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    NGD: PRS SE Custom 24 Zebrawood - Not Very Happy :(

    Thanks for the advice regarding Jack's and Dave's shops. I've visited their websites and I think that both are good options, especially since they are small local stores that I'm sure will take much more care in shipping a well inspected and setup guitar, than a big company like Sweewater or GC...
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    SE Customs Now Manufactured in Indonesia?

    I was unlucky enough to get 3 of the bad ones in a row: 1) Indonesian SE CU 24 Zebrawood: Faulty pickup switch, twisted volume knob 2) Korean SE CU 24 Rosewood: Truss Rod issues 3) Indonesian SE CU 24 Zebrawood: Severe neck angle issues, raised fret, twisted tone knob All of these were 2019...
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    NGD: PRS SE Custom 24 Zebrawood - Not Very Happy :(

    Well... I just spoke with my Sales Engineer at Sweetwater and he truly apologized for the bad setup. He said that they are going to look up with their tech team why that guitar was shipped like that. Besides apologizing he offered to have their team fix all the issues at no cost including fret...
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    NGD: PRS SE Custom 24 Zebrawood - Not Very Happy :(

    I would be tempted as well... but my reasoning not to start tweaking it is that if with such a high action there’s a lot of fret buzz in the first few frets, I believe that if I try to lower the bridge to the right position, plus set the right neck relief and action, that fret buzz will most...
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    NGD: PRS SE Custom 24 Zebrawood - Not Very Happy :(

    Yeah, it could be that they didn't do the setup like that, but that as others have said the bridge might've been whacked out of place due to mishandling of the box by FedEx. But one thing that brings my attention is that based on what I know the PRS factory recommendation is to have the same...
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    NGD: PRS SE Custom 24 Zebrawood - Not Very Happy :(

    Yes... that would be my thought. To order with "Store Pickup", or go to a GC that have these units in stock and ask them to bring one from the back that's still boxed.
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    NGD: PRS SE Custom 24 Zebrawood - Not Very Happy :(

    I do know how to set it up and I have all the tools for it: feeler gauges, action ruler, fret rocker.... but my intent to pay them to set it up was to make sure that it wouldn't have any "unnoticed issues" that the 55-point inspection would not catch. The concern is that even with that high...
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    NGD: PRS SE Custom 24 Zebrawood - Not Very Happy :(

    Hello all... so my PRS SE CU 24 Zebrawood arrived, and unfortunately I have to report that the "3rd time was not a charm". Below you'll find some pictures. If you wanna know the whole story you can check my posts on this THREAD, but long story short this is the 3rd unit that I've received from...
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    Poor Produced 2019 SE's ?

    Hello all... I recently made a long post (5 parts) on the "Korea Vs Indonesia" thread which speaks about my very recent "not so good" experience with two 2019 PRS SE CU24, one from Indonesia and the other from Korea. If you're interested you can read it on page 9 of the thread HERE: I'm...
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    SE Customs Now Manufactured in Indonesia?

    Thanks all for your comments so far. I'm truly looking forward for the "3rd time's charm moment". Finger's crossed. I do believe that this has been a matter of bad luck so far, as I'm positive the Cor-Tek (Cort) factory should have all that's needed to continue the legacy of thousands of happy...
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    SE Customs Now Manufactured in Indonesia?

    PART 5 At that point I decided to take it to a local guitar tech (not Guitar Center) with experience on PRS Guitars to request a professional setup, as I didn't want to mess up anything myself. Before taking it to him I took it back to the initial neck relief that it had when I received it...
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    SE Customs Now Manufactured in Indonesia?

    PART 4 I took out my action ruler and feeler gauges to do the comparison with the PRS factory recommended settings, and in this case I confirmed that both were way out of PRS specs: - Neck relief was 0.017 in, where PRS spec is 0.010 in - String action was 0.083 in, where PRS spec is 0.062 in...
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    SE Customs Now Manufactured in Indonesia?

    PART 3 As you know Sweetwater's customer support was great so there was no issue getting a return label to send it back. At that point I read this "Indonesian Vs. Korean" post for the first time, so for my replacement I decided to change the finish to one that was still made in Korea. Second...
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    SE Customs Now Manufactured in Indonesia?

    PART 2 First Unit Ordered: Zebrawood PRS SE Custom 24 from Sweetwater, Serial # CTIA21286 (2019) made in Indonesia by Cor-Tek. From the pictures I loved the color and finish on this one, and when I received it I fell in love with it, as the pictures can't do justice on how great it looks when...
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    SE Customs Now Manufactured in Indonesia?

    Hello all... first of all this is my first post on the forum, so nice to meet ya!! Disclaimer: The post might be a bit long, but it contains my recent experience with both Korean and Indonesian made PRS SE Custom 24. Due to PRS Forums limitations the post will not fit into just one message, so...
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