I've had a SE Custom 24 for about three years now, really dig the sound but the neck shape has been giving me trouble - puts my thumb in a weird spot and cramps up my grip. I rotate through my 6 guitars and I eventually come back to loving to play the Custom SE, but I find that I want the PRS sound more often than my hand is willing to put up with the neck feel.
The ones I’ve played extensively are the SE soap bar II, SE Custom 24, two different era Santana SEs and found that the differences to me were mainly the pickups, scale length, and the wide fat vs wide thin neck. Beyond that I feel like there’s a lot of similarities - good intonation, lots of sparkling highs and clarity. I liked the wide fat neck feel.
What should I look at? Open to S2s but the price is pretty steep - I tend to prefer buying new so I can either run the racks or buy off of Sweetwater (for returns and knowing the weight).
The ones I’ve played extensively are the SE soap bar II, SE Custom 24, two different era Santana SEs and found that the differences to me were mainly the pickups, scale length, and the wide fat vs wide thin neck. Beyond that I feel like there’s a lot of similarities - good intonation, lots of sparkling highs and clarity. I liked the wide fat neck feel.
What should I look at? Open to S2s but the price is pretty steep - I tend to prefer buying new so I can either run the racks or buy off of Sweetwater (for returns and knowing the weight).