The PRS SC245 (w/ 245 pickups) does many things well....

[Deaj]

...but it's a total rock machine first IMO! I mean everything rock too - from early blues influenced classic rock to thrash metal. It's by no means limited to this side of its personality but it's so much fun to play loud and overdriven! This may well be the best rock guitar I've ever owned. The fact that it works so well for many other types of music is just icing.

 

[DZfishtech]

Agreed, it also does Jazz pretty well. Hang on to that one forever, because they don't all have that ability. I played ten or eleven before I found one that had that tone thing going on and I didn't even need to plug it in to know it was a great sounding guitar. Only wish my playing merrited the quality of sound I get from mine.

 

[Deaj]

Agreed, it also does Jazz pretty well. Hang on to that one forever, because they don't all have that ability. I played ten or eleven before I found one that had that tone thing going on and I didn't even need to plug it in to know it was a great sounding guitar. Only wish my playing merrited the quality of sound I get from mine.

I got lucky with this one as I traded for it without having the opportunity to play it first. When I first took it out of the case and played it acoustically it was clear that this one is something special. It's very resonant - you can feel the guitar vibrate in your hands, against your body! It sounds loud and full unplugged and the top end just rings. The other SC245's I've played did not share these same qualities, or not to this degree.

I was prepared to not care much for the pickups but they're fantastic! More often than not in the past I have found myself underwhelmed by PRS pickups. The 245's, however, in combination with this guitar sound clear and full and they represent the guitars acoustic voice well.

Color me happy!