SE Hollowbody thread

dmatthews · Jan 4, 2020

StillCantankerous said:
Around...staying in plenty of trouble

Looks like Thursday will be NGD so I'll try to post some impressions next weekend. I don't have a core HB anymore; I do have a late 90s Nashville CS 355 and a '19 CU22 Special semi as reference points though.

Can't wait!

bodia · Jan 4, 2020

StillCantankerous said:
I impulsed one today...used from DGS...it popped up on Reverb and I pounced. Stoked for it to arrive next week...

Hey, great to have you back!

John Beef · Jan 30, 2020

I picked up one of these from Sweetwater. It was delivered yesterday... I got to hold it for maybe 5 minutes. Dang real life baloney. I will say it plays very nicely. Sounds good unplugged (haven't plugged it in yet). The neck is nice and beefy. Build quality is in line with other PRS guitars. Frets are polished and slippery. The adjustable bridge... is this the same one as US models? Cuz it's really nice. I can't believe it's not butter! I mean, I can't believe this is a Chinese made instrument! It even looks nice inside the F-holes.

Sweetwater shots:

dmatthews · Jan 30, 2020

John Beef said:
I picked up one of these from Sweetwater. It was delivered yesterday... I got to hold it for maybe 5 minutes. Dang real life baloney. I will say it plays very nicely. Sounds good unplugged (haven't plugged it in yet). The neck is nice and beefy. Build quality is in line with other PRS guitars. Frets are polished and slippery. The adjustable bridge... is this the same one as US models? Cuz it's really nice. I can't believe it's not butter! I mean, I can't believe this is a Chinese made instrument! It even looks nice inside the F-holes.

Sweetwater shots:

That's a real honey, congrats!

DogPhishHead · Jan 30, 2020

John Beef said:
I picked up one of these from Sweetwater. It was delivered yesterday... I got to hold it for maybe 5 minutes. Dang real life baloney. I will say it plays very nicely. Sounds good unplugged (haven't plugged it in yet). The neck is nice and beefy. Build quality is in line with other PRS guitars. Frets are polished and slippery. The adjustable bridge... is this the same one as US models? Cuz it's really nice. I can't believe it's not butter! I mean, I can't believe this is a Chinese made instrument! It even looks nice inside the F-holes.

Sweetwater shots:

That's a GEM !!! I'll get one next year

Jo- · Jan 30, 2020

I've already got 9 hollowbodies, is it wrong that I want to get one of these too?

bodia · Jan 30, 2020

Jo- said:
I've already got 9 hollowbodies, is it wrong that I want to get one of these too?

No. No it isn't.

bodia · Jan 30, 2020

John Beef said:
I picked up one of these from Sweetwater. It was delivered yesterday... I got to hold it for maybe 5 minutes. Dang real life baloney. I will say it plays very nicely. Sounds good unplugged (haven't plugged it in yet). The neck is nice and beefy. Build quality is in line with other PRS guitars. Frets are polished and slippery. The adjustable bridge... is this the same one as US models? Cuz it's really nice. I can't believe it's not butter! I mean, I can't believe this is a Chinese made instrument! It even looks nice inside the F-holes.

Sweetwater shots:

Hottie! I do believe that is the US bridge.

veinbuster · Jan 30, 2020

Jo- said:
I've already got 9 hollowbodies, is it wrong that I want to get one of these too?

Heck...I’m way behind.
Where was that JA15 again?

Alnus Rubra · Jan 30, 2020

John Beef said:
I picked up one of these from Sweetwater. It was delivered yesterday... I got to hold it for maybe 5 minutes. Dang real life baloney. I will say it plays very nicely. Sounds good unplugged (haven't plugged it in yet). The neck is nice and beefy. Build quality is in line with other PRS guitars. Frets are polished and slippery. The adjustable bridge... is this the same one as US models? Cuz it's really nice. I can't believe it's not butter! I mean, I can't believe this is a Chinese made instrument! It even looks nice inside the F-holes.

Sweetwater shots:

Can’t see photo

John Beef · Jan 30, 2020

Maybe this? The sweetwater shots have the extension ".auto.webp" and I don't know what all that's about. They should stick with jpg.

Tim S · Jan 30, 2020

John Beef said:
Maybe this? The sweetwater shots have the extension ".auto.webp" and I don't know what all that's about. They should stick with jpg.

dogrocketp · Jan 31, 2020

I got a file not found on all of them.

Alnus Rubra · Jan 31, 2020

dogrocketp said:
I got a file not found on all of them.

same

Tim S · Jan 31, 2020

dogrocketp said:
I got a file not found on all of them.

Katherine S · Feb 4, 2020

Darkside Six said:
Long time Stalker of this thread.... I received my SE Hollowbody II a couple of days and was able to record a "Test Drive" video. I already replaced the knobs with PRS Core, as well as added SE Locking tuners, and Brass Bridge studs. I recorded the guitar through a Roland JC-40 with stereo reverb and delay (strymon), also using a fender pugilist and strymon riverside distortion pedal set low through the front of the amp. The guitar is killer.... I'm really liking the pickups, with the overall feel of the guitar is a feeling of a very quality instrument. I also own a SAS Special from '96, as well as an '18 CE-24....This guitar does not disappoint when played alongside those other guitars. Please forgive the bad playing, but here's a vid for people to hear how the guitar sounds.

Wow, that's really beautiful playing. I love the sound of that. I have an S2 22 semi-hollow and am dying to get one of the Hollowbody standards. I play a lot of different genres, but really love ambient composing. Hoping I can rationalize having the semi-hollow as well as one of these.

dogrocketp · Feb 4, 2020

Welcome, Katherine S!

Katherine S · Feb 4, 2020

Thank you dogrocketp, I'm trying to find my way around but had to hit the hollowbody thread first. Hope you're enjoying yours - it's a beauty! I had a standard in my shopping cart at SW but someone snatched it away before I could pull the trigger. Now they're on backorder!

Alnus Rubra · Feb 4, 2020

Katherine S said:
Wow, that's really beautiful playing. I love the sound of that. I have an S2 22 semi-hollow and am dying to get one of the Hollowbody standards. I play a lot of different genres, but really love ambient composing. Hoping I can rationalize having the semi-hollow as well as one of these.

Hi Katherine and welcome to the forum.

We’d all love to hear some of your compositions, when you’ve settled in here.

And feel free to share your new HB when it arrives in a “new guitar day” thread. We all love pretty pictures here. We should be known as “Magpies Anonymous”!!

Good luck with your guitar buying.

John Beef · Feb 4, 2020

I finally uploaded images to Imgur, hopefully you guys can see these?

The herd: (the glass over the camera on my phone is cracked so it's taking pretty lousy pics these days)

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