Paul Reed Smith SE… complete disappointment!

Today I went to a huge  guitar shop in the city, with an idea in mind: try out the Paul Reed Smith SE Custom 24. I already had some thing in consideration before stepping into the store: 1) the tuners were to be replaced; 2) They were not a true Custom 24 made in USA.

Fortunately, they were exposed right in front of the entrance door. this could mean something. I plugged in the guitar in the amp, turn the volume knob all the way up, and baaahm!!!  a sweet sound came out of it. The pickups could be better, but they were okay. Then the real analysis began:

The action was fine for my personal taste, volume and tone knobs offered a very nice response; the 2 pickups, plus knobs, offered a very nice range of sounds; the scale lenght was also nice, but then… What was that in the back of the neck? It looked like a brick! I couldn’t belive that such a guitar could have such rough piece of wood right in the neck/body junction. This fact makes almost unpracticable to reach higher frets.

All my dreams of having a PRS at this very stage just vanished right there… even the cheapest (half price of these)  guitars have a very nice gentle cut, and from PRS, I just could believe it.

I was almost sold to that guitar, but that was it. Maybe I’ll give it a second chance if the price drop a bit, or keep saving for a real PRS.

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