I received my PRS NF-53 yesterday. It’s exactly what I was hoping for. A slightly fatter sounding version of a tele but with better quality. I love the nearfield pickups. They are twangy but yet have a little bit more warmth than tele pickups, completely quiet and hum-canceling.
I’ll be using this on my next album. The only thing I don’t like about it is the spliced neck. Puzzling why a $3k, USA made guitar would need a spliced neck.
And please don’t tell me it’s for stability. I have Gibsons and Ibanez guitars ranging from 65-30 years old and the necks are perfectly stable. This was done for cost-cutting reasons.
Fortunately, I bought it used so I didn’t pay $3k for it but IMO, an instrument in this price range should not have a spliced neck.
