My brother just traded in his PRS SE “Paul’s Guitar” for a PRS SE Silver Sky. (The John Mayer strat guitar)

[Midnight Toker]

After 20 min…all I can say is, I’ll never look at my American strat the same way again! Killer guitar top to bottom!!

 

[Rocky]

I'm sure that it's a lovely strat. But just about anybody can make themselves a really nice strat these days with little more than a screwdriver and a decent luthier setup, provided you use quality parts. I've done it myself.

 

[Midnight Toker]

I'm sure that it's a lovely strat. But just about anybody can make themselves a really nice strat these days with little more than a screwdriver and a decent luthier setup, provided you use quality parts. I've done it myself.

I'm sure that it's a lovely strat. But just about anybody can make themselves a really nice strat these days with little more than a screwdriver and a decent luthier setup, provided you use quality parts. I've done it myself.

Not for $600 you can't!! Have you seen this??



Paul puts the same guitar I just played for a few hours....an out of the box offshore made SE model... against several seriously iconic year vintage strats....and it doesnt fare well to spend 15+K on any of them! For just $600, you'd honestly have to go to the Fender Custom Shop to surpass this guitar. I just spent hours playing it....and it's beyond great. Easily on par with any standard production vintage reissue models that start at 2.5K. Not even kidding!

 

[bobouz]

I believe the PRS SE models have been made in Korea, but I haven’t looked at one in a long time. What’s the country of origin on this one?

 

[Mikep]

What I didn't understand about that video is that none of the guitars sound any good

 

[steveintampa]

I never bonded with a PRS , mostly due to the 10" radius and 25.0 scale. Just felt too different.

 

[Rocky]

I never bonded with a PRS , mostly due to the 19" radius and 25.0 scale. Just felt too different.

I had an SE Singlecut korina. With swapped pickups it was really quite lovely. But it was a redundancy, so I moved it along.

 

[GAD]

There was a lot of back and forth on TGP when these came out. People seemed to either love or hate them, and the anti-Mayer angle over there did them no favors.

I’m not a big Strat guy and I have a definite anti-PRS bias so it’s already got two strikes for me, but I have learned not to discount any guitar based on looks (I love S300s, remember) or preconceived notions.

@Midnight Toker - what is it about it that impressed you?

 

[Midnight Toker]

There was a lot of back and forth on TGP when these came out. People seemed to either love or hate them, and the anti-Mayer angle over there did them no favors.

I’m not a big Strat guy and I have a definite anti-PRS bias so it’s already got two strikes for me, but I have learned not to discount any guitar based on looks (I love S300s, remember) or preconceived notions.

@Midnight Toker - what is it about it that impressed you?

First and foremost, the pickups. I've done several upgrades for friends' strats w/ preloaded pickguards w/ custom vintage reissue pups....and these to my ears sound and respond even better than any of those.(those preloaded pickguards alone cost more than 1/2 of this guitar !) They really sing when digging in w/ a little drive in the chain. Like the difference of striking a xylophone on the outer edge....or the sweet spot in the center. Then comes the right out of the box flawless setup. It's not often an offshore economy line from a typically expensive domestic brand plays, feels, and sounds like it was just set up by a master luthier. The PRS SE line has built quite a reputation for getting not just more than your money's worth, but that they come right out of the box concert ready for any seasoned pro musician.

 

[lungimsam]

Is it made in the USA?

 

[Midnight Toker]

And…. I get the anti Mayer association bit, which imho is basically rooted in pure jealousy. The man does have some serious skills. Long before he was penning sorority girl anthems and seen dating one model/movie star after another, few know he originally cut his teeth fronting a Stevie Ray Vaughan tribute act.

 

[Midnight Toker]

Is it made in the USA?

No, that model goes for $2,750.

This is the SE line…$600, made in Indonesia. It easily compares w/ any $1500 guitar, and just blows the doors off anything under a grand! (all the SE models do!!)

 

[walrus]

I had a PRS Hollowbody Spruce, and currently have a PRS S2 Standard. I think they are great guitars!

 

[steveintampa]

I have a PRS humbucker I put in a Peavey JF-1 along with a GFS Double Lipstick humbucker. Fun little guitar and I used it alot to record.

 

[GAD]

And…. I get the anti Mayer association bit, which imho is basically rooted in pure jealousy. The man does have some serious skills. Long before he was penning sorority girl anthems and seen dating one model/movie star after another, few know he originally cut his teeth fronting a Stevie Ray Vaughan tribute act.

His Blues Trio is fabulous.

 

[Rocky]

I don't follow Mayer at all - I thought Gravity was a pretty good song, though. 3 on a side tuners on a strat or a tele do make me a little twitchy.

I don't have an anti-PRS bias, just an aversion to steroid-flamed maple and the bird inlays, which is what made my SE Korina such an attractive instrument. I thought the updated stop tailpiece/bridge was great too. That guitar was an exercise in pure minimalism. Probably only weighed six pounds too.

I could probably buy it back from the guy I sold it to. He doesn't use it much.

They don't make many instruments with the dot/moon inlays anymore, even on the SE series.

 

[Rocky]

What I didn't understand about that video is that none of the guitars sound any good

I can't sit through the whole thing, but that first guitar just sounded ragged ugly on the wound strings. I see an early Park in the video, but I can't imagine he's playing through it at speaking volumes and having it sound that ugly with or without the tubescreamer.

 

[Midnight Toker]

His Blues Trio is fabulous.

I do love it, but to be fair, you could have a kazoo orchestra w/ Pino and Jordan and it would be good.

 

[GAD]

I do love it, but to be fair, you could have a kazoo orchestra w/ Pino and Jordan and it would be good.

Yeah those guys are monster musicians.