@@Randolphguitars Yep, Tim Pierce talked about it on a video where he mentioned meeting up with Paul before a NAMM show and Paul pulled up in a Toyota Sequoia and made that comment when Tim asked about his car choice.
I owned and collected Les Pauls for decades... I sold the last one that I own this year and am not looking back. PRS delivers everything I need, stays in tune and the company and employees are truly great people that I love supporting.
@@scripteaze Since you asked... Gibsons don't stay in tune, compared to other guitars with better designs. Even the better Gibsons have quality issues, look closely at the binding, the nut edge, tuner alignment, pickup rings, I could go on and on. And most of my Gibsons were either vintage or very high spec custom shop models. I even had an insanely high dollar Brazilian R9 that had problems, which is totally inexcusable for a guitar at that price point. Search the internet for Gibson quality issues and you can see it's an experience that countless people have had and the big comeback is that you have to try them all in person to find a good one and the variations in quality are somehow a "feature" that we're supposed to appreciate. No thanks. There are far better boutique and other options out there, and nearly always for less money. >>> Beyond the instrument quality issues, I don't like the direction they've gone as a company, which is mostly a marketing and branding company that sues people and has destroyed much of their legacy. They have repeatedly attacked and insulted their own customers, they regularly sue smaller guitar builders for doing the exact same things Gibson has done for decades... and they try to use their company size and financial resources to break the smaller companies who often can't afford to defend themselves in court. That doesn't sit well with me and I don't like my money going toward a company who behaves that way. PRS has raised the bar for the entire guitar industry. They offer the best guitar they possibly can at every price point, so anyone with any budget can buy a guitar that they can rely on as a working musician or hobbyist and the guitar will never be a limiting factor for them. After owning many, many Gibsons and calling the Les Paul home for decades, I now have zero Gibsons and love it. I buy PRS almost exclusively and couldn't be happier with my decision.
I’m also another Les Paul guy. I a few years ago I was getting way more in to playing leads and shred stuff, so I wanted a double cut, longer scale, 24 fret guitar. Found a PRS 35th anniversary SE Custom at my local shop and fell in love with it at the store. Bought it after noodling on it for a couple minutes. Like you were saying, it felt really comfortable coming from a Les Paul standpoint. And I will admit it was gorgeous and I definitely saw and felt why PRS has such a devoted fan base. After getting it home and playing on my own rig, I realized that, being a guy that plays mostly in D standard/ drop C or drop B with heavy distortion, it just wasn’t for me. I could have dropped a few hundred in to mods, sure, but I couldn’t justify it at the time. I will say though, it was fantastic for edge of breakup and lighter overdrives. And the pickups and coil splits were surprisingly usable. Super quality guitar, definitely a very comfortable experience, sadly just wasn’t the tool I needed.
I was PRS opposed for a long time but broke down and bought the cs se that was on sale for $499. I have fallen in love with it, I like it better than my Les Paul. It's lighter, has more frets, and is more comfortable. I hate to say it but it sounds better too.
I had an SE custom 24 and I rather liked the neck profile, although it was a little slim for my taste. My only issue with it was: the pickups were very harsh with the tone knob all the way up and for some reason my strumming arm hurt when I would play it sitting down. Not sure why that is.
I´m a Les Paul guy and wanted to give PRS a try for the longest time. I just cant stand the ultra flamey tops. Wish they would offer plaintops or just solid color models in their SE range.
I picked up a single cut earlier this year for $650 and I absolutely love it. More recently got a used hollow body II (no piezo) for even less and I’m having a hard time picking my favorite between the two. I was a fender guy for years, but I think I’ve converted! 😂
The bridge is amazing. Adds so much to play feel and tone. PRS vintage tuners are fine but I love their big brass locking tuners they put on non McCarty. Only thing I'd change. Where are the satin finish S2 McCartys? A charcoal one would kill everything.
PRS SE are nice and all but best guitar under 1k is a stretch. There are guitars on par or even slightly better for certain things from brands like Jackson and Ibanez in that price range
Yeah they are great. I picked up an SE Paul’s guitar recently at GC for half price, not a scratch on it, and plastic film still on it. Puts my strats and lp’s to shame honestly.
7 minutes into the video..... The 59 pickups that you're talking about..... That's the 5909. They're not cheap but they did their version of that pick up and you can still buy them. personally I think The 5708 is closer but Paul disagrees and he's played And studied real LP 59 guitars and I haven't so....
Fully agree. IMHO the 57/08 is the best pickup PRS ever made (unless you want splitting/tapping) and they do sound extremely close to original PAFs. I can tell, because i have a set of original '59 PAFs (not the matching guitar though, I use them in a Knaggs Kenai which came with some garbage Bareknuckle pups that sounded like a chainsaw). The 59/09 does sound legit, but it is higher output and will not give you authentic results with a vintage amp unless you modify the amps input impedance. The 58/15 Low Turn do somehow represent a middle ground - they are a bit brighter than the 57/08, but they split/tap worlds better and using the tone knob you can get very close. And they do have the correct amount of output.
I have one. It's not great. There's a dead spot in one of the tuners, the nut is cut too high and 2 strings stick in it causing tuning issues. The pickups are pretty poor; soundine nowhere near as good as any Gibson pickup I have (not close) and when tapped, not as good as any other humbucker I have tapped either. It's pretty crap, to be honest.
Polyurethane is better . Wish the non SE was also polyurethane.🎉🎉🎉 Sticky nitro is the thing of the past . Poly is not sticky and way way more durable and the SE shows that poly can look just excellent 🎉🎉🎉
Actually, pretty almost all big European stores have them for around / slightly under 900 Euros, that is around 940 USD. And considering that the prices do include VAT (which the US prices do not), there is really no price difference at all.
The Japanese cars comment makes perfect sense, and is why Paul Reed Smith drives a Toyota. He said it's a tool that just works
lol I swear to god I didn't know that
@@Randolphguitars Yep, Tim Pierce talked about it on a video where he mentioned meeting up with Paul before a NAMM show and Paul pulled up in a Toyota Sequoia and made that comment when Tim asked about his car choice.
I owned and collected Les Pauls for decades... I sold the last one that I own this year and am not looking back. PRS delivers everything I need, stays in tune and the company and employees are truly great people that I love supporting.
Than why sell them all?
@@scripteaze Since you asked... Gibsons don't stay in tune, compared to other guitars with better designs. Even the better Gibsons have quality issues, look closely at the binding, the nut edge, tuner alignment, pickup rings, I could go on and on. And most of my Gibsons were either vintage or very high spec custom shop models. I even had an insanely high dollar Brazilian R9 that had problems, which is totally inexcusable for a guitar at that price point. Search the internet for Gibson quality issues and you can see it's an experience that countless people have had and the big comeback is that you have to try them all in person to find a good one and the variations in quality are somehow a "feature" that we're supposed to appreciate. No thanks. There are far better boutique and other options out there, and nearly always for less money.
>>> Beyond the instrument quality issues, I don't like the direction they've gone as a company, which is mostly a marketing and branding company that sues people and has destroyed much of their legacy. They have repeatedly attacked and insulted their own customers, they regularly sue smaller guitar builders for doing the exact same things Gibson has done for decades... and they try to use their company size and financial resources to break the smaller companies who often can't afford to defend themselves in court. That doesn't sit well with me and I don't like my money going toward a company who behaves that way.
PRS has raised the bar for the entire guitar industry. They offer the best guitar they possibly can at every price point, so anyone with any budget can buy a guitar that they can rely on as a working musician or hobbyist and the guitar will never be a limiting factor for them.
After owning many, many Gibsons and calling the Les Paul home for decades, I now have zero Gibsons and love it. I buy PRS almost exclusively and couldn't be happier with my decision.
I’m also another Les Paul guy. I a few years ago I was getting way more in to playing leads and shred stuff, so I wanted a double cut, longer scale, 24 fret guitar.
Found a PRS 35th anniversary SE Custom at my local shop and fell in love with it at the store. Bought it after noodling on it for a couple minutes.
Like you were saying, it felt really comfortable coming from a Les Paul standpoint. And I will admit it was gorgeous and I definitely saw and felt why PRS has such a devoted fan base.
After getting it home and playing on my own rig, I realized that, being a guy that plays mostly in D standard/ drop C or drop B with heavy distortion, it just wasn’t for me. I could have dropped a few hundred in to mods, sure, but I couldn’t justify it at the time.
I will say though, it was fantastic for edge of breakup and lighter overdrives. And the pickups and coil splits were surprisingly usable. Super quality guitar, definitely a very comfortable experience, sadly just wasn’t the tool I needed.
I was PRS opposed for a long time but broke down and bought the cs se that was on sale for $499. I have fallen in love with it, I like it better than my Les Paul. It's lighter, has more frets, and is more comfortable. I hate to say it but it sounds better too.
i want this exact color and model ever since i found it
@@edma06 do it
I love this guitar,... but the neck, its pretty fat huh? Would like thinner neck. Nice color too.
I picked up a single cut a few months ago on sale, an amazing guitar for the money.
I would say for tone at this price nothing beats this guitar. I played one yesterday.
I had an SE custom 24 and I rather liked the neck profile, although it was a little slim for my taste. My only issue with it was: the pickups were very harsh with the tone knob all the way up and for some reason my strumming arm hurt when I would play it sitting down. Not sure why that is.
I'm considering a PRS SE 594 in Charcoal or a PRS SE CE 24 Black Cherry
Awesome guitar, love the color and the tone. How come yours looks a little gray blue(ish)??
I´m a Les Paul guy and wanted to give PRS a try for the longest time. I just cant stand the ultra flamey tops. Wish they would offer plaintops or just solid color models in their SE range.
@@xMaoxoaMx the single cut model comes in a standard top
I picked up a single cut earlier this year for $650 and I absolutely love it. More recently got a used hollow body II (no piezo) for even less and I’m having a hard time picking my favorite between the two. I was a fender guy for years, but I think I’ve converted! 😂
Have you tried the DGT SE yet?
I’ve only played the double cut, is it noticeably better than the Singlecut?
how you liking the tonemaster twin? i just played a tm princeton and a deluxe and I'm vexed
The bridge is amazing. Adds so much to play feel and tone. PRS vintage tuners are fine but I love their big brass locking tuners they put on non McCarty. Only thing I'd change. Where are the satin finish S2 McCartys? A charcoal one would kill everything.
No tremolo bridge?
None for mcarty model.
Looks awesome and sounds great with that Twin Reverb. Did you get rid of your Marshall DS1 rig?
Nope! Moving soon so it's in the garage
Great guitar love mine
PRS SE are nice and all but best guitar under 1k is a stretch. There are guitars on par or even slightly better for certain things from brands like Jackson and Ibanez in that price range
Yes it is
Yeah they are great. I picked up an SE Paul’s guitar recently at GC for half price, not a scratch on it, and plastic film still on it. Puts my strats and lp’s to shame honestly.
7 minutes into the video.....
The 59 pickups that you're talking about.....
That's the 5909.
They're not cheap but they did their version of that pick up and you can still buy them.
personally I think The 5708 is closer but Paul disagrees and he's played And studied real LP 59 guitars and I haven't so....
Fully agree. IMHO the 57/08 is the best pickup PRS ever made (unless you want splitting/tapping) and they do sound extremely close to original PAFs. I can tell, because i have a set of original '59 PAFs (not the matching guitar though, I use them in a Knaggs Kenai which came with some garbage Bareknuckle pups that sounded like a chainsaw). The 59/09 does sound legit, but it is higher output and will not give you authentic results with a vintage amp unless you modify the amps input impedance. The 58/15 Low Turn do somehow represent a middle ground - they are a bit brighter than the 57/08, but they split/tap worlds better and using the tone knob you can get very close. And they do have the correct amount of output.
i have one ....just amaizing
I have one. It's not great.
There's a dead spot in one of the tuners, the nut is cut too high and 2 strings stick in it causing tuning issues.
The pickups are pretty poor; soundine nowhere near as good as any Gibson pickup I have (not close) and when tapped, not as good as any other humbucker I have tapped either. It's pretty crap, to be honest.
🤔....no you bare not honest...
This absolutely does NOT have a graphtek nut. It's just plastic.
Damn that’d be cool if it was left handed
Polyurethane is better . Wish the non SE was also polyurethane.🎉🎉🎉
Sticky nitro is the thing of the past . Poly is not sticky and way way more durable and the SE shows that poly can look just excellent 🎉🎉🎉
These cost almost 1200 dollars in Europe. The pain of being european i guess 😅
@@markusw9286 🦅🦅🦅
Actually, pretty almost all big European stores have them for around / slightly under 900 Euros, that is around 940 USD. And considering that the prices do include VAT (which the US prices do not), there is really no price difference at all.
@@uwedasler425u right, idk where I looked tbh.
Nice but too glossy
no sultans of swing, ever
You no, ever
@@Randolphguitars your channel no, ever