1599 is just too much, agreed. Should be able to do this for around 1000. For 1599 I can buy a second hand S2 or CE. And older CE models which exceed any SE, piezo or not.
Well you’re essentially paying for the piezo system. Seeing that custom 24 SEs are close to $1k, I get it. If you want a piezo system, it’s not bad but value wise, I’d say get a used CE24 or S2.
This will be my first PRS guitar! I'm a music producer professionally so not a guitarist but I'm excited to add a guitar with great variety of colors to my toolkit.
Just purchased one - and am stoked to play it at a gig this Friday. Excited to be able to switch from electric to acoustic and back very quickly in the middle of multiple song medleys we perform.
I was very happy with the setup. FYI, I am using an LR Baggs Para DI in the signal path on the acoustic guitar. I really think it helps thicken the sound of the piezo bridge pickups. I did learn that I needed a better dual cable setup, so I created something custom with sections of shrink wrap every few inches. I still think there could be a more elegant streamlined solution. I am using 90 degree angled plugs at the guitar.
@@pburner my dealer won’t carry the semi hollow PRS models due to poor sales, so I can’t demo this model. Which is a problem because I’m not a fan of super skinny necks. What’s your opinion on the SE 24 Piezo neck? Moderate ‘C’ or shredder skinny? I’m ok with a moderate neck like the DGT or slight smaller. Thanks!
Thanks Bryan for those gorgeous chords! Too many videos have guys shredding with no chording at all. You really can hear what the guitar sounds like this way. 1600.00 is a GREAT DEAL for this awesome guitar!!! But I still have to buy lottery tickets to own one! Lol
The Hollow Body has a clean sound much more warm and sounds more fat and dirty with the disto on. Also the larsen feedback comes faster when you play on high gain speakers… oh and you can’t split the mics… but nice guitar still! Just a different tool. The SE Custom 24 SH Piezo is more compact so!
Why do they do this to me, i just bought the nf3, the swamp ash and a core silver sky. Now I want more. Lol oh and dgt 15 and the hdrx 20 I bought those aswell. I guess I'm hooked.
I think PRS should make a proper take on the ES-335 type guitar. Similar size, not just a hollowed out custom 24s. Similar to what Ibanez is doing with their semi-hollows. Let’s do it Paul!
Just sold an amp and have now funds! So is this axe worth it? Kinda wish it had a DGT neck carve. Going to try some other PRS w wide-thin before ordering.
Ugh! You're killing me. I had the HB II PIEZO SE and sold it as it just didn't feel or sound right to me. This guitar might be the ticket. Is this made at Coretek Indonesia?
❤️Ok! Convinced Sweetwater sent it to me…got it thurs 10/17/24 2:20 pm ish…. Played it at my Hawaiian lūʻau Gig…. Tottaly different from any other guitar Iʻve used…. Question…. I tuned down to a dropped D…. It was good. But dropping the low E to a lower C….. all the rest of the 5 strings went sharp…. 😳 Is there a way to fix this? Such as adding some type of stiffini g rods to this neck? I also find the high 25-24 frets soo low… there is barely any pick up… sound…. Perhaps uneven frets? Will dbl ck high frets at tonitesʻ gig… Iʻve not had time to really run thru this baby…. Mahalo, Kekai Chock
Please, return the PRS SE Torero or the new version of the PRS SE Torero 🙏😭🙏 And make the 8 string PRS SE models, including the Mark Holcomb 8 string guitar
Why does every cool new SE model that deviates from the typical CU, McCarty or signature model have to be on the 24 fret layout? The S2 line has started to go that way too. I've seen three or four SE models come out over the last few years that I would have snagged in minute if they had been 22s. This one is the most frustrating because if it were a 22, it would fit what I'm currently looking for perfectly. I had a CE22 years ago, which with the benefit of hindsight I see that besides the McCarty, it was hands down my favorite PRS. Over the years I've had a couple core CU24s that I got through trades that were offered to me. The first was where I realized I didn't like 24s and the second I flipped. I had a CU22 and an original 25" McCarty, and more SEs than I can remember. I like the CU22s, but I already have a McCarty 594 and an ES335 that fill the same role as a 22 would. The CEs bolt-on neck gives it that snap that you don't get with set necks, and the maple adds enough presence that gives it a unique sound compared to Custom. I've always found the CE line gets closest to the original goal of a guitar to fill the space between Gibson and Fender. The semi hollow body is the tipping point that makes this perfect. The inherit bigger midrange that semihollows produce married up with the CE's tone and the fact that I'm looking for a piezo for the first time in 30 years, and there's really nothing I can think of that would have better suit what I need. Alas…😮💨 *Props for not giving a sht and playing Stairway anyway. 👍
Those aren't lampsade knobs and flat tip on the blade switch on an SE are they?! You're killing me guys lol. Should have waited to comment since you covered it
$2200 Canadian for an SE... I never thought I'd see the day, but then again a 10-top Tremonti is currently close to $7K... My Tremonti baritone prototype was only $6k.
I thought about buying it until I saw it was $1,600. It's definitely cool but without locking tuners or the American pickups at that price point I'll just buy another CE 24 used or a Gen 2 S2 with American pickups. The import pickups are not bad. But they do not hit like the American pickups. And at that price point it needs American pickups
I really hate the side of the neck in white on many SE models[ex. quilt, holcomb] . The only reason why I don't buy them, Its doesn't look nice in my eyes. Why don't you guys make it in dark color like the se custom.
Since the SE vsns of the CE24 debuted last year, I've been hoping PRS would do an SE vsn of the CE24 semi hollow. Very disappointed that they did this instead. Only because I believe the $1600 is too much and that price would be lower if they did a Bolto-on design and spared the unnecessary and unwanted piezo electronics.
Can you guys take away that SE logo away just like other brands? People can differentiate the lineups by simply looking at the guitars. The SE logo is the only draw backs of PRS SE guitars. Or just make the Paul Read Smith logo small and eliminate the use of SE. These are Perfect Mid level instruments comes with a cheap looking logo.
This one does it way wrong: piezo MUST *always* be a dedicated output jack, mag be a dedicated output jack, each completely separate from each other - no blending! Also, they are "neck" and "bridge", NOT "bass" and "treble"; labeling the pickups in that ridiculous fashion is akin to the difference between "fahrenheit" and "celsius"!
FINAAAALLLLYYY this is perfect. Custom 24 +Piezo+Semihollow
And only $1,599 😂
Good god PRS, come back to earth
1599 is just too much, agreed. Should be able to do this for around 1000. For 1599 I can buy a second hand S2 or CE. And older CE models which exceed any SE, piezo or not.
@@TheFlatPancakeTheory $899 is acceptable
And is what they will drop them to, when they sit…
Well you’re essentially paying for the piezo system. Seeing that custom 24 SEs are close to $1k, I get it. If you want a piezo system, it’s not bad but value wise, I’d say get a used CE24 or S2.
Bryan - still the hardest working demo man in the business
@@ctbarker321 😆😅😂🤣
Took long enough! I've been wanting 24 fret, piezo, trem, and a semi-hollow in a guitar forever!
Do you have one already?
@@nicksonthevet no
Me too! Finally i have just bought it
Bryan is such a tasteful player - I love his demos.
By now I own more SEs than I know what to do with, I just come here to fawn at Bryan Ewald's groovetastic playing
Always lovely to hear Mr Ewald jam. 👌
This will be my first PRS guitar! I'm a music producer professionally so not a guitarist but I'm excited to add a guitar with great variety of colors to my toolkit.
Just purchased one - and am stoked to play it at a gig this Friday. Excited to be able to switch from electric to acoustic and back very quickly in the middle of multiple song medleys we perform.
So how did it go? Using a dual amp setup?
I was very happy with the setup. FYI, I am using an LR Baggs Para DI in the signal path on the acoustic guitar. I really think it helps thicken the sound of the piezo bridge pickups. I did learn that I needed a better dual cable setup, so I created something custom with sections of shrink wrap every few inches. I still think there could be a more elegant streamlined solution. I am using 90 degree angled plugs at the guitar.
@@pburner my dealer won’t carry the semi hollow PRS models due to poor sales, so I can’t demo this model. Which is a problem because I’m not a fan of super skinny necks. What’s your opinion on the SE 24 Piezo neck? Moderate ‘C’ or shredder skinny? I’m ok with a moderate neck like the DGT or slight smaller. Thanks!
Thanks Bryan for those gorgeous chords! Too many videos have guys shredding with no chording at all. You really can hear what the guitar sounds like this way. 1600.00 is a GREAT DEAL for this awesome guitar!!! But I still have to buy lottery tickets to own one! Lol
I could just LOOK at that guitar all day. The tones are reason enough to get one, but it’s a stunningly beautiful guitar to boot.
Such a beautiful, magestic sounding instrument, and beautiful playing from Bryan
Excellent guitar, features, demo and playing !!
really great demo, (as always)
Brian…. love your playing and your guitars.
Almost a perfect guitar, I’d like this exact guitar with the option of a stop bar and TOM bridge
Fantastic review😮 very specific ❤❤ thanks for this video😊
THE PERFECT GUITAR FOR ME OMG
Impressed with how good the piezo sounds!
Perfect for Opeth cover bands. 😁
Exactly... Michael Akerfledt plays P24 a lot now
Yup I’m sold - can’t imagine a more versatile guitar!
Love it - well done PRS :)😍
Ordered one,can’t wait to get it 👌
What! Absolutely awesome 🤘
This is exactly what I’m looking for, might swap my hollow body piezo for this
What's the difference between the two? Why would you choose this one over Hollow Body II Piezo?
@@beautifulguitars3158 Hollowbody is hollow except for the bridge
this only has the sides hollow
Plus the extra 2 freta
@@beautifulguitars3158 @ezer0923
WHAMMY BARRRRRR
The Hollow Body has a clean sound much more warm and sounds more fat and dirty with the disto on. Also the larsen feedback comes faster when you play on high gain speakers… oh and you can’t split the mics… but nice guitar still! Just a different tool.
The SE Custom 24 SH Piezo is more compact so!
$1600 is a lot for an SE buttt it’s almost like having two guitars in one. So totally worth it
Nobody is better than Bryan than getting me to buy another guitar
Please do another SE holiday sale this year and include this model. Would totally pick one up if so.
They're beautiful 😍
Sounds and looks fantastic
The intro song could be on a Steven Wilson record. It's uncanny!
The guitar of my dreams 😮
Mine is should be arriving Saturday!
OK - let's go with a Special 22 Semi Hollow SE
Two words...LEFTHANDED PLEASE!!!
my next purchase!!!!
Ok, yup this is on the highly want list. I already own a Core, and American CE, and a few SE's. Thought I was good, then y'all went and did this...
I don't need one. But I want one. So this will make PRS #7 for me. Thankfully, my wife is very understanding LOL
Why do they do this to me, i just bought the nf3, the swamp ash and a core silver sky. Now I want more. Lol oh and dgt 15 and the hdrx 20 I bought those aswell. I guess I'm hooked.
I guess this will be my guitar when I can afford in future
Great model form PRS
But why is that there is not a Core model of this one
PRS CE24 semi-hallow body is what is missing!
06:28 babe im gonna leave you - led zeppelin
I will wait for a used one to come out and I will get it
Already ordered
Would the single coils have a hum when you pull it?
And is there a big volume drop when you tap the pickups?
can't wait to try this new one! Will you make a sonzera head version?
I think PRS should make a proper take on the ES-335 type guitar. Similar size, not just a hollowed out custom 24s. Similar to what Ibanez is doing with their semi-hollows. Let’s do it Paul!
Hopefully a non semi hollow SE Custom 24 with a piezo is coming down the line, still getting this though.
Apperently it has maple neck, not mahogany neck 2:09
Jack Higgs u legend!
amazing. Talking 'bout versatility. If you want to take it up a notch, use acoustic IR on the piezo output..👍👍
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My usually well stocked guitar store won’t carry this model because the semi hollow models don’t sell. 😢
Just sold an amp and have now funds! So is this axe worth it? Kinda wish it had a DGT neck carve. Going to try some other PRS w wide-thin before ordering.
Ugh! You're killing me. I had the HB II PIEZO SE and sold it as it just didn't feel or sound right to me. This guitar might be the ticket. Is this made at Coretek Indonesia?
Do these have a treble bleed on the volume pot like the regular SE custom 24?
❤️Ok! Convinced Sweetwater sent it to me…got it thurs 10/17/24 2:20 pm ish…. Played it at my Hawaiian lūʻau Gig…. Tottaly different from any other guitar Iʻve used…. Question…. I tuned down to a dropped D…. It was good. But dropping the low E to a lower C….. all the rest of the 5 strings went sharp…. 😳
Is there a way to fix this? Such as adding some type of stiffini g rods to this neck?
I also find the high 25-24 frets soo low… there is barely any pick up… sound…. Perhaps uneven frets?
Will dbl ck high frets at tonitesʻ gig… Iʻve not had time to really run thru this baby….
Mahalo,
Kekai Chock
Ooppps 15-24 strings E,B & G Played up thereabouts…
Please, return the PRS SE Torero or the new version of the PRS SE Torero 🙏😭🙏
And make the 8 string PRS SE models, including the Mark Holcomb 8 string guitar
It looks good, but is the piezo really useful or just a (very expensive) gimmick?
What pedal(s) are you using for that intro. I NEED that tone!
Why does every cool new SE model that deviates from the typical CU, McCarty or signature model have to be on the 24 fret layout? The S2 line has started to go that way too. I've seen three or four SE models come out over the last few years that I would have snagged in minute if they had been 22s. This one is the most frustrating because if it were a 22, it would fit what I'm currently looking for perfectly. I had a CE22 years ago, which with the benefit of hindsight I see that besides the McCarty, it was hands down my favorite PRS. Over the years I've had a couple core CU24s that I got through trades that were offered to me. The first was where I realized I didn't like 24s and the second I flipped. I had a CU22 and an original 25" McCarty, and more SEs than I can remember. I like the CU22s, but I already have a McCarty 594 and an ES335 that fill the same role as a 22 would. The CEs bolt-on neck gives it that snap that you don't get with set necks, and the maple adds enough presence that gives it a unique sound compared to Custom. I've always found the CE line gets closest to the original goal of a guitar to fill the space between Gibson and Fender.
The semi hollow body is the tipping point that makes this perfect. The inherit bigger midrange that semihollows produce married up with the CE's tone and the fact that I'm looking for a piezo for the first time in 30 years, and there's really nothing I can think of that would have better suit what I need. Alas…😮💨
*Props for not giving a sht and playing Stairway anyway. 👍
Those aren't lampsade knobs and flat tip on the blade switch on an SE are they?! You're killing me guys lol. Should have waited to comment since you covered it
Fantastic- but why is this the only thin neck model option?
Because of economies of scale and keeping the price point in check they most likely had to produce the neck most people prefer
$2200 Canadian for an SE... I never thought I'd see the day, but then again a 10-top Tremonti is currently close to $7K... My Tremonti baritone prototype was only $6k.
Why NO locking tuners?? We would ALL pay extra for that. Love the guitar though. If I get one it gets locking tuners and a PLEK job.
absolutely insane price on these. can get an american fender pro II for the same price.
That, folks, is a ‘desert island guitar’ if I’ve ever seen or heard one.
Does it full metal?
I thought about buying it until I saw it was $1,600. It's definitely cool but without locking tuners or the American pickups at that price point I'll just buy another CE 24 used or a Gen 2 S2 with American pickups. The import pickups are not bad. But they do not hit like the American pickups. And at that price point it needs American pickups
Please make a 7 string. The only other production 7 string with a piezo is $5000.
Oof. 1600 is a lot of money for an SE
Say it louder for the people in the back!! Crazy
578 Ofelia Summit
How did David Spade aged so rapidly ?
What a beautiful instrument. $1,500 seems like stealing.
Duuuuudeeeees quit taking all of my hard earned money
Would have preferred an SE Studio with Piezo for HSS. But this will have to do.
812 Zulauf Isle
I really hate the side of the neck in white on many SE models[ex. quilt, holcomb] . The only reason why I don't buy them, Its doesn't look nice in my eyes. Why don't you guys make it in dark color like the se custom.
I personally love additional appointments on guitars
Price???
Since the SE vsns of the CE24 debuted last year, I've been hoping PRS would do an SE vsn of the CE24 semi hollow. Very disappointed that they did this instead. Only because I believe the $1600 is too much and that price would be lower if they did a Bolto-on design and spared the unnecessary and unwanted piezo electronics.
$1600 yall
Can't see anybody outside of prs cult to buy this expensive import model
Can you guys take away that SE logo away just like other brands? People can differentiate the lineups by simply looking at the guitars. The SE logo is the only draw backs of PRS SE guitars. Or just make the Paul Read Smith logo small and eliminate the use of SE. These are Perfect Mid level instruments comes with a cheap looking logo.
This one does it way wrong: piezo MUST *always* be a dedicated output jack, mag be a dedicated output jack, each completely separate from each other - no blending! Also, they are "neck" and "bridge", NOT "bass" and "treble"; labeling the pickups in that ridiculous fashion is akin to the difference between "fahrenheit" and "celsius"!