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Hmmm many opinions seemingly knowing what the guitar is all about yet not having one in hand to demonstrate your points??? I have watch a bunch of the NF3 reviews and hoped to gain additional info to consider buying one or not. Very disappointing. I have a SS SE and had the Core SS. I do not like the hum of the single coils nor do I like the 25.5" scale length. I have numerous guitars with humbucker so for me the question is how close to single coils is it. I know its different - just how different. One video with Tone Junkie showed it nailing the S tone. Most people who are into it look at it as more of an 80's super strat type. Again to call something dumb your not playing is unfair.

I own both. The NF3 is great. No single coil hum and the outputs sound great. Especially if you pay with the tone knob. Already sold my Silver Sky

Agree 100%. PRS SE has been knocking it out of the park but I don't see the point of the NF3 SE especially when you can get a Silver Sky SE instead. I guess if you want something Strat-like but sounds different or if you want noise cancelling pickups, then it might be your thing, but is there really that much demand for it? Doesn't seem like it. When it comes to reading the room for demand, PRS is usually on top of it, but I feel like the NF3 SE was a mistake. Personally, I think now would've been the perfect time to release a Tele style SE since a lot of people have been requesting it (I wouldn't be surprised if they're working on one currently). The Miles Kennedy signature has mini-humbuckers, but if they release an SE Tele then I feel like it should have single coils. The Silver Sky doesn't deviate that far from a Strat, and I feel like that was a good choice. It was just different enough to be unique and still scratch that classic Strat itch. They should keep that same thought process when making Tele-style SE. Even if it seems like they're straight up ripping off a Fender Tele, just make enough slight changes to make it unique and call it a day.

How much difference is there in a pickup wound over sea or in America? I haven't played a USA made PRS in decades but I owned an S2 with the "s" pickups in 2020 to 2022.

I just noticed this today when looking at Sweetwater!!! I started to investigate the reason behind it and it's just great, they are now affordable!

NF is a form factor, not a full description of a pickup. The NF pickups in the Studio, the Modern Eagle, Paul's Guitar, the NF53, and now the NF3 are all different. Some are humbucker voiced, the ones in the NF53 are obviously voiced after the pickups in Paul's 53 Telecaster, and the NF3 is simply a less spiky and noiseless strat-like implementation. I do have a Fender CS Strat with hand-wound Texas Specials, and the NF3 pickups do sound extremely similar - I know because mine arrived 3 days ago. I would not call it a dud at all. It is a distinct guitar with a PRS scale length and a PRS neck profile (so pretty much the opposite of the Silver Sky) and it sounds and plays great. Very happy so far.

Does a pedalboard and a modeler count?

I have a smaller board with fuzz, od, pitch,mod, delay. I have a studio board with all those plus EQ and reverb.

good pickups, electronics and mechanical functions like the truss rod working, the frets being leveled and not poking out of the guitar, the nut being cut properly and everything being grounded is what matters in a guitar not what paint you put on its only my opinion as someone whos been playing guitar for 20 years

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I don’t smoke but I sure as fuckkk support it !

Totally pass....

Pass unless I win the lottery lol

I don't think it matters much on sound. I like maple because originally Fender was maple. Now Gibson on the other hand was rosewood. I don't think your strings touch the fretboard, if they do you are gripping to hard. I am style over substance. Huge Mike Cambell fan here too.

Give me maple or give me death 😂

My pick journey started with fender mediums, then went to Jazz IIIs when I got more into lead playing, and now I’ve been using the Dunlop Flow pick which is kind of the best of both worlds for me. Plus I like the way they feel and play. They allow me to lot of dynamics as well

Lots of good points. If the fly rig was $199 or $3249 it may be a slight contender, but for $350 you can get a lot of other stuff. It is very simple though, and that is really cool. Like you mentioned too, I don’t have a need for it at this point so it’s a pass for me

Talking about a pedal you havent got or tried? :) Glad i watched this really useful thanks guys

Mark my words, that Keeley rotary pedal is going to be revered as the best sounding rotary in years to come. I got one (to play) because it sounds so realistic. It truly sounds like a real rotary speaker when ran in stereo. I also got the punchline bass pedal. Expensive in terms of a bass pedal, but in the audio world, we pay twice that just for a good preamp so I pulled the trigger and it didn’t disappoint. It sounds amazing. Perfect for recording bass direct too plus a solid all in one option with the best of the best (baxandall EQ, super reverb based analogue amp sim, excellent sounding parallel drive, and a great sounding compressor. Also, in regard to the radius I have to say I prefer different ones for different things. I love 9.5 for blues, rock, chords, bending, etc. but for shredding I love 14 inches. With that said, if someone said I had to play only one radius for the rest of my life, it would have to be 9.5 hands down for me

You guys should check out the Dime-head player for NAM profiles. It’s 1/3 the price of the kemper, and is accurate to 99.99% of the original amp (through null tests). You guys would be very surprised at the sound result. With that said, I agree, nothing beats just turning on an amp and plugging in for jamming. But sonically, there’s no way anyone can tell a difference (in a recorded performance). I was a skeptic at first too, but check out Leo Gibson’s video on the Dime-head with NAM. That may change your mind (possibly) 😁

If you guys get one I would love to see a side by side comparison against the Peterson headstock tuner. I have one of those already but heard good stuff about how fast and accurate the tunerette is so I'm definitely curious. I personally don't really care too much for the cigarette thing, but I also don't mind as well if it works as good as they say it does. Definitely curious though.

Ibenez DE7!!!!

Single coil all the way.... you can get a 6-way switch by free-way switch, and get the pickups combined into a humbucker. Problem solved

Has to be Boss, because none of the other pedal makers ALSO make a multiFX/All-in-one... Are the rules that you can't have a Helix or FM9 if you didn't pick Line 6 or Fractal? If that's the case then Boss is the only option if you can't let go of multi-stuff and you also can't let go of old-time pedals.

I wanted to be the first commenter

Ok, first guitar, humbucker, p90, Strat single coil or acoustic? Thoughts?

Single coils. I don't know that you can get the Knopfler sound from a humbucker - but you an always fatten up a single coil with the right pedal.

Ehx canyon trust me bro

Tim Pierce still uses a Carbon Copy!

NUX duotime with tap for tempo and Flamma fc03 (129€ and 35€ resp). NUX for the "heavy lifting" and stereo, and Flamma for a *very* short flashback (5..10ms, just for thickening the sound). Both available from thomanDOTde. And yes, I use both of them, so I can attest to the quality.

I'm assuming these will all use 12AX7 front ends rather than EF86... 🤔

JHS for me 😁

curious, where are those made?

Enjoyed the discussion - thanks guys and good luck growing your channel!

Mesa Boogie be like “too many knobs? Hold my beer…”

I am a totally blind person. I prefer switches, knobs, and sliders over touch screens and menus. 🎚🎛

The CE has a shallow version of the Core top carve, with generally a better looking flame top over the S2 line. The S2 has its own carve, which some like better, but generally the maple top is the least flamed of all the models.

The new headstock is great.. I have it on a new les paul custom and it looks and feels much more complete as opposed to the older "not quite at home" ugly duckling one.... Its such a nice touch on the new models

Boss.

Wampler Dual fusion running split stereo on my Kemper is a real nice touch with little to no gain on my acoustic guitar i would love to check out Wampler's less digital stuff 3 knobs or less phaser or delay mostly. Jhs would be a close second or first as a Haunting Mids i find is so good i am going to get a second one soon.

Imma throw walrus in there. Great wet effects, great modulation, and great drives and fuzzes. They even have a tuner now.

I mean, the 'drive pedal' is named 'preamp'...it does have EQ and you can use it in that clean application not a drive.

TC Electronic is also a juggernaut with a ton of options. Hall of fame, flashback or nova delay, polytune, mojo mojo... you've got any effect you could think of.

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***We totally forgot to mention that CE’s are bolt-on necks, and S2’s are neck-through’s. Which will change the tone, feel, etc. Whoops!

Very nice guitar. Planning on trying one out next month.

Strymon and it's not even close

I think its dumb… it literally says Epi! Why ppl gta showoff.. buy epi for what its worth!

I'd probably just go with EHX out of familiarity. I have 12 pedals, and 6 of them are EHX. I don't even have half of the pedals on my board at the moment because I simplified my rig, but currently I have a Korg tuner, EHX Pitch Fork, EHX Ripped Speaker, Behringer EQ (for my 8 string, gotta tame the lows a little bit), and the EHX Signal Pad in the effects loop as a master volume. No overdrive, but I have the EHX Hot Wax dual overdrive. I'm just liking what I'm getting without an overdrive these days. EHX seems to have a version of everything I'm looking for at a good price.

Well, today I learned EHX do a tuner