Chipsotoole
Chipsotoole
Hi there,
I was recently fortunate enough to get hold of a minty completely stock 2001 PRS SE Santana. I see there is quite a difference of opinion on these instruments here as many people rightly or wrongly believe the Santana Se model has morphed over the years to be a great improvement on the original . Bound fingerboards, uncovered pups, natty wee pick guards, contours bodies, and then body shape and maple cap changes have been the order of the evolution from 2001-2020 or so. I just want to put it out there that the first gen whilst not remotely like Meister Santana's original is a monster of a guitar. Really beautiful rosewood fretboard of a much higher quality of many modern ones, and a beautifully balanced trem system that is as good as I've played.. ..and yet it's so hard to find a stock one. Once they were no longer flavour of the month all manner of mods were done to so many. In particular the pickups were more often than not replaced.. Tone rainbow chasers will no doubt phone in dimarzio 36th anniversary, or pearly gates, Super 58's or Swampbug specials (whatever) and suggest that's what'll make a good guitar a great guitar. Whatever these stock covered pups were that were put in are real gems. Possibly a bit old fashioned by todays standards, and Yes the bridge pup can lean slightly on the trebly side, but comparing it with a number of other humbucker equipped mahogany guitars in my collection I gotta say it really holds up in every setting and has a voice all of it's own. Anyone else cherish a stock one?
I was recently fortunate enough to get hold of a minty completely stock 2001 PRS SE Santana. I see there is quite a difference of opinion on these instruments here as many people rightly or wrongly believe the Santana Se model has morphed over the years to be a great improvement on the original . Bound fingerboards, uncovered pups, natty wee pick guards, contours bodies, and then body shape and maple cap changes have been the order of the evolution from 2001-2020 or so. I just want to put it out there that the first gen whilst not remotely like Meister Santana's original is a monster of a guitar. Really beautiful rosewood fretboard of a much higher quality of many modern ones, and a beautifully balanced trem system that is as good as I've played.. ..and yet it's so hard to find a stock one. Once they were no longer flavour of the month all manner of mods were done to so many. In particular the pickups were more often than not replaced.. Tone rainbow chasers will no doubt phone in dimarzio 36th anniversary, or pearly gates, Super 58's or Swampbug specials (whatever) and suggest that's what'll make a good guitar a great guitar. Whatever these stock covered pups were that were put in are real gems. Possibly a bit old fashioned by todays standards, and Yes the bridge pup can lean slightly on the trebly side, but comparing it with a number of other humbucker equipped mahogany guitars in my collection I gotta say it really holds up in every setting and has a voice all of it's own. Anyone else cherish a stock one?
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