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Check out the PRS Archon 50W Tube Amp that Justus is playing through:
https://www.guitarcenter.com/PRS/Archon-50-watt-1x12-Tube-Combo-Amp-Black-1500000352384.gc?source=4GOA4LOBA
The PRS SE Swamp Ash Special is a beautiful and sonically versatile guitar that can jump into just about any style of music and deliver the right tones. Thanks to the Swamp Ash Special’s coil-split Tone knob, two PRS 85/15 S humbuckers and a PRS-Designed AS-01 single-coil, the Swamp Ash Special serves up six different pickup combinations.
“My first impression of this guitar is ‘wow,’” says Grammy-winning guitarist and producer Justus West (John Legend, Ariana Grande, Snoop Dog). “It feels great in my arms, and it looks amazing. Swamp ash is such a beautiful wood and it really cuts through the guitar’s finish. Also, the guitar sounds are so versatile—you can easily jump from genre to genre. The coil-split option gives you clean tones for R&B, but throw down the humbuckers and kick in the overdrive channel on your amp, and this thing sings like an angel. The PRS SE Swamp Ash Special is a worthy piece of machinery for your arsenal, because it’s an everything guitar.”
In addition to its flexible and adaptable sonics, the PRS SE Swamp Ash Special includes a 22-fret maple neck, a maple fretboard, a PRS-patented tremolo, PRS-designed tuners and those familiar PRS birds fretboard inlays.
Keep up with Justus West at https://www.instagram.com/justus.west/.
Chapters
00:00 - Intro with Justus West
00:42 - Justus’ First Impressions of the PRS SE Swamp Ash Special
01:11 - Overview and Features of the PRS SE Swamp Ash Special
01:59 - Demo: Pickup Position #1 (Bridge Pickup)
02:29 - Demo: Pickup Position #1 with Tone Knob Pulled Up (Bridge Pickup and Single Coil Blend)
02:55 - Comparing the Tonal Qualities of Demos #1 and #2
03:38 - Demo: Pickup Position #2 with Tone Knob Depressed (Neck and Bridge Pickups)
04:29 - Demo: Pickup Position #2 with Tone Knob Pulled Up (Bridge Pickup, Single Coil, and One Coil from Neck Pickup)
04:50 - Comparing the Tonal Qualities of Demos #3 and #4
06:12 - Demo: Pickup Position #3 with Tone Knob Depressed (Neck Pickup)
06:54 - Demo: Pickup Position #3 with Tone Knob Pulled Up (One Coil from Neck Pickup and Single Coil)
07:20 - Comparing the Tonal Qualities of Demos #5 and #6
08:07 - Demo: Heavier, Higher-Gain Tones on the PRS SE Swamp Ash Special
08:56 - PRS SE Swamp Ash Special: A Versatile Axe That Can Do It All
10:11 - Outro