I jumped in the prs train myself and am hooked now. Bought a 1999 custom ordered PRS McCarty hollow body II with 10 top and back. All 5lbs 3 oz of it. Best instrument I’ve ever picked up bar none.
First of all: you play beatifully well. You're fluid, expressive, meaningful. I'm really impressed. Second : welcome to the PRS world. You're entering it by the vintage door, but you should know that there is a lot more to it. Third: Paul Reed Smith calls his guitars legal drugs. It seems that it's exactly what you've been experiencing while playing on this video! You just couldn't stop! And for the joy of us all (or at least for mine). Fourth: don't worry, you'll still be playing other guitars... Sometimes.... Try a Fiore or a Silver Sky! One more sub for you fella! Cheers, Avi
An instrument to be appreciated, to be cherished and to be put to work. Fabulous to hear this fine guitar put through its paces by a serious player. Thanks you.
PRS have been making seriously amazing gear for a while now. I think you've acquired everything I've been looking at getting since getting back into guitar after a long break. I think that's why I discovered you're channel originally because of the ceriatone amp! As soon as I finally manage to clear out some of my lesser used gear I'm buying the overtone and the PRS McCarty
Congrats on that guitar, the 594 is the best guitar PRS has come out with since the 513 in 2004. Eminently playable, a stack of useable tones even before you start tweaking volume and tone, or touch the amp. A masterpiece. And no, I am not a doctor, lawyer, or engineer. I have a 594 Hollowbody on the way, adding another flavor to all that goodness. It takes a wise man to admit a view held in the past was wrong, but the benefits are, well, in this case, audible!
I am eyeing this full hollow body 594 on reverb in river blue. This comment does not help my bank account. Haha please let me know what you think of it when you get it!
@@BuddyBlues Thanks, Buddy. It is due in today so I’ll likely be MIA for 24 hours! I bought a Trampas Green Blackburst from Ken Stanton’s in the Atlanta area. Very easy people to work with, and they made me a great deal on it, to boot! I’ll report back. I enjoy your content and playing... subscribed!
@@BuddyBlues Ok... arrived yesterday, and I spent the evening and this morning getting to know it. I’ll cut to the chase... if you love the 594, it plays the same. If you dig the vibe of a hollowbody, without the feedback issues because it’s a solid maple top that’s carved top and back, inside and out, it delivers 594 tone with a little more vocal openness or “woodiness” as folks say. Build is what you expect from a PRS core guitar. It is exactly what I wanted, and looks as good as it sounds. You owe it to yourself to get your hands on one and see if it turns the key for you. Oh... and it is under 6 pounds! Incredible guitar.
Thank you so much for the update! I'm really glad you love yours, congratulations. I can't wait to get my hands on one to try it and see how different it sounds from the regular ol' 594
After getting a Wood Library Custom 24-08 last November, I am conteplating the purchase of a 594... PRS makes great quality instruments that make playing so much easier... Great demo. Subbed, greetings from Greece!
HEY!!! Hi Buddy!! Nice to see you keeping the blues alive!!! Here is Marcelo from Shanghai!! Next year I hope we can jam in the US!! Great PRS!! Congratulations man!! It is in good hands!!
Nice 594. You gotta try a single cut. Extra body depth just adds a little to it. I like the semi hollow version best. I have 25 PRS guitars I'm not a doctor,lawyer,or rich. Just love their guitars!
I have yet to play one of the single cut semi hollow! Can't find one anywhere but that is certainly the one I want next. Do you think it would sound wildly different to the double cut 594? Sorry it took me 19 years to answer the comment I must have missed it
Yeah I am wondering about this. The midrange of the single cut is delicious, the double cut seems to have a more focused lower mid, the single seems to have more mids in general. Then the single cut, semi hollow seems much more woody. All delicious. I cant decide either.
Me, a doctor, looking at her Epiphone Les Paul and an Alvarez parlor acoustic: “Shit. I need to get a PRS. My game is apparently weak.” 😂 But seriously. Great video and review! New subscriber. 👍🏻
I don't understand why people think PRS guitars are so expensive , if you keep your eye out you can find fantastic bargains in the SE range that are exactly the same as the CE but different pickups 👍
Soooo awesome! Thanks for sharing this. I have everything in my collection too. Mostly Gibson and Fender but for PRS a Custom 24-08 Fire Red, Custom 24 Floyd super dark Fire Red I call Black Cherry and the McCarty 594 Black Gold. All beautiful and do their own thing perfectly. Before watching your video, I didn't realize the McCarty had coil split. Very exiting! Thank you! I'm going to try this out now maybe through my Twin Reverb direct and clean like Strat territory. Thanks again!
Thanks so much!! Enjoy it man they are incredible guitars! I miss my twin. It was just so cumbersome to lug around to shows but man did it sound amazing
Buddy this is Eddie the one that goes to Guitar Center and bother you to play my guitar cause you play amazing always told you that. Funny you said we did not like PRS we found on some of those pickups sounded muddy especially raising the volume. Anyway I also got the McCarty what a guitar I had the custom 24 black gold beautiful guitar but the sound wasn't there. This McCarty wow and you so right pretty much so many tone split the coil sounds so nice. I'm lately heavy into strat and for my amp at home fender pro jr. fantastic sound. Also just got 2019 Gibson Standard new sounds incredible no tuning issue. Buddy take care like to see you perform people out there this man plays incredible jazz.
Dude you are so right about them being addictive lol I bought one core custom 24 a while back and said "I just want one American made PRS thats it" here I am with 5 now lol. One being a wood library.
Buddy I bought the single cut 594, jeez...amazing. All the stuff you said you needed, yep. It’s extraordinary. And compared to singlecut guitars from the bigger companies...wow.
Perfect frikkin’video bro! Info that I really needed. Haven’t made my decision yet between this and the Schecter Solo ll but this video gave me what I needed to ultimately help me make my decision after watching like 7 hours of videos. Peace from HARLEM, NY !!!! And thank you again!👊🏽🔥👊🏽🔥👊🏽🔥👊🏽🔥👊🏽
This was a pleasant guitar review video. Like drinking a cup of chilled Sprite. I feel refreshed and ready to take on the rest of the day. Weird I know, but that’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
I always come back to this video. Sense of humor and a great guitar tone is a killer combination. After 1 year, having to choose between the PRS Mccarty 594 and the 60th anniversary Gibson Les Paul 1959, which one would you choose? I know, I shouldn’t ask this kind of question…
I picked up a blue semi-hollow version of this guitar at the start of the COVID days somewhat on a whim. Best guitar I ever bought by far and it's my favorite to this day.
Buddy, SAME...I have been a Gibson guy for many moons. A buddy of mine who owns 7 PRS’ convinced me to buy one. Bought the McCarty and now all my Gibson’s cringe when I pick up the PRS. It just feels right, plays right, sounds right, and well....the rest is history.
First video I’m watching and it’s an instant sub. Very good content quality. It’s pretty hard to grow a channel from scratch, but you’re on a good path. Keep your effort and you will break the 5k and then 10k and then 50k and then 100k.
LOL… youtube suggested this video, and I couldn’t remember I already watched it, and even commented on it. I was about to comment when I saw my own comment. And looking back, you finally cross the 10k subs mark, in a year. Congrats, well deserved. Now will come the 50k… I heard the hardest part is the 1k to 10k range, after that youtube recommendations help to reach more viewers. Merry Christmas…
Great playing great video and story!!! Hard to imagine you sounding better on anything else - it really fits you. I had a LP then a Charvel then played and bought my first PRS. I can get whatever I want and I choose PRS. I have had almost every model and the Custom 24 fits me. I have four 24's and a Single Cut Trem. I sold off everything else.
Whoa whoa whoaaaaaaaa hold on a minute.... They make a Single Cut with a TREM?! Man sometimes I hate being this new to things. Now I have to get a single cut with a trem. I played a Custom 24 at Guitar Center the other day, it is a shred machine! I played one of newer 2021 models with a 5 way switch. The in between sounds is glorious
I too was one of those fools like you (sorry) who had been playing for close to 20 years and had no interest in picking up a PRS until I did, and now I MUST HAVE MOARRRRR PRSSSS
I just got one over the weekend. As an owner of 6 other PRS, this one stands alone. Amazing instrument as all PRS are, but this one shines. Great video and description Buddy. Very nice playing.
That is a SWEET guitar! I’m chasing that early Les Paul tone, and this model really seems to nail a Tone that’s really close? And, certainly closer out of the box than the equivalently priced Gibson. Also, it does more...buy cheap, buy twice, or three times(?)!
Gibson standard is cheaper. Just get that if you want the fat les paul sound. This doesn't quite do that. No other brand quite does that Gibson les paul fat vintage tone like gibson does, mainly due to the pickups. This guitar has the characteristic, just not the fatness. I would pick this guitar though, much more versitile, and much easier to play, also much less fragile. It wold be interesting to put gibson humbuckers in a prs though. Ima google that now.
This is my dream guitar and it's quite expensive (even the s2) but what is more important I don't feel like I earned the right to play such a fine instrument. Maybe in the next 5 years! This is the most tasteful play I've ever heard from YT/musicians.
PRS guitars are stunning. The S2 range is unbeatable. Strats, Teles, Les Paul etc all sound great, but none are as nice to play as PRS. They’re smooth as butter, and sound incredible. Get one.
Bought a 594 last year after playing guitar for 40 years. Never wanted a PRS and actually never played one until I tried the 594. Bought it immediately. It’s the most well made, balanced guitar I’ve ever played. And it stays in tune better than my tele. I play a fusion style guitar and it’s perfect for that. Its really in its own class, although everyone compares it to a Gibson. It’s different, very different. I also don’t get why people see these as ‘Lawyer Guitars’. Many Gibson’s and other are in the same price range and no one says a thing about those. A 4K small, custom shop guitar is cool but a 4K PRS isn’t? Odd...
I agree 100%. I did another gig last night with it. It just..fits. love this guitar more and more. Also gibson nit that Ling ago started charging bajillion dollars for historic R9s... I think the doctor lawyer engineer thing came about before that. Thanks for watching!!
As always, great playing! I guess you are going to become a doctor or lawyer sometime soon lol. In all seriousness awesome looking and sounding guitar. I sometimes have regrets on selling my Custom 22 many moons ago. It was always a joy to play but life happens.
A 👍👍 to you even though a couple months ago, you’d encourage me to get a Les Paul instead of a PRS S2 McCarthy 594. Haha 😂 still love your content Buddy!!!!!
Stellar! I bought a PRS 594 single cut semi hollow. I have a bad back and can’t play Les Pauls anymore. This is a word library and I couldn’t be happier. It’s a cross between a Les Paul and a 335+ with the coil tabs you can do so much more. Couldn’t be happier!
I'm about to buy a Chis Henderson sig for $1100. Has the three pickups, single cut, beautiful guitar. Anybody have an opinion on those? Thanks and really awesome playing, senior!
Liked and sub'd! Glad you liked my Modern Eagle V lol ;-) Who are your influences? I hear everything from Al di Meola to John Mayer to Eric Clapton. Quite a variety in your playing! I moved my 'daily drivers' from Eric Johnson and John Mayer sig Strat, Les Paul Custom, Ephiphone w/Floyd Rose, Custom Shop Tele (68 Journeyman in tangerine), and a few different models of Ibanez for shred stuff to all PRS. And in a Custom 24, a McCarty 594, and a Modern Eagle V, I basically consolidated about a dozen guitars into three. Thanks for sharing and I look forward to your next video!
Thanks so much! Right on the money with the influences. Growing up shen I was learning guitar, the first Crossroads concert came out. Obviously on it was Eric Clapton, John Mayer(new kid on the block at the time), Eric Johnson etc.. I learned a looot from that DVD. And yes.. that modern eagle has me in serious trouble. I had never heard of them but since you told me about them I'm about 14 video reviews deep on youtube
I bought a 594 second hand about 2 years ago and it has become my #1 go to electric. Great tones from the pickups, great neck and playability. Mind you I still have a Pro 2 Strat with a solid rosewood neck that is awesome, but the 594 scale seems to suit me better.
Im one of those prs fanatics. Ive got the 594 double cut (in blue) and i cant see ever turning loose of it. Of all the guitars in my collection, it is one of only a couple i plan to keep until i pass. My fender strat and a guitar i built myself are the only others i feel as strongly about. Ive got a tele that im still getting to know and it could make the final cut, but we will have to see how that pans out. Thanks for the video. And welcome to the prs affliction. Lol
Sorry to break this to you mate but there's no "one and done" with PRS, it's a subscription service and you've got 6 to 8 weeks before you have to start looking for your next one! 😉😂😂🤣🤣
@@BuddyBlues this video came back in my feed….have you heard they just came out with a SE version for under $1000! Hopefully I can buy it this year. I really liked your video and now I can afford one. Can’t wait.
@@BuddyBlues I’m having a tough time. I like all three. I’m leaning towards the blue because I love blue and have two red guitars now. But the black and gold looks awesome and the McCarty tobacco burst on the single cut Se also looks great.
Great playing and video, thank you. Huge admiration for PRS build quality, appearance and desirability, yet tonally leave me cold, including this one. Don’t know what it is. Its great so many people dig them. I love my ‘57 strat & ‘59 335 I’ve had for years, never tire of and still discovering new sounds and expressions.
John Mayer said ......The 594 is the best new guitar I've played in years. It has a vintage heart and soul but without the technical limitations that usually come along with an old instrument. ....and that’s all folks!
Blessed to own 2 . 594 Wood Library . PRS nailed it with this guitar. Versatile as well. Love my Les Paul's as well. 594 is more refined but really both work. Love the PRS HB II Piezso pickup. MODERN EAGLE V as well . Roll with them as well. PRS can stand with the other greats. Each guitar in my arsenal develop A life of its own. Love them for different reasons. But 594 has brought over alot of players for good reason.
Your playing is exquisite. I need to get some of that funky percussive fingerstyle down. I'm new to the channel, have you played a silver sky? Got one last year and love it. I'm now thinking that since they nailed all a strat should be, I should check out their Les Paul take. Sounds like they nailed that too. Thanks for the great video.
@@BuddyBlues Ahaha 😂 T’as fais l’effort de m’avoir répondu en français ! Bonne continuation avec ta chaîne UA-cam qui est très malheureusement sous-estimée, 5000 abonnés est un nombre anecdotique en comparaison avec le contenu qualitatif que tu proposes !
I was very lucky. Two brazilian brothers were living at London and were about to come back to Brazil. One of them bought a new McCarty 594 Artist Package, didn't even play the guitar and asked the other, who was returning first to take the guitar with him. Things changed and the guy who bought the guitar decided he would stay in London. Then he asked his brother, already in Brazil, to sell the guitar. Guess who bought a brand new PRS, more than mint condition, for an amazing price? Hint, I'm brazilian and I'm telling this story.
Prs has always been the Ferrari of guitars for me ,look at them play them and when no ones looking around,, smell them . like a. Cuban cigar .. And then I go to used guitars section , Buddy great tone. Man
Thanks for the video Buddy! Appropriate timing, I have recently been thinking about acquiring a PRS (my 1st). I want something with a bit more bite than the one you played; which of their USA-made guitars do you think would fit that mold? Thanks again.
Man… I‘ve been looking at S2 MCartys but a couple videos, especially this one and the one with you playing funk on this guitar has got me thinking to just go for a core. What color is this and is it a 10 top? I have a Silver Sky and feel like this would be a good juxtaposition for that guitar. Amazing playing btw.
I just watched your jam video, and saw you were playing a PRS. I noticed a note choked out, thats sort of my experience with PRS guitars. I have 60 + guitars, all the major brands and types, except PRS. I've Loved the look of them for many years and tried maybe 20 or more over the years. I just never found one I like the feel of. For the studio if you want only one guitar that does everything, have you looked into a Variax? I have three of those, they give you anything you might want and model everything else. Other than that you need a pile of guitars IMHO.. 8-)
I could get a variax... but that would defeat getting a pile of guitars haha. I have the action set really low on this one. The note choked because I suck, not because of the guitar
@@BuddyBlues Haha, yeah thats the best most honest excuse for getting a pile of guitars ever.. 8-) I used that one my wife the for my Variax's, so I didn't need more guitars because they did it all. And I got an aged R9 not long after, and maybe another 15 since... They are good and the models are pretty convincing. In a studio setting they would be very useful especially some of the acoustic and more exotic guitar models. Oh and you definitely Don't Suck at playing, I blame Pauls guitar.. ;-) Haha.
Is yours also not as sustaining beyond 19th fret? Perhaps similar for all les Paul styles but custom 22 and Paoletti wine Jr both sustain longer above 19th. Crunch sound I get about 3 sec sustain on 594. No buzz no issue seems to be just how it is
I have the same axe but the hollow 2 model. I’ve been on the fence about the string tension being a little floppy with 10a The stop tail isn’t meant to be height adjustable so no easy fix. I bumped string gauge to 11s and it feels amazing. Same with my lp These guitars feel like they were made for 11s and those 11’s are +1 on toane
I’ve never really played one that really spoke to me. It may be the scale length, I don’t know. Plus, I’m just not a huge fan of overly pretty guitars with super flamed out tops and stuff like that. I like the tones of a 408 but I just don’t really get along with it. I do really like the Silver Sky but I mean, it’s a Strat. I do want to give some 594s a try though. I was born in and have lived in MD my whole life so I feel like I should have ONE.
Just purchased my first PRS. Similar story here, bought a Wood Library DGT with a solid finish on top in Champagne Gold because I dont need the crazy tops. Super nice guitar, classy af.
This is so relatable. I had the same experience with PRS a couple of weeks back. I would never have been seen dead with one. Now I am thinking of selling my VOS 64 special and getting one....Yikes, have a become a wanker? Is that what it is? Should I get a briefcase? Some loafers?
I only have the SE series of PRS. But I now have 7 of them. My next purchase is gonna be an S2 594. Btw, my "other" guitar is a Gibson Les Paul Studio.
@@BuddyBlues I ended up going with a 594 double cut hollow body II! Sounds beautiful and plays like a dream. Picking her up tomorrow as I’m having them put on some phase III locking tuners.
It would would extremely similar! It is the most comfortable guitar I've ever played. An even smaller nut width would be the DGT I'd look at those too. I have a video on the dgt
There is no objective reason why some shouldn’t have all kind of different guitars. 594 is reinvented modernized vintage inspired guitar. Name of the former Gibson boss tells you enough where the inspiration came from. 594 doses have lot of LP sounds but is different enough to be owned next to a original Les Paul. PRS being expensive is kind of moot point nowadays way I see it. You have bolt on guitars that use to cost half of a core PRS now being expensive and you have Murphy Lab models literally being twice the price of the 594 core. Quality and complexity and attention to detail as well as harder to produce and being perfectly finished being firmly on the PRS side. I got 594 Wood Library 10 Top and is awesome guitar. Quilted top to. Was standing in the shop for more then year so I got it significantly cheaper than my Les Paul Gold Top. Both awesome guitars that are different and worth having. Staying only on one brand is mostly subjective thing and as such it’s OK just as you yourself do not believe it is objective thing. Don’t want to try something else more power to you. Keep playing.
The envy is strong. Very impressive. That guitar is awesome and very good looking too. Very classy, but a slight hint of bad to the bone lurking within it. Well done.
I like people who keep an open mind and apparently, you have one. I have a former friend (best friends for 29 years but he just stopped talking to me) (literally) - reason: I said PRS are decent guitars. Seriously - decent. I have a Les Paul from the Custom Shop and two PRS Custom 24's - one old (1990); one more recent (2012). I may have to try a 594 but like the looks of the older ones (McCarty's) better. Don't know why, but I don't like the switch on the upper horn.
Love the 594!! PRS innovation and quality is stellar - however, I have needed to get the frets leveled on brand new PRS's...WTF! Maybe it's time for Paul to go Plek machine. It's my Only disappointment with PRS - but it's happened multiple times. Ouch
I am turning 50. This model will be the present I buy for me.
Happy birthday and congrats in advance! It'll be the best birthday ever
Funny you should say. I turned 55 and bought myself a McCarty for my soon to come birthday I share with Jimi….
That's what I would call a birthday present 👍🏾
I jumped in the prs train myself and am hooked now. Bought a 1999 custom ordered PRS McCarty hollow body II with 10 top and back. All 5lbs 3 oz of it. Best instrument I’ve ever picked up bar none.
First of all: you play beatifully well. You're fluid, expressive, meaningful. I'm really impressed.
Second : welcome to the PRS world. You're entering it by the vintage door, but you should know that there is a lot more to it.
Third: Paul Reed Smith calls his guitars legal drugs. It seems that it's exactly what you've been experiencing while playing on this video! You just couldn't stop! And for the joy of us all (or at least for mine).
Fourth: don't worry, you'll still be playing other guitars... Sometimes.... Try a Fiore or a Silver Sky!
One more sub for you fella!
Cheers,
Avi
Thank you so much!! Ya I'm already deep in the PRS world so you're right haha
Everything you said is just so true!!
If you haven’t own or just played a 594 ...you don’t know what your missing!! It’s stellar sound.
An instrument to be appreciated, to be cherished and to be put to work.
Fabulous to hear this fine guitar put through its paces by a serious player.
Thanks you.
Wow thanks so much!! The honey moon phase has yet to come to end with this guitar. I can't seem to ever put it down
I just turn 50, I’m a doctor and love this guitar!!!!🤘🏼🤩🤣
🤣👍🏼👍🏼
PRS have been making seriously amazing gear for a while now.
I think you've acquired everything I've been looking at getting since getting back into guitar after a long break. I think that's why I discovered you're channel originally because of the ceriatone amp!
As soon as I finally manage to clear out some of my lesser used gear I'm buying the overtone and the PRS McCarty
Glad you bought a PRS. I own 10 currently. With more on the way.
Do you have a guest room I can come live at? 😂
That's like 30k in guitars
Started with 1 myself, now own over a dozen
Congrats on that guitar, the 594 is the best guitar PRS has come out with since the 513 in 2004. Eminently playable, a stack of useable tones even before you start tweaking volume and tone, or touch the amp. A masterpiece. And no, I am not a doctor, lawyer, or engineer. I have a 594 Hollowbody on the way, adding another flavor to all that goodness.
It takes a wise man to admit a view held in the past was wrong, but the benefits are, well, in this case, audible!
I am eyeing this full hollow body 594 on reverb in river blue. This comment does not help my bank account. Haha please let me know what you think of it when you get it!
@@BuddyBlues Thanks, Buddy. It is due in today so I’ll likely be MIA for 24 hours! I bought a Trampas Green Blackburst from Ken Stanton’s in the Atlanta area. Very easy people to work with, and they made me a great deal on it, to boot! I’ll report back. I enjoy your content and playing... subscribed!
@@BuddyBlues Ok... arrived yesterday, and I spent the evening and this morning getting to know it. I’ll cut to the chase... if you love the 594, it plays the same. If you dig the vibe of a hollowbody, without the feedback issues because it’s a solid maple top that’s carved top and back, inside and out, it delivers 594 tone with a little more vocal openness or “woodiness” as folks say. Build is what you expect from a PRS core guitar. It is exactly what I wanted, and looks as good as it sounds. You owe it to yourself to get your hands on one and see if it turns the key for you. Oh... and it is under 6 pounds! Incredible guitar.
Thank you so much for the update! I'm really glad you love yours, congratulations. I can't wait to get my hands on one to try it and see how different it sounds from the regular ol' 594
@@BuddyBlues If you wander down to the Houston area, let me know! You can try mine :)
After getting a Wood Library Custom 24-08 last November, I am conteplating the purchase of a 594... PRS makes great quality instruments that make playing so much easier... Great demo. Subbed, greetings from Greece!
They really do make playing easier. Especially the 594 with the slightly shorter scale length
HEY!!! Hi Buddy!! Nice to see you keeping the blues alive!!! Here is Marcelo from Shanghai!! Next year I hope we can jam in the US!! Great PRS!! Congratulations man!! It is in good hands!!
Me , I'm Fifty Twenty-one , I'm a JamMan and I love all guitars !
Hell yeah brother
Nice 594. You gotta try a single cut. Extra body depth just adds a little to it. I like the semi hollow version best. I have 25 PRS guitars I'm not a doctor,lawyer,or rich. Just love their guitars!
I have yet to play one of the single cut semi hollow! Can't find one anywhere but that is certainly the one I want next. Do you think it would sound wildly different to the double cut 594? Sorry it took me 19 years to answer the comment I must have missed it
@@BuddyBlues not wildly different but single cut seems a little thicker tonally. I have several of both and they all have subtle different tones
@@BuddyBlues PS I'm not near as good a player as you! Enjoyed your video.
Yeah I am wondering about this. The midrange of the single cut is delicious, the double cut seems to have a more focused lower mid, the single seems to have more mids in general.
Then the single cut, semi hollow seems much more woody. All delicious. I cant decide either.
I like your answer, not a doctor or rich, although you'd be richer if you didn't have 25 PRS's😉how many guitars you got altogether.
Owning one PRS led me to now own 6 of them. They’re addicting and to me play so perfect.
Gotta’ luv’em!!! 🔥🔥🔥
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Me, a doctor, looking at her Epiphone Les Paul and an Alvarez parlor acoustic: “Shit. I need to get a PRS. My game is apparently weak.” 😂
But seriously. Great video and review! New subscriber. 👍🏻
Thanks so much doc! I'm an engineer so all we need now is a lawyer to chime in
I don't understand why people think PRS guitars are so expensive , if you keep your eye out you can find fantastic bargains in the SE range that are exactly the same as the CE but different pickups 👍
Great playing as always! i do enjoy the PRS split coil vs others out there. Its always fun to hear the tones you can get out of every video you do.
Beautiful guitar and awesome playing, thanks man!
Glad you like it! Thank you for watching
Soooo awesome! Thanks for sharing this. I have everything in my collection too. Mostly Gibson and Fender but for PRS a Custom 24-08 Fire Red, Custom 24 Floyd super dark Fire Red I call Black Cherry and the McCarty 594 Black Gold. All beautiful and do their own thing perfectly. Before watching your video, I didn't realize the McCarty had coil split. Very exiting! Thank you! I'm going to try this out now maybe through my Twin Reverb direct and clean like Strat territory. Thanks again!
Thanks so much!! Enjoy it man they are incredible guitars! I miss my twin. It was just so cumbersome to lug around to shows but man did it sound amazing
Buddy this is Eddie the one that goes to Guitar Center and bother you to play my guitar cause you play amazing always told you that. Funny you said we did not like PRS we found on some of those pickups sounded muddy especially raising the volume. Anyway I also got the McCarty what a guitar I had the custom 24 black gold beautiful guitar but the sound wasn't there. This McCarty wow and you so right pretty much so many tone split the coil sounds so nice. I'm lately heavy into strat and for my amp at home fender pro jr. fantastic sound. Also just got 2019 Gibson Standard new sounds incredible no tuning issue. Buddy take care like to see you perform people out there this man plays incredible jazz.
Amazing brother.. Careful, PRS's are addictive. Lol. Play a dgt when you get a chance. Beautiful playing/tones ❤️
Dude you are so right about them being addictive lol I bought one core custom 24 a while back and said "I just want one American made PRS thats it" here I am with 5 now lol. One being a wood library.
And, here we are. And, here we go off to the store!
Buddy I bought the single cut 594, jeez...amazing. All the stuff you said you needed, yep. It’s extraordinary. And compared to singlecut guitars from the bigger companies...wow.
your licks are entertaining, your tone buttery, demo video A+ quality
Thank you. What a treat demo
Thank you for watching!
Perfect frikkin’video bro! Info that I really needed. Haven’t made my decision yet between this and the Schecter Solo ll but this video gave me what I needed to ultimately help me make my decision after watching like 7 hours of videos. Peace from HARLEM, NY !!!! And thank you again!👊🏽🔥👊🏽🔥👊🏽🔥👊🏽🔥👊🏽
This was a pleasant guitar review video. Like drinking a cup of chilled Sprite. I feel refreshed and ready to take on the rest of the day. Weird I know, but that’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
With the condensation on the sides of a tall glass cup. The best haha thanks man!
@@BuddyBlues Lol no prob. Congrats on the PRS McCarty. Being financially able to buy just one is not easy.
I always come back to this video. Sense of humor and a great guitar tone is a killer combination. After 1 year, having to choose between the PRS Mccarty 594 and the 60th anniversary Gibson Les Paul 1959, which one would you choose? I know, I shouldn’t ask this kind of question…
Thanks! Prs. Without a doubt
I picked up a blue semi-hollow version of this guitar at the start of the COVID days somewhat on a whim. Best guitar I ever bought by far and it's my favorite to this day.
That's eventually what I want to get I think. The semi hollow version of it and maybe do a comparison video
This is the first video I’ve seen of this guitar showing it being played in the way I want to see.
Buddy,
SAME...I have been a Gibson guy for many moons. A buddy of mine who owns 7 PRS’ convinced me to buy one. Bought the McCarty and now all my Gibson’s cringe when I pick up the PRS. It just feels right, plays right, sounds right, and well....the rest is history.
First video I’m watching and it’s an instant sub. Very good content quality. It’s pretty hard to grow a channel from scratch, but you’re on a good path. Keep your effort and you will break the 5k and then 10k and then 50k and then 100k.
Man.. thank you so much for the kind words! I hope this channel grows it is so much fun making videos like these
LOL… youtube suggested this video, and I couldn’t remember I already watched it, and even commented on it. I was about to comment when I saw my own comment. And looking back, you finally cross the 10k subs mark, in a year. Congrats, well deserved. Now will come the 50k… I heard the hardest part is the 1k to 10k range, after that youtube recommendations help to reach more viewers. Merry Christmas…
Haha!! Thanks again man! You’re like the Christmas spirit that visits me once a year to make Sure I’m doing alright haha
@@BuddyBlues yeah… or I just check some youtube video about some gear I suddenly want to offer to myself for Christmas… who knows? :)
Great playing great video and story!!! Hard to imagine you sounding better on anything else - it really fits you. I had a LP then a Charvel then played and bought my first PRS. I can get whatever I want and I choose PRS. I have had almost every model and the Custom 24 fits me. I have four 24's and a Single Cut Trem. I sold off everything else.
Whoa whoa whoaaaaaaaa hold on a minute.... They make a Single Cut with a TREM?! Man sometimes I hate being this new to things. Now I have to get a single cut with a trem. I played a Custom 24 at Guitar Center the other day, it is a shred machine! I played one of newer 2021 models with a 5 way switch. The in between sounds is glorious
I too was one of those fools like you (sorry) who had been playing for close to 20 years and had no interest in picking up a PRS until I did, and now I MUST HAVE MOARRRRR PRSSSS
Prs is the way to go man!
Best 594 Demo I've seen . I've been wanting a vintage instrument for a long time but I think I'll just buy a 594 . Thanks !
I just got one over the weekend. As an owner of 6 other PRS, this one stands alone. Amazing instrument as all PRS are, but this one shines. Great video and description Buddy. Very nice playing.
Thank you so much! And congrats!!
That is a SWEET guitar! I’m chasing that early Les Paul tone, and this model really seems to nail a Tone that’s really close? And, certainly closer out of the box than the equivalently priced Gibson.
Also, it does more...buy cheap, buy twice, or three times(?)!
haha yes! It does the vintage LP sound perfectly
Gibson standard is cheaper. Just get that if you want the fat les paul sound. This doesn't quite do that. No other brand quite does that Gibson les paul fat vintage tone like gibson does, mainly due to the pickups. This guitar has the characteristic, just not the fatness. I would pick this guitar though, much more versitile, and much easier to play, also much less fragile. It wold be interesting to put gibson humbuckers in a prs though. Ima google that now.
Yep.. buy cheap, buy twice, and end up spending way more ...... or as a friend of mine used to say, 'I can't afford to buy cheap'.
Great demo. Very nuanced, articulate playing.
This is my dream guitar and it's quite expensive (even the s2) but what is more important I don't feel like I earned the right to play such a fine instrument. Maybe in the next 5 years!
This is the most tasteful play I've ever heard from YT/musicians.
Great Demo. I love my 594 SC. Epic tones. With the right amp you almost don't need any other guitars.
I own the S2 McCarty 594, it's great. I'll definitely buy a core/wood library one day.
great video. just noticed i clicked like and turned to 594. maybe that's a sign..
PRS guitars are stunning. The S2 range is unbeatable. Strats, Teles, Les Paul etc all sound great, but none are as nice to play as PRS. They’re smooth as butter, and sound incredible. Get one.
Bought a 594 last year after playing guitar for 40 years. Never wanted a PRS and actually never played one until I tried the 594. Bought it immediately.
It’s the most well made, balanced guitar I’ve ever played. And it stays in tune better than my tele.
I play a fusion style guitar and it’s perfect for that. Its really in its own class, although everyone compares it to a Gibson. It’s different, very different.
I also don’t get why people see these as ‘Lawyer Guitars’. Many Gibson’s and other are in the same price range and no one says a thing about those. A 4K small, custom shop guitar is cool but a 4K PRS isn’t?
Odd...
I agree 100%. I did another gig last night with it. It just..fits. love this guitar more and more. Also gibson nit that Ling ago started charging bajillion dollars for historic R9s... I think the doctor lawyer engineer thing came about before that. Thanks for watching!!
Brilliant guitar, I wanted to by that guitar then decided I’m a pure blooded strat player.
Try the Prs dgt, that’s also a brilliant instrument.
As always, great playing! I guess you are going to become a doctor or lawyer sometime soon lol. In all seriousness awesome looking and sounding guitar. I sometimes have regrets on selling my Custom 22 many moons ago. It was always a joy to play but life happens.
A 👍👍 to you even though a couple months ago, you’d encourage me to get a Les Paul instead of a PRS S2 McCarthy 594. Haha 😂 still love your content Buddy!!!!!
Stellar! I bought a PRS 594 single cut semi hollow. I have a bad back and can’t play Les Pauls anymore. This is a word library and I couldn’t be happier. It’s a cross between a Les Paul and a 335+ with the coil tabs you can do so much more. Couldn’t be happier!
I'm about to buy a Chis Henderson sig for $1100. Has the three pickups, single cut, beautiful guitar. Anybody have an opinion on those? Thanks and really awesome playing, senior!
Liked and sub'd! Glad you liked my Modern Eagle V lol ;-) Who are your influences? I hear everything from Al di Meola to John Mayer to Eric Clapton. Quite a variety in your playing! I moved my 'daily drivers' from Eric Johnson and John Mayer sig Strat, Les Paul Custom, Ephiphone w/Floyd Rose, Custom Shop Tele (68 Journeyman in tangerine), and a few different models of Ibanez for shred stuff to all PRS. And in a Custom 24, a McCarty 594, and a Modern Eagle V, I basically consolidated about a dozen guitars into three. Thanks for sharing and I look forward to your next video!
Thanks so much! Right on the money with the influences. Growing up shen I was learning guitar, the first Crossroads concert came out. Obviously on it was Eric Clapton, John Mayer(new kid on the block at the time), Eric Johnson etc.. I learned a looot from that DVD. And yes.. that modern eagle has me in serious trouble. I had never heard of them but since you told me about them I'm about 14 video reviews deep on youtube
I bought a 594 second hand about 2 years ago and it has become my #1 go to electric. Great tones from the pickups, great neck and playability. Mind you I still have a Pro 2 Strat with a solid rosewood neck that is awesome, but the 594 scale seems to suit me better.
Change is good, from another 594 convert. Great playing.
Im one of those prs fanatics. Ive got the 594 double cut (in blue) and i cant see ever turning loose of it. Of all the guitars in my collection, it is one of only a couple i plan to keep until i pass. My fender strat and a guitar i built myself are the only others i feel as strongly about. Ive got a tele that im still getting to know and it could make the final cut, but we will have to see how that pans out.
Thanks for the video. And welcome to the prs affliction. Lol
Sorry to break this to you mate but there's no "one and done" with PRS, it's a subscription service and you've got 6 to 8 weeks before you have to start looking for your next one! 😉😂😂🤣🤣
Oh dude I'm already on it. Wait for next week's video. 🤣🤣
@@BuddyBlues speaking from experience I can recommend a DGT
Lol I've been down that rabbit hole for a while and I ain't complaining lol got 5 so far
I’d like to update you on this comment that I now have 3 PRS guitars and that you were right.
@@BuddyBlues would you try a Sliver Sky? Also have a go one the PRS Special Semi Hollow dude
I like the warmer sound around 9:43 and the sound at 14:06. Very versatile guitar.
Great video.
Glad you enjoyed it, thank you!
@@BuddyBlues this video came back in my feed….have you heard they just came out with a SE version for under $1000! Hopefully I can buy it this year. I really liked your video and now I can afford one. Can’t wait.
You and me BOTH! I think I’m gonna get the gold one. Which one you gettin?
@@BuddyBlues I’m having a tough time. I like all three. I’m leaning towards the blue because I love blue and have two red guitars now. But the black and gold looks awesome and the McCarty tobacco burst on the single cut Se also looks great.
Great playing and video, thank you. Huge admiration for PRS build quality, appearance and desirability, yet tonally leave me cold, including this one. Don’t know what it is. Its great so many people dig them. I love my ‘57 strat & ‘59 335 I’ve had for years, never tire of and still discovering new sounds and expressions.
John Mayer said ......The 594 is the best new guitar I've played in years. It has a vintage heart and soul but without the technical limitations that usually come along with an old instrument.
....and that’s all folks!
Did he really say that? That's really awesome
@@BuddyBlues of course check it out , it was when Paul had send him a prototype ...and he was amazed
@Tor Erik Vårdal www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/prs-unveils-mccarty-594-electric-john-mayer-dubs-it-the-best-new-guitar-ive-played-in-years-638412
you deserve more subs!! great playing!
Thanks so much! Slowly but surely getting there
Blessed to own 2 .
594 Wood Library .
PRS nailed it with this guitar.
Versatile as well.
Love my Les Paul's as well.
594 is more refined but really both work.
Love the PRS HB II Piezso pickup.
MODERN EAGLE V as well .
Roll with them as well.
PRS can stand with the other greats.
Each guitar in my arsenal develop
A life of its own.
Love them for different reasons.
But 594 has brought over alot of players for good reason.
Love your playing, dude!!
Thank you!!
Your playing is exquisite. I need to get some of that funky percussive fingerstyle down. I'm new to the channel, have you played a silver sky? Got one last year and love it. I'm now thinking that since they nailed all a strat should be, I should check out their Les Paul take. Sounds like they nailed that too.
Thanks for the great video.
Thank you for watching!! I learned my finger percussive slap and pop etc from bass players!
I got one. And it’s the greatest guitar I’ve ever put my paws on!!
It’s amazing
I bought a McCarty. It does it all
Great guitar, but the guitarist is even better ! Congratulations from 🇫🇷
Merci! La guitarre m'aide beaucoup 🤣🤣
@@BuddyBlues
Ahaha 😂 T’as fais l’effort de m’avoir répondu en français !
Bonne continuation avec ta chaîne UA-cam qui est très malheureusement sous-estimée, 5000 abonnés est un nombre anecdotique en comparaison avec le contenu qualitatif que tu proposes !
@@BuddyBlues +1 subscriber, that’s legit
@ Merci! c'est vraiment super de faire ces vidéos. Je pense que si ca reste comme ca, nous continuerons à grandir ensemble....I hope 🤣
Buddy, PRS brings out the best in your playing. Love my PRS DGT Gold Top Core and Silver Sky Core.
This amp and guitar combination is too good 👍
I was very lucky. Two brazilian brothers were living at London and were about to come back to Brazil. One of them bought a new McCarty 594 Artist Package, didn't even play the guitar and asked the other, who was returning first to take the guitar with him. Things changed and the guy who bought the guitar decided he would stay in London. Then he asked his brother, already in Brazil, to sell the guitar.
Guess who bought a brand new PRS, more than mint condition, for an amazing price? Hint, I'm brazilian and I'm telling this story.
Fala mano, beleza?! Man you really got lucky that's an awesome story!!
Prs has always been the Ferrari of guitars for me ,look at them play them and when no ones looking around,, smell them . like a. Cuban cigar .. And then I go to used guitars section
, Buddy great tone. Man
Hahaha thanks Mike!
The 594 got me to sell my last Gibson and it was a very high end R9. PRS for the win.
Awesome guitar bud you really can’t beat PRS quality I’ve just got a core 22 and love it your playing is of the scale.
Thanks for the video Buddy! Appropriate timing, I have recently been thinking about acquiring a PRS (my 1st). I want something with a bit more bite than the one you played; which of their USA-made guitars do you think would fit that mold? Thanks again.
DGT!
The McCarty 564 Single Cut has the same loose string tension as the Les Paul, I'm going to buy that one over the double cut for that reason.
I can totally understand your Here we are.
My favorite PRS !!!
Man… I‘ve been looking at S2 MCartys but a couple videos, especially this one and the one with you playing funk on this guitar has got me thinking to just go for a core. What color is this and is it a 10 top? I have a Silver Sky and feel like this would be a good juxtaposition for that guitar. Amazing playing btw.
Almost forgot the guitar after listening to your fantastic playing 👍
Thanks for listening!
Sounds fantastic!!! You play awesome!!! I have really enjoyed playing!!! Does this thing have a neck dive like Gibson SG for instance???
Thank you!! No, no neck dive at all thank goodness
the amp sounds amazing!
I just watched your jam video, and saw you were playing a PRS. I noticed a note choked out, thats sort of my experience with PRS guitars. I have 60 + guitars, all the major brands and types, except PRS. I've Loved the look of them for many years and tried maybe 20 or more over the years. I just never found one I like the feel of. For the studio if you want only one guitar that does everything, have you looked into a Variax? I have three of those, they give you anything you might want and model everything else. Other than that you need a pile of guitars IMHO.. 8-)
I could get a variax... but that would defeat getting a pile of guitars haha. I have the action set really low on this one. The note choked because I suck, not because of the guitar
@@BuddyBlues Haha, yeah thats the best most honest excuse for getting a pile of guitars ever.. 8-) I used that one my wife the for my Variax's, so I didn't need more guitars because they did it all. And I got an aged R9 not long after, and maybe another 15 since... They are good and the models are pretty convincing. In a studio setting they would be very useful especially some of the acoustic and more exotic guitar models. Oh and you definitely Don't Suck at playing, I blame Pauls guitar.. ;-) Haha.
Is yours also not as sustaining beyond 19th fret? Perhaps similar for all les Paul styles but custom 22 and Paoletti wine Jr both sustain longer above 19th. Crunch sound I get about 3 sec sustain on 594. No buzz no issue seems to be just how it is
Hmm mine doesn't do that..
@@BuddyBlues got it, although mine is actually a singlecut one. Thanks for reply!
I have the same axe but the hollow 2 model. I’ve been on the fence about the string tension being a little floppy with 10a
The stop tail isn’t meant to be height adjustable so no easy fix.
I bumped string gauge to 11s and it feels amazing. Same with my lp
These guitars feel like they were made for 11s and those 11’s are +1 on toane
I’ve never really played one that really spoke to me. It may be the scale length, I don’t know. Plus, I’m just not a huge fan of overly pretty guitars with super flamed out tops and stuff like that. I like the tones of a 408 but I just don’t really get along with it. I do really like the Silver Sky but I mean, it’s a Strat. I do want to give some 594s a try though. I was born in and have lived in MD my whole life so I feel like I should have ONE.
I agree with every word you said. Until I tried the 594, please try one!
Just purchased my first PRS. Similar story here, bought a Wood Library DGT with a solid finish on top in Champagne Gold because I dont need the crazy tops. Super nice guitar, classy af.
Sounds good 👍 you have great guitar skills......what amp are you using?
Buen contenido Maestrooo!!!!
I said the last video I watched would be it for the night, yet here we are…
🤣🤣
This is so relatable. I had the same experience with PRS a couple of weeks back. I would never have been seen dead with one. Now I am thinking of selling my VOS 64 special and getting one....Yikes, have a become a wanker? Is that what it is? Should I get a briefcase? Some loafers?
TWEED BRIEFCASE
I only have the SE series of PRS. But I now have 7 of them. My next purchase is gonna be an S2 594.
Btw, my "other" guitar is a Gibson Les Paul Studio.
I’m about to go check out an S2 594 double cut tomorrow morning. :)
I might come home with her if she feels nice.
They are incredible. I played one the other day and the neck is identical to mine
@@BuddyBlues I ended up going with a 594 double cut hollow body II! Sounds beautiful and plays like a dream. Picking her up tomorrow as I’m having them put on some phase III locking tuners.
It is in charcoal burst…
Hey man, just came across your channel and love it! I have a es-335 because of the nut width works for my smaller hands. How are prs for that?
It would would extremely similar! It is the most comfortable guitar I've ever played. An even smaller nut width would be the DGT I'd look at those too. I have a video on the dgt
There is no objective reason why some shouldn’t have all kind of different guitars. 594 is reinvented modernized vintage inspired guitar. Name of the former Gibson boss tells you enough where the inspiration came from. 594 doses have lot of LP sounds but is different enough to be owned next to a original Les Paul. PRS being expensive is kind of moot point nowadays way I see it. You have bolt on guitars that use to cost half of a core PRS now being expensive and you have Murphy Lab models literally being twice the price of the 594 core. Quality and complexity and attention to detail as well as harder to produce and being perfectly finished being firmly on the PRS side. I got 594 Wood Library 10 Top and is awesome guitar. Quilted top to. Was standing in the shop for more then year so I got it significantly cheaper than my Les Paul Gold Top. Both awesome guitars that are different and worth having. Staying only on one brand is mostly subjective thing and as such it’s OK just as you yourself do not believe it is objective thing. Don’t want to try something else more power to you. Keep playing.
The envy is strong. Very impressive. That guitar is awesome and very good looking too. Very classy, but a slight hint of bad to the bone lurking within it. Well done.
Thank you! I really dig this thing
I like people who keep an open mind and apparently, you have one. I have a former friend (best friends for 29 years but he just stopped talking to me) (literally) - reason: I said PRS are decent guitars. Seriously - decent. I have a Les Paul from the Custom Shop and two PRS Custom 24's - one old (1990); one more recent (2012). I may have to try a 594 but like the looks of the older ones (McCarty's) better. Don't know why, but I don't like the switch on the upper horn.
Thank you! Haha the switch position was my favorite thing about this one!
Thank 💜 You LOVE
sounds like throwin wood after somebody! Just perfect! (yours look like mine xD)
Ha thanks! Love thr Grey-Black finish they make
Great stuff Buddy!
Love the 594!! PRS innovation and quality is stellar - however, I have needed to get the frets leveled on brand new PRS's...WTF! Maybe it's time for Paul to go Plek machine. It's my Only disappointment with PRS - but it's happened multiple times. Ouch
Beautiful tones
Recently got a PRS CE 24 from 2001 cause they have the same carve as the cores and I’ll just say it’s marvelous
Great playing
Thank you!
damn that guitar amp combo sounds good! whats that burst/color called? is it a 2016?
Thank you! 2018, I think they call it Grey Black