Ok, I changed my mind about PRS Guitars
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It’s a matter of finding the right neck size/shape and pickups for you.
The thing that I like about PRS vs a lot of the guitar manufacturers IMO is their quality control and consistency. I used to work at a guitar shop and there were rarely any PRS guitars, whether their top line Private Stock down to SE models,j that weren't set up correctly. They all played well and all very similarly. You hear a lot of those stories with Gibsons and Fenders where you have to play all of them to find "the one" (and when you do they're fantastic, I've had quite a few).. but with PRS they're all very good.
I think most people just associate PRS with the custom 24 because that is their most famous model. But I never fell in love with that model. The first PRS that made me fall in love, was the Special 22 semi-hollow. Then I came across the Modern Eagle V and that’s when I was sold that PRS does make incredible sounding guitars. Those two guitars are the best PRS models I’ve ever tried.
I tried a Custom 24 about 10 years ago and did not like it. I assumed since that was their most popular model, PRS guitars were not for me. A few years later I tried a McCarty and fell in love. Fast forward to today and 3 of my 6 guitars are PRS (Silver Sky, McCarty 594, McCarty SC 594).
PRS CE 24 for me ! Pattern thin neck profile.
The McCarty 594 I had was the best playing guitar I’ve had. The neck was a beauty.
My fave PRS to pickup and play was a Vela.
I have an PRS S2 singlecut 2019 and PRS SE McCarty 594 and love them both. They feel and sound great. I think the only reason people say silly stuff like PRS has no "mojo" is the guitar heroes of the past generations played Fender and Gibson. If PRS had been around in the 1950, 1960 and 1970 decades, then Richards, Clapton, Moore, Page and others would have played them and we would never hear that silly crap about "mojo" again. PRS makes guitars that sound and play great.
also, most guitarists start out on a cheap fender or epiphone and miss the characteristics.
Ok - at 8:54 when he looks down right after saying “I think I’m a wide fat guy” just cracked me up! Subtle humor (humour for my British friends) that did not go unnoticed! 😂
I have owned several PRS’ and my favorite is probably my 2007 Custom 24. Love the coil tapped sounds with the higher gain pups (HFS, VB). The feel of the neck is good too. And it’s very easy on the eyes.
Dam I remember when you had 1.5k subscribers! Well done the channel is amazing!!
PRS's always catches my eye as soon as I enter a guitar shop (or online, for that matter), but for some reason I've never bought one, even after trying them out in person. Still, there's just something about them that really, really makes me want one despite that... weird. Amazing video and playing, might push my finger closer to the buy-button next time.
I love the SE DGT and SE7 Holcomb, but the S2 Standard 22 and S2 CE 24 were two guitars I immediately fell in love with. The feel, sound, look, build quality are spot on in my opinion.
One more time: I love your wonderful sound at playing, phrasing, feeling... I watch your videos for your playing, even though what you say is interesting... but it is your sound what keeps me addicted
Ooooofff the clarity on that bridge pickup is next level. You gotta buy one!
Totally agree about the PRS line. I was never really a fan of them but after playing a friends se DGT gold top I was hooked and went and bought one. It’s now my favorite weapon of choice. I really like the neck shape and would have even liked a little thicker neck on it yet. Wide fat or less Paul jr neck shapes do it for me.
Cheers
I am a Fender guy but just love my Silver Sky SE, it has become my main "grab and go" guitar and not stupid expensive.
Nice playing and lines as always dude
When I was playing live shows I always took my PRS…it never let me down and always worked perfectly 😊
PRS is such strong competition that its critics can only make fashion arguments against the brand now -- that it's a generally lifeless, boring, uninspiring guitar.
It's been an absolute gamechanger brand that has even brought other "boutique" US brands, e.g., Suhr, Kiesel, Collings, onto the radar for more affluential guitar consumers not in the vintage instrument game.
And so PRS is probably the most effective evidence that the average musician experiences music in a synesthetic way -- i.e., listens with both eyes & ears -- and Blues Traveller for one made this argument in a music video nevermind, say, the US pop & country music industry in general which relies heavily on "anonymous" but immensely talented pro studio musicians using whatever they have at hand to create music at the highest levels, e.g., James Jamerson who purportedly rarely changed strings, only ever used one or several poorly set up & mass produced electric basses, and usually just went straght into the recording desk or whatever he was told to plug into.
So yeah, art seems to be something that appeals from the outset to prejudices & preconceptions including which artists & what tools have the right to make it thanks for one to this cooperative sensing of our own experiences. Hence guitarists mostly aspiring not proficient nevermind pro will likely not realize no matter how many times you play the same licks & produce the same sounds with a myriad of different guitar shapes, brands, colors, etc to drive home what matters most when it comes to making music that you are having fun trolling us.
But don't get me wrong. I think you should because to become conscious of our own synesthetic experiences ultimately makes those experiences feel so much richer and the art so much more precious -- much as both hearing & seeing your daughter eating fulfills you spiritially.
I've just got to say that I once again love your colour work.
Gotta say that the aesthetics of the McCarthy 594 Soapbar has always been something else for me personally (And I mean the older wrap-around bridge ones with dot inlays. There is a nice review of one on the Studio Rats channel...)
The only one that appeals to me. Oops, and the DGT SE
I wasn’t interested in a PRS until I bought the 2020 Core Paul’s Guitar. Love it! What a beauty. Simplicity, yet very versatile. TCI pickups sound like a slightly beefier P90, which was the sound I was looking for.
That is a stunning guitar. After having had some time with this, I wonder if anything is going to stand out with your DGT.
I loved everything about the SE-DGT except that lower horn bevel - for upper fret access. I'm not big 'above-the-15th' player - but when I did get up there it just felt conspicuously awkward - obtrusive.
I ended up returning it ...reluctantly. Other than the upper fret access, the SE DGT is probably the best guitar for that price range.
You're right about the coil tap - it's great. Getting my second SE DGT very soon - this one in gold - set up by Peach. I love em!
I recently went to try the SE DGT and the SE McCarty 594 at a store and was surprised that I loved the DGT way more than the McCarty. It just felt right and very comfortable. I also have an SE Custom 22 at home that I enjoy playing a lot.
Also, to me, birds are the way to go on PRS :P, but I like birds so there's that.
Dude…what was the DGT neck like…fat or thin or in between??
@eddiejr540 it's very close to the core dgt. I have owned both and they are great.
@@eddiejr540definitely fat. It fills your hand more than the Custom for sure. And I find it a bit rounder on the shoulders than the McCarty.
I've a 2012 PRS Studio which is built like a Custom 22 , with narrowfield pickups in the neck and middle positions and and a 57/08 Humbucker (splitable) in the bridge. It's a beautiful guitar - with a pattern thin neck, reminds me a bit of the 1960's LP carve but maybe even more comfortable. It's got a great range of sounds and although not a guitar for every occasion, it is a swiss army knife - suitable enough for most. I think you are spot on - it's finding the guitar that is right for you. I've watched videos of people complaining about PRS not having "Mojo" and then run through 50 Les Pauls before finding the one that speaks to them. I think this is the case with most guitars. In PRS' case, quality is less of a worry and finding the model(s) that are right for you is the challenge. Guitar is a very tactil experience for me and I don't really have one "thing". I've a number of guitars - Gibson, Ibanez, Gresch, Fender, D'Angelico, Squire, James Tyler, Taylor and others (a partscaster is a favorite) - each has their own flavor and job. I like them all, but I do have favorites and they are not like each other. I'm convinced the Mojo is your relationship with the tactile feel and the sound you want. And that's different for each of us.
I have a few PRS guitars and love them all. My favorite neck of theirs is the Pattern Vintage. That said the guitars themselves play amazing and sound great. Sometimes I feel like they could use a pickup swap but that could just be me as I consistently change things and suffer from G.A.S. (Sounds weird saying that). Anyway I have a Gibson Les Paul and two Fender Strats but find myself playing my PRS daily and at every gig. That is not the case for the Gibson or Fender. Take that as you will. Love the channel and your playing.
I have a prs standard satin 22 in worn brown with al gold hardware from 2007 its exactly like a custom 22 but without a maple cap and binding a no nonsense amazing guitar, I've owned a few les Pauls and a few custom shop Strats and this is by far the best guitar I've ever owned
My #1 guitar is a CE 24 bolt-on that I bought new in 1987. Before and since then I've owned almost every guitar made, and I always go back to my PRS CE 24. It's just perfect for my playing style and tone I'm looking for.
Zach Myers SE (World Music Korea). Wide Fat neck works best for me. Modded it to the 9s and bought a second one from the Cort factory to basically transform the base blue model (courtesy of my mad talented luthier) to my ideal custom shop version. Cremas with reverse engineered coil taps in the korea model, Grinders in the Cort model. Ratio tuners and gold hardware on both. Will keep both till the day I die.
That is a very under appreciated PRS model IMO. I got unlucky and ended up with one with a bad neck set so I got rid of it. Other than that it was fantastic. Maybe I’ll try again sometime.
@@IvorThomas Agreed. Loved it so much I ended up getting the second one to have it repainted, the headstock redone with a repro logo (same with my Korea model) while having my luthier sign the back of the headstock the exact way PRS’s custom shop people do for the memories and appreciate his effort.
@@samz9121 any other mods?
@@IvorThomas My 2016 Vintage Sunburst Korea model has push pulls. I decided to keep the Cort model simpler for the time being.
I got a 594 SE and its sensational. I got it on a very very good deal. Feels and sounds like a modern lighter improved take on a Les Paul. I don't adore the way it looks (ideally all guitars would look as good as a jazzmaster) but the more I play it, the more I appreciate that it is its own thing. Chasing the "classics" of a bygone era instead of enjoying the gems we have today is directly antithetical to what any of the "rock icons" were doing in their time. I think I might buy a few more. The soapbar SE looks very intriguing. The DGT seems like an instant modern-day classic.
My first PRS was “what was then called” a Standard, bought new in 1985, so I’ve been an aficionado since their first production year. I currently own several, including a few very high end models: 594, Silver Sky, and a Wood Library Custom 24.
They have knocked it out of the park with their SE guitars. My Zach Myers SE cost me $700 USD used, and I gig with it all the time. Besides being a great guitar, it was a huge bang for the buck.
It totally surprised me when i favored PRS SE Hollowbody II in sound, playability and mojo, to all my other PRS guitars including my core and S2 guitars
Hey John. Thank you for this Video. I’ve owned a few PRS higher end Guitars and for some reason I just couldn’t Bond with them. Same thing with the Gibson Les Paul Custom Shop Guitars. I ended up selling all my PRS Guitars and Gibson guitars as well. Yesterday I was at my Local Guitar Shop and I had tried several Gibson Standards but they were just so heavy that I couldn’t get comfortable with them and couldn’t get a sound or a presence I enjoyed. Funny thing is I picked us a used PRS SE Custom and it just felt so good in my Hands and the Sound IMHO sounded so much more Alive and Powerful. This Surprised me as I’ve always Gravitated towards the Higher end Guitars with the mindset that the more you pay the better the Guitar. The PRS SE Custom that I played has Definitely made me rethink somewhat at how I look at my Guitar Buying. I know the SE line will never be a good Collector Guitar but some of them definitely has a nice sound and Playability.
I bought a PRS custom '10' top back in the late 80s, and have owned a number of PRS SEs since then. I've got a great MIM Strat, a couple of Revstars, and 3 Epiphone 'Inspired by Gibson' semi's, all of which are lovely guitars, and great guitars for the price, but I keep coming back to my 2 SEs, as I just find everything easier to play on them
I have 2 PRS CE22’s a 1997 and a 2002 and I love them. I’ve never been a massive fan of 24 fret guitars so I managed to get the 1997 model for a really good price and fell in love.
Love my 2 Tremonti's. Super versatile and easy to play. They've gotten me through Tharsh and Djent gigs but also have the chops to keep up with big bands and jazz quartet gigs.
I have had several SE models. The SE DGT and HB standard piezo changed my view on all the previous SE’s I owned. I then used them (and a bunch of other gear) to get 10+ year old beat up core models of the dgt and HB 1. Couldn’t be happier with that choice. LP will be sold. If the Strat and Tele weren’t Partscasters, I would probably sell them too.
A couple years ago I got a 2001 McCarty in McCartyburst finish with the dot inlays. It is a wonderful guitar and a keeper.
My favorite PRS? My S2 Vela in Vintage Mahogany - direct into the amp, it sounds like a great recorded telecaster, but thanks to the pickups, coil split, etc. there's a lot more than that tone under the hood. Nearly always the guitar I grab to "do the thing" when I'm recording.
My Tremonti SE Custom is not my best guitar but when someone asks what one I couldn’t part with - it’s that one. I don’t know why, I just know I love it.
Beautiful guitar. I've got a Custom 24 SE that I've never fallen in love with - although it's stunning to look at and plays quite nice. Lately I've been brewing the idea that I need a Silver Sky - even though I've got 5 Strats. Thanks for the video John.
Still have my 2002 Custom 24 with HFS and VB pickups and will never get rid. The bridge pick up is certainly hot but suits high gain v well. Bridge pick up does Gary moore sound v well and it holds tune like no other guitar I have, and I have many expensive guitars. Also I would say the PRS trems are the best around bar none. Beautifully made and when i look back to paying just over £2000 in 2002 , I think this is far better than most other brand custom shop standards.
I have a 2000 Archtop II, a 2023 595 Hollowbody II and a CE 24. I've had 2 SE's. Pauls Guitar and a Hollowbody II. I love them all. Patern Vintage or Wide Fat are my favorite, but I love the CE wide thin, too. The 594 Is really an incredible guitar. 58/15LT pickups are so clear and amazing especially in single coil.
My local Guitar Center has a PRS Santana. I didn’t play it, but it impressed me a lot. New ~$3500
I hang on to a CE24 as my most "modern" instrument and great when I need upper register access/notes. My favorites in the past were the original 24 fret Mira from the Core line, and the Singlecut Trem from way back.
I was always put off by PRS guitars up till the last 5 years or so. Then, I noticed more of my other brands that I own were being replaced with PRS, starting with the humble 245SE. Now, i have the Silver Sky SE and the Mc Carty 594SE. I feel like I can cover so much ground with those three guitars. I used to own the custom 24 but it's neck felt too thin. But for the Tele sound, its still Fender for me.
I think you're spot on when you say you just haven't found the right one. I've played lots of them over the years (mostly SE range) and found that I never cared for the 85/15 pickups, which they put in most of their guitars. The looks and feel always kept me trying other models, though, and I loved the Starla, the Hollowbody Standard, and an older core Swamp Ash Special.
I have A PRS Custom 22 SE. It's semi hollowbody. I do like the neck, think it's the 'wide fat', color, weight of it & the general feel of it. What I have a problem with is the tone of the pickups. They are really strong to me & have seem to have a lot of mids. I've thought many times I'd just get rid of it but keep holding on to it. After some research, I found that some have just lowered the pickup - neck pickup is the main culprit - I did that, lowered it quite a bit actually, & it really helped so far. I think I like it too much to just sell it so I'm still working with it. Even the main preset I use on my Helix, I have to l adjust it specifically to use with that guitar so I created a PRS version of it.
Great playing, Sir… I haven’t ever owned any US made PRS guitars, but I have an SE Silver Sky that amazes me every time i pick it up… Also the McCarty 594 SE i s a GREAT instrument - plays like butter and the sound jumps out when you touch the strings…
It took me 2 years to absolutely fall in love with my single cut Se Corina. Can't figure out why it took so long.
I have a 2008 Custom 24. I changed the pickups some years ago. It stays in tune for days and I love the feel of the neck. For studio work, the 5 way rotary makes it very flexible. I also have a JM Silver Sky, which I was not planning on getting, but it was the best Strat guitar I tried (and I tried a lot) when I was looking for a Strat. That has my favourite neck.
Yeah, the pickups in my regular SE we're awful, bright, scooped, and ice picky, sounded terrible, really shrill.
I have a pre-Cort , World Musical Instruments made PRS SE 277 Hollowbody baritone and it is excellent. I used to have a WMI PRS SE Custom 24 that I sold (too many guitars) and it was also excellent. I haven't owned a US PRS or a Cort SE but if I was buying a new guitar I would buy a Cort PRS SE, probably even blind without playing it because I have 2 Cort basses and they are rad, I have multiple guitars that were probably build by Cort and everyone I pick up in store is great.
My favorite is my Vela Semi-Hollow. It is light, feels right in my hands and responds well when I snap the strings when I'm not using a pick.
Vela hollowbody is a sleeper. I stumbled into one and now I want another! Everything about it is perfect.
As a company, PRS appears to care more about its workers than Fender/Gibson. Also the fact that it highlights on the SE series the actual company producing its guitars under license. In so doing, PRS is the type of company I want to see more of, so I purchase it's products in the hope PRS continues caring about more than just the bottom line (at least that's my impression). How nice if the other big companies followed the PRS example, but they are so big-- and have been for so long-- that it's not likely. Favorite PRS models? The DGT, and CE24. I'd LOVE to own a "Paul's Guitar" for the unique mini-humbuckers, or the new non-signature Tele (NF54?) again for its unique pickups but those would simply be the icing on the cake ;)
I have two Gibson Les Pauls but I continue to be astounded how great the McCarty 594 SE is. I got mine at launch but to see them with the big discounts at the end of 2023 makes me think it’s possibly the best all round guitar on the market at any price point. Coil taps, articulate pickups, great neck and stunning looks/finish. My Les Pauls are 60s necks but the fatter 594 SE neck just feels amazing (ie better than any Gibson 50s neck I’ve tried)
I have a 21 year old C24, and I bought a Paul’s Guitar last year. It’s my desert island instrument. The neck pickup in split mode (TCI pups) has a sound I wish my fender strats did. It would be awesome if you could review one of those on the channel!
I'm a huge fan of their S2 line! The pattern regular neck is perfect for me. I also had a DGT SE and it hits way above its price point
Ha Manson's guitar shop, we're fairly local, I got my Strat there. 2011 USA Deluxe (although has completely different electronics now) :)
I have 3 PRS se. A 2007 single cut, 2021 Hollowbody 2 piezo and a 2023 Silver Sky maple. I have higher priced Fenders and Gibsons but the Se silver sky is my main grab and go and I love the other 2 as well
…the ultimate “ymmv” / personal taste example … I never bonded with any of the many PRS guitars I played (living near PRS, easy to find), well made as they were.
Then I tried a DGT out of curiosity, nearly new being sold by a local person on a music board w me. Tried it, loved it. A DGT SE (and SE HB Piezo) also impressed me recently, those are the 2-3 I can vibe with at SE and 13-years-ago used prices. At new retail prices for USA etc, less so. ☯️
My son is a signed-up PRS guy (and a killer player, if I do say so myself). He's got a lovely Custom 22, and (IMO) the 22-fret PRS's work better than their more iconic 24-fret models. Personally, I would *love* a "Paul's Guitar". (The reason for which I have a small backstory I won't bore others with here.) Very sweet.
I've owned a couple of the SE models and they were really good. I currently own 3 PRS guitars, a Custom 24, a 513 and a S2 McCarty 594 Thinline. I prefer their pattern thin neck, which I have on the CU24 & 594, but I do okay with the wide fat neck on the 513.
I have 2 SE's - A Standard 24 and a McCarty 594 double cut, both almost flawlessly made and set up from new. The cheaper Standard 24 may be even better made than the McCarty 594 so at half the price is a really, really great guitar. Both different sounding but equally good. I love the wide thin neck of the standard 24, it is so easy to play, the only slight downside of this thinness is that it seems to move more with temperature changes than the thicker neck of the McCarty 594 and needs more frequent 'tweaking' of the neck relief.
I became a PRS owner for the first time last year, and love them.
First tried a student's CE24 that blew me away from my other guitars that I had worked years on to play and sound great. Sold those guitars and now I own both Core Custom 24 35th and a McCarty 594 that I love. Only guitars that I have ever owned that never needed any sort of mod/upgrade. Pattern Regular and Vintage neck shapes for me, I am not a fan of thinner profiles anymore. To add the rolled edges on the Core maple neck Silver Sky is fantastic as well, cheers!
Owned several, but keep coming back to my 2001 McCarty Soapbar, great neck (wide fat), dot inlays, replaced pickups with Throbaks, replaced pots, Bumblebee cap, refinished in satin nitro. For trem use I have a DGT ('stunt guitar'), but play it a lot less. Sometimes I doubt if the 25" scale, with the brass bridge appointments to be the cause of some refined/modern-ness twist on the sound vs Gibson.
PRS S2 Custom 22 was my very first electric guitar, which was a little a little unfair to the guitar because I didn’t know how to play and I sure didn’t know anything about guitar tone as a newbie…ended up selling it because I thought I could find something that sounded better when undoubtedly the problem was me, lol. Mostly play Fender and Gretsch now but I have always loved the looks of the PRS guitars and would love to pick up another one of some kind or another at some point. I personally have always loved the PRS birds and the colors. Haven’t found an LP yet that made me feel like I just had to have it.
The S2 Vela was my entry level PRS drug... now I own that Vela, an S2 Standard 22, two Core Silver Skies (one maple, one rosewood board) and an NF53. If you asked me five years ago I would have said "PRS has no mojo..." and now, well, I have eaten those words....
My main guitar is a 2008 Core Mira. I used to hate on PRS cause the birds. Once I got an SE in a trade and played it I quickly realized how easy they are to play. I’m a huge fan now
They’re guitars (all the ones I’ve played) play so easily. I don’t have to fight it or retune or always set it up.
Will PRS make a John Cordy signature model with Dachshunds on the Fingerboard??
Nice playing, always liked PRS guitars, just always been out my budget. Got a PRS SE semi hollow that was my main guitar when at University, it’s been modded with p90 pickups which is cool. Could you do a vid on how you create your tracks?
I've settled on the scale, neck shape and fret size for me. It just happens to be a 2010 PRS Ted McCarty SC 245 Wood Library Limited. I also have a 2007 PRs McCarty Trem but I want to replace the frets with 6100s to match the Ted.
My SE Tremonti was the perfect LP clone for me since I have to have trem. I did swap the pots and cap and love the 4-knob control aspect. It is a bit heavy so I'm lusting for a DGT SE.
I did not get along with any PRS, as beautiful as they were (especially this beautiful deep orange 22 I had) UNTILL I got my 2008 DGT in 2008. It's as if that guitar was made custom just for me.
My favorite core PRS is the Studio which is basically their take on an HSS using their NarrowField humbuckers for the "SS" part.
I play a SE Standard 24-08 tobacco burst. Wide thin neck is very comfortable to me . Came set up with 9’s. I changed it to 10’s then put 9’s back on it😝
Been playing a black custom 22 for 20 years or so, it just works, stays in tune and sounds great. That's enough for me
I had a PRS SE Custom 24 for a year. I bought it after my 8 year break from guitar. I liked it for a while, but after trying other guitars, it sounded dark and muddy to me. So I sold it. But I did play a S2 Standard which was really nice. Unfortunately the strings were rusty so I couldn't fully enjoy it, but I was really impressed with the tone. I definitely need to try out some higher end PRS guitars, but I kinda don't want to because of their prices.
I've not changed my mind about PRS guitars as a whole, but have come to appreciate at least a few models. Specifically the 245 and McCarty .594 singlecut standard. They have an oldschool vibe and familiar controls. Very simple layouts that feel comfortable to me. All the other PRS models I've tried felt awkward and just had me scratching my head? Sitting there trying to figure out how all the knobs, switches and puckups work?
I’m on my fourth PRS, a 408. It is just amazing! I had two McCartys and a Hollowbody II SC, but I never liked them enough (actually hated the HB II neck). The 408 is the best guitar I have ever played, including my Anderson and BilT guitars (but that is a thin margin).
Wow, inspired intro track, really cool!
SE Hollowbody Standard changed my mind about PRS
I agree, the wide ft neck makes a big difference
That baby is chill and silent exactly, exactly how I imagined John as a child ahah
I've come around to the PRS guitars after being very frustrated with the "other" brands..... I am also preferring a "Wide Fat" neck profile. Just got the 3rd generation SE Santana model (new-to-me). 22 fret with more of the Santana signature shape, but with 22 fret neck & the older SE Santana control layout, which I prefer. Great sounding & playing guitar that was super affordable! I have 1 Core 1st generation McCarty (it now lives at my Son's house...early coil taps were not very usable....) & 4 SE models, with the Santana & the Paul's guitar being favorites...and I do enjoy the 277 Baritone!
As long as it has a Pattern or Pattern Vintage neck, I know I'll enjoy it. The McCarty 594 Hollowbody II has been the dream guitar for some time, but the Semi-Hollow Special 22 has also caught my eye lately!
That' PRS sounds SWEET!!!
PRS guitars are really well made instruments. The good thing is, there are many used ones out there. So you can find a used one for much less than what a new Standard Gibson costs. The wide fat and the DGT necks are great.
I never had an opportunity to play a S2, Core, or Custom Shop, but I own a PRS SE Custom 24. i absolutely love the way it looks, feels and plays, but i cant stand the sound of its pickups, plus i have a faulty tone knob that needs to be addressed. I really want to swap out the pickups, wiring, pots, and switch, then i think it would be my favorite guitar in my collection. Im really leaning towards Fralin pickups, but not sure if i want to try a humbucker sized p90 in the neck and a humbucker in the bridge, or go for a set of the Fralin Pure PAF humbuckers.
Budget-wise I'm at the other end of the spectrum. My SE Standard 24 is my favorite guitar. In my price range it's a fantastic guitar. The neck is perfect for me and the tones are great without having to change pickups.
I now have two PRS guitars, both SEs.
The DGT and a Silver Sky.
I'm loving them both.
I'm blaming the DGT in Mr Cordy 😜
I HAD returned two SE 245s previously, not that I didn't like them but they both had issues.
I'm now wary of trying an SE McCarty in case I like it too much ... 🙄
I’d put my prs s2 standard 24 satin up against anything, especially after putting in a pegasus/sentient combo from SD. I liked the original pickups as well, just wanted something more modern.
I absolutely love my Fiore. It is really versatile.
For some reason I could never get on with them and I had about 5 (trying to find 'The One.' ) I think it's the scale length. The guitars are extremely well made with incredible wood, workmanship and they sound great. A lot of tonal options too. Still can't figure out why.
But here's the thing. My early CE( bolt on) is not perfect in every way, but it is the best designed and built guitar that I've ever bought. I'm sure some other guitar out there is my soulmate, by why should I wander the world searching for true love, when it's simpler at my relatively low level of proficiency, to adapt my playing to suit the guitar, why not love the one you're with rather than thinking the grass is always greener elsewhere. On a serious note, as soon as I played this instrument the way it was designed to be used,( thru a warm amp, but with the volume down for low gain parts) it started to sound amazing. Having done most of my early learning ( by accident during long out of it garage-band jams) on strats or Teles, I was used to playing hard snd putting all the character you could into what are more neutral sounding ( singlecoil axes). My playing on Les Psuls was the same learning curve, you just have to play certain guitars a certain way to coax the best out of them. Constantly seeking the "one", is , to me a very first-worldish sort of thing, ( not if you're in a position to do it) but it's easier to adapt yourself than look for domething better; but you're married, so you get that,( then again , as withe SE DG little cheapie on the side, if it works go for it I say. Today's Sermon comes to you courtesy of guitar-a-holics infamous.orgy. As long as you play those sweet intros, I listen to anything you say!
I’m a PRS guy. I bought my custom 24 in 2016 for £2750. It’s a lovely guitar with quality parts though I did have to send it back from the uk to the USA to be fixed because the finish had problems on the neck. I would never pay 4k though, it’s just too much. Absolutely go for the SE range which have come on a long way since the early 2000s. I think the CE range is really good also. Don’t pay 4 grand for a guitar….my favourite guitar is actually an awful PRS SE from 2009 when they were pretty bad. It has a fatter neck and I painted and modded it with a JB humbucker and a Dimarzio Crusier and sounds amazing.
i got an CE24 antique white from the andertons satin nitro run... and that is a superb guitar, it feels amazing, sound amazing and i am comparing it against my music man jp15 and my fender 90s american strat... the ebony fretbord looks clean, the resonance of the body makes is amazing, and i have never changed my mind since it arrived
I just got a K line DC jr tv yellow that is just amazing. 6lbs of fury. It has a perfect neck profile which is a bit less Chunky than the Gibson custom shop 58 version and was $1500 less.
I’ve tried to love them for years. A couple of months ago I snagged a 2011 Santana which is genuinely a lovely guitar - but I don’t love the pickups. It does, however, have a nice fat neck which is a must for me.
The neck shape was a problem for me as the first few I tried had the wide -thin shape which felt weird . Next one I tried was a Bernie Marsden SE which had a chunkier feel but felt it was expensive-around £ 750 at the time . Then I had a double whammy of winning a PRS SE 245 in a great red finish with black pickups and a brand new John Mayer Silver Sky SE . I’ve got a some Strat style guitars but the Silver Sky has something special about it , real playability I guess . The neck felt pretty rough to me at first as I prefer a gloss neck but it has worn down a bit and it’s great . The 245 SE is gutsy , plays great but sadly doesn’t stay in tune too great but maybe needs a setup . I would recommend both guitars to anyone looking to get a Strat or Les Paul style guitar . Can’t wait to try a DGT SE but might have to shift a couple to afford one . 😞
The dark color bird fretboard inlays look ok.
I had to get use to them.
I love my prs se custom 24. It plays fantastic. It only needs a pickup upgrade, i really dont like the standard pickups.