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What shop did you got to.? I'm dutch .https://photos.google.com/share/AF1...?key=dG9GaTNhNW1IN19VNjljSnVMTXFOdzYxSldYZ0tn
Here is a link to the guitar! Doesn’t she look great! I tried posting the link with the IMG button but didn’t work. I looked at the thread and still couldn’t get in working. Hope this is oke.
$800 seems a bit high considering the condition and age. I paid $300 for a 30th Anniversary Custom 24 that had absolutely no damage a few years ago.
That a reasonable price.$800 was for the OP (or I think he mentioned that was the price new), the asking on mine is $300 and we are currently at $275
Huigens in HengeloWhat shop did you got to.? I'm dutch .
Here is the link to the one I'm looking at. I'll be heading out to take a look at it in a little while.
https://denver.craigslist.org/msg/d/broomfield-prs-se-custom-22-vintage/7117950597.html
I'm looking to get my first PRS and am trying to decided if I should go with a new SE24 Standard or a used SE24 Custom.
I find it odd that a salesperson knows nothing about his product. 13 years old is not much info. Price seems fair. They pop up frequently on a well known dutch trade side. It just comes down to your preference. The newer SE's look more like the core version. The PU's are a little better. If you're gonna use the trem be prepared voor a nut swap to the core version and maybe some locking tuners. Be sure to check the site from Dijkmans Breda and Kees Dee Apeldoorn. And the german high volume dealer Thomann. Just to have something to compare with.Huigens in Hengelo
Any general advice for me?
Congrats! Very niceWent ahead and picked it up (it's a 2006 SE Custom 22). Ideally it would have had the bird inlay, but at $275 I couldn't pass it up.
Heck, at that price even if I find something better, I can give it to my younger grandson who just started playing last year (provided he keeps at it).
So when are you buying the next PRS? They are like lays chips. Can’t only have one. Congrats.Went ahead and picked it up (it's a 2006 SE Custom 22). Ideally it would have had the bird inlay, but at $275 I couldn't pass it up.
Heck, at that price even if I find something better, I can give it to my younger grandson who just started playing last year (provided he keeps at it).
So when are you buying the next PRS? They are like lays chips. Can’t only have one. Congrats.
Went ahead and picked it up (it's a 2006 SE Custom 22). Ideally it would have had the bird inlay, but at $275 I couldn't pass it up.
Heck, at that price even if I find something better, I can give it to my younger grandson who just started playing last year (provided he keeps at it).
If you can swing it, I would go for used real PRS. I know that it will not make me popular, but as a native Marylander, I do not consider SEs to be real PRS guitars. They are the PRS equivalent of “Duncan Designed” pickups. SEs are decent guitars, but they are World Musical Instruments and Cort guitars. If a PRS-branded guitar was not built in Maryland, then it is a PINO (PRS in name only). That’s why I cringe when someone mentions that they purchased their first PRS and it is an SE. No, he/she purchased his/her first SE. I wish that PRS would have taken a similar approach with the SEs as Fender did with the Squier brand. There are huge differences in quality between made in Maryland guitars and the imports, not to mention that the figure in Maryland guitars with curly maple tops spans the full thickness of the top whereas the imports have a thin figured veneer over a plain maple cap.
So nice of you to come on the thread and be an elitist jerk. Maybe you should call Paul and let him know that you think his SE line are not "real" PRS guitars.
Went ahead and picked it up (it's a 2006 SE Custom 22). Ideally it would have had the bird inlay, but at $275 I couldn't pass it up.
Heck, at that price even if I find something better, I can give it to my younger grandson who just started playing last year (provided he keeps at it).
13 years ago the SE's didn't have birds. It's all right, your next one will. The price you paid is an excellent one. You did very well, now go play the string off it!
I have SE, S2, and core. They’re all very good guitars and sound different, which is why I have them. No need to cork sniff, everybody has a different situation. Get what floats your boat.......If you can swing it, I would go for used real PRS. I know that it will not make me popular, but as a native Marylander, I do not consider SEs to be real PRS guitars. They are the PRS equivalent of “Duncan Designed” pickups. SEs are decent guitars, but they are World Musical Instruments and Cort guitars. If a PRS-branded guitar was not built in Maryland, then it is a PINO (PRS in name only). That’s why I cringe when someone mentions that they purchased their first PRS and it is an SE. No, he/she purchased his/her first SE. I wish that PRS would have taken a similar approach with the SEs as Fender did with the Squier brand. There are huge differences in quality between made in Maryland guitars and the imports, not to mention that the figure in Maryland guitars with curly maple tops spans the full thickness of the top whereas the imports have a thin figured veneer over a plain maple cap.