Members Ralph onion Posted March 19, 2010 Members Share Posted March 19, 2010 Thinking about buying one of the new PRS SE semi hollow body guitars in natural finish. Will appreciate any comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members snowaie Posted March 19, 2010 Members Share Posted March 19, 2010 Warning: My opinion is biased.. That being said, I have a PRS SE CU22, and love it. The pickups ARE nice, hot, I've played the semi hollows, and they are really nice. Neck is nice, body is nice, probably need to replace tuners, although they aren't that bad, and I haven't done so yet. The finish is nice. It is MIK (Made in Korea), and has nice and trusting build quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SnoMan97 Posted March 19, 2010 Members Share Posted March 19, 2010 Had one for a while. Very nice guitars, very well built. I had the model with P90's. That said, I traded it for a Strat because I missed having one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Selsaral Posted March 19, 2010 Members Share Posted March 19, 2010 Still have mine, with the soapbars. Sweet guitar. Lightweight. Tiny bit neck heavy but not bad at all. Serious beefy snarl on the bridge pickup. P90s are noisier than my strat (as expected). Great fit and finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BryanMichael Posted March 19, 2010 Members Share Posted March 19, 2010 My brother has one. VERY nice guitar for the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dabbler Posted March 19, 2010 Members Share Posted March 19, 2010 My family gave me a CUS22 SE for my 50th birthday (they knew I would never spend that much on a guitar myself). I liked it so much that I hunted down a used Soapbar II SE. Some day I will hunt up a used Semihollow SE in natural. to complete my family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Will Chen Posted March 19, 2010 Members Share Posted March 19, 2010 Love my Singlecut SE. A few have reported issues with the chrome plating on the bridge flaking off, but that seems to be a pretty isolated issue. I say buy one and rock the crap out of it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members snowaie Posted March 19, 2010 Members Share Posted March 19, 2010 And lightweight, that's a lot of the reason I like it. I'm probably taking out the neck pickup, as I don't even use it much. The bridge is really nice, high output, hot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pixiemixer Posted March 19, 2010 Members Share Posted March 19, 2010 [YOUTUBE][/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members snowaie Posted March 19, 2010 Members Share Posted March 19, 2010 [YOUTUBE]QGb76S9NPl4[/YOUTUBE]Me doing a little melodic jam with my PRS SE CU22. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brewski Posted March 19, 2010 Members Share Posted March 19, 2010 I think they are decent guitars but I can't get over the non-arched top! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ArpeggiateTHIS Posted March 19, 2010 Members Share Posted March 19, 2010 Love my Singlecut SE. A few have reported issues with the chrome plating on the bridge flaking off, but that seems to be a pretty isolated issue. I say buy one and rock the crap out of it! Let me second the damned chrome plating flaking off. Awesome guitar, but the coppery-finish left behind really spoils what should be picturesque. EDIT: Those with a keen eye will spot the affected area on my custom, to the left (in my pic). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ralph onion Posted March 19, 2010 Author Members Share Posted March 19, 2010 Pixie and Snowie, Thanks for the time making your videos and bless your talent, helped me make up my mind. Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JMR Posted March 20, 2010 Members Share Posted March 20, 2010 I love them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members billybilly Posted March 20, 2010 Members Share Posted March 20, 2010 I think they are decent guitars but I can't get over the non-arched top! I agree, arch that bloody top! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members _pete_ Posted March 20, 2010 Members Share Posted March 20, 2010 Let me second the damned chrome plating flaking off. Awesome guitar, but the coppery-finish left behind really spoils what should be picturesque. EDIT: Those with a keen eye will spot the affected area on my custom, to the left (in my pic). This one was 5 years old and the hardware looked like new: This one was 10 years old and the chrome was fine too. I love the SE's. I had 3 of them. All were very well made and had excellent fretwork and necks. The only complaint I had was that the nut slots were too tight. That's a very, very easy fix. People complain about the tuners but they're fine. The nut is what causes the tuning problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dabbler Posted March 20, 2010 Members Share Posted March 20, 2010 I think they are decent guitars but I can't get over the non-arched top! Snorkledick! :poke: Arch tops are just trimmings. Really, after seeing how well my SX GG1 Jr played/felt/sounded it made me realize that except for jazz boxes, I don't really care if the top is arched, and it appears that the flat tops are the better designs. Ooops, did I type that out loud? Anyways, now at least I understand why Gibson tried to replace the LP with the SG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ralph onion Posted March 20, 2010 Author Members Share Posted March 20, 2010 Thank you all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jrockbridge Posted March 20, 2010 Members Share Posted March 20, 2010 I bought a PRS SE Custom 22 for about $385 new. The stock pickups are decent ceramic humbuckers. I wish it had coil split. The sound can be a little bit rough and ratty as well as bright. I swapped pickups to a set of low output hand wound buckers and the sound was still rough and ratty, but too bright (wrong pups for the guitar). But, I learned that the unique bratty sound is due to the body wood and neck. Anyway, I really like the sound because it's unlike anything else I own. It's not as smooth and sophisticated as some axes, but rocks out well. I have an H sized P90 ready to install in the neck. I may do the same swap with the bridge pickup eventually. Overall, I think the build quality is very good. The body wood seems cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bryvincent Posted March 20, 2010 Members Share Posted March 20, 2010 just bought a SE Singlecut Korina 2 weeks ago and i'm liking it very much. even the stock pups sounds pretty good to me and real Korina wood(though multipiece) for under $600 is a pretty good deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zeptallica13 Posted March 20, 2010 Members Share Posted March 20, 2010 Anybody replace the nut? I have an older santana se that wont stay in tune anymore because the nut has some problems, replace or recut? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Matt Howell Posted March 20, 2010 Members Share Posted March 20, 2010 Garbage, buy the real thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MichaelSaulnier Posted March 20, 2010 Members Share Posted March 20, 2010 I've got a couple of the "real thing"... A McCarty and SC 245. I STILL LOVE my affordable and great playing SE Tremonti. Look how pretty she looks... This is a rock guitar... she can cry and sing so sweetly! M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dougie.Douglas Posted March 20, 2010 Members Share Posted March 20, 2010 Yeah all of the PRS SE guitars are great My personal favourite is the SE Custom Semihollow, I love the P90s in that, very 'creamy' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SirJackdeFuzz Posted March 20, 2010 Members Share Posted March 20, 2010 This one was 5 years old and the hardware looked like new: I am NOT a strat fan, but this is one 3 single coil guitar that i would love to have ! Also, i LOVE the SE ONE - GREAT guitar that ! http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnlipfert/4291351258/sizes/o/ http://www.elderly.com/images/new_instruments/30N/SE1-TS_front.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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