New PRS NF 53 Tele-ish
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New PRS NF 53 Tele-ish
I guess that would be to the Tele what the Silver Sky is to the strat?
It's an interesting guitar...
It's an interesting guitar...
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Re: New PRS NF 53 Tele-ish
There's also Sig version for Myles Kennedy that is even more Tele-ish :
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Re: New PRS NF 53 Tele-ish
They dropped a Myles Kennedy sig too. I like the NF better
but I don't really care much for either. Has the Vela bridge which I do like a lot, and I'm intrigued by the pickups. Overall too ugly imo
but I don't really care much for either. Has the Vela bridge which I do like a lot, and I'm intrigued by the pickups. Overall too ugly imo
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Re: New PRS NF 53 Tele-ish
The more I look at them the more I DNW. I’m sure someone somewhere will enjoy these. I’ll stick to other PRSi.
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Re: New PRS NF 53 Tele-ish
Based on their looks. the NF 53 over the Myles Kennedy ALL DAY.
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Re: New PRS NF 53 Tele-ish
spawnofthesith wrote:They dropped a Myles Kennedy sig too. I like the NF better
but I don't really care much for either. Has the Vela bridge which I do like a lot, and I'm intrigued by the pickups. Overall too ugly imo
I’d take a Vela with narrow field pickups. That would be pretty cool actually.
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Re: New PRS NF 53 Tele-ish
greatmutah wrote:spawnofthesith wrote:They dropped a Myles Kennedy sig too. I like the NF better
but I don't really care much for either. Has the Vela bridge which I do like a lot, and I'm intrigued by the pickups. Overall too ugly imo
I’d take a Vela with narrow field pickups. That would be pretty cool actually.
Yeah that'd be awesome.
As for the new models, based on looks, I like the NF 53 better than the Myles Kennedy although I don't see myself ever actually buying one.

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Re: New PRS NF 53 Tele-ish
I personally love it. PRS quality control and consistency, good take on the Tele shape. I also love whatever they did to bring out the wood grain. Say what you will but PRS always consistently bring the tones, quality and playability.
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Re: New PRS NF 53 Tele-ish
Mike Oxhuge wrote:I personally love it. PRS quality control and consistency, good take on the Tele shape. I also love whatever they did to bring out the wood grain. Say what you will but PRS always consistently bring the tones, quality and playability.
I have no doubt it’s a very well made guitar. I’m sure it’ll sound great and play amazing too. Just visually does nothing for me, but that’s me. I’m glad that there’s folks out there excited for it. I like that PRS is taking chances and experimenting still.
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Re: New PRS NF 53 Tele-ish
While I don’t care for the looks of either much (although not gonna lie, the white NF is growing on me quite a bit) I gotta give them credit for being a bit original, even if lots of folks hate it. I think they could’ve very easily just taken the tele shape slapped the PRS cut away on it and called it a day without risk of lawsuit.
At the end of the day it’s much less a tele copy than the SS is a strat copy
At the end of the day it’s much less a tele copy than the SS is a strat copy
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