This Guitar is a STEAL - PRS SE CE24 Satin 

Was it your first PRS, if you don't mind me asking?

I think it is an FR10, he did a video a while ago about how good the Fender FRFR amps are.

Couldn't have said it better myself!!! HOW TRUE!!!!!

Yes, but two hands and one heart playing air guitar gets you the sound of silence.

​@@patricklow5652 but nothing gets you tone like two girls with one cup, though

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Yeah I'm also curious because it sounds great!

I first bought yamaha pacifica 112 and wasn’t impressed, so I decided to return it, then I boight harley benton fusion 3 and didn’t quite like it as well. I ended up adding few bucks more and bought sire 7. I have to say I’m extremely pleased with it. It’s a great experience

What isn't bettet than a LP, though? That's not saying much 😅

Careful... it starts with one and next thing ya know ya got a whole wall full of them. 😂 Started with a 2017 SECU24. I got a deal on it as a scratch and dent. Played so amazing , was blown away. Quickly became my main guitar. Fast forward 3 years and a semihollow CE24 was next. After that my wife got a Zack Myers. Then this year around Christmas I picked up a SE silversky. Just a few weeks ago I picked up an excellent condition used Custom 24. Could never afford one new, but found it used for cheaper than a new CE24 and couldn't sat no. It's been amazing. Lots of great guitars out there, but PRS is what gers my attention most of the time.

I have heard improper setup of the PRS Trem WILL effect tuning. Let me know if I a mistaken.

@@smartmammal9926 It very well could be but oddly, with the lower price, I’m less inclined to pay a tech to diagnose the issue.

​@eduardochozas7411 Did you set it up yourself or just use out of the box? I'm deciding right now between this and the se dgt.

@@EvanBodner out of box

Idk ...I might have to disagree, at least partially. So hear me out. I own a 2017 Korean made SECU24. I happen to think I may of won the SE lottery with that one. It's been an amazing guitar and the whole gateway drug for me into the PRS guitar world. I also own a 2021 CE24 and as of a few days ago I got my first Core Custom 24. My CE with the satin neck, nitro finish, and being that kinda hybrid shallow violin carve does feel substantially different from my SE and with the bolt on neck and true 85/15 pickups it dies sound a bit different too. Both in tone and the initial attack of the string. It does obviously feel like a higher quality guitar than the SE line. Compared to a SECE24 there is a huge difference in feel.of the necks, but the SECE24 does capture the basic mojo. Anyway back to my original point. My 2014 Core 24 and my SECU 24 feel amazingly similar. Sure I like the tone of the Core better, and it is in basically in every way a better guitar. But honestly, if you were put in a dark room and just handed the guitars to play. I really think you'd have a hard time telling them apart based on solely how they play. All that said, if a person has the money to buy an American Custom 24, or other Core variant... by all mean do so because...WOW! I love my CE24-08 (ptc modded) or my new to me Custom 24. Best I can tell the future they will be life long in my collection. But if all you can afford is an SE line guitar, and you play a few and pick the best one... I think you shouldn't feel like you are majorly missing out. You still own a great guitar most likely.

I wish the Vela was a whole range - one with the original pickups, one as is and one with dual humbuckers.

@@Scott__C yeah! It’s routed for a 2 humbuckers but yeah, completely agree. With the new S2s, Vela doesn’t even have the dynasonic on the neck ☹️ I think it’s the most unique PRS and they also ruined it with the birds… i don’t like the bird inlays…

@@martiboucat I kind of agree. It was elegant, but also a straight ahead rock (and other styles) machine. At least they don't have the plastic tuners!

Get one, because by your own estimation it’s as good as you’ll ever need. If it isn’t, then you will have had a nice guitar , learned what you like, and can move it on. It’s a right of passage. I have few guitars, 🤥, but none from my first 10 years of playing … taste, touch and requirements evolve. Good Luck.

@@TeleTonemonkey thanks. I did actually make it to the guitar shop as I had a quiet day... They had the gloss finish one in stock so I tried it out. It's a lovely guitar, so very easy to play, so beautifully finished. Unfortunately the shop looked at my (almost mint) Tele and the Gretsch but only offered me 370 for the pair, so a bit of a stretch of extra cash to get to the 530 price tag on the PRS. I declined... For the moment. It did encourage me to pick up the Tele and play it more, which can only be a good thing. It's also a very well made thing with a lot of character to the tone.

The build quality is INSANE for a $500 guitar. I picked one up and bought it on the spot.

@@kellygreenii oh, I agree. Just saying that the finish is going to wear IMO. My S2 has a similar finish and, a few years on, has some signs of wear including along the top edge and across the back (buckle rash, etc.)

@@KeithMilner Yeah, that satin finish will “relic” pretty fast. But that’s a different vibe for a PRS….should be fun to watch happen.

@@kellygreenii I've been informed, recently, that the SE CE24 finish isn't nitro, but poly, which means it's probably going to be a bit more hard-wearing and less likely to relic.

The LPJ was always a mystery to me. Maybe because I don't know the history of the guitar. To me though you can tell it's a very stripped down LP variant. One pickup, a flat top, basic finish, and dots instead of blocks iirc. With the PRS guitars that are more budget minded I don't feel like it feels as dumbed down for price if that makes sense. You get a less contoured body, or really these days I should say a differently contoured body than the cores get, but you still get something that looks like more than just a chunk of guitar shaped wood. Regardless of if you spend $400 or you spend $4000.00 you still get (in general but with more QC misses on the SE line) an amazingly good playing neck with amazing fret work. Though iirc the SE fret wire is maybe a bit softer than the core line. You also get pickups, that while they don't sound the same as the core line, do a passable job of capturing the basic essence of the more pricey guitar. Thats not to insult the LPJ . I'm sure there are a lot of people that like the single pickup, simple bodied, workhorse guitar. I'm just not personally one of them. At least for the price Gibson wants. That's really what it comes down to. The LPJ may well be an amazing guitar, but in my head I say that thing LOOKS like it should cost $300, not $1500.

@shawnmcginnis2508 the LPJ is different than a les paul jr. Mine is a 2014 model. Google it, you will see its similarities to the pre ce. Not sure the LPJ history but I do know it has 2 picups and a carved top.

@@kylebaker8619 just checked it out. That's pretty cool!

I just got my first Core Custom 24. What an amazing guitar. In 2021 I got a new CE24. It (in my mind) was like a Core lite guitar. Shallow carved top, actual flame maple top,American 85/15 pickups, but with the last gen tuners and import trem, but also with about half the price to buy. It is an absolute great guitar. Love it. The interesting thing is ,when sitting on your lap, it's the oddball. Not in a bad way,but it's the most different. I am blown away by how similar my 2017 Korean made SE24 is to my 2017 American CU24. Aside from a slightly wider neck, when they are sitting in your lap they feel and play remarkably similar. Not a slight at all in the American guitar, just saying when everything comes together right ( maybe doesn't happen all the time) the SE line is an amazing value and a very legit offering.

Hating on Silver Skys is entirely reasonable and understandable. But where is your logic ? If you don't like one PRS you haven't dislike them all? Just weird.

@@MickyWalnuts well it is when the reason why you don’t like it is attributed to the place they were made

@@LEUNN_ fair enough but maybe that's what you should have mentionedd in your original comment?

@@LEUNN_ I don’t like guitars built in Antarctica. I find them a bit cold.

@@brendanpmaclean yep

Agreed. I don’t mind them as an option, but I don’t care for them being on nearly all PRS’s.

I bought 3 via internet, including 2 S2's, and they all had fret leveling issues, a disappointment since my original SAS is an amazing guitar. I also got 3 Gibson's online, 1 great, another with finishing issues but played great and another that had some fret leveling issues but not nearly as bad as the PRS's.

PRS has a dedicated CORT facility just for the SE range.

@@Gearhart_Music yep. Phil McKnight has visited the prs factories in USA and Indonesia and in his opinion PRS has learned more from Cort than the other way around.