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I’m sure that I’m going to get a lot of hate for this thread, but so be it.
SE guitars are great. I’ve played many of them from a range of eras, and IMO, they are about as good as it gets for import guitars in their respective price range…actually, they’re probably the best out there. That said, I feel that they aren’t on par with Core PRS - they might be 80% there, but that last 20% makes a huge difference to me.
But…(and this is where I’m likely to upset people), they are are manufactured by WMI and Cor-Tek in Korea and Indonesia, then shipped to the PRS plant for final inspection and setup.
If PRS were to create their own factory overseas, and employ their own workforce over there, I wonder if the SE line would feel the same to me as the Core line. And yes, I realize that PRS probably works harder with Cor-Tek than any other company works with their respective import company..but that doesn’t change the fact that these guitars are not made by PRS proper. They are made by Cor-Tek.
As much as I hate to cite Gibson here, there is never a doubt about Gibson vs Epiphone in terms of where the instrument is manufactured. If you get a Gibson, it’s always made in the US at the Gibson factory.
Now, does this matter? Not really, I guess. But IMO Core PRS are different enough from SE models that I cannot consider them to be the same “thing”, but created at a cheaper price point. I suppose I dislike SE models being considered by many as Core models on a budget because I believe that a good Core PRS is about the best production guitar ever made, whereas a good SE (while a very nice instrument) just isn’t up to those standards.
Edited to attempt to hopefully not make people as upset about my opinions.
SE guitars are great. I’ve played many of them from a range of eras, and IMO, they are about as good as it gets for import guitars in their respective price range…actually, they’re probably the best out there. That said, I feel that they aren’t on par with Core PRS - they might be 80% there, but that last 20% makes a huge difference to me.
But…(and this is where I’m likely to upset people), they are are manufactured by WMI and Cor-Tek in Korea and Indonesia, then shipped to the PRS plant for final inspection and setup.
If PRS were to create their own factory overseas, and employ their own workforce over there, I wonder if the SE line would feel the same to me as the Core line. And yes, I realize that PRS probably works harder with Cor-Tek than any other company works with their respective import company..but that doesn’t change the fact that these guitars are not made by PRS proper. They are made by Cor-Tek.
As much as I hate to cite Gibson here, there is never a doubt about Gibson vs Epiphone in terms of where the instrument is manufactured. If you get a Gibson, it’s always made in the US at the Gibson factory.
Now, does this matter? Not really, I guess. But IMO Core PRS are different enough from SE models that I cannot consider them to be the same “thing”, but created at a cheaper price point. I suppose I dislike SE models being considered by many as Core models on a budget because I believe that a good Core PRS is about the best production guitar ever made, whereas a good SE (while a very nice instrument) just isn’t up to those standards.
Edited to attempt to hopefully not make people as upset about my opinions.
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