NGD - PRS SE Custom 22

[mpexus]

Well the writing on the wall was kinda there wasn't it?

My "Big" birthday is coming in a couple of weeks and I wanted to spoil myself a bit. Had decided to get something I never had before and I wanted it to be "Old School and Classy looking". It was also something I was wondering about for some time and 3 days ago saw it on the "Local" Classifieds. Today with the help of a friend that was super kind to give me a ride back and forth of around 4 hours I got this:


- PRS SE Custom 22 Vintage Sunburst










Outside pics make it look more reddish than it actually is. The Indoor pics they look more like the real colour:









A Big thank you to all of those that commented on the PRS Thread during the past week or so, even though I had almost settled on it some time before I wasn't really expecting to be able to get one so soon. Sometimes the Starts seem to Align

[Adam]

Very nice! How is it?

[Chris]

That looks great.

[Webdood]

OOH that looks very nice

[jacksonplayer]

That looks awesome.

[Budda]

Congrats and happy birthday when it comes!

[d8200]

Nice score! SE’s are excellent quality at their pricepoint, especially if you want a “jack of all trades” kind of guitar.

[Leah]

Looks great! Congratulations! Man they look so good with the arched top. I remember when they said that the SEs would never have those.

[mpexus]

Thanks guy

Very nice! How is it?

I'm so busy lately with friends staying for 2 weeks and had such a crazy weekend buying new furniture at IKEA that is super far from me that I didn't even had the time to plug it in

Saturday since I was in Bordeaux to go IKEA I decided to go check guitars at a nice small shop they have in the center. I went there to mostly check the LTDs I knew they had but then I spotted a PRS in back., I asked if I could had it in my hands and the owner told sure, its mine and its was a Custom Order, Super light and Neck was fat... so I asked what Neck profile it had. He didn't remember so he went check the order papers (super nice dude really) and he show me a Wide Fat neck.

I have to say this SE is not as light but pretty light and the Neck is to me much more to my preferences. Wide Thin and it´s very noticeable comparing to the other guy WF one. Fretwork is really really good and the brief time I had it unplugged it just felt really comfortable and balanced.

I can only really go play it properly after Wednesday. Needs a proper fretboard cleaning and of course shinny new strings. For now I will leave everything as it is since I want to have the full experience with the factory specks, previous owner replaced the Strap Pins for Schaller ones but gave me the originals too.

Visually I have to say I´m in love with it, its on display already in my Appt

[Shawn]

Very nice! Happy Birthday too!

[Iron1]

Congrats & Happy Birthday!

[The Snob]

SE? As in "I hope nobody SE's me playing this impoverished plank of imported rubbish"?

[Darren]

They’ve been putting some really nice veneers on those in recent years, and finishing them really well. I love the PRS Wide Fat neck carve. Congrats!

[Megametal7]

Congrats on a new addition, looks stunning. Did you buy a beer for your friend?

[mpexus]

Congrats on a new addition, looks stunning. Did you buy a beer for your friend?

Full dinner and beers

[Jeff]

Looks great! Awesome guitar, man

[Mike]

Nice. They continue to do a great job on those.

[playstopause]

Very nice! Happy Birthday!

[mpexus]

Thanks guys.

Finally today I had the time to seat down alone and play with it for 1 hour or so. I'm loving it! Feels super comfortable, sustain is great. I'm for now a Fan of it. Might not be my last PRS

The pickups have a certain sound I am not used to. I know this will sound like Blasphemy to some, but I managed to get this cool looking Brushed Chrome EMGs 57/66 set that most certain will go it

[Mike]

Thanks guys.

Finally today I had the time to seat down alone and play with it for 1 hour or so. I'm loving it! Feels super comfortable, sustain is great. I'm for now a Fan of it. Might not be my last PRS

The pickups have a certain sound I am not used to. I know this will sound like Blasphemy to some, but I managed to get this cool looking Brushed Chrome EMGs 57/66 set that most certain will go it

The SE pickups are, well, OK. Nothing wrong with them, but if the 57/66 pair is better for you, well, that's the best sounding EMG set, IMO.

[Drew]

That looks awesome - now that they're contouring the top a little and not sticking a giant SE on the headstock in place of the PRS signature, well... that's a legitimately classy guitar.

[Ryan]

That looks bloody great, I have yet to play an SE that didn't impress me! Hope you enjoy it dude.