review PRS SE Santana, SE Custom 24 and SE Tremonti Graduation Time 112 Guitarist december 2016 GIT414.rev_prs.
PRS SE Santana, SE Custom 24 and SE Tremonti review While PRS’s USA-made guitars cost the earth, its Korean-made SEs out-sell them and cost far less. Now, with a new makeover, they just got even better Words Dave Burrluck Photography Joseph Branston december 2016 Guitarist GIT414.rev_prs.
PRS SE SANTANA, SE CUSTOM 24 AND SE TREMONTI review VIDEO DEMO http://bit.ly/guitaristextra PRS SE SANTANA, SE CUSTOM 24 & SE TREMONTI £849 EACH CONTACT PRS Europe PHONE 01223 874301 WEB www.prsguitars.com W hile PRS Guitars is coming to the end of its 31st year of producing industry-defining, top-notch production guitars, the SE (‘Student Edition’) range is only half that age, originally appearing after much deliberation in 2001.
PRS SE SANTANA, SE CUSTOM 24 AND SE TREMONTI 1 review 2 1. Part of this refresh includes a Paul Reed Smith signature logo on the headstock like the pucker USA Core and S2 models 3 2. The volume and tone on the Santana are closely spaced and the pickups are selected by a standard toggle switch. There are no coil-splits, though 3. Another 2017 upgrade are the Korean-made Santana humbuckers: replicas of his USA signature pickups.
review PRS SE SANTANA, SE CUSTOM 24 AND SE TREMONTI SE Tremonti Custom The third main PRS shape landed PRS in a whole lotta trouble back in the early Noughties, and while it’s always been an artist favourite, the Singlecut has ebbed and flowed in the USA Core line and has actually been more visible at this SE level.
PRS SE SANTANA, SE CUSTOM 24 AND SE TREMONTI 4 review 5 4. Tuners on all the SEs are good units, although the majority of the USA Core models use open-backed locking types 6 5. The volume and tone controls here have wider spacing along with a three-way lever pickup selector. However, unlike the other guitars, we get some partial coil-split sounds via the pull/ push switch on the tone control here 6.
review PRS SE SANTANA, SE CUSTOM 24 AND SE TREMONTI a welcome addition and would definitely increase your options. With more low-end, the Tremonti really can sound huge and the bridge pickup is well voiced to send the mildest of amps into overdrive. But it has a duality that lies in its much more vintage-y neck humbucker: with a little shimmer from the vibrato, it can sound extremely retro and less rock.
PRS SE SANTANA, SE CUSTOM 24 AND SE TREMONTI review 7. An upgrade to the SE Tremonti is its Korean-made versions of Mark’s signature USA pickups 8. Again, despite the vibrato, this SE Tremonti has non-locking tuners along with a frictionreducing nut 9.
