Greetings,
I have a 2024 S2 Standard 24 in Antique White Satin. It was on sale just before the announcement was made that the new ones were going to have the bird inlay upgrades along with USA pick-ups and electronics. Obviously the 2025 models had a bump in price but I think the extra value was there. I don't regret my purchase as I upgraded the pick-ups to Seymour Duncan Custom Custom Bridge and Pearly Gates Neck, both of which I love as well as I upgraded the electronics so with the money I saved I was able to personalize the guitar...oh yeah and a white PRS pick guard.
I considered my next electric to be a few different models and not necessarily another PRS...but each time I play my PRS and put it away, it always feels great and was really easy to get a great set-up on it because I can be rather particular about that.
Long story short, I am considering another PRS...I'd like a core, but I don't think I am a core customer just yet as it's a rather sizeable investment and I'm essentially a home hobbyist.
I like the look of the new swamp ash special in Pearl White CE24 and a couple other S2 models catch my interest.
Is the swamp ash too bright? I love the deep warm sound of mahogany and my experience with ash was a 70's Mexican Strat with single coils...so not really a fair comparison but I recall the guitar to be rather bright sounding and I can't tolerate excessively bright or trebly guitars or amps. I like for leads a deep warm smooth lead tone...probably like a lot of you folks here. I really want to like the idea of this swamp ash because I think it would play similar to my Standard 24 but offer a different flavour so it wouldn't be redundant to own one.
Other things I want to know - does it have US bridge/hardware?
Lastly, is PRS ever going to include a hardcase with these CE and S2 models? I am okay to pay more for a PRS than something like a Gibson Standard Series as I believe that PRS Core models are designed to compete with the Gibson Custom Shop models, but really for PRS to compete with the standard line they need to include a hardcase.
I have a 2024 S2 Standard 24 in Antique White Satin. It was on sale just before the announcement was made that the new ones were going to have the bird inlay upgrades along with USA pick-ups and electronics. Obviously the 2025 models had a bump in price but I think the extra value was there. I don't regret my purchase as I upgraded the pick-ups to Seymour Duncan Custom Custom Bridge and Pearly Gates Neck, both of which I love as well as I upgraded the electronics so with the money I saved I was able to personalize the guitar...oh yeah and a white PRS pick guard.
I considered my next electric to be a few different models and not necessarily another PRS...but each time I play my PRS and put it away, it always feels great and was really easy to get a great set-up on it because I can be rather particular about that.
Long story short, I am considering another PRS...I'd like a core, but I don't think I am a core customer just yet as it's a rather sizeable investment and I'm essentially a home hobbyist.
I like the look of the new swamp ash special in Pearl White CE24 and a couple other S2 models catch my interest.
Is the swamp ash too bright? I love the deep warm sound of mahogany and my experience with ash was a 70's Mexican Strat with single coils...so not really a fair comparison but I recall the guitar to be rather bright sounding and I can't tolerate excessively bright or trebly guitars or amps. I like for leads a deep warm smooth lead tone...probably like a lot of you folks here. I really want to like the idea of this swamp ash because I think it would play similar to my Standard 24 but offer a different flavour so it wouldn't be redundant to own one.
Other things I want to know - does it have US bridge/hardware?
Lastly, is PRS ever going to include a hardcase with these CE and S2 models? I am okay to pay more for a PRS than something like a Gibson Standard Series as I believe that PRS Core models are designed to compete with the Gibson Custom Shop models, but really for PRS to compete with the standard line they need to include a hardcase.
