Recent content by Hotblack Desiato

Just watched the GuitarGuitar video - looks like a Silver Sky and sounds like a Stra...sorry, Silver Sky.

Welcome to the forum. I think you need to post 3 messages before you can start uploading pics but that aside, can you describe the issue? I've mentioned before in other posts the SE guitars sold in the UK have been QC'd at the factory and again at the European QC dept. here in the UK so UK...

Aye, Scotland is the only country that considers chips (french fries) to be a side-salad.

First time I heard that I thought the bloke was having a stroke. Salt 'n' sauce?

Score 5 points. ;)

Donald, where's yer troosers? (Bonus points to anyone outside Scotland who understands this.)

Like a Silver Sky SE at NAMM.....

Go to 1:08 to see something that might divide opinion (hint: when an Explorer 'rear ends' a PRS) Sorry - I see this has been posted by another member earlier on - I hadn't noticed it.

Anyone else feel a 'group hug' coming on? :) Happy New Year to everyone when it comes.

Apologies if my replies have appeared overly critical. My experiences with PRS guitars over the years has only given me the highest expectations of what to expect from them - I tried a second-hand 408 Artist Pack on Thursday and the rosewood neck felt like nothing else I've ever played. Every...

SEs sold here in the UK have gone through 2 QC processes - at the factory and at the PRS European Tech centre. How likely is it for two independant QC departments to miss the same things? Not impossible but these aren't cheap products so the customer should expect high standards. I sorted the...

Hi everyone, allow me to clarify what I described as a brittleness within the treble though please don't take this to be a damning criticism of the guitar's sound, it's just the opinion of one person. Just for info, I've been playing for about 35 years and have owned plenty of guitars. I...

So in this thread we've accounted for 5 SEs between us and 4 had issues with QC. Though it would be remiss of me not to say all Core PRS I've played have been excellent.

Return the faulty guitar. Plain and simple. Looks like QC on these SE guitars is very poor. My first one was fresh out the box and had a thumbprint-sized circular crack in the finish and the replacement had the 6 knife-edge pivot screws at differing heights. Also the tone pot of both guitars...

Interesting! I've been rolling the tone off to about 7. I'd put new Super Slinky 9s on and they've still got that 'new string brightness' so will see how things go over the coming days. For now I'd say the bridge pickup is the star of the show when using heavy distortion - plenty of roar...