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Published on 11/16/10 at 15:00This is a beautiful, Tobacco Sunburst hi-gloss finish PRS student edition. The May 2007 Edition Guitar Player Magazine reviewed the best 35 guitars available for under $500.00. The PRS S.E. Soapbar II model received top honors, including the 'Editors Pick' and the best ratings for 'Sound', 'Vibe', 'Workmanship' and several other categories, as well as being selected as the preferred guitar by the Guitar Player Forum members brought in to review the 'roundup' of guitars. Every one of the 9 reviewers picked this guitar as their favorite guitar under $500.00.
This guitar features: Solid mahogany body 22 fret set mahogany wide-fat neck curve 10 radius-rosewood fretboard. Has a beautiful top w/figured maple veneer, Moon inlays, 2 Special Design PRS Soapbar P90 pickups, 1 volume/1 tone and 3-way toggle pickup switch, 25 scale, PRS-designed stoptail bridge, and and the best gig bag imaginable.
I've played for about 30 years as an amateur: rock, Jazz, R and B, praise and worship. This guitar can do it all.
I bought this lightly used, 2007 PRS SE Soapbar II on ebay for $ 350 after seeing it reviewed in the May 2007 Guitar Player Magazine.
It has a stunning, yet subtle high-quality tobacco sunburst finish,tiger striped top, with black back and neck. One of the lightest guitars I have ever played. Super-comfortable to play. It will not weigh you down like a Les Paul, yet still retains decent sustain, not LP-esque, but better than I expected from a guitar with single coils that retailed for less than $500.00.
Fantastically warm, scooped-out neck pickup sounds great on the clean channel of my Peavey Delta Blues. The bridge pickup is snarly, surly, bites, growls, and will penetrate through your band mix. Tons of tone with these things. They have a meatier sound with more bottom end, than Strat single coils, and much higher output signal (volume and breakup), yet they retain more high end clarity than humbuckers.
If you are not familiar with single coil P-90 pickups, you will get some minor humming in the bridge and neck positions. I wish it had individual tone pots for the two pups, and one thing PRS can do better is add a higher quality volume pot. When my amp volume is 12 0'clock or higher, the guitar volume will jump from zero to too Loud for bedroom playing. Not a linear increase, but I guess for $350, I shouldn't complain, but it is something to mention.
No doubt the Koreans have done a great job in crafting this guitar, under PRS's watchful eyes. This guitar, while extremely light in weight, is built to gig. The gig bag is the best i have seen, but if youre gigging regularly, get a good hardshell case. Strap buttons and tuners are chrome, yet high quatity. I would use it on a gig w/o backup, without thinking about a backup.
I would recommend this guitar for anyone who does not want to spend a grand or more on a guitar, but wants the same quality as one at 1/3rd the price. Awesome tonal qualities, from sensuous to snarling, this baby can do most genres, and do it well.It is a real Blues, Hard Rock, Jazz, Pop slugger. Metal Heads: Stick to your Humbuckers.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
This guitar features: Solid mahogany body 22 fret set mahogany wide-fat neck curve 10 radius-rosewood fretboard. Has a beautiful top w/figured maple veneer, Moon inlays, 2 Special Design PRS Soapbar P90 pickups, 1 volume/1 tone and 3-way toggle pickup switch, 25 scale, PRS-designed stoptail bridge, and and the best gig bag imaginable.
I've played for about 30 years as an amateur: rock, Jazz, R and B, praise and worship. This guitar can do it all.
I bought this lightly used, 2007 PRS SE Soapbar II on ebay for $ 350 after seeing it reviewed in the May 2007 Guitar Player Magazine.
It has a stunning, yet subtle high-quality tobacco sunburst finish,tiger striped top, with black back and neck. One of the lightest guitars I have ever played. Super-comfortable to play. It will not weigh you down like a Les Paul, yet still retains decent sustain, not LP-esque, but better than I expected from a guitar with single coils that retailed for less than $500.00.
Fantastically warm, scooped-out neck pickup sounds great on the clean channel of my Peavey Delta Blues. The bridge pickup is snarly, surly, bites, growls, and will penetrate through your band mix. Tons of tone with these things. They have a meatier sound with more bottom end, than Strat single coils, and much higher output signal (volume and breakup), yet they retain more high end clarity than humbuckers.
If you are not familiar with single coil P-90 pickups, you will get some minor humming in the bridge and neck positions. I wish it had individual tone pots for the two pups, and one thing PRS can do better is add a higher quality volume pot. When my amp volume is 12 0'clock or higher, the guitar volume will jump from zero to too Loud for bedroom playing. Not a linear increase, but I guess for $350, I shouldn't complain, but it is something to mention.
No doubt the Koreans have done a great job in crafting this guitar, under PRS's watchful eyes. This guitar, while extremely light in weight, is built to gig. The gig bag is the best i have seen, but if youre gigging regularly, get a good hardshell case. Strap buttons and tuners are chrome, yet high quatity. I would use it on a gig w/o backup, without thinking about a backup.
I would recommend this guitar for anyone who does not want to spend a grand or more on a guitar, but wants the same quality as one at 1/3rd the price. Awesome tonal qualities, from sensuous to snarling, this baby can do most genres, and do it well.It is a real Blues, Hard Rock, Jazz, Pop slugger. Metal Heads: Stick to your Humbuckers.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com