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@@tymanngruter1808 LOL, I didn't know about the Green Meany!

@@scottdickinson7156 Cool! Which color did you go with? These are solid. Really like it. It's like having a 24-fret double-cutaway hotrodded Les Paul with much better coil tap (technically coil tap and coil split are different, apparently... but I don't understand exactly what that difference is). I wanted a red one - a very specific red one; the pattern was "the one" - but it sold before I could click the Buy button on Sweetwater. However, if I'd bought that "perfect red one", I wouldn't have found this wicked-looking green beast.

@@onceuponashredder I’ve gone for a green one. I love green guitars. Got a green Schecter, Harley Benton, Jackson, Anaconda Gibson, never had a PRS either so I’m looking forward to receiving it!

@@sfkimrush The birds rock.

@@giovannibonapace4250 It's a solid axe. It's akin to a Strat, so I think it'd hold up just fine. These PRS SEs (in general) are just rock solid, in my experience. Like I mentioned in the video, I bought this one because I'd been looking for a Strat-like axe that was not an actual Strat. I was a Strat guy way back when, but I'm just not any longer. THIS axe seems perfect to me: 25" scale length, three humbucker pickups, five-way selector, unique sounds all its own. Just great tone. They're roughly equivalent to mini-humbuckers, but with the added benefit of the magical positions 2 and 4 that come damn close to Strat territory. And the middle pickup is just fantastic (and I don't like middle-of-three normally). So, YES! It could easily be the main axe for all your Rock. Handily, I think.

@@30smsuperstrat All your current PRS's were/are a "new" spin and preexistent guitar type.

Interesting! Care to elaborate? What specifically was absolutely terrible? Did it just not fit your personal style, or was it physically defective?

@onceuponashredder The cheap feel, the neck feels terrible to play and the pickups were some of the worst sounding pickups I've heard. I couldn't find one video where I thought boy that sounds good, which is why I went to my local PRS dealer to try it out in person before buying it and thankfully I did that. My PRS SE McCarty feels and sounds premium compared to this guitar, even my SE custom 24 is so much better. It just felt, played and looks cheap in person. The neck didn't even feel like maple it felt and looked like a piece of pale looking pine even though it's not pine. Shame, I think they dropped the ball on this one.

@@BkBk-gy6vr Fascinating! Yeah, my take is entirely different. I have over 40 guitars, most of them PRS. I have a Wood Library Custom 24, an S2 Custom 24, six CE 24 DW guitars, three "core" McCarty 594 single-cutaways, an SE McCarty single-cutaway, a "Paul's Guitar" SE (oy... the list goes one), and this SE NF3. I think the NF3 is magnificent, plays like a dream, feels kinda "Strat"-like (what I wanted, but I didn't want a Strat), and I LOVE the pickups. Super-versatile. I guess it just depends on what a person's looking for, eh? Different strokes.

@onceuponashredder Stop is not strat at all, just because their not humbuckers doesn't make it a strat. Owning 40 guitars doesnt make you an expert or prove anything. I'm sure you also don't want to upset PRS since they provided this guitar to you.

@@BkBk-gy6vr LOL! Oh I wish. PRS has no idea who I am. I'm a software engineer! I do CZcams for fun when I have time, because I'm just your average omega-level guitar nerd. I don't make money on CZcams. I lose money on CZcams. 😛 Editing these dumb videos takes forever. (You wouldn't believe how much yammering I cut out. It's ridiculous.) It's totally cool if you didn't like the SE NF3. Nobody likes every guitar. I don't like every guitar I touch. But to me it is Strat-like. Yes humbuckers, but it has a Strat-like layout, and it gets pretty darn close in positions "2" and "4". I think it's a beast. But opinions are like elbows: everyone has them. Totally cool if your impression of the NF3 is different.

@@cucumbermelon6166 LOL! To quote Gandalf: "Many that have hair deserve none, and some that are bald deserve hair! Can you give it to them? Then do not be so eager to deal out baldness in judgement. For even the wise cannot see all things." (Pretty sure that's accurate.)

@@billybaru82 Thank you, sir! Much appreciated.

If I owned one, yes! :) I probably won't be getting the DGT. They seem really sweet, though.

Lefties RULE!

Music theory was never easy for me. Nor math. That's because of my learning style. Abstractions came easy. Formulas eluded me. I could not remember formulas to save my life, in part because I needed to understand the philosophical underpinnings of the formula. I.e., "But *why* is this true?" Like trying to grasp boardgame rules (which I never could). And there are many guitarists who can relate! However, I can read music. I spent my formative years as first chair clarinetist. I was good. You can imagine my band teacher's disappointment when I later decided guitar was more interesting, and quit woodwind. I don't regret that decision. However, I do regret not taking music reading into my guitar learning. I was so good at learning by ear that it didn't seem relevant (in fact, it seemed superfluous). And now I'm catching up! My music theory aversion has lifted, and I now see it as just a rich language, full of wonder and possibility. That's what this video is about, because I know many guitars who believe music theory is some old crusty irrelevant "system" not worth exploring. In fact, they already know music theory! They just don't realize it. I want to help them expand upon what they already know, and dispel any aversion. "Come in the water! It's awesome." Figuratively.

Perhaps you didn't get far into the video. I explain that music theory is a language that is very helpful, once you understand its long history and how music theory was developed over many centuries. It's "weird" because of its long, long development. Its internal logic is anything but intuitive to the uninitiated. Similar to how English is obtuse and wacky to the uninitiated. Once you allow that music theory, as a "language", merely helps facilitate communication between musicians, the light bulb can brighten and the doom can lift. So the point is: "Music theory is weird. And that's okay. Embrace the weirdness! Come into the water, because it's awesome. Learn to communicate with other musicians. And, while you're at it, learn new concept and expand your horizons!" The goal here is to reduce trepidation and ease acceptance, especially for music theory-averse guitarists, which is probably most Rock guitarists in the world. By the way, I can read music. I was a first chair clarinetist the entire time I played clarinet back in school. I eventually quit because guitar was more interesting. However, (and I regard this as a mistake) I didn't see my reading ability as relevant to guitar, because I was so good at learning guitar by ear. Now, many years later, I am catching up and wanting/craving all of that. This video is partially borne of my emergence out of music theory aversion into the light. I want to learn, and I am but a padawan. I wish I'd started much earlier in life, but there's no time like the present to learn.

It was great out of the box. It was slightly out of tune, but that's to be expected. It traveled a bumpy ride from Indiana to Maryland over three days, maybe four. But I didn't need to adjust anything besides tuning it. I've been doing business with Sweetwater for a very long time now, and they're rock solid in my opinion. And they bend over backward to make things right if something isn't great. I think PRS is doing a really good job with their "SE" line. They're eating other company's lunches. For example, Fender just introduced a line of Fender-branded guitars at around the same price point. I don't think I've ever seen that before. Not Squire. Actual Fender branded guitars. So, they're feeling the pressure from PRS, because the whole SE line is so good. Congrats on ordering your new guitar! Let me know how you like it. Feel free to ask any questions. I'm not at the level of a full-time guitar tech, but I am an omega-level guitar nerd and know my way around, including adjusting, etc.

Hey, thank you! And good advice. It has been a very long time since I played a board game. Well, one of my own choosing, anyway.

Yeah! It's a Harmony Jupiter. Love these guitars. They're kinda "thin" compared to a LP. They have a LP-like shape (single cutaway). The pickups are gold foil humbuckers. It's a lovely axe. I have several of them - different colors. Here's the one in my video (I bought mine maybe 3 years ago; so the price was lower then): www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/JuptRPW--harmony-jupiter-electric-guitar-pearl-white-with-rosewood-fingerboard

100% agree! It's a language, and learning that language makes it easier to communicate with others. I'm with you. It was just time to start going deeper.

@@hanskung3278 Hey! I'm talking about how it feels and how it sounds w/o being plugged in. Nice and resonant. It contributes to the overall electric tone, too (usually), unless a guitar is just sorta dead and doesn't sustain very long. But this one sustains nice and long. And when playing, it vibrates against the body really nicely. That's something I dig about guitars, anyway. How do they "feel" while resonating/vibrating?

Paul Reed Smith has some odd views, he believes that solid body guitars resonate like violins and that pickups are microphones. I’m guessing he isn’t an engineer…

@@dstarling61 Well, he's not entirely wrong. The body does resonate. Perhaps not exactly like a violin (acoustic guitar yes; electric guitar not so much). But you can clearly feel it, and it's part of the overall tonality of the guitar. _How_ it plays into the tonality, that's another matter, and highly debatable. And pickups are microphonic, though not "microphones" in the traditional sense. I've recorded sounds by directly yelling into the humbuckers of a guitar (like, lips practically touching the pickups) plugged into an overdriven amp. The sound was not clear, but that was the point. So... play electric guitar long enough and spend enough time as a reclusive studio rat... these are the kinds of weird things one does! :P

HA! Then you know what it's like! It was my first CE 24 DW that started turning me in the other direction. I'm a lefty on "righty" guitar, and I'm also a fine artist, so I am almost too visual. Each bird inlay is a unique shape. So, playing that CE 24 DW, I realized the bird inlays were making it easier for me to know where I was on the neck (like, I didn't get "lost" as easily). That's what turned me. Then I was like, "Well, they're not bad." Eventually, I liked them. But I didn't for a long time. My ideal (back then) was LP block inlays. Those were "real" inlays! 😝

@@andrewkrodel7976 Good question! Well, since I didn't notice anything odd, I'd say it must sit nicely on the lap. I'm a right-leg guy (I'm not into "classical guitar" sitting posture) when resting a guitar on my lap. However, keep in mind that all my guitars are strapped. I hoist the guitar a little higher than many. So, that's another reason why I didn't notice and probably don't think about it.

@@richmacgonigle1776 Thank you, much appreciated!

@@photoz23830 Thank you! Much appreciated.

@@charlesbecker101 Indeed! This one has a decadent "cluck"-y vibe without going overboard. Great middle ground, I think. The background instrumental I recorded for this video - SoundCloud link to that one if you expand the video description - all of that is through the "Marshall" (UAFX Lion), except for solo at the beginning (that's still a "Marshall", but the AxeFX3). This NF3 guitar convinced me to keep that UAFX Lion! I didn't realize a Marshall "clean" could sound so gorgeous. I had it listed on Gear Exchanged, started making this vid, and went "Whoa!" What a lovely clean vibe. Yeah, so everything except that super-saturated guitar solo in the middle is through the UAFX Lion, because it just sounded sweeter than through the "Fender" (and that sounded awesome, too).

@@leehenderson8132 Interesting! You think RPS is greedy? I guess, technically, all companies are greedy, yeah? They don't get into this to break even. But I may have misunderstood what you meant. If you don't own a PRS, trying a "cheap" one is the way to go, in my opinion. Their SE line is insane quality for that money. I was anti-PRS for decades. Didn't like those bird inlays, then I bought a nice PRS because I liked the specs. Got hooked! I have more PRS's than any other brand, now.

That’s a lot of hate to have towards a guitar company. Did PRS bang your girlfriend?

@@KestejooAlgonquin-v7t Thank you, much appreciated.

Thanks! And right... just the bare necessities (sorta). I might do one for the LP Supreme, too, which is an entirely different beast sonically.

@@bradleyclosson5042 Interesting! I wonder if it's because I'm a lefty on "righty" guitar that I don't notice. My left hand is stronger than my right, and I tend to grip the neck/fretboard pretty hard (not intentionally; just the way it works out). So, any different is probably not quite enough to notice for me. I have a monster grip, and I'm actively trying to learn to ease up a little. Maybe I will notice someday.

I LOVE the bird inlays! (I was just stuck-up back then and very opinionated about silly things.) That is a really cool story about his mom, and the special meaning of the inlays. Thanks for that info. Very cool. Agreed! The SE is definitely the best bang for the buck. I have three SEs, one S2, and a whole bunch (10?) "core" PRS guitars. The SEs are just so nice for the price.

@@onceuponashredder Oh, no worries at all, there are many people that aren't fans of the birds. I like some of the bird inlays like the Hollow Birds, but I just wanted to let you know ( in case you didn't know) the meaning behind the birds that's all.

@@onceuponashredder Great review by the way. I have the pearl white one. I ordered it on June 22nd and got it delivered on June 28th. I have about 6 PRS SE guitars, 5 core PRS guitars,and 1 S2. All great guitars, but what you get in the SE line is amazing for the money for sure. If you ever get a chance, the PRS Factory started the factory tours again. I've done it about 8 times. It's pretty amazing to see how they do it. Treat yourself to a factory tour. Thanks for the video

A PRS without birds is not really a PRS…

@@LuisMorales-xr1gmIf I had endless money, I'd buy one of the high-end "Paul's Guitar" models. One of the reasons is because of the amazing bird inlays on those axes. Just gorgeously rendered, artistic, whimsical, abstract, etc. Plus, it's just a monster axe, anyway. Paul's a cool guy. He's VERY opinionated and vocal about it. I don't think I agree with every theory he offers about "tone wood", etc., but I do agree that every ingredient matters. How much it matters is debatable, but most people can agree ingredients must matter to some degree. AND (especially) build quality and attention to detail.

Very cool! You're more savvy than I, though I've done my fair share of "tech" work. For me, it was always the bare middle pickup of three on its own that wasn't useful. Until the NF3! Fender solved the neck+bridge on their American Ultra Strat line by embedding a pushbutton into the first volume knob. If I had time and interest to mod this NF3, I would probably swap the volume pot for a pull-push pot to facilitation that. But I like it as-is. And (in general) I like the bridge+middle and neck+middle combos on 3-pickup guitars that have that option. I have just never liked - until this axe - the middle pickup on its own. Enjoy your personalized ultra-NF3! :) I like the weight, balance, and sustain. All-around, this is a really solid entry for the SE line.

@@onceuponashredder Not fond of any kind of volume pot with switching. They all feel flimsy and don't have enough tension. I'll only run my push/pulls on the tone pots. Totally agree, the middle pickup on most SSS guitars serves little purpose alone. And personally, I have very little need for bridge and middle together. Much rather have bridge and neck. Then, with a well sorted treble bleed. You can dial the volume all the way down the range, without losing as many frequencies. I've got a Cutlass HSS with some ultra mod'd wiring going on. It has one of them DiMarzio superswitchs so it acts the same way as my NF3, but has the wiring and switch positions normal. So positions middle and 5 are standard, and position 2 is bridge and neck. Thats my only other 3 pickup, or even S type. Trems aren't my thing. But to be honest, the 2 I do have are excellent. I'm very impressed with the overall construction and specs on this SE model. By far the best one I've seen yet. The McCarty .594 singlecut standard I bought earlier this year, needed every part except the pickups, bridge and tailpiece upgraded. All other electronic parts and tuners were garbage.

@@andrewbecker3700 Interesting! I wonder if you got a lemon (594 singlecut). I have one SE 594 singlecut, and three Core 594 singlecuts. Love 'em! I used to mod everything. Everything. But at the beginning of 2024, I decided to stop modding and spend more time just enjoying each guitar for its own stock personality. OR... sell it if I'm not digging it! It's mainly a time thing for me. I wanted to spend more time playing/recording and less time trying to perfect the guitars. I have 40+ guitars, which is probably my limit. I literally have no more room in the studio for another guitar, which is a handy G.A.S. limiter guitar-wise. I have leaned more heavily on "tones" though, I think. Because my pedal collection has grown, mostly in the boost/overdrive/flavor pedals. Which, honestly, is sorta silly, because I have an AFX3 - which has the entire tone universe inside. But knobs, man! There's a level of satisfaction I dig from the standalone gear, even if I used it rarely. G.A.S.! And proud of it!

@@onceuponashredder I'm struggling to make much sense out of your reply, if that's what it is. You claim you used mod every guitar you had? But just recently stopped any and all work on guitars, to focus more on enjoying them factory stock. Good luck trying to find one you can do that with. This NF3 is actually only 1 of 3 I've ever bought that didn't need significant mods to make the cut. Why you think a specific guitar would be what you refer to as a "lemon", I'm not understanding? The guitar is excellent, as most PRS SE's are. The electronics and tuners were subpar. After switching out the pots(like I almost always do) I wire them how I want, with my choice of tone capacitor. If it's modern wired, a treble bleed is imperative. Otherwise 50's wiring is my preference. The switch and jack depends how they feel mostly. The McCarty had junk. Plain and simple. It's not rocket science. Many a guitar, I've never even plugged in, before tearing them apart for a complete rebuild. It's just my nature. If anybody with some dope money can buy the same thing. What fun is that? No. I'm a hot rodder to the core. Everything MUST be souped up. Good luck trying to find the "one". I only have 10. But they're all dimes.

@@andrewbecker3700 I don't ascribe to guitars "needing" mods. It's a choice, right? You choose to mod to your personal satisfaction. I used to do that to many (not all) of my especially "cheaper" guitars, because I was reaching for something. Then, I found that I started enjoying the unique character of the guitars as-is. They sound the way they sound, so I've changed my stripes about replacing stock electronics, etc. I am an omega-level guitar nerd, like you and most people who care about this stuff. But preferences change, and mine have changed. My copious guitar collection now consists of guitars that each has its own unique vibe, feel, character, even among guitars that are the same model (e.g., six PRS CE 24 DW models). They're all unique beasts, every one of them. I accept that now, and enjoy that now, rather than burning the midnight oil reaching for something. My personal opinion after owning hundreds of guitars now during my life: no guitar is or ever can be "perfect". And even if one guitar is (or very close to) perfect, it won't remain that way because my own tastes will change regarding "perfection". I eventually kinda organically arrived at a place where I personally started to just enjoy the unique character of each of my guitars for what they actually are instead of what my very active imagination dreamed they could become. And that's just me! You love modding. I'm done modding (unless something needs fixing; then I'll hunker down and get 'er done).

@@Darkslide2AR-FE Thank you! And your technical description makes a lot of sense to me. I suspect that PRS uses a similar method to achieve their tones via 5-way switch on two-pickup guitars. Agreed about the Kaizen. What a lovely, lovely axe! Just a work of art and engineering. So lightweight, so resonant, very stable tuning-wise (w/o using the vibrato bridge), just a gorgeous instrument.

Interesting about the poplar thing! I honestly couldn't tell you what most of my (I think over 40) guitars bodies are made of, with a handful of exceptions. I just happen to remember a few of them are mahogany. I even have a PRS "Wood Library" Custom 24 w/Floyd, and I don't know what that body is! (Which is weird and ironic, don't you think? I mean, it's a "wood library" guitar.) I've been playing for decades; I've toured, recorded (still record), and electric guitar and "tone" are my obsessions. But the type of wood has never been that important to me, because even with guitars made of the same wood, no two are alike in my experience. I have six (maybe seven) CE 24 DW guitars, and no two are a like. They're similar, obviously, but they're not identical. Each one has its own personality. Crazy how that can be true, but it is. Thanks for your comment and perspective. Much appreciated.

Thank you! Oh yeah, I love the McCarty. I have an SE single cutaway McCarty, and I have three "core" single cutaway McCarty "Les Pauls". I love the CE, too. I have I think six CE 24 DW guitars (with Floyd... I'm a Floyd guy)... LOVE THEM. Best playing guitars, in my opinion. You're right, great sustain. The CE 24 DW guitars are what really pulled me into the PRS universe, even though I wasn't very familiar with Dusty Warring. I just liked the specs of the guitar, and started there. Thanks again for your comment.

Thanks! Yeah, I wasn't aware of an OG NF3 until I started looking further into this one. Though, I was vaguely aware of the NF pickups on some of their other guitars. PRS is the shiz-nizzle. I have lotta, lotta other guitars, but PRS have become my faves. You're lucky to have an OG NF3!

Thanks, much appreciated! I figured a walk through clean tones was sorta lacking in YT Land, and really that's what I care about most, anyway. I can do overdrive, distortion, lead, heavy riffs, whatever. But a nice clean... that's what I really want to hear from a guitar. You're right! It's a stellar axe at this price, really any price. It's just a solid guit-box.

⁠@@onceuponashredderTotally agree. Waaaaay too much ‘blues noodling’ in gear reviews.

@@alanparkinson4568 LOL! I'd recorded some video of me yammering along those lines but edited it out. (So much gets edited out, mercifully.) I appreciate the demos people do, but need to subtract points on some of those videos because it's the instrument I really want to hear, not the playing.

@@JTaylo Whoa! I can get the Steinberger tuners separately! I'm a StewMac fanboi. But didn't think to look there. You got a radium Kaizen 6. Jelly (jealous). Those are beautiful.

@@niluss6 Interesting! So, you don't necessary top-wrap all the strings on every guitar. I guess it depends on the guitar. Cool.

@@davidriggs8196 Very cool. Yes! I read that Joe is a top-wrap guy. I trust if you and he say you can feel/hear the different, it's a real thing. I can't tell the different, but I chalk that up to being a lefty on "righty" guitar, and I have a monster grip. Not intentionally; it's just the way I've always played. Though, I am actively attempting to ease up a little with my left hand.

@@BillyTheKidsGhost Indeed! Ingredients matter. The degree to which they matter is debatable. Paul Reed Smith (the guy) both proves and disproves that point over and over. He's become an evangelist lately regarding "tonewoods". Yet, PRS makes the most amazing "low-end" guitars (quality-/tone-wise) on the market. Ingredients definitely matter. Empirically, they must. The debate really seems to be about to what degree they matter. The truth is some ingredients more than others. Possible (debatably) of equal or more importance: build quality and craftsmanship.

@@petersouthwell5971 LOL! Well, I'm a tech-nerd. I'm a long-time software engineer by day, so I see "programming" everywhere. The disconnect between GPT and DALL-E was obvious on the first use of DALL-E via GPT. It's no different from using DALL-E on its own, really. The only different is that GPT lazily forwards its own information to DALL-E instead of typing it out myself.

@Woozy.0 - Indeed! It's weird and funky and all-analog... real springs, etc. What a crazy-cool pedal. I've been using the "reflect" mode lately. Since I'm using two (one each for left and right), it really does a sweet "stereo" thing, since neither is doing exactly what the other is doing, even when (eyeballing) I have them set "exactly" the same.

@@MrScrofulous Indeed! I "corrected" that in the closed-captioning when I published the video, but you're right: I kept saying it incorrectly. That's interesting about the infinity edge pools! A precedent for that terminology.

😂 I know. I'm an eejit.

@once upon a shredder

Thanks so much! All the guitars you mentioned are drool-worthy axes! I want one of everything (if I had a bottomless budget). I'm late to your comment here because I'm not a full-time CZcamsr, and there was also a "covid first-timer" thing starting in Dec '23 (extremely mild case of covid) that had a long-term effect on my voice! I couldn't make vids because I couldn't talk for more than about 10 seconds without coughing my guts out. That lasted for months. Recently, I was better enough to start making vids again (meaning, I could talk without spontaneously dry-coughing). Yammer, yammer. Anyway, thank so much! Appreciate your comment.

@@onceuponashredder So, funny thing. I turned 60 in Feb, and my lovely wife ended up buying me a Gretsch Black Paisley Penguin as I had sent her some pics of it admiring it and she loved the bling. And just last week I found a 2010 LP Custom on FB marketplace for a really good price, a little scruffy and scratched up, but no real issues and I snagged that, had a few extra bucks I earned . It was meant to be stock but has SD pups JB/Jazz which I'm not in love with, so I'm doing the pick-up comparison thing, which is driving me a bit nuts. BKP Cold Sweats and Nailbombsare great, but so expensive, so I found a set of SD Black Winters for a good price that I ordered. They may go into the LP, or maybe a Viper 301 that needs a better set. I love the Duncan Invader as well, but not sure if those big nuts will fit under the LP covers. So much gear, so little time :)

@@MrScrofulous Awesome! Cool find. I don't have any vintage Les Pauls. :( However, I have a Modern, a Classic, a Modern Studio, and a Supreme. Gorgeous axes. All stock (they're all pretty new; within the past year). The pickups differ a little between them, but the wiring is identical on all of them. Push-pull knobs to split the pickups, push-pull knob for out-of-phase, and the push-pull treble tone knob for "treble pickups straight to the output jack". I love all of that, except the "split" tone is so fat that it hardly sounds split at all. I wish it was more like a PRS, and I have several McCarty 594 singlecut guitars. The wiring for splitting on those is pretty sweet. Lovely tones. But the Les Paul's are their own thing, and I appreciate them for their own unique quirkiness, so I have no plans to mod the ones I have.

@onceuponashredder

@@Danny.B82Apologies for late reply. (Not a full-time CZcamsr, plus I had a covid thing - my first - that kept me away from making videos for months; a long-term aftereffect of my brief and very mild covid case... I couldn't talk without dry-coughing uncontrollably... for months). With vibrato bridges that are not floating, I tend not to use them at all. (I'm a floating vibrato guy.) And when I do use them, I use them so mildly that it doesn't really affect the tuning. BUT, if I did some dive-bombing with this, I'd expect it to not always come back to perfect tuning afterward. That's my experience with any guitar that isn't a Floyd+locking nut type of guitar. I actually did attempt to make this a "floating" vibrato bridge, and recorded an entire video about the experiment. But I couldn't get the tuning to stabilize after three days, no matter what I tried, so I scrapped the video idea and returned the bridge to its original position. Basically, I very slightly lifted it off the body by carefully backing this screws out a little bit, just to give the bridge a little backward motion. (Now I can't remember whether I tried it on this guitar or the Kaizen 7, but they're the same except for the number of strings.) I'm not sure what the DC resistance is. I think they list it on the product EBMM product page, though. I think. Fact-check me! :) I could be wrong.

@@zoomzoom3950 You still jamming on your Kryptonite Kaizen 6? Those are gorgeous!

@@onceuponashredder yes I am! it's a great color. may get an apollo black or radium next; eventually.

@@zoomzoom3950 They're such gorgeous, well-engineered guitars. They really are. It's nice to see a company trying to push the envelope on guitar design.

@@onceuponashredder agreed! very versatile and comfortable too!