PRS SE CE Standard 24 in Satin Turquoise | Best New Guitar Under $500?

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  • Check out the PRS SE CE Standard 24 in Satin Turquoise - could this be the best new guitar under $500? 🎸 #PRS #guitar #music
    Total impulse purchase on my part, but completely worth it. In this video, I talk about my personal experience with this guitar and why I feel it is the Paul Reed Smith guitar that I have been searching for to suit me best!
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  • @mikey-dubs
    @mikey-dubs 9 місяців тому +14

    This is one of the most important guitars ever made in history.
    It anyone ever asks “what guitar should I get as a beginner?” This is hands down the best option it’s not even close.

    • @Electric.Flamingo
      @Electric.Flamingo  9 місяців тому

      I could agree with this sentiment!

    • @fletcher75er
      @fletcher75er 8 місяців тому

      This and the epiphone les paul classic are my 2 favorites, be hard to pick for anyone especially a beginner. Can't go wrong here fo sho.

  • @dsheehan7177
    @dsheehan7177 10 місяців тому +7

    I just bought one a few weeks back for the same reason. The neck feels perfect. I much prefer the satin neck feel.

    • @Electric.Flamingo
      @Electric.Flamingo  10 місяців тому +1

      I played one of the gloss finish ones not that long ago, and they also have the satin neck, just in case anyone else reads this wondering.

    • @Viralityoflife
      @Viralityoflife Місяць тому

      I had a Custom 24 and didn’t have a satin neck. It made it really hard to play for longer periods of time

  • @mannyfallout4540
    @mannyfallout4540 10 місяців тому +4

    Sick playing track man it feels like every video they get better and better!

    • @Electric.Flamingo
      @Electric.Flamingo  10 місяців тому +1

      Thanks, dude! The goal is to always improve. Glad to hear it's paying off! ⚡️🦩

  • @scharrsilicio
    @scharrsilicio 10 місяців тому +7

    Agreed, the turquoise is definitely my favorite color too!

    • @Electric.Flamingo
      @Electric.Flamingo  10 місяців тому +2

      The others look great, but yes this is by far the best one!

    • @Olegstuff21986
      @Olegstuff21986 9 місяців тому

      If I buy it, I'm getting charcoal. Turquoise looks tacky to me and red and black is an unfortunate historical colour combination.

  • @elchacon6304
    @elchacon6304 10 місяців тому +4

    The Tremonti SE is definitely one the best SE guitars PRS offers.

    • @Electric.Flamingo
      @Electric.Flamingo  10 місяців тому +2

      It is though. I didn't want to seem like I was ragging on it, I love them, the gloss on the neck is an easy fix!

    • @shanerose5348
      @shanerose5348 3 місяці тому

      My wife bought me a tremonti se in 2018 after I finally got home from fire camp. It's been one of the mains since. Just played it at college ministry tonight, thing's a workhorse and sounds great. Also the most low maintenance guitar I've ever had.

  • @ArtOfShredYT
    @ArtOfShredYT 10 місяців тому +1

    Great demo track, Jonathan! It's interesting that PRS is going the opposite way of some other brands with pricing. Have seen mostly good things about this one and I might have to pick one up as well

    • @Electric.Flamingo
      @Electric.Flamingo  10 місяців тому +1

      Thanks, dude! That's what I've said about their pricing. Epiphone is going to Gibson prices 10 years ago and it's hard to afford. I might have to switch my favorite brand if it keeps up. 😂

    • @Anjohl
      @Anjohl 10 місяців тому +1

      Between this and the SE sale from last Fall, they're getting PRS guitars into the hands of a lot of new customers!

  • @fletcher75er
    @fletcher75er 8 місяців тому +4

    Sounds great, nice playing too. My only gripe is that it's so pronounced that it's a 3 piece body, wish it was hidden a Lil more but for 499 that's not much of a gripe. Good vid

  • @etoineschrdlu9382
    @etoineschrdlu9382 7 місяців тому

    Nice. I just got one in 'vintage cherry' and I am happily learning to play.

  • @rmcaudio7041
    @rmcaudio7041 7 місяців тому

    Just got one. Am having 17 guitars but this is one of the best. Just love the stripped down appearance. Prefer bolt on vs set neck. Prefer the satin neck. Prefer a rosewood fretboard. Fretwork is excellent. Trem seems to be really stable. The nut is a lot like graphtec. Will exchange the tuners for Gotoh locking tuners. Did spray paint the standard (ugly) tremelo arm. It has a nice black metallic coat now. You have to adjust either the volume or the highs using the tone control, as the pickups are on the bright side.

  • @KanoDailyThePhilippinesandMore
    @KanoDailyThePhilippinesandMore 4 місяці тому +1

    That’s some nice picking there.

  • @dragan4658
    @dragan4658 10 місяців тому

    Nice woodgrain on this guitar! Coil tapping and real rosewood! A no brainer in my opinion. The Se line is great. check out the new $499 Se model 24...pretty cool choices from Prs!

    • @Electric.Flamingo
      @Electric.Flamingo  10 місяців тому

      PRS has been impressing me lately. I've always passed them up, fiddled on them a little, but man, I've paid attentention more lately and it's awesome.

    • @dragan4658
      @dragan4658 10 місяців тому

      @@Electric.Flamingo agreed that's why it's on my to get list....soon.

    • @bluwng
      @bluwng 10 місяців тому

      I don’t like 3 on a side headstocks especially the dinner fork PRS but willing to try this one.

  • @joecarrazy6894
    @joecarrazy6894 9 місяців тому

    Great vid
    Thanks for the insight

  • @rebeccagarner2576
    @rebeccagarner2576 5 місяців тому

    I have that one. It’s well worth the price 👍🏼👍🏼
    And Im not so paranoid when my son wants to borrow it. 😆

  • @worthmoremusic
    @worthmoremusic 9 місяців тому +1

    I love mine ! It's the identical guitar to the SE CE 24 has a mahogany body, maple neck and rosewood fretboard with the same hardware and electronics...the ONLY difference is the mahogany body does not have the glossy maple veneer top. Also keep in mind it's $200 less !!! I have the vintage cherry red. It's incredibly resonant...

    • @Electric.Flamingo
      @Electric.Flamingo  9 місяців тому +1

      Nice!

    • @daviddalziel884
      @daviddalziel884 8 місяців тому

      Here in the U.K. the SE CE 24 with the maple cap has dropped to £529 against £499 for the satin version on the video . Guess PRS figured they’d never shift them when as you say almost the same guitar was £ 499 against £700 !! I’d go for the maple cap version 😉

    • @worthmoremusic
      @worthmoremusic 8 місяців тому

      @@daviddalziel884 Here in the US. the maple cap SE CE 24 is $699 so it's still a $200 difference. Personally I didn't care about the glossy finish.

  • @JGAbstract
    @JGAbstract 2 місяці тому

    I can't deny the green looks cool in the videos. But I kinda want the charcoal satin cause btbam is my favorite band and it's a mix of paul's finish on his signature ibanez but black and a prs like dustie's signature prs.
    I have too many guitars already though.

    • @Electric.Flamingo
      @Electric.Flamingo  2 місяці тому

      Two points.
      1: the charcoal is my other favorite color of these. It looks sick.
      2: you can never have too many guitars. ⚡️🦩

  • @Sean_Plays_Guitar
    @Sean_Plays_Guitar 10 місяців тому

    Shredwin Von Shredenstein Nice intro track bro. The Turq sounds super chonky!

    • @Electric.Flamingo
      @Electric.Flamingo  10 місяців тому +1

      Thanks, my guy! It is such a nice guitar, easy to craft tones out of it!

    • @Sean_Plays_Guitar
      @Sean_Plays_Guitar 10 місяців тому

      @@Electric.Flamingo Sure seems like it. Do you find you are using the split feature much for the pickups? I always felt like I wouldn't ever use that, but I don't have a guitar that does it.

    • @Electric.Flamingo
      @Electric.Flamingo  10 місяців тому +1

      @Sean_Plays_Guitar so, like I said in the video, with PRS, I usually find myself using it more often than not. PRS has always seemed to get the coil split thing right, to me. I don't know how to describe it, but it's usable.

    • @Sean_Plays_Guitar
      @Sean_Plays_Guitar 10 місяців тому

      @@Electric.Flamingo I think that is what I have heard. It's not like a strat at all....but it IS a good sound. From PRS that is.

    • @Electric.Flamingo
      @Electric.Flamingo  10 місяців тому +1

      @Sean_Plays_Guitar definitely not "strat-y." If you want that kind of sound from PRS, I hear John Mayer has us covered there. 👀 lol.
      That will have to be the next PRS I look at, the Silver Sky.

  • @dragan4658
    @dragan4658 10 місяців тому

    I agree, good price for a very good quality guitar! Im planning to get either the Se Mira or this model. Im not a fan of green, maybe the black. 🤣

    • @Electric.Flamingo
      @Electric.Flamingo  10 місяців тому

      Yo, the other colors of the CE look great, I actually saw the red one in person the other day. Looks sick! I'm just tired of red and black guitars. lol. Turquoise/green has always been a favorite of mine on a PRS though. They just look awesome!

    • @dragan4658
      @dragan4658 10 місяців тому

      @@Electric.Flamingo I'm glad they make a color you like. Unfortunately I have no choice but to buy from photos online as there are no local stores that carry Prs in my Province in Canada.

    • @Electric.Flamingo
      @Electric.Flamingo  10 місяців тому

      @dragan4658 that's sucks, man. I hate to hear that. 😭

  • @joggerino3284
    @joggerino3284 5 місяців тому

    Is this guitar more metal oriented with the 85/15 humbuckers or can you get a clean, warm sound for jazz, too?

    • @Electric.Flamingo
      @Electric.Flamingo  5 місяців тому +2

      I'd say it's more gears towards rock players with a moderate amount of gain, but it's perfect for jazz, if that makes sense.

  • @jomardeguzman4816
    @jomardeguzman4816 8 місяців тому

    How the tremolo handle drop tuning, what did you do to make it stable, thanks bro

    • @Electric.Flamingo
      @Electric.Flamingo  8 місяців тому +1

      Trem is pretty stable, even after hitting it fairly hard. A good set up, spring placement and tension and lots of patience is what it takes!

  • @JoshSmith-sr6ks
    @JoshSmith-sr6ks 7 місяців тому

    just make sure you dont adjust your bridge screws while there's tension in the trem block springs

  • @bluwng
    @bluwng 10 місяців тому

    I wonder if the DGT is overrated only reason I am considering it , has Jumbo frets.

  • @Drewkungfoo
    @Drewkungfoo 7 місяців тому

    When I get this turquoise one, I am swapping the Tuners for Locking Tuners.
    I CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT LOCKING TUNERS

    • @Electric.Flamingo
      @Electric.Flamingo  7 місяців тому

      Locking tuners are nice and certainly a welcome upgrade to this one.

  • @KillaFXZ
    @KillaFXZ 10 місяців тому

    You rocked that mother! 🤣

    • @Electric.Flamingo
      @Electric.Flamingo  10 місяців тому +1

      Thanks, dude! Had a little help from a great playing guitar!

    • @KillaFXZ
      @KillaFXZ 10 місяців тому

      @@Electric.FlamingoWhat was your signal chain?

    • @Electric.Flamingo
      @Electric.Flamingo  10 місяців тому +1

      @KillaFXZ straight into my interface, I used a patch in Neural Amp Modeler called "MTS_Shiver_TS9_DropMetal" and blended two speaker IRs, a G12T75 and a V30.

    • @KillaFXZ
      @KillaFXZ 10 місяців тому

      @@Electric.FlamingoNice! I got that!

  • @MusicalBoys18
    @MusicalBoys18 4 місяці тому

    Bro are the fret jumbo

    • @Electric.Flamingo
      @Electric.Flamingo  4 місяці тому

      Not jumbo, maybe medium jumbo? Either way, they are nice frets.

    • @MusicalBoys18
      @MusicalBoys18 4 місяці тому

      @@Electric.Flamingo bro is it good for thrash metal... Actually i am only woried abt the jumbo frets.. 🙂

    • @Electric.Flamingo
      @Electric.Flamingo  4 місяці тому

      @MusicalBoys18 good for all around, really. Thrash away!

  • @tmpoliver
    @tmpoliver 10 місяців тому

    Amazing guitar but in my opinion the position of the switch is terrible mainly if you wanna play faster things. Nice video 🥳

    • @Electric.Flamingo
      @Electric.Flamingo  10 місяців тому

      Thank you very much! I tend to prefer the McCarty switch position myself, very much like an LP and it's more familiar to me, but you adapt and learn as you play it!

    • @tmpoliver
      @tmpoliver 10 місяців тому

      @@Electric.Flamingo Nice man! I'd like to buy some PRS but I gave up just because about switch position. I prefer McCarty, Les paul position as well

  • @HorsesArePeople2
    @HorsesArePeople2 10 місяців тому +1

    Disappointed with the lack of locking tuners

    • @Electric.Flamingo
      @Electric.Flamingo  10 місяців тому +2

      It would have been a nice touch, but for the price of the guitar, it's worth upgrading if you prefer them!

    • @Anjohl
      @Anjohl 10 місяців тому +1

      Cheap upgrade. This is priced like a Squier Classic Vibe!

  • @mce3210
    @mce3210 6 місяців тому

    This one or the fesley??? 😅 ;)

    • @Electric.Flamingo
      @Electric.Flamingo  6 місяців тому

      @mce3210 of the two, I think the PRS get the pass just because you have the coil taps on it. Otherwise, playability, they honestly feel about the same in the neck.

  • @pietroborgesparri
    @pietroborgesparri 10 місяців тому

    That guitar sadly costs $1800 usd in my country, but it looks a good guitar tho

  • @blake4460
    @blake4460 9 місяців тому +2

    pickups sound harsh, very unpleasent type of bite to me

    • @Electric.Flamingo
      @Electric.Flamingo  9 місяців тому +1

      More than likely the IR I used than the pickups.

  • @methatlovescats3602
    @methatlovescats3602 3 місяці тому

    Mine was a dud

    • @Electric.Flamingo
      @Electric.Flamingo  3 місяці тому

      Hate to hear that. All brands have their duds, unfortunately, no matter the price range. I'd trade it for a new one and see if it's any better!

  • @TheJuvenalis
    @TheJuvenalis 7 місяців тому

    almost 600 in europe, damn those pickuprings are ugly.

  • @JacubWhite38
    @JacubWhite38 10 місяців тому

    your guitar sounds a lot like a drum

    • @Electric.Flamingo
      @Electric.Flamingo  10 місяців тому +1

      Not sure how to take that, but I guess it takes a lot of talent to make that happen, so thanks. 😂

    • @jasujokelainen5073
      @jasujokelainen5073 10 місяців тому +1

      ​@@Electric.Flamingothe drum volume is TOO LOUD.

    • @dragan4658
      @dragan4658 10 місяців тому

      That makes that guitar worth more as it multi tasks!!

    • @dragan4658
      @dragan4658 10 місяців тому

      ​@@jasujokelainen5073lol

  • @loudguitarist
    @loudguitarist 10 місяців тому

    Don't like the colors, fatter necks, or worthless trems. Hard Pass. Sounds nice, but for $500 I'd rather go with Epiphone, Solar, or Music Man.

    • @Electric.Flamingo
      @Electric.Flamingo  10 місяців тому +2

      Hey, to each his own, dude! Can't go wrong with any of those, especially Epiphone. Got plenty of Epi videos on my channel if you need guidance. 👀⚡️🦩

    • @bluwng
      @bluwng 10 місяців тому +1

      Which Epiphone and Musicman at this price point?

    • @Olegstuff21986
      @Olegstuff21986 9 місяців тому

      How's the trem worthless? It stays in tune bro.

  • @anthonylaplantepaquin3053
    @anthonylaplantepaquin3053 9 місяців тому +1

    those are like 750 now lol

    • @Electric.Flamingo
      @Electric.Flamingo  9 місяців тому +1

      Just checked Sweetwater, still says $499 for the satin ones. Even the gloss ones are listed at $699, so where you're seeing $750, I'm not sure.

    • @tiberious_jefferson
      @tiberious_jefferson 8 місяців тому

      No they aren’t lol

    • @GxCarter
      @GxCarter 3 місяці тому

      I just picked up a gloss one for 586$ on sale this month November! Go check out guitar center!

  • @PaulVigil-jl8ce
    @PaulVigil-jl8ce 10 місяців тому

    Loudguitarist ur opinions mean crap. Epiphany are made by Gibson who's quality control is shit over priced junk