PRS SE A60E

sussed it out already, that’s where the new
PRS SE T50E and SE A60E models have
a distinct advantage over the legions of
doppelgängers. They are, well, distinctive.
By incorporating some well-kenned eye-
candy from its electric solidbody stuff, it’s
immediately obvious that these are PRS
guitars. The sweeping headstock shape is
Exhibit A. The beautifully installed ‘bird’
fingerboard inlays are the smoking gun.
Both these new Chinese-made models
are members of PRS’s affordable SE sub-
brand. The Vintage Sunburst T50E features
the PRS Tonare Grand body style; the
Natural finish A60E is built around the
company’s pretty Angelus Cutaway profile.
Beyond the headstock shape and brand
name, these guitars have a lot more in
common. Shared features include solid
Sitka spruce tops, three-piece 643mm
(25.3-inch) scale mahogany necks, 300mm
(11.8-inch) radius ebony fingerboards with
20 medium-sized frets, plus ebony bridge
plates and bone top nuts and saddles.
There’s also some nice abalone soundhole
rosette detailing and shiny chrome tuners
on the spec sheets. You get a proper deluxe
hard case, too. Dig deeper and you find each
of these characters comes brandishing a
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first play
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PRS SE T50E & SE A60E
1. While it shares the
solid Sitka spruce top
of its stablemate, the
T50E comes spec’d
with fi gured maple back
and sides. You also
get a mahogany neck,
ebony fi ngerboard and
bridge. Eye candy comes
courtesy of the abalone
soundhole rosette and
body purfl ing
2. Both models feature
a beautifully sweeping
headstock shape with
chrome tuners
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Guitarist February 2019
1.
While it shares the
solid Sitka spruce top
of its stablemate, the
T50E comes spec’d
with fi gured maple back
and sides. You also
get a mahogany neck,
ebony fi ngerboard and
bridge. Eye candy comes
courtesy of the abalone
soundhole rosette and
body purfl ing
2.
Both models feature
a beautifully sweeping
headstock shape with
chrome tuners
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