Paul Reed Smith Swamp Ash Special Review

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Overall Rating 4.37

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Features 4.68

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Quality 4.47

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Reliability / Value 4.66

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  • Number of Strings: 6  
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  • Scale Length: 25"  
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  • Body Construction: Double cutaway  
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  • Body Wood: Ash  
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  • Finish: Gloss  
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  • Carved Top: Yes  
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  • Neck Shape: Wide fat  
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  • Neck Wood: Maple  
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  • Fingerboard Radius: 10.00"  
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  • Fingerboard Material: Maple  
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  • Fingerboard Inlays: Abalone Bird inlays  
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  • Number of Frets: 22  
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  • String Nut: Syntetic Bone  
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  • Tuners: ESP  
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  • Bridge: Tremolo  
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  • Hardware: Nickel  
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  • Fret Size: Large  
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  • Number of Pickups: 2  
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  • Pickup Switch Type: 3-way Pickup Selector  
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  • Middle Pickup Type: Single Coil  
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  • Controls: Volume  
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  • Controls: Push-pull  
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  • Coil Splitting: Yes  
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  • McCarty neck and bridge pickups Seymour Duncan Vintage Rails center pickup

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Swamp Ash Special is a guitar made by Paul Reed Smith and it performs really well in its price range. Well graded by most musicians, Swamp Ash Special 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.

Some truly amazing features put Paul Reed Smith's Swamp Ash Special at the top of the ranking table in its price range. With every guitar player's wish fulfilled, the overall feeling is that Paul Reed Smith did a great job at choosing the right features and tuning them well. Feature-wise you can rest assured that Swamp Ash Special is ready to rock. Are you ready to give Paul Reed Smith's baby a try?

If you try playing Swamp Ash Special 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 Swamp Ash Special is surely a world class sounding instrument.

Paul Reed Smith's Swamp Ash Special deserves all the praise it can get for its fantastic looks, superb finish and great action. You will have no trouble adjusting the action to your needs, and quality hardware that's built into Swamp Ash Special will not give you any trouble. Swamp Ash Special is both reliable and durable. Only while playing it, you can discover Swamp Ash Special's hidden beauty.

Swamp Ash Special is reliable and durable guitar that goes shoulder to shoulder with top built guitars. It will perform well in any imaginable situation, and will stand the test of time, if you take the usual care of your instrument. It is no secret that Paul Reed Smith makes good, quality instruments, and that is surely the case with Swamp Ash Special guitar.