PRS SE Custom 24/08 EV

Na lang nadenken wilde ik graag een Nieuwe gitaar,
Ik was erg ijverig om online deze aankoop te verrichten maar ik was ontzettend positief verrast.

De gitaar is mooi afgesteld (ook al mag de actie iets lager van mijzelf maar dat is een heel persoonlijk iets). los daarvan vrijwel niks op aan te merken. Fretjes zijn mooi gepolijst, Geen scherpe hoekjes en mooi egaal.
Het enige puntje zou zijn (en dan ben ik erg nitpicky) een heel klein beetje zaagsel tussen de gitaar en lak bij de uitsnede van het fretbord zit.

het is onzettend gaaf dat je de coils kan splitsen en het geluid wat je er uit krijgt is daarom ook echt uniek.

Wil je een upgrade van een beginner gitaar en zoek je naar iets serieus,
Is dit de gitaar voor jou.

I ordered this guitar since I thought it would be a good complement to my other PRS (bolt-on, from 1995, USA). I did some research and it looked promising. Once received, I admired the beauty of it and it was playable straight out of the box. The color is just a beauty and the neck super-smooth. I don't like 0.09 set of strings, so I changed them to 0.10's and adjusted the truss rod accordingly, very slightly, since PRS are VERY sensitive. Very low string action was possible. I played for a couple of days without plugging it in (no amp at home), and it was a pure joy.

My expactations had now risen since I ordered it; how would it behave when plugged in to my Kemper stage in the my homestudio? well, as it would turn out, it excelled! The TC-I pickups sound great- much higher output than my other PRS (it has HSS with coil split). Pickups are very responsive and sound fat and full in humbucker mode, clear, but never hard. When trying the coil splits, the sound was even more impressive: great single coil sounds emerged and could also be paired with the other pickup as h/s. Very versatile and great sounds all over no matter what amp I tried! Clean, crunch hi-gain- just superb! And the sustain went on for hours...

I cannot reccomend this guitar highly enough. If you like its color, then go for it, nothing to loose, if you have a grand to spare. My first PRS may just be my second PRS now? And the SE, well, if SE is This good now, should I sell my old 335 to buy a USA made PRS and go full throttle in??

+ Looks, playability, versatility, TC-I pickups.

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Ps. After some more weeks... The trem was not as smooth as my older PRS's, I thought it had something to do with spring tension,. But after trying taking off one of the springs (super tight fit) snd adjusting, the problem was still there: not smooth and not returning to the zero position?? Finally,I noticed that the cut out for the the tremolo block was not centered, causing the treble side of the block to jam slightly by the wood. On the bass side there was lots of space, but not enough on the treble side. A mistake made by hand from or a fawlty template at the factory? PRS is better than this, it should have been cleared out from the production line! Well, I took out a rambo knife and started to cut off some wood, not wanting to take the tremolo off completely. After 10 minutes or so, I finally got the trem loose, and what a difference! Now, it plays beautifully, smooth and returns to zero every time, in tune. So if you experience the same problem, you know what to do. Or return it to Thomann. I took one star off from build quality due to this.

I love PRS. Not a fan of buying guitars online, I'm more into trying at the store then buying but with PRS you have that increased level of security. The guitar was in tune out of the box! Just needed some work on intonation but it was super easy. Great fretwork, great sound. Build quality is great. Totally recommend this guitar.

My suggestion, just buy PRS SE locking tuners with it, because those tuners on it can get flimsy.
Electronics are not at the core level, but really for this money this is the best buy.

My Eriza Verde is so beautiful in person, I can just sit, watch it and lose track of time.

You can't go wrong with PRS and Thomann.