![]() ![]() Sounds like there has been discussion of the T5 on TGP so I'll check that out too. The Custom 22 Piezo comes standard with a figured maple top, mahogany back, mahogany neck with a 22 fret rosewood fingerboard, and a redesigned LR Baggs/PRS. The P22 just happened to hit my radar, and had to ask. (May have to search the TGP discussions for work arounds.) Right now in my studio I've been unable to use the built in mic because of feedback, which really limits volume and depth of tone. Or maybe I should just work with my Simon and Patrick cutaway acoustic with built in piezo and mic. Would hope the T5 was as or more playable than an acoustic with decent sound when run through the establishment's PA (probably won't get an acoustic amp). I play both elec and acoustic but this project would be more on the acoustic side for sure, lower volume, restaurant, small bar, happy hour scene, accompanying a singer. I will likely have to buy something without playing it because of my location. That was my attraction to the T5 to begin with. I'm simply looking for a gigging guitar, and actually wanting to loop similar to the guy in the P22 video above, which is why the hybrid would be nice. ![]() The $1,500 difference in price makes me more interested in the T5. The added versatility of PRS’s patented Gen III tremolo gives musicians a new and unique tool to add to their lineup. I don't care if the sound is different from a piezo, just so long as it is generally a pleasing acoustic sound with minimal feedback potential. The Custom 24 Piezo is a 24-fret solidbody piezo-equipped guitar that effortlessly achieves classic humbucker tones and authentic acoustic sounds in one instrument. I had not focused on the fact that the T5 gets its acoustic sound by different technology. Now I dig Bob's stuff as well and won't say a bad thing about his guitars, but the P-22 just outshines the T-5 in every way possible. NAMM than just about anyone else there from PRS. I now know why it was harder to talk with J. The blending can take from a REALISTIC Jazzbox to one of the best acoustics you can imagine.I didn't even go to anywhere near an overdriven tone. I plugged the piezo side into a Roland acoustic amp and the magnetic side into a Rivera combo. The P22 with the electronics mod that they pulled off was outstanding. I will be honest telling you that while good, the PRS piezo guitars never really gave you that acoustic thump and close your eyes and swear it was a high dollar acoustic thing. He brought the P22 that he's been playing (hiding it in his gigbag hoping Paul won't ask for it back) and I got a chance to put it thru it's paces. I spent the day last month with J.Hayes, PRS's Product Specialist while he was here in Seattle. ![]()
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