I see no harm in comparing single coils and humbuckers sound for sound. The problem I have with the demo is that you would need to do one riff for the demo and compare the five selector settings of each guitar against each other. The tone you are getting out of the PRS is not really representative of its full range.
I couldn't understand the comparison —single coils cannot be put aside with humbuckers, doesn't make any sense to do that— but dig a lot what you played, man, sounded really cool. Uh, by the way, the Strat tone just murdered that thin sounding PRS.
Alright man come on, PRS vs Strat, really? Humbuckers and sigle coils, hello? Maybe PRS vs Les Paul and Strat vs Tele. Come on man it's like you're new at this.
Different amps...different settings on the guitars themselves...different pickups....different attack...different effects...different segments of the song...different volume levels. I don't get it.
It's like saying, "here's a banana. make a milkshake out of it. okay, now here's an orange...make a sauce out of it. Okay, which fruit is better?"
Who cares about who thinks what,i dont buy a guitar to please other people,i buy a guitar because it pleases me and i want that guitar,what suits one dosent suit another,but the benefit of this and many other videos of this type,is to give people a taster of different guitars and/or setups,the way the market is going these days is that there are fewer and fewer "bad" guitars out there.....i think your video is cool and HAS given me a taster of two very nice guitars and the amp,nice one bro...
Well, theoretically if someone has trouble choosing between brands they could just go by what George said, "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there."
I love my American standard strat, but I've been thinking of a PRS. If you stick to only one brand, defending to the death it's the best, your gonna miss out.
Two totally different birds my friend. I've owned 12 times more Stratocasters than PRS's. Both are excellent guitars... The Strat is a strat, better single coil sounds than the PRS but the PRS is the better instrument in my opinion. There's no comparison between Humbuckers and the PRS tremolo is much better that Fenders. The good thing is Now PRS is building lower priced guitars in the 80's there wasn't any $500.00 PRS's! Play what you like. (Don't need Boost with a Good Tube Amp!!!)
You played the strat better. But I find that Strats are easier to play for me too. But I can't live without either sound so.. cop out. I'm getting both.
Are you high? Have you even heard of a Gibson Les Paul? They all have their own voices and so do the Fenders. But the Fenders have a certain sound, not much bass and a lot of treble. Les Paul's have a lot of bass and mids. The PRS gets all the in between sounds. Nuff said.
@richardlpalmer I have many guitars - they all sound different - but as you say this is not a competition unless you want it to be. Some of my videos are popular because people like to say that only their guitar brand is any good. I believe that they are all good thats why I have so many.
@metebelis I agree with you. It's not a competition and I know how so many with loyalties to different guitars get in petty arguments. I love the way PRS Guitars play, I had a SC250 but had to sell it (cried when I did) due to financial issues. I am now saving for a PRS SE 245. It has all the American features even the birds for a quarter of the price. To me PRS guitars have a richer more diverse tone. The tone knobs are so touchy that you can make them sound however you want.
i guess it only matters to yourself which guitar has the sound you want...i personally like the strat sound..cause its sounds bluesy and im not dissing the prs fans...its just my opinion
He obviously made this video to show the stratish side of the PRS. You know many ppl say the PRS can sound like a strat too etc etc. He didn't just picked a humbucker guitar and put it against the strat
Im with you but on the other hand the PRS will do things that the strat haven't even dreamed. But for the blues the only choice is the strat offcourse.
It is the Player that is 90% of the sound. I have an American and jap and mex strat and the Santana and SE custom 24 and they all sound really great and the PRS SE's and the Strats are both really great. The good news is that you can't go wrong!
I'm thinking of buying a PRS guitar. SE Custom model. Can anybody tell me their opinions on it please? I would like to know about the quality of the guitar (Will it break easily? etc.)
okay well if you cant afford that buy an agile they are made by rondo music they sound just like a prs and they are like 350 american and they look just as nice. they are called the agile hawker
@mcnutt6907 I'm fine with my strat for now (lonestar strat for the win =p), though hopefully I will get a prs in a few years (or just nick my brothers lol)
this is more like it, the PRS was clear and bright, with use of the tone knob your could easily produce some soulful strat sounds... the nature of the PRS is to be good at single coil and hum bucker sounds, thus being a guitar totally different than either a LP or a Strat, It makes it a great guitar for almost all types of music, and the quality is second to none
I much prefer the Strat. It just has life in it that the PRS lacks. And no...you don't need music theory to play well...just ask the guy that the Strat in this video is named for.
There is really no comparing the two as they are 180 degrees apart from one another as far as wood, construction and electronics are concerned. I have a Strat, a LP and a PRS SAS - none are similar in any way no matter what amp you play them through. The Strat has single coils, the PRS SAS has two McCarty buckers w/ Duncan vintage rails and the LP has two fat ass buckers.
The only similarities I can draw from any are the neck profiles of the LP and PRS as both are wide and fat.
@alwaysopen Actually if you were going to compare any guitar with a PRS, the only 2 that would make any sense are strats or Les Pauls. Smith himself has said that inspiration for his guitars came from taking the greatest aspects of the pioneers in guitar design, Fender and Gibson and combining them. I guess it would make more sense to pit the PRS against a les paul since McCarty was a consultant for PRS and personal mentor to Smith. BUt, whatev
the previous comparison video was terrible, but this video is really good. i hear the characteristics of both guitars now. prs ce22 has an excellent balance of warm and bright tones.
The 1st video was a learning experience for me. I had spent a lot of money on guitars but almost nothing on amps and effects. The comments reflected this and I improved (and purchased). Comments and ratings are better now but the older video is still watched more.
Good playing bro, especially for the strat. But I think that the PRS is quite good at many different styles. Oh hell...us tone freaks need 1 thousand guitars to feel complete. So many guitars - so little money.
A men... i got a les paul classic gibson, a strat dulux, and getting a PRS custom 24.... special edition in 2 weeks there like 6 grand tho... but omg orgazmic.. its much beter then this dudes prs.. but his is cool 2
OK...I just left a comment on your other video......this is more like it bro...God...world of difference....no comparison.....less is more......Strat kills the PRS IMO....
the guitars are a good comparison but you've used two different amps, marshalls have an inherently darker sound than vox'x, marshalls use el34's and voxs 6l6's, the camera is set up in a different place and in a different room from what i can see. nice to see two lovely guitar and some nice improvising but as a comparison or tone test there are way too many variables for it to be worth while.
Sorry - wrong - same amp. Look at the subtitles and if still not sure check out the PRS part of the video - in the right hand bottom corner the red light on the Marshall amp gives you a clue. Thanks.
both guitars are worlds apart. the guitar must suit the player. there are all great. i just dont like the ikea wood look on the fender necks. for a guitar of 1000+ it looks the same as a squier of 500 dollar.
And that's why we have the brands Jackson, B.C. Rich, and Dean. They are for those who care more about looking bad than playing well. I agree with you, but nobody really wants a guitar that looks ugly.
i disagree. those brands do take into account looks, probably more then they should, but they all have their merits. The early Dean MLs and V's are hailed as some of the greatest guitars of all time. Jackson and Charvel opened up a whole new category of guitars made for aggressive music and blazingly fast playing. There are very very few guitar companies that haven't secured their place in guitar history, however, their actions today probably could use a looking-over.
i was refering to a starterpack where i started on. but it doesnt take away the fact that there are no estetic changes from squier to usa build fender. its all the same
The CE22 has 5 possible pickup settings which include split coil. The EC strat has active mid boost (powered by batteries). In my opinion both are excellent but different. Thats the point of the video.
This comparison isn't fair toeither guitar. For it to be fair, you'd have to use the same amp and effects with both guitars. In my opinion, the vox sucks.
My last PRS vs Strat video was critisied for: cheap PRS vs expensive Stratocaster, using a cheap amp, using too much wah and being too long. This video: PRS and Strat are roughly the same price, I'm using a quality amp, almost no effects and its shorter. Perhaps people will like this video better.
Well played!
KutWrite 3 months ago
nice playing dude... you got
a cool sound
sedgie1211 6 months ago
nice playing dude... you goy a cool sound
sedgie1211 6 months ago
I see no harm in comparing single coils and humbuckers sound for sound. The problem I have with the demo is that you would need to do one riff for the demo and compare the five selector settings of each guitar against each other. The tone you are getting out of the PRS is not really representative of its full range.
wajang1000 6 months ago
I would just switch comments off mate - everyone is an expert or a loudmouth - just post your videos and let them pi** off.
chirpybee 7 months ago
I couldn't understand the comparison —single coils cannot be put aside with humbuckers, doesn't make any sense to do that— but dig a lot what you played, man, sounded really cool. Uh, by the way, the Strat tone just murdered that thin sounding PRS.
aruizi 9 months ago
Alright man come on, PRS vs Strat, really? Humbuckers and sigle coils, hello? Maybe PRS vs Les Paul and Strat vs Tele. Come on man it's like you're new at this.
dnvlgm1 11 months ago
Different amps...different settings on the guitars themselves...different pickups....different attack...different effects...different segments of the song...different volume levels. I don't get it.
It's like saying, "here's a banana. make a milkshake out of it. okay, now here's an orange...make a sauce out of it. Okay, which fruit is better?"
Absurd.
ergoguitar 1 year ago
STRATOCASTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
clonetrooperbj 1 year ago
Didn't like it. You should have played them in the same mode of the amp! Mode red is very different than mode orange-how can we compare the guitars?
Do it over again! :-)
pacingBlue 1 year ago
Who cares about who thinks what,i dont buy a guitar to please other people,i buy a guitar because it pleases me and i want that guitar,what suits one dosent suit another,but the benefit of this and many other videos of this type,is to give people a taster of different guitars and/or setups,the way the market is going these days is that there are fewer and fewer "bad" guitars out there.....i think your video is cool and HAS given me a taster of two very nice guitars and the amp,nice one bro...
rollingthunder45 1 year ago
Both sound Beautiful
cheesicles 1 year ago
Another useless video, trying to compare two guitars while they're not equipped with the same pickups. Worse : single coils vs humbucker.
I'll post a video of Caramel vs Chocolate Cream.
Erkyos 1 year ago
Well, theoretically if someone has trouble choosing between brands they could just go by what George said, "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there."
Asjh89 1 year ago
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Asjh89 1 year ago
I love my American standard strat, but I've been thinking of a PRS. If you stick to only one brand, defending to the death it's the best, your gonna miss out.
mindfreak2k7 1 year ago
Two totally different birds my friend. I've owned 12 times more Stratocasters than PRS's. Both are excellent guitars... The Strat is a strat, better single coil sounds than the PRS but the PRS is the better instrument in my opinion. There's no comparison between Humbuckers and the PRS tremolo is much better that Fenders. The good thing is Now PRS is building lower priced guitars in the 80's there wasn't any $500.00 PRS's! Play what you like. (Don't need Boost with a Good Tube Amp!!!)
CobraMike 1 year ago
You played the strat better. But I find that Strats are easier to play for me too. But I can't live without either sound so.. cop out. I'm getting both.
WhiteFlameXIII 1 year ago
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rodbuoy 1 year ago
Are you high? Have you even heard of a Gibson Les Paul? They all have their own voices and so do the Fenders. But the Fenders have a certain sound, not much bass and a lot of treble. Les Paul's have a lot of bass and mids. The PRS gets all the in between sounds. Nuff said.
ibanezman007 1 year ago
Nice video!. I don't think this was intended as a, "Which is better?" video. Just looks like you're comparing them.
Up until yesterday I played an HSS Strat & loved it (best of all worlds with the humbucker in the bridge position, although I wish it had a coil tap).
I then bought a brand new CE22 (old stock from a dealer). Has a 3-way switch and coil tap.
I enjoy the sound of both -- but I like how the PRS can give me a bit of the Albert King sound. :)
richardlpalmer 1 year ago
@richardlpalmer I have many guitars - they all sound different - but as you say this is not a competition unless you want it to be. Some of my videos are popular because people like to say that only their guitar brand is any good. I believe that they are all good thats why I have so many.
metebelis 1 year ago
@metebelis it is a competition actually because you said "vs"
rocknwill003 1 year ago
@rocknwill003 |versus means
1. (esp in a competition or lawsuit) against; in opposition to Abbreviation v (esp US) vs
2. as opposed to; in contrast with
[from Latin: turned (in the direction of), opposite, from vertere to turn]
and I meant "the in contrast with" definition as far as my videos are concerned.
Thanks
metebelis 1 year ago
@metebelis Try looking up internet douche
joesl8 1 year ago
@metebelis I agree with you. It's not a competition and I know how so many with loyalties to different guitars get in petty arguments. I love the way PRS Guitars play, I had a SC250 but had to sell it (cried when I did) due to financial issues. I am now saving for a PRS SE 245. It has all the American features even the birds for a quarter of the price. To me PRS guitars have a richer more diverse tone. The tone knobs are so touchy that you can make them sound however you want.
ncemt 1 year ago
i guess it only matters to yourself which guitar has the sound you want...i personally like the strat sound..cause its sounds bluesy and im not dissing the prs fans...its just my opinion
Ballermhcdj 2 years ago
Strat
alvaritooooooooo 2 years ago
Single coils vs Humbuckers.
Apples vs Oranges.
soupeh 2 years ago 18
He obviously made this video to show the stratish side of the PRS. You know many ppl say the PRS can sound like a strat too etc etc. He didn't just picked a humbucker guitar and put it against the strat
topografer 2 years ago
pepper versus sugar
MrH4loFighter 2 years ago 2
@soupeh best thing you can possibly do is have both in one guitar
jw89 1 year ago
@soupeh oranges
MRCALIfornyay 1 year ago
@soupeh prefer tangerines myself...
Alpha1494 1 year ago
I added a Humbucker to my favorite strat .
PRS's are just too lately..My first was PRS was in 1986 I
tmaker100 2 years ago
There is nothing like a strat but a strat,,I love PRS's but they really never got the strat sound right...wrong wood, pickupstetc..
..sorry ... ya got to buy both,,,
tmaker100 2 years ago
Im with you but on the other hand the PRS will do things that the strat haven't even dreamed. But for the blues the only choice is the strat offcourse.
topografer 2 years ago
What is a better car a 68 Camaro or a 66 Mustang
It is the Player that is 90% of the sound. I have an American and jap and mex strat and the Santana and SE custom 24 and they all sound really great and the PRS SE's and the Strats are both really great. The good news is that you can't go wrong!
Energierich 2 years ago
I'm thinking of buying a PRS guitar. SE Custom model. Can anybody tell me their opinions on it please? I would like to know about the quality of the guitar (Will it break easily? etc.)
georgeprodjex 2 years ago
dont buy an se spend the money and get the full on prs its worth every penny
mcnutt6907 2 years ago 2
havent got the cash to be honest. ill be stretching my budget with an SE to be honest. my budget is £350
georgeprodjex 2 years ago
@georgeprodjex try a michael kelly guitar, is at that price range and theyre so so so good, tell me your opinion if you look for them
HugoStrife 2 years ago
@mcnutt6907 Were not all minted like you sadly lol, other wise I would (don't even have the money for an SE >_>).
danm101 2 years ago
okay well if you cant afford that buy an agile they are made by rondo music they sound just like a prs and they are like 350 american and they look just as nice. they are called the agile hawker
mcnutt6907 2 years ago
@mcnutt6907 I'm fine with my strat for now (lonestar strat for the win =p), though hopefully I will get a prs in a few years (or just nick my brothers lol)
danm101 2 years ago
you should put some lace sensor pickups in that strat they sound amazing
mcnutt6907 2 years ago
Nah, I love the texas specials, is one of the main reasons I got the lonestar.
If I spend any money it will probably be on a new amp (like a fender blues junior or blues deluxe).
danm101 2 years ago
I got mine one year ago and had ('till now) no problems with it...
For the price range of 700$ it's the best guitar you can get, still, you'll have to play it and see how it feels or how it's sounds for your ears
ROCKARING 2 years ago
the strat has a sweeter tone here
brambau 2 years ago
this is more like it, the PRS was clear and bright, with use of the tone knob your could easily produce some soulful strat sounds... the nature of the PRS is to be good at single coil and hum bucker sounds, thus being a guitar totally different than either a LP or a Strat, It makes it a great guitar for almost all types of music, and the quality is second to none
prshd78 2 years ago
nice bb king vibrato
alstartheman 2 years ago
I much prefer the Strat. It just has life in it that the PRS lacks. And no...you don't need music theory to play well...just ask the guy that the Strat in this video is named for.
poeman333 2 years ago
MMM ? is this a negative or positive comment?
metebelis 2 years ago
@metebelis - Seems more like self-aggrandizing.
KutWrite 3 months ago
There is really no comparing the two as they are 180 degrees apart from one another as far as wood, construction and electronics are concerned. I have a Strat, a LP and a PRS SAS - none are similar in any way no matter what amp you play them through. The Strat has single coils, the PRS SAS has two McCarty buckers w/ Duncan vintage rails and the LP has two fat ass buckers.
The only similarities I can draw from any are the neck profiles of the LP and PRS as both are wide and fat.
alwaysopen 2 years ago
@alwaysopen Actually if you were going to compare any guitar with a PRS, the only 2 that would make any sense are strats or Les Pauls. Smith himself has said that inspiration for his guitars came from taking the greatest aspects of the pioneers in guitar design, Fender and Gibson and combining them. I guess it would make more sense to pit the PRS against a les paul since McCarty was a consultant for PRS and personal mentor to Smith. BUt, whatev
Patcha1993 2 years ago
the previous comparison video was terrible, but this video is really good. i hear the characteristics of both guitars now. prs ce22 has an excellent balance of warm and bright tones.
bulenterdem1977 2 years ago
The 1st video was a learning experience for me. I had spent a lot of money on guitars but almost nothing on amps and effects. The comments reflected this and I improved (and purchased). Comments and ratings are better now but the older video is still watched more.
metebelis 2 years ago
i prefer the strat O.o
zivmeiri 2 years ago
Good playing bro, especially for the strat. But I think that the PRS is quite good at many different styles. Oh hell...us tone freaks need 1 thousand guitars to feel complete. So many guitars - so little money.
lmm166 2 years ago 11
Buy the LTD models and tune em up:D
topografer 2 years ago
A men... i got a les paul classic gibson, a strat dulux, and getting a PRS custom 24.... special edition in 2 weeks there like 6 grand tho... but omg orgazmic.. its much beter then this dudes prs.. but his is cool 2
bengrockson 2 years ago
this guy's playing dosn't do prs justice he needs to show of the true versitility of bouth guitars.
psihall888 2 years ago
OK...I just left a comment on your other video......this is more like it bro...God...world of difference....no comparison.....less is more......Strat kills the PRS IMO....
OpenEyeComa 2 years ago
the guitars are a good comparison but you've used two different amps, marshalls have an inherently darker sound than vox'x, marshalls use el34's and voxs 6l6's, the camera is set up in a different place and in a different room from what i can see. nice to see two lovely guitar and some nice improvising but as a comparison or tone test there are way too many variables for it to be worth while.
pushingbricks 2 years ago
Sorry - wrong - same amp. Look at the subtitles and if still not sure check out the PRS part of the video - in the right hand bottom corner the red light on the Marshall amp gives you a clue. Thanks.
metebelis 2 years ago
The PRS sounds SOOO much brighter in my opinion...
Theonewhoatethechips 2 years ago 2
Nice comparo, thanks for posting!
Mjollnir50 2 years ago
both guitars are worlds apart. the guitar must suit the player. there are all great. i just dont like the ikea wood look on the fender necks. for a guitar of 1000+ it looks the same as a squier of 500 dollar.
prs shows its potential in its beauty
my opninion feel free to think otherwise
morty1988 2 years ago
i agree, however, guitars are not about looks, their about SOUND. too many people forget that.
Markn951 2 years ago 3
And that's why we have the brands Jackson, B.C. Rich, and Dean. They are for those who care more about looking bad than playing well. I agree with you, but nobody really wants a guitar that looks ugly.
grandmasterwayne 2 years ago
i disagree. those brands do take into account looks, probably more then they should, but they all have their merits. The early Dean MLs and V's are hailed as some of the greatest guitars of all time. Jackson and Charvel opened up a whole new category of guitars made for aggressive music and blazingly fast playing. There are very very few guitar companies that haven't secured their place in guitar history, however, their actions today probably could use a looking-over.
Markn951 2 years ago
There's no such thing as a 500$ squire is there? Maybe but I dont think ive ever seen one lol...
ajatkinson2004 2 years ago
well i live in the netherlands and you can get here for 329 euro a squire strat
morty1988 2 years ago
actually squiers only go up to $300. if it's $500 it's one of the fenders made in mexico (i think) but the american ones are 1000+
Boredguy82 2 years ago
i was refering to a starterpack where i started on. but it doesnt take away the fact that there are no estetic changes from squier to usa build fender. its all the same
morty1988 2 years ago
Dude wonderful style for those two, I usually prefer a prs, but for blues nothing beats a fender, two thumbs up
rapom61393 2 years ago
paul reed smith forever. it is made to be a mix between a tele and strat. prs will always be my favorite
dylpickle05 2 years ago
no it's more like a gibson and a strat not a tele and strat.
Boredguy82 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
Don't worry about the criticism from your first video man.. you played just as bad in this video..hahaha... no but seriously.. you suck at guitar.
jhardin2285 2 years ago
i think prs is the best.
FOLLABAMBAS 2 years ago
if you could ''split'' the humbucker of the PRS it could be interresant...
we are comparing two different gutars with two different type of pickups...
leonard1893 2 years ago 2
The CE22 has 5 possible pickup settings which include split coil. The EC strat has active mid boost (powered by batteries). In my opinion both are excellent but different. Thats the point of the video.
metebelis 2 years ago
In this video I prefer the Strat but most of the time I prefer PRS guitars.
MuffinWithAnAxe 2 years ago 3
This comparison isn't fair toeither guitar. For it to be fair, you'd have to use the same amp and effects with both guitars. In my opinion, the vox sucks.
theshyguitarist 2 years ago
I did use the same amp and effects. The vox was just in the background.
metebelis 2 years ago
My bad...thanks for clarifiying. Did you also se the exact same settings on the amp with both demos?
theshyguitarist 2 years ago
Almost the same - but guitars have different output levels - so same settings is not an accurate comparison.
metebelis 2 years ago
strat
morg405 2 years ago
Nicely done. A great demonstration of the difference in tone. I love both, but I think the strat suits this piece better. That's just my .02
moabdog32 2 years ago
i liked the strat better for the blues, althought i think the prs will be better for fusion
eurabio 2 years ago
No surprises hear. Humbuckers produce more gain. Other than that, tone wise they are pretty close.
It basically comes down to the individual. What feels good in your hands.
Soujurn 2 years ago
I love both those guitars
that's one beautiful looking PRS
and the Eric Clapton strat.. dude, you're one lucky guy
I thought the strat sounded best though
joeleke64 2 years ago
My last PRS vs Strat video was critisied for: cheap PRS vs expensive Stratocaster, using a cheap amp, using too much wah and being too long. This video: PRS and Strat are roughly the same price, I'm using a quality amp, almost no effects and its shorter. Perhaps people will like this video better.
metebelis 2 years ago