod (truss rod cover): custom Headstock with eagle inlay, like on Private Stock Control knobs: volume, tone, 5-way switch, piezo switch. Hardware: hybrid — nickel-gold Included: Artist branded case, documentation, stickers, adjustment tools.... Country of manufacture: USA Year of production: 2012 Personal note: It is impossible to find it for real sale in stock in the CIS, because the model is new... they are mostly only taken by order. I compared the P22 with my hollowbody with piezo — I liked it more than that — the main difference is the presence of coil-splits besides the piezo and a fatter sound from the humbuckers, and the wood is solid! You can dial in anything from the acoustic sound of the guitar to fat riffs on the humbuckers. The maple neck adds a certain charm to the beauty of the instrument, which is already beyond praise. As for the sound, I haven't heard anything like it! Many say that the guitar differs from the Custom only by the piezo, but that's not true! The instrument has its own aura, its own sound, its own pickups, giving a sound quite uncharacteristic for ordinary P22s! And at the same time, it sounds like an acoustic, at first I didn't believe my ears!!! It sits perfectly in the mix!!! It is easy to record! In general, the best guitars I've ever had are undoubtedly the PRS P22. The PRS P22s that I have sold can be heard in: Moscow, at performances of the band "Tsvety" by Oleg Predtechensky, in Kharkov, in Magadan, and this one, naturally, in Dnipropetrovsk! If we compare the sound of a regular P22 and the Experience version, then on the recording one might think that these are two completely different instruments! Each has its own advantages, and it needs to be heard! This guitar is in mint condition, I bought it from a collector in the USA, who only showed it off to friends, but didn't play it himself. The only thing I found is scratches on the back, but they are barely noticeable, most likely from buttons or something like that... so I am selling it as new, or as they write in the USA - a floor model. THERE ARE ONLY 100 OF THESE GUITARS IN THE WORLD! Comparative review of this very P22 compared to a P22 with an Indian rosewood neck And it by itself separately The guitar is in Dnipropetrovsk! You can listen to it on good tube equipment of your choice — Mesa Boogie, Marshall, Engl.... I will deliver to any city in the CIS in 1-2 days