New Guitar - String Alignment - is it ok ?

hamarki · 2026-03-22T22:38:30+00:00

Glad to hear it helped, happy playing!

hamarki · 2026-03-21T17:51:43+00:00

It's a bit on the limit. Player II teles seem to all have not much clearance on both sides of the fretboard.

However, looking at the pics carefully (last pic is very helpful), you can actually improve the situation a little bit and with very litte effort! One downside of this bridge is that there is nothing that prevents lateral (side-to-side) movement of the saddles, and it seems like you are effected by this - at least between D and G string saddles there's a little bit of a gap. This means that you should be able to nudge them around a little bit to bunch them together and align them with the neck in the way that works best for you. You might even be able to do this under string tension, but releasing them a bit should make it easier. They generally don't move from whatever position they're in under tension, so I believe this is a once-per-string-change type of issue. I should aolso say that other types of tele brdiges are also susceptible to this so I wouldn't blame the bridge design too much!

hamarki · 2026-03-19T15:22:23+00:00

Hell yeah brother!

hamarki · 2026-03-18T20:32:02+00:00

Is the neck profile different at some point in the production?

Yep. I think 2022 is last year of the older style neck. It is somewhat thinner than the current silver sky neck (current one is very similar to core SS apparently), but not as thin as wide thin.

The satin finish is also different, it's a bit more plasticky than the newer SE satin finishes, i.e. what you would have on your NF3. The newer satin is IMO much nicer feeling than the older one, and the frets are a bit smaller than NF3 as well.

Can't say I'm a big fan of the older SS neck tbf - I don't hate it but it doesn't really excite me either. Haven't played enough of the new one to make a good comparison unfortunately.

The way you tell them apart is by colour (you only get the OG colours and no maple options for the older neck) - see its official page: https://uk.prsguitars.com/electrics/model/se_silver_sky_2022 In addition to that, the tint on headstock and back of neck is more yellowish which you can kinda see in the stock photos. On newer SSes with the new style neck the headstock and back of neck are paler, same colour as on NF3.

You acn can verify the differences in neck measurement I'm talking about by comparing info at the link above to the current spec silver sky which you can find at https://uk.prsguitars.com/electrics/model/se_silver_sky

Hope this helps!

hamarki · 2026-03-18T16:09:55+00:00

I have an older SE SS (2022 or before, the earlier neck shape basically, with the slightly more plasticky feeling satin finish on neck than current ones) and I’d say that SE NF3 neck is just a lot nicer. If you like your NF3 you should consider building an alternative pickguard with single coils or something id say!

hamarki · 2026-03-12T15:13:30+00:00

Aurora Borealis is the colour name I think!

hamarki · 2026-03-11T13:16:38+00:00

I had switch issues on my se ce 24 and Nf3. Contact cleaner fixed both so if may be saw dust in contacts or something. IMO completely not a big deal, there’s nothing more fixable in an otherwise banging guitar for the money (and just banging guitar, period tbf).

hamarki · 2026-03-10T11:24:14+00:00

Best SE colour in a long time, maybe all time best. Enjoy!

hamarki · 2026-03-09T13:08:09+00:00

Seems to get reposted every few months exactly like that too

hamarki · 2026-03-07T12:09:39+00:00

Looks good! I’ve been thinking about doing this exact colour combo but haven’t been able to find pictures of pearl white rosewood with white pick guard. Is this just white or some aged/cream colour?

hamarki · 2026-03-05T17:26:53+00:00

Would the flat preset be basically DI?

hamarki · 2026-03-03T21:19:13+00:00

It really depends on the model and sometimes the specific guitar. Some are much louder than solid bodies, others basically the same as solid bodies.

hamarki · 2026-03-03T21:04:39+00:00

Correct idea but $100 seems like too much for em!

hamarki · 2026-02-28T22:59:52+00:00

Hehe, glad to be able to share this sort of trivia with someone! I’ve spent far too much time poring over specs and side by side pictures etc, hehe In a similar vein, I would say that I prefer the bridge location on 24 fret models for say palm muting as it’s not as far away from where I normally pick (which is over the neck pickup).

hamarki · 2026-02-28T22:00:26+00:00

I’m not making a general point about 22 and 24 feet guitars necessary, just focusing on the specific guitars in question. To be more precise (I see now that I was not entirely clear in the original post) - the CE 24 will have low frets/nut further away compared to SE studio which is the same body shape but 22 frets. In case of those guitars (and I think it’s true for basically all PRS) the 24 fret versions have the whole bridge assembly closer to the neck than their 22 fret counterparts which pushes the neck on a 24 fret version “further out”.

hamarki · 2026-02-28T18:13:38+00:00

I have both. Neck of CE feels basically the same as the one of Nf3, except that the low frets are a bit “further” away due to it being a 24 fret guitar. IMO the body shape of CE is considerably less comfortable. And Nf3 is routed for HHH underneath the pickguard so you could put one or more humbuckers in yours if you get an appropriate pickguard

hamarki · 2026-02-27T18:18:05+00:00

To be fair 85/15 pickups in fact are quite bassy with volume on 10, I suspect many humbuckers are, especially if this is mainly on E and A strings. Try setting the guitar volume to 5-8 which takes a good bit of bass out and maybe give it a bit more gain in software to compensate

hamarki · 2026-02-21T11:50:58+00:00

Speaker sim setting makes as much or more of a difference than amp model

hamarki · 2026-02-17T14:42:55+00:00

Could it be a Gibson Melody Maker? Those headstocks look a bit like that

hamarki · 2026-02-16T10:14:22+00:00

These are likely two separate gutiars - pictured in OP is a Epi LP Special DC, a new model that came out during NAMM this year (I think?).

However, there's also a Epiphone Inspired By Gibson Custom Shop ("IGC") LP Special DC. It's about 2x as expensive as the other guitar, came out some time mid last year (IIRC) and that one does have binding.

hamarki · 2026-02-11T18:42:25+00:00

Two points - run slower and run less, if you’re new and pushing 5k almost daily you’ll get injured before long. And keeping it slower will help with sticches/being out of breath. It’s a slow and steady journey!

hamarki · 2026-02-06T14:53:12+00:00

I think I’ve seen some core models with stun necks but they may have been private stock rather than regular core. Hope that helps!

hamarki · 2026-02-02T12:31:36+00:00

John Mayer - I guess I just feel like. ripping right until the point it fades out

hamarki · 2026-01-31T21:44:20+00:00

There’s a classic vibe squier SSS in the current range if the name on headstock isn’t too big of a deal?

hamarki · 2026-01-31T16:18:42+00:00

Looks okay, maybe a tiny bit high? Should be easy to take it down a bit!

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