Not a PRS fan

[El Dunco]

Um .... don't ever say you won't do something because sooner or later you'll find yourself doing it. Looks like i got some crow to eat.
This Tremonti SE Custom just fell in my lap today, couldn't pass it up.
9.2 lbs full thickness body just like the USA model.
Seems very well made. No amp playing today ive been doing a minor setup, will have to play it thru the Scholz Rockman X-100 later.
Review to follow. Seems Paul makes decent stuff any-hoo .... > :9:

I can’t say I won’t either. The problem is they aren’t known for making many leftys in the kind I’d like the most.

 

[JMP/HBE]

Initial impressions are the pickups are very balanced as most demo videos of this guitar say, likely not swap them out. Neck joint is stout & sturdy as a MoFo. Overall build, fit & finish is very good.
Mark Tremonti can take pride that PRS is doing him right.
Serial sez its a 2003 or 2021 but its mint, still with hang tags.
Its kinda like the chunk of a Gibson w/a Fender type trem / action but very Gibson-esk. Never played a PRS double cut but the single cuts are to my liking and fit me well.
I see why Mark went from Gibson Les Pauls to the PRS.
Bravo / well done.
This guitar accommodated medium gauge strings fine with minimal tweaking.

 

[orpheo]

This is absolutely true.. it takes time to adjust.but to some degree I think this is more of an advantage than a disadvantage.. PRS have some of the chime and attack that you'd get in a 25 and a half but they have some of the bloom that you get out of a 24 3/4.

Frankly I've moved almost entirely to 25 and a half and roll off high end when I need a more short scale tone.. but, if I was stuck in an island with only one guitar etc, the PRS scale length definitely achieves what they say they want to achieve..

This is exactly the reason why I stopped with 25.5. I simply love that uhm.. for the lack of a better word, chewy feel of 24.75.

 

[JMP/HBE]

 

[jeremy]

ive been a strat/fender guy for most of the 30+ years ive been playing. it took time to adjust to playing gibsons and the like, but at this point i switch around without a thought. all three gigs this weekend i brought a tele and a lp. the 25" scale of a prs is kinda a non-issue once you get used to switching around.

 

[ErikH]

The few PRS I have played have been nice. I do prefer the single-cuts though. Had a Korina single-cut that was really nice. Swapped the stock pickups out for a set of DiMarzio Air Classics, replaced the nut, had a wraparound bridge. It was a great player. Only sold it to fund other stuff.

 

[DCikes88]

Um .... don't ever say you won't do something because sooner or later you'll find yourself doing it. Looks like i got some crow to eat.
This Tremonti SE Custom just fell in my lap today, couldn't pass it up.
9.2 lbs full thickness body just like the USA model.
Seems very well made. No amp playing today ive been doing a minor setup, will have to play it thru the Scholz Rockman X-100 later.
Review to follow. Seems Paul makes decent stuff any-hoo .... > :9:

Lol! I've just today stumbled upon one of these at a local online market, exact same finish Tremonti SE Custom, and it made me think twice, even thrice.
Looks cool, sure it plays great

 

[JMP/HBE]

 

[JMP/HBE]

 

[RB522]

I've played a couple of PRS guitars, and they were really nice. I have nothing bad to say about them, but I could never reach for my wallet to close the deal. Maybe someday..........

 

[JMP/HBE]

 

[dave74]

Not a brand I like. Good quality I'm sure, but aside from the Torrero with the OFR they have just never been specced to my preferences.

I do like the 25" scale though, but then the Torrero went with 25.5" so that kind of killed my interest, not that I don't like F-scale, but that is the one thing I liked about PRS that was somewhat unique.

I'm the same with Gibson for the most part. I like some things about them but not enough things to bite on one these days.

 

[JMP/HBE]

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[JOLLY]

I've probably played at least 40 PRS guitars over the years, and I don't mean SE models either. I've never played one of them. While I think that PRS guitars are stunning and amazingly built instruments, I've never played one that I gelled with. I've just never found any of the necks on them comfortable for me. I don't really care for the bridges either.

 

[jmh151]

I've had 3- a 2010 PRS KL-1812- basically a Stop tail Custom 24 with a White Korina neck and body. Played like butter , sounded like a violin.

Years later I traded it in for a 2019 Wood Library Custom 24 (with Trem)- Rosewood neck, African Blackwood fingerboard, Artist flame maple top, bird inlays, etc... I traded in the 2010 for what I originally paid for it. This guitar plays like a dream and I can get close to any tone I want out of it, including shred.

I also came across a used Singlecut McCarty 594- their take on a Les Paul. I couldn't gel with it, I'm a Les Paul lover, now have 3. Tone was great but not warm like a Les Paul- very sterile, but I could get Tele tones with the coil splits. The neck profile was uncomfortable, strings very stiff, I sent it back to PRS for a setup, and it came back just as bad. Once I got a Reissue Les Paul I traded it in towards a Custom Shop Strat.

I do like their SE Silver sky- I played one- great neck, very playable, pickups sounded great, I'm interested in getting one but cant justify it having a Custom Shop strat

 

[Bill Dennis]

I know i should like them, figured tops, trems, exotic woods, fancy schmancy features but the more i see them the less i like them.
Not a LP and not a Strat they're like the "Pat" of guitars.

I think the PRS SE models offer alot for the money but again not really into that.
Will Paul be mad ?

Why do you think you "should" like them? I don't like Gretsch or Ricks. See what I did there? I doubled down.

 

[jmh151]

Why do you think you "should" like them? I don't like Gretsch or Ricks. See what I did there? I doubled down.

I love Gretsch's but one is enough...
Ricks I don't know about

 

[danielmeyers]

I bought PRS SE Standard 24 in the blue color about 6 months ago.
Immediately got it to tech to install a bone nut. Otherwise I would not change anything.
It sounds great, plays great, frets are level and well rounded, stays in tune better than some of the more expensive fixed bridge guitars.
Pickups are fine and those can be swapped anytime anyway...
I has rounder fretboard radius but that is also about personal preference.
I've played both the SE standard and SE custom, there was no difference in playability or tone, which is great. That means you can buy the standard over the custom and save some cash and I found out about it on https://writemypapers4me.net/ decided do my paper. But if you're willing to spend a little more, the S2 line is head and shoulders above the SE line. They play better, sound better, feel better, and sustain better. But either way, what a great time to be alive!

 

[JMP/HBE]

 

[Demanic]

You all are starting to make me GASS for a PRS. Double cut with a figured top.

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