PRS SE A60E

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PRS SE T50E & SE A60E
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underlying warmth that doubles up when
you switch from a pick to the fleshy tips of
your fingers.
The A60E doesn’t quite have the same
bottom-end depth of its SE sibling, but you
can’t help feeling it’s in the post. While the
T50E comes across as the all-rounder, the
A60E reveals itself as the fingerstylist’s
apprentice. Arpeggiated chords roll out
sweetly and we love the consistency of
output during jazzy breaks. Each note
pings off the fretboard like a hyperactive
flea. It’s exactly what we expected. The
rosewood-like vibe of the ziricote is warm
and rounded; the figured maple gives the
other guitar its clearly defined zing.
Plugging in evens the playing field a bit.
The Fishman GT-1 preamp lurks inside
a guitar’s soundhole – poke around with
a finger and you’ll encounter its volume
and tone controls. As you would expect,
the Fishman system cuts the old mustard.
There’s a lot of tonal variety here and while
you miss the 3D dynamics of a mic and
pickup combo, you get pretty damn close to
each SE’s acoustic voice when you plug in.
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5. PRS has picked the
tried-and-trusted
Fishman GT-1 preamp
for the A60E and T50E.
Working in cahoots with
an under-saddle piezo,
the GT-1’s volume and
tone controls can be
found lurking just inside
each guitar’s soundhole
6. The cutaway-bodied
A60E teams its solid
Sitka spruce top with
some highly fi gured
ziricote back and sides.
The timber feast doesn’t
end there thanks to
the curly maple body
binding, a mahogany
neck and the ebony
fi ngerboard and bridge
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5.
PRS has picked the
tried-and-trusted
Fishman GT-1 preamp
for the A60E and T50E.
Working in cahoots with
an under-saddle piezo,
the GT-1’s volume and
tone controls can be
found lurking just inside
each guitar’s soundhole
6.
The cutaway-bodied
A60E teams its solid
Sitka spruce top with
some highly fi gured
ziricote back and sides.
The timber feast doesn’t
end there thanks to
the curly maple body
binding, a mahogany
neck and the ebony
fi ngerboard and bridge
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