Prs SE 245
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Gearjoneser
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Re: Prs SE 245
In that price range, it's really hard to beat the 245 and Santana.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2011-PAUL-R...P-/300596308908?pt=Guitar&hash=item45fcefabac
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-PRS-SE-...G-/330545668776?pt=Guitar&hash=item4cf60ea2a8
In that price range, it's really hard to beat the 245 and Santana.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2011-PAUL-R...P-/300596308908?pt=Guitar&hash=item45fcefabac
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-PRS-SE-...G-/330545668776?pt=Guitar&hash=item4cf60ea2a8
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WickedCoach
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Re: Prs SE 245
I played one for the first time last week and instantly fell in love with it. The body is nice and thick, much more so than a regular single cut. Felt instantly comfortable in my hands. Good weight to it and the neck felt great. Bird inlays were cool looking. The next day I traded in 4 guitars and ordered a red one and a tobacco sunburst one from my local shop. I am putting a super distortion/ paf pro combo in both, and setting one up for E flat and one for regular tuning, and they will be my main guitars. You should check one out.
I played one for the first time last week and instantly fell in love with it. The body is nice and thick, much more so than a regular single cut. Felt instantly comfortable in my hands. Good weight to it and the neck felt great. Bird inlays were cool looking. The next day I traded in 4 guitars and ordered a red one and a tobacco sunburst one from my local shop. I am putting a super distortion/ paf pro combo in both, and setting one up for E flat and one for regular tuning, and they will be my main guitars. You should check one out.
JeffB
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Re: Prs SE 245
I was all set to order a Marsden a few months back. I finally found a 245Se to play and the build quality was good, typical PRS SE.
I was not impressed with the "wide fat" neck, which was not nearly as big as the WF on the USA models I owned and was smaller than on a Ibby AS73 hollowbody I also played that day. I also am not a fan of the short narrow frets they use on the SEs. Finally this one was a tone turd. Dead and tinny, no pickups would have helped that thing to anywhere above the "mediocre" level tonally. Looking at the wood grain it was clearly obvious they are not using any kind of actual mahogany species like the USA models do - its that asian faux mahogany. That goes with the territory and the price and that is cool, but the neck & frets were the deal breaker for me.
EDIT- to answer your question, the maple cap is not full thickness- its the same width in the middle as it is for the natural binding.
Good value for many, but I would be hesitant to order one sight unseen- There are very few brand guitars I actually would not hesitate to order sight unseen, but definitely any MIC/MIK instrument needs to pass the in-hand boobie test, AFAIC.
I was all set to order a Marsden a few months back. I finally found a 245Se to play and the build quality was good, typical PRS SE.
I was not impressed with the "wide fat" neck, which was not nearly as big as the WF on the USA models I owned and was smaller than on a Ibby AS73 hollowbody I also played that day. I also am not a fan of the short narrow frets they use on the SEs. Finally this one was a tone turd. Dead and tinny, no pickups would have helped that thing to anywhere above the "mediocre" level tonally. Looking at the wood grain it was clearly obvious they are not using any kind of actual mahogany species like the USA models do - its that asian faux mahogany. That goes with the territory and the price and that is cool, but the neck & frets were the deal breaker for me.
EDIT- to answer your question, the maple cap is not full thickness- its the same width in the middle as it is for the natural binding.
Good value for many, but I would be hesitant to order one sight unseen- There are very few brand guitars I actually would not hesitate to order sight unseen, but definitely any MIC/MIK instrument needs to pass the in-hand boobie test, AFAIC.
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Funkfingers
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Re: Prs SE 245
Regret to say that I hope the maple cap is as thin as possible. I prefer the all mahogany SE models by a wide margin.
Regret to say that I hope the maple cap is as thin as possible. I prefer the all mahogany SE models by a wide margin.