Comments on: Got an Interest in PRS Guitars?

By: Danny

Danny — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:16:15 +0000

PRS has some very affordable entry level guitars. Gotta watch the kids Allan!
Most of the entry level ones run less than a grand. Check them out folks, you will be surprised.
Danny

By: Allan

Allan — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:55:01 +0000

I know what you guys mean about the price, but even the custom models are less expensive than a lot of guitars out there.
The SE series is a fantastic buy, I don’t care they are made overseas. I had an SE Soapbar that was a terrific guitar, but my Son came to visit, and when he left, the guitar was gone!!!
I’ve been extremely lucky and made some great deals to have the PRSi that I have, and I’m older and the bills are less, otherwise I would not have them.
Save your sheckles, you won’t be disappointed.
Allan.

By: Cheap Guitar

Cheap Guitar — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:23:49 +0000

I have never owned a PRS guitar, but have played a few at the store.

I think for the money,the SE Custom is not a bad choice. It had pretty good action.

I want a Paul Reed Smith Custom 22 10 Top, but the funds don’t permit this anytime soon, especially with Christmas coming up and having four kids.

By: Ovidiu

Ovidiu — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 09:12:30 +0000

When I purchased my Variax guitar I looked at PRS also, but honestly I was a bit disoriented when I’ve seen the starting prices. The entry line is somewhere around the prices of a middle line for Fender, to not say anything about Ibanez which have really cheap guitars. I was looking for something around $700-800 and at that price I was barely starting to smell the entry line of PRS while for Ibanez for ex I could have got a pretty good guitar. I guess it’s the quality but it was a bit too much for me.

By: Allan

Allan — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:11:27 +0000

Hey Danny, I’m not sure what type information you would like me to add, there are so many different models of PRS guitars now, I can’t keep up, and quite a few discontinued, limited runs, and one-offs.
First thing you need to do is forget everything Ed Roman says. He is a disgruntled ex-PRS dealer, and there are plenty of sites explaining the reason, so I won’t go into it here. Just don’t believe a word he says.
PRS started hand carving guitars in his apartment, and has gone through many changes to his present factory with CNC machines, etc.
Too much history to delve into here, but a little searching on the web will be an education(except for the Ed Roman BS)
There may be better guitars out there, some at least equal if not better as in Thorn guitars, Baker, MacInturff(sp) to name a few. Gibson and Fender Custom Shop are supposed to be right up there, I just don’t have any experience with them.
I love my PRS guitars, especially the Custom 22 Soapbar models with 3 P90 pickups. I have one of each, a maple board one, and a rosewood board one.
Also a McCarty model with Indian Rosewood neck and WCR pickups.
Also have 2 different custom 24′s, though the same, sound a bit different from each other.
Any questions shoot them to me, if I don’t know the answer, I’ll find out. sorry to ramble on.
Allan.