Paul Reed Smith Custom 22/12 Review

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Paul Reed Smith Custom 22/12 has been rated by 28 musicians.

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Overall Rating 4.33

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Features 4.36

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Quality 4.39

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Reliability / Value 4.21

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Paul Reed Smith Custom 22/12 Specs

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  • Number of Strings: 12  
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  • Body Type: Solid Body  
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  • Scale Length: 25"  
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  • Body Wood: Mahogany  
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  • Body Top Wood: Maple  
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  • Neck Shape: Wide fat  
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  • Fingerboard Radius: 11.50"  
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  • Fingerboard Material: Rosewood  
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  • Fingerboard Inlays: Abalone Moon  
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  • Number of Frets: 22  
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  • Bridge: Stoptail  
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  • Hardware: Gold  
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  • Fret Size: Classic  
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  • Number of Pickups: 3  
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  • Pickup Switch Type: 3-way Pickup Selector  
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  • Middle Pickup Type: Single Coil  
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  • 1-47/64" Nut Width Special 12-string neck carve. 14:1 Phase II low mass locking tuners with. Mini pearloid buttons. 12 string pickups with covers.

Following review text is verbal representation of numerical rating information:

Custom 22/12 is a guitar made by Paul Reed Smith and it performs really well in its price range. Well graded by most musicians, Custom 22/12 seems to be a good choice. It will not let you down, and it's up to you to investigate further and see if it will inspire you in your playing.

This guitar is fitted with all the features you could possibly wish for, for a playing style that goes with this kind of instrument. Carefully chosen features leave no guitar player's desire unfulfilled, which makes Paul Reed Smith's Custom 22/12 an extremely well featured guitar with which you'll be thoroughly pleased. Highest grades for Custom 22/12's features!

If you try playing Custom 22/12 after an average guitar, it becomes obvious that this Paul Reed Smith deserves to be proud of making it sound so beautifully. It delivers great tone when plugged in to most amps and, versatile as it is, it will allow you to find your own tone that you will be proud of as well. Paul Reed Smith's Custom 22/12 is surely a world class sounding instrument.

Ready to play out of the box, Paul Reed Smith's Custom 22/12 is easy to set it up even more precise than usual, thanks to great hardware pieces it has built in. Handling and playing this kind of guitar is a pure joy as it stays in tune 90% of the time, regardless of the level of usage. It feels reliable and it really is, as Paul Reed Smith put great deal of time and effort to produce such a good-looking guitar that is behaving well, as Custom 22/12 does.

Playing live, Custom 22/12 will perform well and will not let you down. It is fairly reliable instrument both in studio and on stage, and will be a long term companion, as it is built to last. Paul Reed Smith has made a solid instrument that you will be happy with, and can depend on right from the start. Needs no backup as it has proven to be built really well.