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I've had one for about 18 mos. Very versatile guitar. if you have an acoustic amp and an electric guitar amp, you can play both simultaneously, which I find fun. The humbucking pup's on the HB SE II are impressive. Good luck.
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I will be running the same set up as you, although the mag output will be wirelss to my pedal board. Like you, I dont have an amp, either electric or acoustic. It will be going to my Bose L1. I also like the idea of mixing a little bit of piezo with the mags and vice versa. I have seen other comments about the tuners, guess I'll wait and see how they perform. And I certainly intend to have fun...! Cheers Graham |
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There are certainly huge possibilities with this guitar and the main reason why I bought it. On most gigs, I want to be able to easily switch from electric to acoustic. For my acoustic only gigs, I use a dread with a Lyric pick up. |
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I just looked my CE 24 from 5 years ago retailed I think for $1800 is now $2629 about an $800 increase . So 44% increase in 5 years, is that unique to PRS or is that happening to most brands ?
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In the simplest terms, you also forgot the CE series which is a step between the S2 and Core. And there’s also tiers to the core series. There’s the 10 top cores, then the Wood Library, and then their Custom Shop series which usually goes for 5 digits, the Private Stock. Guitar prices in general have gone way up in the past couple of years. Imagine buying a $2700 guitar that comes with just a gig bag and not a HSC. Yep that’s what you get when you buy a PRS CE series. It wasn’t long ago when a MIM Fender was $500 out of the door. Now they go for $800+. A Gibson Studio was $1200, now they go for well over $1600. I’m surprised the used market has remained quite stable and barely affected by this inflation. |
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The McCarty's are typically in the 4-5k range. Some options will drive the price higher. https://www.sweetwater.com/store/sea...#search-header |
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I don't think it's unique to PRS at all. Look at Fender. An American Professional II Strat or Tele is $1,800. The Ultra series is around $2,200, and the Ultra Luxe series is around $2,600 - $2,700. With Fender it's hard to compare apples to apples since they change series designations and features about as often as most of us change underwear, but those prices in general are WAY up from 5 years ago.
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Although I live in France, I bought the guitar from my favourite dealer in the UK.
As you say, an insanely low price considering other dealers around Europe are still maintaining the old price. |
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I'm fortunate to have 9 PRS's , all core , artist , or Private Stock.
Yes the prices have gone up , as with everything else . I bought my first LP custom for $500 new ... they are considerably more today . The nice thing is PRS folks tend to take very good care of thier instruments , and there are lots of good deals if you know what to look for. |
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You are correct that a small number of producers and retailers in food is not healthy for consumers but really off base on saying 5. That problem helps fuel the growing interest and niche of smaller platers it means more expensive just like a few small guitar makers. Last year and right now shopping with our son is revealing the electric guitar market is better as far as moderately priced stuff goes. Some of the small guitar makers state every job they have is a living wage. That aside they are all needing skilled labor where shortages remain and where those wages still rise. Lots of younger skilled people are also pursuing niches that have more stability, are less cyclical and pay a lot. I'm glad to be GAS-free and happy to see the models plus when I got some nice guitars makes them an investment if I sold, but even happier to have a child who appreciates them.
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