Guitar pick: Paul Reed Smith

またギターピックを買いました。今回は、Paul Reed Smithのギターピックです。PRSがギターピックを発売しているなんて知りませんでした。

左が０．７３ミリ。右が０．８０ミリです。僕が買った楽器屋にはこの２種類しかなかったように思います。厚さはこれ以外もあるかもしれません。１枚１１０円だったと思います（違うかもしれません）。

ギターの厚さですが、０．７３ミリというのは各メーカーが出しています。なぜ０．７３ミリなんでしょうか。０．７ミリではダメなの？

ちょっと弾いてみましたがさすがにこの厚さなのでペラペラ感はありました。慣れの問題かもしれませんが。

Keep on rocking!

Dave

I played in the studio with PRS CE24, Strymon Iridium, and Headrush FRFR 108

Today, I went to the studio to play with my PRS, Iridium, and FRFR 108. Since I bought FRFR 108, I wanted to play with it in the studio to see how it sounds great!

Good points: Very good sound with this small body. FRFR 109 was not so heavy as I imagined (but it weights 10 kg). The sound was so powerful that when I stood right in front of FRFR 108, I felt some vibration.
Points to be improved: Some noise was heard from the speaker. I am not sure whether the noise came from Iridium or the FRFR 108 generated the noise.

I should have brought along Line 6 HX stomp.... Iridium alone was not enough to produce the sound I wanted. I needed some delay effects anyway.

Next time I go and play in the studio, I will play with HX stomp, too.

Keep on rocking!

Dave

Details of my PRS guitar revealed!

I wanted to know details of my PRS guitar.

I used PRS Serial Number Search to know more about my PRS guitar.  If my memory does not deceive me, I bought the below PRS guitar at a guitar shop in Manhattan, NY in 1994. I paid about 2000 USD (?).

1994 CE 24

PRS Serial Number Search is here.

Unfortunately, I got no match. So I directly sent an inquiry mail to PRS Support. Then, today I finally got the result!

My guitar is: 1994 CE 24, figured maple top, bolt-on maple neck, rosewood fretboard, Vintage Sunburst finish with (most likely) HFS treble and Vintage bass pickups.

Currently, the market price in Japan is about 200, 000 JPY.

Even if you get no result, don't give up! My advice is that you take a few photos of your guitar and send them to PRS Support. Probably, they will let you know the details of your guitar. I took a few photos covering, a neck portion, a front portion, a back portion, and the back of the neck where the serial number is visible.

I love PRS guitars!

Happy picking!

Dave

弦まで換えましたが、

本日は、スタジオに行くつもりだったので朝からギターの弦を交換しました。でも予定が変わって香雪美術館に展示会を見に行ってしまったので、スタジオには行かず。明日、行こうと思います。

弦を換えたての愛機、ポール・リード・スミス。

PRS, Fender Stratcasterどちらが弾きやすい？

どちらもストラトだとします。僕が断然PRSの方が弾きやすいのです。恐らく２４フレットあるので全体的なフレットボードのデザインがフェンダーストラトとは異なるのでしょう。PRSは、ハイフレット（１５フレット以上）が非常に弾きやすいような印象があります。

Happy picking!

Dave