In the company video below, the Eastwood Doral guitar is described as an “L5 with a few differences.” Now that’s a pretty bold statement for any guitar company to make, especially one who’s comparable guitar comes in at around 1/4 of the price of a low-end L5. What is even more remarkable about that statement is that it’s not far from the truth, at least in respect to the size, relative shape, woods used and pickup configurations are concerned.
PRS announced the release of the new DC3 electric guitar at Experience PRS 2010. For those of you chomping at the bit waiting to see and hear this new axe, here is an overview of what the DC3 has to offer, as well as some new photos of the guitar from the XPRS event.
At 32.5 cm. (usual) string length, the violin tunes its strings an octave higher than the guitar. Antonio de Torres eventually settled on 32.5 X 2 = 65 cm for the guitar’s string length. Modern guitars range from 64 to a 66.6 or even 67 cm string length, but the 65 cm established by Torres is a often used as the standard scale length.
Review of the PRS SE Santana which was debuted at the Experience PRS event.
Review of the PRS McCarty model that was launched at Experience PRS 2010.
Review of the PRS JA15 guitar which was launched at Experience PRS 2010
Review of the PRS SC 58 which was launched at Experience PRS 2010
Review of the PRS ME Quatro which was launched at Experience PRS 2010.
Review of the PRS NF3 guitar which was launched at Experience PRS 2010
I’m going to start this review with a generalization; I think that a guitarist never thinks his “tone” is good enough unless he feels happy about the gear he is using.
