Ok, I have had time to gig with these, tweak things in, and really make some A/B comparisons with other guitars.
I can honestly say that I haven't found another guitar that gives me the sound this one does. I mean that in a really good way.
Compared to other guitars, I get a very rich sound...
Ok, now here is the definite final review of this guitar. I have been gigging and tweaking the guitar now for some time. The PUPs have been replaced with Bare Knuckles "Rebel Yells", I re-setup the neck, and replaced the nut with a bone one. I am currently running 9 1/2 strings.
I have A/B'd...
I bought this guitar as a humbucker alternative for gigging with my band with my Strat (with Fralin pickups). I had a couple of complaints and have given the guitar a good 6 months or more to grow on me before I upgraded:
Flabby low E
Sticky nut when tuning (I don't use the whammy)...
Ok, long overdue update....
The stock nut is nearly useless. Replaced with a Tusk .... much better. Tuning now is instant with no sticking.
Pickups changed to Bare knuckles "Rebel Yell"'s. This fixed a bunch of things, but let me itemize my findings with these updates in place on the SE...
I have Fralin's in my Strat .... absolutely lovely tone. I will re-neck that guitar until I am too old to play ;)
The intonation was fixable just by adjusting the bridge. It is fine now. As I said, not a big deal, but I had read many people say that their guitar was perfect out of the box...
There does not appear to be anything wrong with the playability of the SE. Are you suggesting that a Core Cu24 has PUPs that sound better than a set of Bareknuckles?
I could A/B this for you in a couple of months since I know a couple of people who have Core Cu24's.
Update ....
Ok, had a bit more time with my PRS and here are my comments:
Setup was way off on the intonation. Not a big deal, but it wasn't initially even close. It was effecting my distorted chords played high on the neck. Did some adjustments and now everything is great
Still LOVE the...
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I have to say, the guitar looks very impressive in good light. Unreal value. My hat is off to the fine engineers at PRS. At this point in time, I can't imagine recommending any...
Hi guys. Thanks for the replies.
I now have quite a few more hours under my belt, and have had time to tweak my Kemper to be more in-line with the tone of the PRS SE CU24.
I am learning to love the complex harmonics of the PRS. I have a Mesa rig that sounds absolutely amazing, and a clean...
Hi All,
First post, and my first PRS.
I normally play on a Fender Strat with Frailin pickups and have a Kemper guitar system.
I was looking for a decent guitar that had humbuckers and a little more depth and bite than one can achieve through single coils. In the sub $1500 catagory, PRS SE...
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