I live 5 minutes from John. If there's something that catches your eye and you want a second opinion on it shoot me a DM. I'm always up for a Guitar Vault outing.
I live 5 minutes from John. If there's something that catches your eye and you want a second opinion on it shoot me a DM. I'm always up for a Guitar Vault outing.
Yep. I picked up a mint 2005 CE-24 for $1,000. Replaced the HFS/VB with a set of 57/08’s and couldn’t be happier. It’s my #1.Used PRS is the way to go IMHO. But I live in the USA so the used PRS market is choc-o-bloc with great deals on essentially new guitars. Not sure what it'd be like on the other side of the pond.
$299 is a good price for an SE Standard.Just to mention CE models have bolt on necks. S2 models less body sculpting USA built with cheaper hardware. PRS guitar quality and playability are great across all the models including most SE models. I have a $299 SE Standard with a pickup swap that plays and sounds Just as good as my USA Custom 24 FR. Ive only bought one PRS that wasn't up to my expectations and that was an SE Terror model with Floyd Rose tremolo. Seemed like they just took an off the line guitar and haphazardly threw a Floyd Rose on it, Main issue was radios of the neck vis much flatter FR nutt. Same issue on the bridge side, no shims under the saddles to make the radius match the neck.
The LOOK! naturally with PRS if you want a guitar that looks awesome your going to pay. Book match of maple tops in my opinion is shit till you get into the wood library category which is kind a crappy way of doing things but I guess that's what it takes to get someone to pay 10 grand for a guitar.
I would recommend skipping over the S2 in favor of a CE. A CE is a solid guitar. You will not be disappointed.
PS. I'm going to order also a SE Zach Myers Semi-Hollow Body (found one for 800€); never had a hollow or semi-hollow guitar so.... any tips on this too?
$299 is a good price for an SE Standard.
Between those two, here are probably the biggest differences that might not be obvious to you:
You could get a mint used Core CU24 for your €3000 budget
I have an S2 Custom 24 35th and it's an excellent guitar. Really, almost ever bit as good as some of the cores that I have played. To me, they are an extremely good value.
Used SE245 around my area is the cheapest PRS you can buy. $400 all day long.
I think the difference between pattern thin and pattern regular is small but noticeable.
An S2 is also a solid guitar. Only reason to go CE is if you want bolt on + maple neck.
My s2 displaced a core custom 22.