PRS Modern Eagle

The Modern Eagle is a MADE IN USA by master luthiers in the Private Stock PRS.
In other words, the finishes are sublime.

It's a set neck with 22 frets inserts "birds" in abalone. the buttons and the handle are Brazilian Rosewood.

2 humbucker pickups with PRS PR Stoptail and a fixed bridge.
Also available with the floyd tremolo in PRS Custom 24 identical.

Settings are not one bit simpler, and yet ...
One volume, one tone, 3-position selector.
The tone knob is push / pull splitter and allows the microphones in the three positions.

The finish is sublime, rather than varnish, PRS has opted for an ultra-thin satin to the touch, which is a treat.
This gives a staggering range of sounds in sounds ranging from warm and fat with more crystalline.

UTILIZATION

There is nothing to complain about. try to adopt it.

It is true that I am connected PRS (I also have a Custom 24 Artist Package), I feared a duplicate in the sounds. But it has nothing to do.

The handle is a delight, the microphones are incisive, the harmonics out of themselves. I feel like I just play better.

This scraper is a look that is unusual, a touchdown and an extremely pleasant sound or should I say, sounds unusual. It is true that it is far from an entry level.

SOUNDS

I play on a mesa with a TriAxis Eventide Eclipse multi-effects and in a mesa 2:50 power amp. All this comes on a mesa 4x12 cabinet with Vintage 30.

It sounds ...

I also tried to live more simply, on a mesa F50 home. I love it.

It is clear that returned a Marshall Valvestate hybrid would be a complete mess.

OVERALL OPINION

I did that for 15 days, but it promises a bright future.

I have a lot of other guitars PRS Custom 24 AP, Gretsch White Falcon, S2740FM Ibanez, ESP Viper, Fender Start.

It's really the guitar I was most surprised by its versatility and sound.

Guitar made in the USA.
Lutherie absolutely beautiful. perfectly tuned instrument delivered and controlled by PRS (liuvrée in 9 / 42).
The handle is very soft and relatively thick.
Comment on the pickups RP: these are microphones high output, they are extremely sensitive and are configurable (volume, tone, push / pul, three easily selectable positions, more so that the rotor fitted custom).
The model I own has a tremolo.
The guitar tune almost never does, even after a period of inactivity.

UTILIZATION

This instrument is a joy to look and toucher.La guitar is very versatile and is suitable for long hours without effort.
However, I find it inspires a relative sensitivity in the game: it's probably a quality in itself but this may not be suitable for all styles of music which claims PRS access.
I invite to view the interviews given by Paul Reed himself describes his bias in the design and manufacture of guitar: in essence, it creates instruments radically medium, super versatile, and thus lack a bit of "character" .

SOUNDS

Honestly, I do not have enough skill or practice to exploit the sonic possibilities offered by this instrument.
I think it is particularly aimed at professionals looking for a studio tool super reliable and versatile, which can operate in single or double with a biblical simplicity.

I often plug the + in a Bogner Shiva, and whether serious or distortion, low or high volume, the guitar is never aggressive. We always get the impression that it is in the compromise ...

The feeling is the same with effects pedals (distortion RAT, tremolo) but I used sparingly.

OVERALL OPINION

I am fortunate to own this guitar for 8 months.
Play as an instrument of this quality is both a source of motivation for work and a pure pleasure.

However, given its price (around 7000 euros!), I think it may be more appropriate to offer two beautiful guitars more typical: the Modern Eagle is not an LP or a Start .. . it is between two and finally rest a little bit of his hunger for his extraordinary versatility is also reflected by a small lack of character. In a sense, this guitar may be too much higher ...

That said, it should be noted that PRS is probably the major international luthier takes the greatest care to the instruments he makes, and therefore customers music fans we are and who are often victims of some their passion.