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MGR/Battchief42 « PRS Santana SE »
Published on 01/16/03 at 15:00Purchased from Musician's Friend online for
$499.00. I liked the looks and what I read in the reviews.
Awesome tone, good harmonics, intonation o.k. after alot of adjustment. Nice looks, I had the vintage cherry.
Bridge hieght was hard to adjust with the intonation set screws adjusted in. The screws scored the bridge posts. I tried to control this by backing the set screws out to adjust the bridge hieght, then back in again. A long process to get everything set right. Also the neck was too wide for my tastes. It screwed me up, going from my Ovation 1668 std. elite to the SE
Nice finish, fretboard binding and the nut appeared cheap though. The stop tail piece was a pain in the rear to adjust. Some string buzzing, I stopped it by adjusting the neck and raising the bridge. So much for the low action, but I couldn't handle the rattling 1st, 2nd and 6th strings. This raised the action back up there with a strat, which was what I was wanting to get away from.
I wouldn't mind having another one, but I think they are over-rated. I wouldn't give more than $250 for a used one. Save your money and by a real PRS, made in the USA.
Also, to my ear, the tremelo equiped guitars don't have the tone of the stop-tail guitars. PLEASE NOTE: I bought a pearl white Santana SE first and didn't like the color, called Musician's Friend and they traded me for a Vintage Cherry. Very few questions. Super-good people to deal with.
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$499.00. I liked the looks and what I read in the reviews.
Awesome tone, good harmonics, intonation o.k. after alot of adjustment. Nice looks, I had the vintage cherry.
Bridge hieght was hard to adjust with the intonation set screws adjusted in. The screws scored the bridge posts. I tried to control this by backing the set screws out to adjust the bridge hieght, then back in again. A long process to get everything set right. Also the neck was too wide for my tastes. It screwed me up, going from my Ovation 1668 std. elite to the SE
Nice finish, fretboard binding and the nut appeared cheap though. The stop tail piece was a pain in the rear to adjust. Some string buzzing, I stopped it by adjusting the neck and raising the bridge. So much for the low action, but I couldn't handle the rattling 1st, 2nd and 6th strings. This raised the action back up there with a strat, which was what I was wanting to get away from.
I wouldn't mind having another one, but I think they are over-rated. I wouldn't give more than $250 for a used one. Save your money and by a real PRS, made in the USA.
Also, to my ear, the tremelo equiped guitars don't have the tone of the stop-tail guitars. PLEASE NOTE: I bought a pearl white Santana SE first and didn't like the color, called Musician's Friend and they traded me for a Vintage Cherry. Very few questions. Super-good people to deal with.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com