Cor-tek are really killing it at the moment - they're making the very well received PRS SE models, their own Cort guitars are very well specced midrange guitars, and as of this week they're reissued the DOD/Digitech pedal line having bought the brand last year.
What? Cort are reissuing DOD effects??? Wow! Hearing that’s made my day! I have several DOD effects that are now non functional due to severe abuse! I hope they’re manufacturing them the same way DOD did!
@@terrypussypower They've got some of the original DOD/Digitech people back and they've just started making the pedal line as it was when Samsung shut it down, excluding a couple they can't get the components for at the moment.
Paul said in 1985 he thought maybe the birds could be a special order type thing and the moons would be standard but it turns out most people wanted birds so it became the standard on all PRS models.
Sitting in Canada waiting for my pre-ordered DGT SE to arrive. Glad that you showed that it's a dark back. Until now, I was under the impression that they had black painted backs.
Confused, did PRS clearly underestimate the demand for this new product even after they basically made and released a multi-part mini-documentary just to hype it. 🤔 This guitar is amazing!!!...uh sorry, we only made 10
I ordered mine from Sweetwater right after they released the promo videos. The sales rep said PRS was saying they'd be getting the first shipment by mid January but they rarely make those deadlines. I haven't received mine yet but I'm looking forward to it.
@@johnnewton1830 I think it depends where you live as to whether any stock has been available. There has been a batch delivered and sold out (arrived in January) in the US and Australia (strictly speaking as I type I know of two still showing as “in stock” on Aus websites so maybe not all sold yet if their stock level is accurate). I think Europe is still waiting and I’m unsure about other locations.
Partially, is to make the hype bigger... I mean afaik they do check each unit at their US location after in arrives from Indonesia... Probably they want to make sure no lemons get out, but they also released multiple new SE's so, probably they are stuck there at QC ... Nobody knows if they had to "send back" stuff to Indonesia. If they did, they wouldn't make it public... I see current SE lineup as trying to be the de-facto quality-wise guitar within the $600-$900 bracket. I really dig this DGT on paper, I would love to hold one before buying thought 😅
I brought the DGT SE gold top, it's a really nice guitar, my only complaint is that mine and a friend, that brought the same DGT gold top, we both had to replace the input jack, highly recommended to put a SWITCHCRAFT input jack, it's a great guitar 🎸
This is one of the best SE models that will kill the need to carry a tele, strat, and a Les Paul to the gig. I love this guitar so much, I bought two, I use some open tunings and you have to adjust the tremolo springs to get that correct for open tunings. My DGT stays in tune and the pickups sound as good as my 1959 LP. This is a desert island guitar!!!! Everything works and it sounds and plays incredible!!! I love mine beyond words!!!
I love the moon inlays and the fact that it doesn't have plastic binding. I've come to the way of thinking that pastic binding on a guitar neck is just more inorganic material that doesn't need to be there. I am seriously considering one of these as the core range has gone out of my price range.
I've always meant to put some aftermarket pickups on my first-year Santana SE. Wonderful-playing guitar, but the stock electronics, room for improvement.
@@ja8ames I went back and listened to Santana, his tone is kind of flat like that. I guess his Mesa amp help liven it up, maybe. Get yourself some other pickups in there.
You should definitely also try out the core DGT model. I think the DGT is one of the best PRS offerings, where several factors that DG changed about the regular PRS models just add up to produce a greater whole: the trem with the 5 springs (core model), the bigger frets and w11s strings, the pickups, the dual volumes, the neck shape etc.
I'll be looking for a "used" one to show up...... Great sounding guitar. These also have very specific David Grissom neck carve on these. David was adamant about getting everything "right" on the SE versions of his Signature Guitar. The PRS SE guitars are amazing.
I was thinking about a used one as well, if you buy a new the shipping is usually free from Guitar Center or Sweetwater. If you find one used you might wind up paying the same money as a new one considering the shipping. Just a thought oh, good luck.
@@johnnyblevins3846 I've found great used guitars through Dealers that also offer FREE shipping on the "used" or "Demo" models. That's what I look for. Shipping can be a killer along with buying through Ebay or Reverb where the seller usually raises the price to make up for the fees they charge the seller + the shipping! (I have contacted sellers found through these sites & offered to buy direct with the same guarantees. That has worked and got me a lower sales price because it save the seller money! Also if it is a Dealer, I ask for a "Deal"... and usually get them to drop a little off their price as well.)
It’s a good looking guitar and pretty much 98% of the feedback is extremely positive and for the money that’s amazing! I have one on order and will sell my gold top SC245 when it arrives. I enjoyed the content of your review. Thanks!
They've been on order for months now. I just checked again and still on backorder. I see them for sale in other places and in stock. I like Sweetwater but I am getting really impatient.
It is floating, don't know what happened here with this one.... mine is really light to the touch, prefectly level with the body and definitely upbends.
I guess a reasonable substitute for the core model. Surprised the trem was angled and hitting the body - PRS always says their trems should float parallel to the strings.
PRS seem really nice, but I gotta say the huge heal on the PRS (where the neck meets the body) has always bugged me. The double cut Gibson LP Special is much smaller and more comfortable. (to me). At about the same price. No splits but you can get P-90’s.
Someone correct me if I am wrong, but the core PRS moons go through all the phases along the fret board, with the full moons at the 12th fret. This guitar has the same crescent moon on all of the inlays.
It’s a good looking guitar and pretty much 98% of the feedback is extremely positive and for the money that’s amazing! I have one on order and will sell my gold top SC245 when it arrives.
Seems like a very well built guitar with attention to the details. I love seeing the exposed maple top on the side as well. It has a classy look to it. Looks like a GraphTech nut on it?
I like my PRS277se but I wish it didn't have the flame maple veneer. I'd like it better if it was just a solid color top like this one. And I don't like my bird inlays, these moons look awesome. You sound really good on this Trogly!
Nice to see the crescent moons come back to SEs in the DGT Gold Top, had them in my Korean SE and I prefer them to the birds. DGT Gold Top and deep red back is very nice, and pickups sound a little fuller to me than the other recent SE pickups. If I went back to owning a PRS in a 25" SE Trem model this would be the one I'd choose. Still on my Les Paul kick though, with P90s and Firebird pups that smother SE humbuckers with layers of something I like.
PRS really shopped these around, anyone with a TH-cam channel has been reviewing these, John Bolinger to Phil McKnight, Tim Pierce had Dave Grissom on his show and now Trogley. Wow. No matter what anyone thinks, there hasn’t been a negative review that I’ve seen yet. But, I’m still not interested. Nothing can replace my Hondo ll 😀
Paid interviews paul is a car salesman at heart. I have seen to many se guitars with lose input Jack's ruff fret ends, paint issues. No thanks. I will stay with s2 for budget prs.
Well... Apparently they did at one point, but it seems all the smart lefties out there are holding into them because they knew. The only other options look... Ok I suppose but the others seem so mismatched when it comes to neck and headstock. The trampas green looks slick and classic.
ooh, thanks! i'm sure i won something fantastic. oh, MY PICK from your collection? ooohhhh.... gee whiz which will i take. maybe your set of Gibson Theodore's will do. oh wait, i know... i'll take that pretty blue custom... no, i'll take that Johnny Winter Firebird (after the finish gets repaired of course).... no... i want the Strat with the... no, wait... i'll take a....
I'm pretty upset about some of the things Gibson has done suing other companies. I have a guitar that has a headstock that looks like PRS. Paul Stanley Sovereign special I don't think they're out trying to sue everyone are they? Too that the pprs is not still made in Korea
You sure that bridge should setup be like that? I always set mine up parallel to the body (like a 1-2 mm gap under it), not sloping backwards like yours. This way it won't take much effort to use the trem.
Honestly I always perceived the SE models as trash. Always said I’d never buy any guitar made overseas. This one is different. The pickups are good and the neck carve is nice. Couldn’t justify spending so much more on the Artist (Core) model. Waiting on my preorder from Sweet Water.
I used to feel the same way about Taylor’s Mexican made instruments. Honestly, I started playing guitar in the late 80s and never paid attention to Taylor at all until the T-5 came out in 2005, at that time I also discovered the 600 series models. I had never even looked at any other Taylors besides those two lines until the guitar store that I call “my local guitar store” (it’s actually about 30 miles away from home) became a Taylor dealer in 2020 two weeks before Covid started shutting everything down. I went in that week to see their first shipment, because I wanted to look at T-5s and 600 series models. They didn’t get any T-5s, because they’re also Fender dealer and we’re focused on selling the American Acoustasonics. The only 600 series model they got (a 614ce) was the first Taylor they sold so there were no 600 series model’s either. However, a Koa GS-Mini caught my eye, and I just loved it. I ended up going back and buying it a few days later.
Phil McKnight was doing some dive bombs on his DGT SE demo unit so it is possible. I’m not sure if he did anything special to the trem set-up beforehand. He didn’t mention doing anything to it which makes me think not but can’t really say.
I never could get into PRS SE, every time I tried one out at my local guitar shop I quickly eliminated from the short list of potential candidates. They are nice looking guitars but there is something I don't like about playing them that I can't quite put my finger on. Maybe one day I will find one I like but I have tried over 10 different models and each time I arrived at the conclusion...nope...not for me.
I find the accessories that you mention in these videos kind of interesting. In my lifetime, I’ve owned 10 guitars. Two of them were stolen, so now I have 8. Of the original 10, only two ever came with any actual accessories. My first electric guitar (an off-brand strat knock-off) came with a tremolo bar and a few allen wrenches… and that’s all. Later, I bought an Ibanez that also came with a tremolo bar… and nothing else. I even bought a very nice Fender strat that came with nothing! It didn’t even have a tremolo bar included in the package! I had to buy one separately! I’ve never gotten any kind of owner’s manual or even warranty cards! Am I the only one who’s run into this? I can’t really blame it on the shops that I’ve purchased them from because I didn’t buy them all from the same shop. Is it normal for guitar/music stores to remove the guitars from their boxes when they receive them and then just throw the accessories away? 🤔
My last 3 guitars were a Gibson and two Fenders. The Gibson had a thin leather strap, a nice multi tool kind of swiss army knife like, a picture of the guitar on the setup bench, a CoA, owners manual, and a signed QC card. The Fenders had a T-Handle truss rod adjust tool, a couple cheap allen keys, an extra set of strings, a decent zipper pouch, owners manual, and a CoA. Obviously the tags. Nothing too spectacular but its nice getting some candy with new guitars. It doesn't cost them all that much.
Yes, it is normal for a guitar store to remove the instruments from their boxes when they receive, but it IS NOT normal from them to discard the other contents of the box. That being said, I’m pretty sure some guitars don’t come with anything else in the box. I own multiple Fender products and everything that came with a gig bag or a hard case at the very least had a warranty card and the trem bar (if applicable). The more expensive ones came with a strap and some came with a cable also. I currently still own three Squiers, and have owned several others previously. The only Squier I have owned that came with any extras was The Wayne’s World Strat that came out around the time the first Wayne’s World movie was released. It came with warranty paperwork (I think it also had a Strat owners manual that described how the controls worked) and a sheet of stickers. I own two Gibsons that I bought used. I don’t have the “baby pictures” for either of them, but I do have everything else that came with them. My Fender 59 Bassman LTD Reissue amp that I bought used still has the cardboard information card that describes the features of the amp.
Sorry for all Gibson aficionados out there, but I would prefer my PRS Al Di Meola every time over my SG-Standard. It got better tones, playability is better, got way better tuning stability and better over all build quality and I have to say: that DGT sounds better than 80% of all Les Pauls I heared on this channel. Just my opinion.
I don't know who they haven't gone to using two volume and master tone controls on the other guitars, the master volume/tone layout has always been such a drawback. As much of a pain in the ass as it is on the solid bodies, it's absolutely insane on the Hollowbodys, it was a deal breaker 15 years ago when I bought a 335. Most semi hollow players leave the pickup selector in the middle and use the volume controls to dial in the tone, which is impossible with a master volume unless you want to replace it with a dual stacked pot or replace the tone with another volume, which is something I couldn't do, I ride my tone knob almost as much as the volume. I was impressed with the SE 594s, a bit less so here. I hate those speed knobs on the SEs, not that they can't be swapped, but they're dumb anyway.
The PRS Goldtop doesn't look as great, since there is no white/ivory binding. The Maple strip is out of place. And the dark stained Mahogany back meets the Goldtop in all the wrong places. An all Goldtop body with white binding would have been a better finish.
In the PRS video Dave describes how the coil split is a 75% mix rather than a full split to give it a Gretsch type sound
Yeah i don't see ohms at half when he split it.
its actually not a split its a tap. 2 totally different things
@@lischultz14 👆
Cor-tek are really killing it at the moment - they're making the very well received PRS SE models, their own Cort guitars are very well specced midrange guitars, and as of this week they're reissued the DOD/Digitech pedal line having bought the brand last year.
What? Cort are reissuing DOD effects??? Wow! Hearing that’s made my day! I have several DOD effects that are now non functional due to severe abuse! I hope they’re manufacturing them the same way DOD did!
@@terrypussypower They've got some of the original DOD/Digitech people back and they've just started making the pedal line as it was when Samsung shut it down, excluding a couple they can't get the components for at the moment.
@@philwildcroft1764 It would be really cool if they put out an updated Trio + pedal. They could make that REALLY useful.......
The Moon inlays were the original inlays, the birds were supposed to be a special thing on request, I knew a guy that had a PRS with the moons.
I didn’t know that. Thanks
Paul said in 1985 he thought maybe the birds could be a special order type thing and the moons would be standard but it turns out most people wanted birds so it became the standard on all PRS models.
David Grissom was first person I ever saw play a PRS. Way back in 1985. We had along discussion about after his show.
The crescent moon dot inlays were a PRS feature in the beginning of the PRS brand.
I have a guitar from the early days that features this design.
Sitting in Canada waiting for my pre-ordered DGT SE to arrive. Glad that you showed that it's a dark back. Until now, I was under the impression that they had black painted backs.
Me too (waiting in the UK in my case) - really chuffed to see it's a dark back, not black.
Would like to see tone and volume control in your demos. So much you can do when plucking and soloing, chords as well. Just a thought.
Yes, would be nice to see vol taper, and treble bleed in action and tone control range.. would only take a few seconds
Confused, did PRS clearly underestimate the demand for this new product even after they basically made and released a multi-part mini-documentary just to hype it. 🤔 This guitar is amazing!!!...uh sorry, we only made 10
They are just now hitting stores for the first time. I don't think the first batch has even been delivered.
I ordered mine from Sweetwater right after they released the promo videos. The sales rep said PRS was saying they'd be getting the first shipment by mid January but they rarely make those deadlines. I haven't received mine yet but I'm looking forward to it.
@@johnnewton1830 I think it depends where you live as to whether any stock has been available. There has been a batch delivered and sold out (arrived in January) in the US and Australia (strictly speaking as I type I know of two still showing as “in stock” on Aus websites so maybe not all sold yet if their stock level is accurate). I think Europe is still waiting and I’m unsure about other locations.
@@mwilk19I ordered mine from sweetwater, estimated my delivery for June , goldtop 👍
Partially, is to make the hype bigger...
I mean afaik they do check each unit at their US location after in arrives from Indonesia... Probably they want to make sure no lemons get out, but they also released multiple new SE's so, probably they are stuck there at QC ...
Nobody knows if they had to "send back" stuff to Indonesia. If they did, they wouldn't make it public... I see current SE lineup as trying to be the de-facto quality-wise guitar within the $600-$900 bracket.
I really dig this DGT on paper, I would love to hold one before buying thought 😅
I brought the DGT SE gold top, it's a really nice guitar, my only complaint is that mine and a friend, that brought the same DGT gold top, we both had to replace the input jack, highly recommended to put a SWITCHCRAFT input jack, it's a great guitar 🎸
the SE guitars are amazing. Paul really made sure of that.
I just got the McCarty and I absolutely love it.
Always loved the moon inlays. A Wood Library Silver Sky with moon inlays, oh my.
This is one of the best SE models that will kill the need to carry a tele, strat, and a Les Paul to the gig. I love this guitar so much, I bought two, I use some open tunings and you have to adjust the tremolo springs to get that correct for open tunings. My DGT stays in tune and the pickups sound as good as my 1959 LP. This is a desert island guitar!!!! Everything works and it sounds and plays incredible!!! I love mine beyond words!!!
I love the moon inlays and the fact that it doesn't have plastic binding. I've come to the way of thinking that pastic binding on a guitar neck is just more inorganic material that doesn't need to be there. I am seriously considering one of these as the core range has gone out of my price range.
I have the Santana SE. I put some burst buckers in it, really brought it to life.
I think the PRS pickups are garbage. I don’t get the hype around PRS guitars. I like a little more characters in my guitars.
I've always meant to put some aftermarket pickups on my first-year Santana SE. Wonderful-playing guitar, but the stock electronics, room for improvement.
@@ja8ames I went back and listened to Santana, his tone is kind of flat like that. I guess his Mesa amp help liven it up, maybe. Get yourself some other pickups in there.
I have a PRS SE 24 and it is by far my favorite guitar. I have 11 others including a Taylor T5. The PRS is an outstanding instrument
You should definitely also try out the core DGT model. I think the DGT is one of the best PRS offerings, where several factors that DG changed about the regular PRS models just add up to produce a greater whole: the trem with the 5 springs (core model), the bigger frets and w11s strings, the pickups, the dual volumes, the neck shape etc.
I'll be looking for a "used" one to show up...... Great sounding guitar. These also have very specific David Grissom neck carve on these. David was adamant about getting everything "right" on the SE versions of his Signature Guitar. The PRS SE guitars are amazing.
A used guitar that's just now being released?
@@johnnewton1830 Yep! I can wait....and it happens more often than you might think.....with Demos and such.
I was thinking about a used one as well, if you buy a new the shipping is usually free from Guitar Center or Sweetwater. If you find one used you might wind up paying the same money as a new one considering the shipping. Just a thought oh, good luck.
@@johnnyblevins3846 I've found great used guitars through Dealers that also offer FREE shipping on the "used" or "Demo" models. That's what I look for. Shipping can be a killer along with buying through Ebay or Reverb where the seller usually raises the price to make up for the fees they charge the seller + the shipping! (I have contacted sellers found through these sites & offered to buy direct with the same guarantees. That has worked and got me a lower sales price because it save the seller money! Also if it is a Dealer, I ask for a "Deal"... and usually get them to drop a little off their price as well.)
This is the first Trogly video in a couple of years that I won't bother watching, I still gave it a thumbs up
And?
For the first time ever I preferred the split coil tones more.
Are the pickups Brite almost like a single coil, that's what I like, they sound like it. I like the 25 inch scale aswell.
The Backcolour from Gold and Tobacco are the same?
Partial Coil tapping .....not splitting...
I got last week and I would definitely gig with it …Really versatile ..so now it’s time to look at the comparison between this and the Core model.
Is that a treble bleed on the volume pots?
Looks like they omitted the resistors on the coil cut switch, which is a feature of the core version of the DGT.
Not hard by any means to add yourself after the fact
did yours come with plastic film around the edges of the pickups?
Haha oh ya Im still digging That out …
These new SE models are the guitars that every player wants in there collection... No matter what style of music you play. Just fantastic builds .
Beware of the scammers
There won't be any lefties queuing up for one
@@peejay6930 lefties? Hang on ! I thought we burnt them all back in the middle ages? 🤔
Not me that guitar is ugly AF
Idk an SE Custom 24 is a little more appealing.
Cool inlays
The fit and finish on this was a just as good if not better than the $3500 Duce that Trogly reviewed.
I wonder if the trem can be adjusted to pull up a half step??
Yes it can. For all intents and purposes, it functions no differently than your typical strat style trem
It’s a good looking guitar and pretty much 98% of the feedback is extremely positive and for the money that’s amazing! I have one on order and will sell my gold top SC245 when it arrives.
I enjoyed the content of your review. Thanks!
One of the best sound demos I heard from you trogli
That bridge isn’t set up correctly. PRS has very detailed instructions on how to set it up on their website.
Do you have this for sale?
I had the original PRS SE, The Santana model. It's a great guitar.
At Sweetwater you can ask the Sale Engineer for a discount. I was able to get the PRS SE DGT Tobacco Sunburst for $780.00!
They've been on order for months now. I just checked again and still on backorder. I see them for sale in other places and in stock. I like Sweetwater but I am getting really impatient.
Well, I got my Gold Top in December 2023. Well worth the wait I say!
I thought the trem was floating, but I couldn't see that close up? So it may not upbend?
It is floating, don't know what happened here with this one.... mine is really light to the touch, prefectly level with the body and definitely upbends.
I know they aren’t new, but I’d love a review and demo of the SE Hollowbody II Piezo, is it really worth $1600?
I guess a reasonable substitute for the core model. Surprised the trem was angled and hitting the body - PRS always says their trems should float parallel to the strings.
He'd slackened the strings to take the pups off. The trem springs will deck the bridge whrn there's no counteracting tension.
@@PaulCooksStuff Looked decked when it was removed from the gig bag.
@@AndyK.23 I've rewatched and you're right. It's odd because other reviews are definitely floating (eg Phil McKnight).
PRS seem really nice, but I gotta say the huge heal on the PRS (where the neck meets the body) has always bugged me. The double cut Gibson LP Special is much smaller and more comfortable. (to me). At about the same price. No splits but you can get P-90’s.
Yeah but this will have better QC than the DC
Review the SE with the Piezo
Someone correct me if I am wrong, but the core PRS moons go through all the phases along the fret board, with the full moons at the 12th fret. This guitar has the same crescent moon on all of the inlays.
Dont any of you ever actually pay attention to the specs. These are not coil splits there coil taps. 2 completely different things.
It’s a good looking guitar and pretty much 98% of the feedback is extremely positive and for the money that’s amazing! I have one on order and will sell my gold top SC245 when it arrives.
The SE series from PRS is one of the best values on the market. I've had a regular SE 24 tremelo since the early 2000's.
Dude, I just got the McCarty and it is honestly awesome. It sounds so good and plays even better. It's an SE and rivals my LP.
Thanks Trogly I appreciate your work and dedication. Aloha!
Seems like a very well built guitar with attention to the details. I love seeing the exposed maple top on the side as well. It has a classy look to it. Looks like a GraphTech nut on it?
PRS PROPRIETARY NUT
That’s what I’m wondering as well. Does this SE not need the popular graph tech nut upgrade the others benefit from
Thanks, Austin!
I like my PRS277se but I wish it didn't have the flame maple veneer. I'd like it better if it was just a solid color top like this one. And I don't like my bird inlays, these moons look awesome. You sound really good on this Trogly!
Nice to see the crescent moons come back to SEs in the DGT Gold Top, had them in my Korean SE and I prefer them to the birds. DGT Gold Top and deep red back is very nice, and pickups sound a little fuller to me than the other recent SE pickups. If I went back to owning a PRS in a 25" SE Trem model this would be the one I'd choose. Still on my Les Paul kick though, with P90s and Firebird pups that smother SE humbuckers with layers of something I like.
Sounds pretty good and a good value for the money! Love the moon type inlays and more importantly the different tonal options..... Nice👍
PRS really shopped these around, anyone with a TH-cam channel has been reviewing these, John Bolinger to Phil McKnight, Tim Pierce had Dave Grissom on his show and now Trogley. Wow. No matter what anyone thinks, there hasn’t been a negative review that I’ve seen yet. But, I’m still not interested. Nothing can replace my Hondo ll 😀
Paid interviews paul is a car salesman at heart. I have seen to many se guitars with lose input Jack's ruff fret ends, paint issues. No thanks. I will stay with s2 for budget prs.
Do I believe the hype on these or go with an Epiphine SG 61?
I find their necks are a little chunkier than I care for but do love PRS.
I wish they did an option of the higher price body (where you can see the wood grain veneer) but with the moon dots. I hate the birds!
What's funny is my older Harley Benton cst24 come with the same bridge stock
Not a maple veneer, but a cap or top (thicker and heavier than a veneer.)
I REALLY wish PRS would release a left handed SE in trampas green. For some reason I just really dig that color.
Well... Apparently they did at one point, but it seems all the smart lefties out there are holding into them because they knew. The only other options look... Ok I suppose but the others seem so mismatched when it comes to neck and headstock. The trampas green looks slick and classic.
Just bought a PRS SE a couple of weeks ago and its the best oversea guitar I have. It feels really better than my Epiphone and my Charvel !
@BearPaw ahh I have Mark Holcomb signature and he put Seymour Duncan pickup in it so its sound a lot different than average SE :P
Cool fretboard inlays. Sounds kinda thin
Lube the toggle:)
Would those be the parts and specks you are looking for?
Great review. Love my core DGT and CE 24. The tones are so good.
that thing sounds fantastic! a nice looker, too!
ooh, thanks! i'm sure i won something fantastic. oh, MY PICK from your collection? ooohhhh.... gee whiz which will i take. maybe your set of Gibson Theodore's will do. oh wait, i know... i'll take that pretty blue custom... no, i'll take that Johnny Winter Firebird (after the finish gets repaired of course).... no... i want the Strat with the... no, wait... i'll take a....
Grissom probably insisted on Moon's. His preference
I'm pretty upset about some of the things Gibson has done suing other companies. I have a guitar that has a headstock that looks like PRS. Paul Stanley Sovereign special I don't think they're out trying to sue everyone are they? Too that the pprs is not still made in Korea
My biggest complaint on this is the knob color is just awful...
I'll agree to that
That’s my gf’s biggest complaint about me
I believe that the full cap maymake it's tone better than the Maple Veneer.
Oh Yea PRS!!! Not just excited to see it ...Excited to see it Played, reviewed, & torn apart on the Trogley's Guitar Show! Thank You
Hope to see more PRS guitars on the channel :), they're great guitars
You sure that bridge should setup be like that? I always set mine up parallel to the body (like a 1-2 mm gap under it), not sloping backwards like yours. This way it won't take much effort to use the trem.
Honestly I always perceived the SE models as trash. Always said I’d never buy any guitar made overseas. This one is different. The pickups are good and the neck carve is nice. Couldn’t justify spending so much more on the Artist (Core) model. Waiting on my preorder from Sweet Water.
I used to feel the same way about Taylor’s Mexican made instruments. Honestly, I started playing guitar in the late 80s and never paid attention to Taylor at all until the T-5 came out in 2005, at that time I also discovered the 600 series models. I had never even looked at any other Taylors besides those two lines until the guitar store that I call “my local guitar store” (it’s actually about 30 miles away from home) became a Taylor dealer in 2020 two weeks before Covid started shutting everything down. I went in that week to see their first shipment, because I wanted to look at T-5s and 600 series models. They didn’t get any T-5s, because they’re also Fender dealer and we’re focused on selling the American Acoustasonics. The only 600 series model they got (a 614ce) was the first Taylor they sold so there were no 600 series model’s either. However, a Koa GS-Mini caught my eye, and I just loved it. I ended up going back and buying it a few days later.
Trogly, please check a Revstar one of these days
why paint the mahogany back black?
I have an SE custom 24 and yes you can fully adjust the trem tension. Ive got mine set up bettery smooth!
Phil McKnight was doing some dive bombs on his DGT SE demo unit so it is possible. I’m not sure if he did anything special to the trem set-up beforehand. He didn’t mention doing anything to it which makes me think not but can’t really say.
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I never could get into PRS SE, every time I tried one out at my local guitar shop I quickly eliminated from the short list of potential candidates. They are nice looking guitars but there is something I don't like about playing them that I can't quite put my finger on. Maybe one day I will find one I like but I have tried over 10 different models and each time I arrived at the conclusion...nope...not for me.
Sorry, but your crazy. That baby is gorgeous! And sounds wonderful. Three snaps up in a triple zee formation for this git.
Uh, you do know the difference between mahogany and maple? the binding is a solid mahogany top...
You have to be joking. The pickups ARE the only thing I thought were bad in this guitar, and the middle position split has THE most unpleasant sound.
Finally!! Need to do more prs! Way better then modern gibson
bigrob455 - That Gibson envy is really showing!!!
I find the accessories that you mention in these videos kind of interesting. In my lifetime, I’ve owned 10 guitars. Two of them were stolen, so now I have 8. Of the original 10, only two ever came with any actual accessories. My first electric guitar (an off-brand strat knock-off) came with a tremolo bar and a few allen wrenches… and that’s all. Later, I bought an Ibanez that also came with a tremolo bar… and nothing else.
I even bought a very nice Fender strat that came with nothing! It didn’t even have a tremolo bar included in the package! I had to buy one separately!
I’ve never gotten any kind of owner’s manual or even warranty cards!
Am I the only one who’s run into this?
I can’t really blame it on the shops that I’ve purchased them from because I didn’t buy them all from the same shop.
Is it normal for guitar/music stores to remove the guitars from their boxes when they receive them and then just throw the accessories away? 🤔
My last 3 guitars were a Gibson and two Fenders. The Gibson had a thin leather strap, a nice multi tool kind of swiss army knife like, a picture of the guitar on the setup bench, a CoA, owners manual, and a signed QC card. The Fenders had a T-Handle truss rod adjust tool, a couple cheap allen keys, an extra set of strings, a decent zipper pouch, owners manual, and a CoA. Obviously the tags. Nothing too spectacular but its nice getting some candy with new guitars. It doesn't cost them all that much.
Yes, it is normal for a guitar store to remove the instruments from their boxes when they receive, but it IS NOT normal from them to discard the other contents of the box.
That being said, I’m pretty sure some guitars don’t come with anything else in the box.
I own multiple Fender products and everything that came with a gig bag or a hard case at the very least had a warranty card and the trem bar (if applicable). The more expensive ones came with a strap and some came with a cable also.
I currently still own three Squiers, and have owned several others previously. The only Squier I have owned that came with any extras was The Wayne’s World Strat that came out around the time the first Wayne’s World movie was released. It came with warranty paperwork (I think it also had a Strat owners manual that described how the controls worked) and a sheet of stickers.
I own two Gibsons that I bought used. I don’t have the “baby pictures” for either of them, but I do have everything else that came with them.
My Fender 59 Bassman LTD Reissue amp that I bought used still has the cardboard information card that describes the features of the amp.
They need made more lefty SE's, only 1 model the custom 24.
I hope I bump into one of these locally.
Dude, I live in South Texas, Corpus Christi. The silver sky SE has still not even made it to any Shelf near here! This is February 2023
Loosen up that claw and let that trem breath - JB
Hope they will offer more colors because those two one are not appealing to me at all
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Try out a Brent Hinds Epiphone Flying V :)
Looks like a Treble bleed??
Sorry for all Gibson aficionados out there, but I would prefer my PRS Al Di Meola every time over my SG-Standard. It got better tones, playability is better, got way better tuning stability and better over all build quality and I have to say: that DGT sounds better than 80% of all Les Pauls I heared on this channel. Just my opinion.
You we’re definitely getting a good vibe in that playing demo.
I don't even like gold top les pauls. Certainly don't like ones with tremolo. Too fender
It's not a Les Paul but it sounds good. Kinda ugly.
If kinda means very, yes.
Imagine buying an Epiphone when PRS SE exists, quality control is insane even on this cheaper category
I don't know who they haven't gone to using two volume and master tone controls on the other guitars, the master volume/tone layout has always been such a drawback. As much of a pain in the ass as it is on the solid bodies, it's absolutely insane on the Hollowbodys, it was a deal breaker 15 years ago when I bought a 335. Most semi hollow players leave the pickup selector in the middle and use the volume controls to dial in the tone, which is impossible with a master volume unless you want to replace it with a dual stacked pot or replace the tone with another volume, which is something I couldn't do, I ride my tone knob almost as much as the volume.
I was impressed with the SE 594s, a bit less so here. I hate those speed knobs on the SEs, not that they can't be swapped, but they're dumb anyway.
I have a pair of core DGTs and am definitely interested in this. Priced to mod, too, if you like. Thanks for the review!
I play left-handed and I don’t like gold tops. They look weird to me what size the majority Guitars for a lefty or either black or red
Evening all!!
The PRS Goldtop doesn't look as great, since there is no white/ivory binding. The Maple strip is out of place. And the dark stained Mahogany back meets the Goldtop in all the wrong places. An all Goldtop body with white binding would have been a better finish.
Watched this twice! I can’t wait until mine comes in