I just wanted to see how the upper fret access felt.
First how it happened: I was doing some errands in the city - Caracas -, and was near a guitar store I used to visit centuries ago. Went there and - sad - it basically had the same electric guitars for sale that it had back then, maybe two or three new additions - one of them the PRS -. I´m talking 10 or 15 years back. They still have a Dean LP style guitar, the same one. It´s the same color, and has always been there whenever I was there just to take a look. There´s something about music stores that put a spell on me; I have to go in "just to see" - and literally, that´s what I do -. There are not that many stores here, so, whenever I can, I do it. Most of the times to see that they have frozen in time. Bad time for music stores. I wonder how they survive. Well, that´s why there are just a few. Most of them offer music lessons, that´s what I think has helped them to still be in bussines.
Anyway, enough of that tangent.
When I saw the PRS I inmediately asked if I could try it; have always wanted to compare upper fret access. Compared to my Agile AL3000, the PRS have way more better upper fret access. The body is thinner, and it also has a better neck joint to help it. But it was noticeable better even though I just sit on a chair a tried a lick up to the 22th fret. I´m not sure I like it to be lighter than the Agile. But of course, I´m used to the weight of the Agile. But I wish my Agile would have that better access.
Ok, that´s the story. Some nice moment at a music store after many years. That brief moment made my day
One thing, though: I don´t think I´d like a guitar with a body that thin.
It was like this one. PRS SE Singlecut
And this is the back. Similar to some Harley Benton LPs and other guitars. Now I know that a thinner body AND this neck joint do actually make upper frets access better.