FirasR
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Hi folks, I'm a newer PRS guitar owner with an SE Paul's Guitar (2022) that I love and is a contender in comfort and play ability with my Fender American Pro II HSS Strat. I love the different feel and tone of both guitars and enjoy playing them both. I love listening to and playing Alternative & Classic Rock, and more recently have been focusing on listening to and learning the Blues.
I was hoping to buy a PRS SE Hollowbody II (Faded Blue Burst) for my upcoming birthday in June but they seem to be out of stock in European & UK online retailers (Thomann's, Anderton's, Peach Guitars, etc.) where I usually order my gear from (I live in Kuwait and we don't have PRS guitars here).
Thomann have released a pair of 70th anniversary SE guitars that I'm interested in as an alternative to the above:
PRS 70th SE McCarty 594 Quilt FBB (double cut)
PRS 70th SE Custom 24-08 Quilt FBB
I'm leaning more towards the McCarty 594 since it has completely different pickups (the Thomann website has them listed as "Pickups: PRS 58/15 LT (Bridge), PRS 58/15 LT (Neck)" which are the PRS Core model pickups and not the PRS 58/15 LT "S" that usually come with SE McCarty guitars. I've emailed them to confirm if this is true or just a typo and should instead be the SE versions of those pickups which I suspect will be the case as the price isn't much higher than the standard SE McCarty 594s.
Assuming it has the SE pickups (which are the same as the SE Hollowbody II I wanted to get) I wanted to hear people's thoughts and experiences with the two SE guitars and how they compare to the PRS SE Paul's Guitar which I already have, since I'm looking for a different tone and feel from a new guitar purchase for slow blues and classic rock.
I noticed that the SE Custom 24-08 has the same TCI "S" pickups as the ones in the SE Paul's Guitar, so that might be redundant, knowing that the extra fret count will have a different overall sound of the guitar, but not sure if it will be different enough.
Thanks in advance for your feedback.
I was hoping to buy a PRS SE Hollowbody II (Faded Blue Burst) for my upcoming birthday in June but they seem to be out of stock in European & UK online retailers (Thomann's, Anderton's, Peach Guitars, etc.) where I usually order my gear from (I live in Kuwait and we don't have PRS guitars here).
Thomann have released a pair of 70th anniversary SE guitars that I'm interested in as an alternative to the above:
PRS 70th SE McCarty 594 Quilt FBB (double cut)
PRS 70th SE Custom 24-08 Quilt FBB
I'm leaning more towards the McCarty 594 since it has completely different pickups (the Thomann website has them listed as "Pickups: PRS 58/15 LT (Bridge), PRS 58/15 LT (Neck)" which are the PRS Core model pickups and not the PRS 58/15 LT "S" that usually come with SE McCarty guitars. I've emailed them to confirm if this is true or just a typo and should instead be the SE versions of those pickups which I suspect will be the case as the price isn't much higher than the standard SE McCarty 594s.
Assuming it has the SE pickups (which are the same as the SE Hollowbody II I wanted to get) I wanted to hear people's thoughts and experiences with the two SE guitars and how they compare to the PRS SE Paul's Guitar which I already have, since I'm looking for a different tone and feel from a new guitar purchase for slow blues and classic rock.
I noticed that the SE Custom 24-08 has the same TCI "S" pickups as the ones in the SE Paul's Guitar, so that might be redundant, knowing that the extra fret count will have a different overall sound of the guitar, but not sure if it will be different enough.
Thanks in advance for your feedback.