PRS Fiore Mark Lettieri Signature Demo

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[@frantisca]

Brillant: PRS is lucky to have you demo this guitar ! 🎶🎵👍🏻

[@kyrandell3290]

Brilliant review -as ever Richard. Glad the folks at Guitarist have brought back your in-depth review/demo. The quality of your comments / observation add so much more value to the presentation. Simply excellent. Long may these continue! Ky

[@1972bacosta]

Always a great review, playing, and tone!

[@nicorizzi4513]

Monstrous playing from Richard , as always

[@dpetersgtr]

My Fioré just arrived and I can’t wait to break it in!

[@liorauf]

Congrats!!!

[@JuanLuna-ew3zo]

How long did you have to wait?

[@dpetersgtr]

@@JuanLuna-ew3zo I was supposed to get it in May and it got pushed back to July

[@JuanLuna-ew3zo]

@@dpetersgtr When did you order it originally?

[@richardgarcia406]

Killer tones. Great demo.

[@dnylcrso-official]

Great demo review!

[@jeffmazzei8520]

Definitely going to get this,

[@adammarshall978]

I've been told these are landing in the UK in September. (Guitarguitar asked their PRS UK supplier when I inquired)

[@abfranklin8492]

Wish you would have demoed this without any distortion.

[@fivepiece]

Pity we couldn't hear the pickups played cleanly, but at least now I have a good idea of how they'll sound as long as I'm using your particular gain structure. Whatever that was.

[@belo1971]

Aren’t those single pickups on the bright side sonically vs hot Fender ones ?

[@danmar007]

Looks very nice.

[@Smittefar1]

You said that the pickup footprint is not standard. Does that mean that it is impossible to change the pickups to 3rd party pickups? That would be a bummer.

[@Fawkes1978]

I don't have to go out and buy PTFE tape (or plumber's tape as Richard puts it) for the normal threaded Strat trem arm! I already have a huge stack of the damn things!!!

[@Tomijee]

wow i want that

[@oliverchapman51177]

That guitar sounds great in your hands!. What did you use for overdrive/Amp?

[@smickos]

Looks like a Kemper

[@richardbarrettguitar1228]

It was a Kemper. Good piece of kit but so many options, I’m afraid I can’t remember what amp model it was!

[@anthonydavella8350]

@@richardbarrettguitar1228 A response means a lot. Thanks

[@PaoloC.]

very nice in depth explanation but the crunchy dark amp sound didn't make her justice. we want the SE treatment!

[@Nikoo033]

I feel the design has potential, but to be honest regardless the pickup position, the guitar sounded very bright, even muddy at times. And it’s not just in this video.

[@muse-mech-moda]

Bright and muddy?

[@Nikoo033]

@@muse-mech-moda too high pitch, squeaky.

[@jeremyjohnston592]

The parallel switching on the bridge humbucker is an excellent idea. Gives a single coil like tone with no hum. So much better than a coil tap, which is a compromise at best. I love Richard, killer player and such a gentleman. But this guitar sounds oridinary. Most pickup selections sound lack lustre. Just my view.... I would never buy a PRS HSS Strat like guitar anyway. Its not a PRS to me. So many better sounding HSS options out there.

[@DMSProduktions]

Split!

[@rickyricardo9917]

Jeremy, I’m in the market for a new hss , what are some of your favorites?

[@jeremyjohnston592]

@@rickyricardo9917 Depends on your budget really, and what kind of music you play. At the pointy end, the Yamaha Pacifica 612 is a great value option. Duncans, Wilkinson trem, Graphtech nut and string trees, its well speced. Sounds and plays fantastic. Charvel is a more hard rock option but there's various models of DK24 and San Dimas body shapes. Duncans again mostly. They're killer. Ibanez AZ Premium great option. Fat neck, but a stiff feel with the factory 10s. Great quality guitar though. You could go really dear and get a Custom Shop Fender or a Suhr, but the Fender Professional 2 HSS is one of the best guitars I've played. Great feel and tone at a reasonable price. HSS Strats cover alot of ground. They're pretty damn versatile

[@rickyricardo9917]

@@jeremyjohnston592 thanks for the suggestions, I like to pro ii, also considering a K-line and Xotic HSS .

[@anthonydavella8350]

@@jeremyjohnston592 couldnt get rid of my AZ fast enough. Huge plastic neck, ewww

[@RichardSmith-bj3bo]

A few hundred quid more gets you an HSS Eggle 96… buy British!

[@davetube2ful]

Do know how much it weighs

[@slickcross]

This thing is light. Less than 8 pounds for sure. But it's lighter than a standard fender strat for sure.

[@gch910]

@@slickcrossnot true. They can range from just under 7 lbs to almost 9 lbs. Mine is 8.4

[@CBGypsy03]

​@gch910 Ya mine weighs in at 8lbs on the money. 7 would of been nicer haha

[@Arch_Stanton.]

The palest fretboard on earth ruins it for me, although it works best with this white model. SE version with darker fretboard (maybe roasted maple or even rosewood) would be a dream.

[@eldirtyfaygo5395]

I think it looks good. Roasted anything just adds to the price of a SE model.

[@gregs8685]

I like it but wouldn’t be against a slightly tinted lacquer finish. I hate roasted maple.

[@anthonydavella8350]

@@eldirtyfaygo5395 CE or SE?

[@nunocarmona]

03:50 LOL

[@AndrewBudell]

Medium crunch! No idea what he guitar sounds like clean, but the kemper sounded nice.

[@plantagenant]

No mention of the one thing that I can tell whether I'm going to like a guitar or not within seconds of picking it up.....the neck shape.

[@dragongamer4753]

I got to play one last week, Its about the same as a silver sky, maybe slightly thinner.

[@dragongamer4753]

Here's a reverb listing with all the mesurements Paul Reed Smith Fiore - Express Shipping - (PRS-1056) Serial: 21 0321747 - PLEK'd reverb.com/item/43903693-paul-reed-smith-fiore-express-shipping-prs-1056-serial-21-0321747-plek-d?

[@plantagenant]

@@dragongamer4753 Thanks....those measurements have it as larger than US standard strat. I prefer a chunkier neck but definitely not a V shaped neck. Nice looking guitar. Will try one when I get a chance.

[@eyedunno8462]

It's narrower than most PRS necks, actually

[@AceBambam]

single coils should've been white covers

[@jackieohehir3259]

Not exactly a clean tone?....otherwise a great demo

[@richardbarrettguitar1228]

It wasn’t was it? I’ll monitor myself a bit louder next time 😆

[@leeder92]

Ooh look! Paul Reed Smith just invented the strat. Well done 👏

[@fretboardmaster70]

I think the John Mayer model kind of did that. Although once you play one… the necks feel not like a typical Fender profile or radius but has a character of its own.