dunno if you guys gives a damn but if you are stoned like me atm then you can watch pretty much all the new movies on instaflixxer. Have been streaming with my girlfriend for the last months =)
i was able to purchase this exact same guitar for $750, and after a yr of playing regularly, I really like it...playability, sound and quality. agree with locking tuners....have to tune more than my Taylor acoustic after replacing the strings thank you Marky for the review.....didn't see it prior to purchasing. so informative
I have the identical guitar that I received for my 34th Anniversary from my beautiful wife. I absolutely love it, not only is it gorgeous but the tone and playability is exceptional. The only upgrade I made was the PRS SE locking tuners which fixed the tuning issues that you always get with tremolo bridges. I also set the action lower as that is my personal taste but I’ve done that with every guitar I’ve owned like Fender, Taylor, Ibanez etc. It played better out of the box then my $2200.00 Fender American Professional Strat. For those who we fortunate enough to purchase one you have made a great purchase. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Got mine in yesterday. I have three other electrics that are more expensive - this one sounds better than all of them. I had pretty high expectations - especially for an SE, they've been exceeded.
I got one of these a few months ago and I really love it. I did have an issue with tuning stability but it seems to be the nut and not the tuners. The nut is cut very deep and I find that the strings (9-46) stick in the nut (even with no tension on them). My quick fix was to apply some D'Addario friction remover, this resulted in an immediate large improvement. I do think I will (very carefully) sand the nut grooves to ever so slightly widen them. Overall I think this is the best guitar I've ever owned, yes even over some American made guitars. The coil tap system is the best I've ever played, I love both the single coil and humbucker tones...there is not a single "bad" setting to be found, I even like the tone control...on every other guitar I've ever owned I have the tone set to max...always...this one is actually usable throughout the dial.
I am considering this guitar.I mainly play acoustic and Jane the PRS ANGELUS 60E and love it. I hear lots about the Telle and the Humbucker and wanted to ask if this guitar can pull off similar sounds. Thanks 👍
Great review man, one of the best! thanks : ) what I really like in your review: 1 - direct sound - like most of us probably will do (I record only with my HX Stomp), and inside a mix, not just alone. 2 - full relevant review . 3 - not just dry sound. 4 - I can see how the guitar looks in a video. Some note that I'll like to - more explanations about your grade method (does B is good or bad?), if you can write in which pickup do you use in the opening song, and in your finale thought (and in general) to compare it also to same price range guitars 🙂 Thanks again! Great review 🎸
I got this guitar as a Christmas present - wonderful. However, out of the box it could not be played well. I invested in a new PRS bridge, locking PRS tuners and had it all set up by a professional guitar builder, now I can work with it. Note to PRS: mybe you ask a few bucks more and then make an instrument which can be used direct out of the box? As example: I bought several years ago an American Tele, I took it out of the guitar case and it was perfect! That is the difference, right? Cheap not always good!
I was trying to decide between this and an Ibanez AZ premium. I ended up ordering the prs yesterday and thanks to you I feel very confident I made a good choice. Can't wait for it to arrive. 😁 Thanks for a great guitar review!
I have this guitar and I adore it. The total variations from one guitar are just amazing. I need a strap like yours with the blue birds 🐦 such a nice pair. Aside: my SE was made in Indonesia 🇮🇩 which is fine by me. The Van Halen brothers are half Indonesian on their mother's side. :)
I've the same model and I totally share your opinion. Mine also had an issue with no sound in the bridge position after a week of playing. Cleaning the switch with a dedicated contact cleaner spray fixed the problem, but I was a bit disappointed with the quality of such limited edition. Locking tuners will be my next step, as the tremolo is useless with the current ones.
I have the Red SE Paul's, very similar but without trem. Build is great and it so... beautiful. But I'm interested in trying a couple of different humbucker in it to see the difference. Haven't decided what brand yet. Would appreciate any input.
I would say that of all the pickups I have tried that Lace and Bare Knuckle are consistently my favorites. From there it's a matter of choosing what fits your style from within the brand's product line.
Check the nut, jI have a 30th anniversary SE and a Santana. In the Santana the nut needs to be filed a little bit on the 3rd and. 2nd strings. On the 30th it's perfect.
Good review. About locking tuners: on my relatively cheap PRS SE standard 24 I replaced stock tuners with PRS SE locking tuners and since then this thing stays in tune beautifully. The original tuners weren't bad but I am super lazy when it comes to changing strings, so locking tuners are godsend.
I've found, it's a rare guitar to be real smooth like that. It seems the minority likes that as well so I guess there isn't a motivation to build them that way as much.
@@MusicWithMarky you are correct , sir . I've found that my Ibanez RG570's & RG550's give me that feeling the best !! My Jackson Soloist is a close second !! 😜
@@MusicWithMarky awesome. Thank you! I have an old se I put locking tuners on. Easy switch. The nut and saddles seem to be okay? I replaced my old ones due to tuning instability.
@@MusicWithMarky I'll definitely keep.it in mind then. Especially since I already have them on hand. Thank you for the reply. Looking forward to getting mine in.
Hello and thanks for the review! I have a Fender American Standard but I intend to buy this guitar. Can you tell me, please, what kind of string scale it has? Thanks and good music. Luca, Italy.
Outstanding review. Your playing covers a wider range of strings and fretboard than many, letting viewers get a sense of the full character of the guitar. Have you had a chance to get hands on the similar SE 24-08 and if so, do you have any observations or comparisons?
Thank you for the great review Warren! Very to the point and usefull! I'm considering buying one, but the tuning stability of the stock guitar, (with liberal use of the whammy bar) makes me hesitate. Did you replace the tuners with locking tuners yourself? (And will the tuning stability problem be solved then?) Use of the whammy bar is part of my playing, so I would also like to know if there is a 'fixed point' between lowering the pitch, and raising the pitch a bit (if that is possible at all with this guitar). I know it's not a floyd rose system (I don't do dive bombs) but I would like to know if there is that 'nasty click' between lowering and raising the pitch a bit because of that fixed point, and if using the whammy bar is noisy, too tight or unstable (or something like that)
The locking tuners make it completely stable. The whammy on it is more like say a strat where you can't come up in pitch a great deal. I'm not sure what you mean by the click. I've not experienced that before.
Hey man, thanks for the thurough review. Seems like it might be a cool MOD project guitar. (Locking tuners and MannMade USA PRS bridge) Do you think it might be worth doing a $300 MOD?
You can shred but it wouldn’t be your first choice to pick up right? I’m asking cuz I’m planning on getting a new guitar for some more technical stuff like polyphia, covet etc. and a Cort G300 Pro and a used model of this PRS would be my options, but I really don’t know if this PRS would be suited for that kind of playing.
A PRS would be my first choice to shred on because they are so easy to play. When I have to do the most difficult songs, I reach for my 87 PRS custom. As for tone/sound... The double coil on this guitar isn't quite as beefy as the 87, but you can still get a good metal tone. Look at a guy like a Mark Holcomb and an example.
@@MusicWithMarky Thank you, I understand. Just got this guitar as a gift, it is wonderful. However I somehow do not like the nut, is it simple plastic? I thought about a Tusk, however I feel that bone may even sound better?
@@MusicWithMarky Thanks, I need to check the specs of that guitar. Plastic in my opinion is not good. Tusk maybe good if you use the trem a lot. I will check. Best wishes to all of you!
Mmm I thought I used only included cabs then when I looked, I realized I had extra ones in the patch. It's free stuff though: Scenes 1 & 2 are 1x10 Prince Tone SF 121 A (Factory 1 # 90) Scenes 3 & 4 are LT TV Mix 2 (Leon Todd's free cab IR) Scenes 5 & 6 are 2x12 '59 Tweed Dbl 121 -L A (Factory 1 #694)
You can set them up any way you want. They can work with these toggles or you can reassign them to do different things. I've had my techs do even swaps in guitars and also completely change functions. It's all how they wire it.
I had an issue with the nut being very tight, I detuned a string and slipped it through the nut until it slide through better. retuned next.. now it returns to tune much better.
Hey brother, Thanks for the quality review! Have this coming, cant wait! Whered you find that sweet strap? I think it goes pretty well with that guitar. Cant seem to find one like it. Hit me back and let me know if its still available somewhere.
I found the same strap on Amazon. www.amazon.com/Levys-Leathers-Decorative-adjustable-MC8U-006/dp/B01C5ZYSKA/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=birds+guitar+strap&qid=1610217379&sr=8-2
Nice but we can't get a true sense of the sound while playing thru effects. I have one coming in a few days and I don't much for effects at all. So I didn't learn much here.
I didn't have much on the sound demo part at the end chapter. Especially the gain sounds where pretty straight up. Are you looking for dry clean tones in general? Thanks for checking out the vid!
Tuning stability is generally setup issues, nut friction or the strings need to be stretched more... Locking tuners only make string changes faster... I think the import prs tuners are fine.. you can upgrade them which may help improve the tuning ratio and general feel but it wont help tuning stability...
Thank you for the great review! Best on UA-cam sir.
Thank you!!
dunno if you guys gives a damn but if you are stoned like me atm then you can watch pretty much all the new movies on instaflixxer. Have been streaming with my girlfriend for the last months =)
i was able to purchase this exact same guitar for $750, and after a yr of playing regularly, I really like it...playability, sound and quality. agree with locking tuners....have to tune more than my Taylor acoustic after replacing the strings
thank you Marky for the review.....didn't see it prior to purchasing. so informative
Happy you've had a good experience with it!
I have the identical guitar that I received for my 34th Anniversary from my beautiful wife. I absolutely love it, not only is it gorgeous but the tone and playability is exceptional. The only upgrade I made was the PRS SE locking tuners which fixed the tuning issues that you always get with tremolo bridges. I also set the action lower as that is my personal taste but I’ve done that with every guitar I’ve owned like Fender, Taylor, Ibanez etc. It played better out of the box then my $2200.00 Fender American Professional Strat. For those who we fortunate enough to purchase one you have made a great purchase. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
It's so true about how well they play out of the box.
I bought the burst version of it and it is one of the best guitars I’ve ever had, period. It’s awesome, and nice demo man!
Thanks Jason! I just added wood knobs to mine and am going to do locking tuners. I'll be 100% happy at that point. =]
Got mine in yesterday. I have three other electrics that are more expensive - this one sounds better than all of them. I had pretty high expectations - especially for an SE, they've been exceeded.
Congrats!
I got one of these a few months ago and I really love it. I did have an issue with tuning stability but it seems to be the nut and not the tuners. The nut is cut very deep and I find that the strings (9-46) stick in the nut (even with no tension on them). My quick fix was to apply some D'Addario friction remover, this resulted in an immediate large improvement. I do think I will (very carefully) sand the nut grooves to ever so slightly widen them. Overall I think this is the best guitar I've ever owned, yes even over some American made guitars. The coil tap system is the best I've ever played, I love both the single coil and humbucker tones...there is not a single "bad" setting to be found, I even like the tone control...on every other guitar I've ever owned I have the tone set to max...always...this one is actually usable throughout the dial.
Another tip I recently saw was so rub a graphite pencil tip into the nut groove. Either way, I have to give that a try. Thanks for the comment!
I have the black gold burst one. It's essentially an SE custom 24-08. Also installed the PRS SE locking tuners on all of my SE guitars.
I am considering this guitar.I mainly play acoustic and Jane the PRS ANGELUS 60E and love it. I hear lots about the Telle and the Humbucker and wanted to ask if this guitar can pull off similar sounds. Thanks 👍
Hi Cindy. I'm not familiar with the other guitar that you're speaking of unless you just mean to standard Tele?
very meaningful motto on the wall! "精誠所至 金石為開"
Great review man, one of the best! thanks : )
what I really like in your review:
1 - direct sound - like most of us probably will do (I record only with my HX Stomp), and inside a mix, not just alone.
2 - full relevant review .
3 - not just dry sound.
4 - I can see how the guitar looks in a video.
Some note that I'll like to - more explanations about your grade method (does B is good or bad?), if you can write in which pickup do you use in the opening song, and in your finale thought (and in general) to compare it also to same price range guitars 🙂
Thanks again!
Great review 🎸
Thanks Dave and thank you for the great suggestions!!!
@@MusicWithMarky My pleasure and thank you again! 🙂
Also I ordered the SE locking tuners, they are great!
Oh cool! I wasn't sure which ones I was going to get. I kind of want the wooden tuning knobs as well.
I got this guitar as a Christmas present - wonderful. However, out of the box it could not be played well. I invested in a new PRS bridge, locking PRS tuners and had it all set up by a professional guitar builder, now I can work with it. Note to PRS: mybe you ask a few bucks more and then make an instrument which can be used direct out of the box? As example: I bought several years ago an American Tele, I took it out of the guitar case and it was perfect! That is the difference, right? Cheap not always good!
I was trying to decide between this and an Ibanez AZ premium. I ended up ordering the prs yesterday and thanks to you I feel very confident I made a good choice. Can't wait for it to arrive. 😁
Thanks for a great guitar review!
Sure thing and enjoy!!
Prs man, easy
I have this guitar and I adore it. The total variations from one guitar are just amazing. I need a strap like yours with the blue birds 🐦 such a nice pair. Aside: my SE was made in Indonesia 🇮🇩 which is fine by me. The Van Halen brothers are half Indonesian on their mother's side. :)
I found that strap on Amazon. They have quite a selection. It's not a place I would normally think to look for such things.
I've the same model and I totally share your opinion. Mine also had an issue with no sound in the bridge position after a week of playing. Cleaning the switch with a dedicated contact cleaner spray fixed the problem, but I was a bit disappointed with the quality of such limited edition. Locking tuners will be my next step, as the tremolo is useless with the current ones.
That sucks you had that extra issue with it.
Your right!! It is a beauty!!
I have the Red SE Paul's, very similar but without trem. Build is great and it so... beautiful. But I'm interested in trying a couple of different humbucker in it to see the difference. Haven't decided what brand yet. Would appreciate any input.
I would say that of all the pickups I have tried that Lace and Bare Knuckle are consistently my favorites. From there it's a matter of choosing what fits your style from within the brand's product line.
Check the nut, jI have a 30th anniversary SE and a Santana. In the Santana the nut needs to be filed a little bit on the 3rd and. 2nd strings. On the 30th it's perfect.
Thanks!
Good review. About locking tuners: on my relatively cheap PRS SE standard 24 I replaced stock tuners with PRS SE locking tuners and since then this thing stays in tune beautifully. The original tuners weren't bad but I am super lazy when it comes to changing strings, so locking tuners are godsend.
I agree about the string changing benefits there!
Thank you sir. How does it compare to 2031 SE custom 24-08 ? Thx
I haven't played the other to compare it to. Sorry. :(
Great video , Mark !!! I love the PRS's looks !! They play real nice as well , but I'm like you ... I want that buttery smoothness when I play .
I've found, it's a rare guitar to be real smooth like that. It seems the minority likes that as well so I guess there isn't a motivation to build them that way as much.
@@MusicWithMarky you are correct , sir . I've found that my Ibanez RG570's & RG550's give me that feeling the best !! My Jackson Soloist is a close second !! 😜
I haven't played either of one of those yet. I am going to have to get my hands on one.
So upgrade the tuners and it's basically everything you could want?
For that price, yeah for sure.
@@MusicWithMarky awesome. Thank you! I have an old se I put locking tuners on. Easy switch. The nut and saddles seem to be okay? I replaced my old ones due to tuning instability.
I think they are okay on mine, but my guitar techs did say that replacing those can improve stability as well.
@@MusicWithMarky I'll definitely keep.it in mind then. Especially since I already have them on hand. Thank you for the reply. Looking forward to getting mine in.
Hi, if you are a shredder... you should once try a Patrick Eggle Berlin Pro. Unfortunately almost noone knows these guitars, made in England.
I will look that up!
Great review. Im trying to decide between this and the new chapman ml3 pro traditional.
Thanks. I haven't played a Chapman. I don't think I've even seen one in person yet.
Booboo, PRS, the Chapman wont have the same quality or resale value.
Hello and thanks for the review! I have a Fender American Standard but I intend to buy this guitar. Can you tell me, please, what kind of string scale it has? Thanks and good music. Luca, Italy.
This guitar has a 25" scale length. Thanks for checking out the review!
Outstanding review. Your playing covers a wider range of strings and fretboard than many, letting viewers get a sense of the full character of the guitar. Have you had a chance to get hands on the similar SE 24-08 and if so, do you have any observations or comparisons?
I haven't gotten to play one of those yet. Thanks for the kind words!
Thank you for the great review Warren! Very to the point and usefull! I'm considering buying one, but the tuning stability of the stock guitar, (with liberal use of the whammy bar) makes me hesitate. Did you replace the tuners with locking tuners yourself? (And will the tuning stability problem be solved then?) Use of the whammy bar is part of my playing, so I would also like to know if there is a 'fixed point' between lowering the pitch, and raising the pitch a bit (if that is possible at all with this guitar). I know it's not a floyd rose system (I don't do dive bombs) but I would like to know if there is that 'nasty click' between lowering and raising the pitch a bit because of that fixed point, and if using the whammy bar is noisy, too tight or unstable (or something like that)
The locking tuners make it completely stable. The whammy on it is more like say a strat where you can't come up in pitch a great deal. I'm not sure what you mean by the click. I've not experienced that before.
thanks review，I like blues music very much. is this prs se 35th suitable for blues?
Very much so!
@@MusicWithMarky thks
Sure thing. The single cool split on these pickups have a great blues tone.
That tele makes me feel funny, like when we used to climb the rope at gym class..
Hey man, thanks for the thurough review. Seems like it might be a cool MOD project guitar. (Locking tuners and MannMade USA PRS bridge) Do you think it might be worth doing a $300 MOD?
I would say yes on the tuners. The bridge it came with is perfectly good already, however.
Awesome playing dude !
Thank you!
Hi Mark! Great review, tone, and playing there! I really like this PRS. But is this guitar worth buying over the Charvel Pro Mod DK24 HH?
Hmmm I never played the Charvel, so unfortunately I couldn't give you an honest opinion there. Thanks for checking out the vid!
You can shred but it wouldn’t be your first choice to pick up right? I’m asking cuz I’m planning on getting a new guitar for some more technical stuff like polyphia, covet etc. and a Cort G300 Pro and a used model of this PRS would be my options, but I really don’t know if this PRS would be suited for that kind of playing.
A PRS would be my first choice to shred on because they are so easy to play. When I have to do the most difficult songs, I reach for my 87 PRS custom.
As for tone/sound... The double coil on this guitar isn't quite as beefy as the 87, but you can still get a good metal tone. Look at a guy like a Mark Holcomb and an example.
Why would locking tuners be better in that case. Should the nut be changed to bone or tusk?
The quality of the nut on this From the factory is good. I wanted the locking tuners just for basic tuning stability that I feel is lacking.
@@MusicWithMarky Thank you, I understand. Just got this guitar as a gift, it is wonderful. However I somehow do not like the nut, is it simple plastic? I thought about a Tusk, however I feel that bone may even sound better?
Hmmm I'm not sure. Sorry. :(
@@MusicWithMarky Thanks, I need to check the specs of that guitar. Plastic in my opinion is not good. Tusk maybe good if you use the trem a lot. I will check. Best wishes to all of you!
Yes, locking tuners are a must, but usually its the nut that causes tuning issues. I hear this one needs a better nut.
I cant play anything off the wall. Can you do a video for the SE pauls guitar?
I would have to buy one first! Lol
Kick ass review man thank you!
Cool. Thanks for checking it ouf!
Thanks for the review.
Glad you liked it. :)
Deciding between this and se Paul’s guitar, very hard to choose.
I haven't played Paul's, so I can't offer any advice there. Best of luck!
Paul's guitar is supposed to be the best SE .
Hi Mark, wich cab uses in the Axe preset (Prs 35th)? Great guitar!
Mmm I thought I used only included cabs then when I looked, I realized I had extra ones in the patch. It's free stuff though:
Scenes 1 & 2 are 1x10 Prince Tone SF 121 A (Factory 1 # 90)
Scenes 3 & 4 are LT TV Mix 2 (Leon Todd's free cab IR)
Scenes 5 & 6 are 2x12 '59 Tweed Dbl 121 -L A (Factory 1 #694)
@@MusicWithMarky Sounds very good on my JPX Musicman, specially the 3 & 4.
Awesome! That cab IR of Leon's is really quite good.
Great review man. We have the same tastes when it comes to guitar necks. Hehe
Thanks! :)
If I want to improve the pickups, would it be working the toggles as the same original way?
You can set them up any way you want. They can work with these toggles or you can reassign them to do different things. I've had my techs do even swaps in guitars and also completely change functions. It's all how they wire it.
@@MusicWithMarky Thanks so much! It´s good to know, just in case.
Hey your a great player! great review. Thanks!
Thank you!!
I love mine.. I bought it and sold two guitars and then did not buy a different. so I think it was like $200 to upgrade!!! OMG!!!
I had an issue with the nut being very tight, I detuned a string and slipped it through the nut until it slide through better. retuned next.. now it returns to tune much better.
That's how you do that!
Hey brother, Thanks for the quality review! Have this coming, cant wait! Whered you find that sweet strap? I think it goes pretty well with that guitar. Cant seem to find one like it. Hit me back and let me know if its still available somewhere.
I'm pretty sure it was just on the rack at guitar center here. Amazon actually has quite a collection too, surprisingly.
I found the same strap on Amazon. www.amazon.com/Levys-Leathers-Decorative-adjustable-MC8U-006/dp/B01C5ZYSKA/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=birds+guitar+strap&qid=1610217379&sr=8-2
How many guitars were produced on this " limited run " ?
Fitting to the anniversary number, 3500.
3500 of the Black Gold Burst (already sold out) and 3000 in Fade Blue (still available around).
Nice but we can't get a true sense of the sound while playing thru effects.
I have one coming in a few days and I don't much for effects at all. So I didn't learn much here.
I didn't have much on the sound demo part at the end chapter. Especially the gain sounds where pretty straight up. Are you looking for dry clean tones in general?
Thanks for checking out the vid!
Locking tuners won't keep it in tune better...
I haven't added them yet. Why is that?
Tuning stability is generally setup issues, nut friction or the strings need to be stretched more... Locking tuners only make string changes faster... I think the import prs tuners are fine.. you can upgrade them which may help improve the tuning ratio and general feel but it wont help tuning stability...
Thanks for the info!
@@kenmasters007 lots of comments, but only one on stretching the strings.