What are your thoughts?
- Thread starter Prages
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Flatspotter
What?
Both of my PRS SEs are better made than my Strats ('57 RI and American Standard). I expect the S2s are even better than the SEs.
Chad
Slender Hobbit
It is pretty odd to me. I bought my first American Standard Strat back in '94 (I think, it had the 40th anniversary logo on it so what ever year that was) for $450 new with a case. I know there is inflation and everything, but you would think manufacturing techniques and competition would keep the prices down.
Guitar Heel
Demented Trick
Well, I think it says less about the PRS than it does for Fender and Gibson. The price of a new Strat is a bit silly, as is the entire LP line. I think that the S2 line is priced fairly and competitively.
I think this is the best possible answer.
Help!I'maRock!
Mediocringly Derivative
I want one of the Standard 24 models.
Tig
Fucktangular
Funny, I was looking at those for the "any color as long as it is black" thread.
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/S2Std22BL
Nice guitar for $1200
Denverdave
Resident Ragamuffin
Very hot. I just wish more models came with dots instead of birds. Lets see how long the prices stay where they are. I believe they did a similar thing with the Starla and Mira when they came out and those prices rose really quickly.
Guitar Heel
Demented Trick
Yes and no. They were simplified designs, so certainly a precursor to the S2 line in some ways, but they still used all of the high-end USA appointments. These have different pickups, hardware (in some cases), different design processes, etc., as opposed to a stripped-down version of their core line.
peskypesky
Strato-Smasher
Funny, I was looking at those for the "any color as long as it is black" thread.
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/S2Std22BL
Nice guitar for $1200
i'd love to do a side-by-side comparison of that with this $199 item:
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/sterling-by-music-man-sub-silo3-electric-guitar
Scott_Abene
Resident Noodge
I would not want a PRS even if they were giving them away free on the side of the road.
Dogsinplastic
avuncular to no one
I can't name a guitar company that I wouldn't take free guitars from. Yes, there are plenty of models from most manufacturers that I think look horrible and others that don't feel/play or sound the way I like, but I know I could find something. Your unwavering commitment to despising PRS guitars is commendable...maybe...
Chad
Slender Hobbit
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I would take a hot pink bc rich with a floyd rose if they were giving them away for free on the side of the road.
Prages
User Error
That's odd.
When I was a teenager, my dream was to someday own a Gibson Les Paul.
When I was about to graduate from high school, my parents told me they'd buy me a Les Paul. We went guitar shopping. I tried a few Les Pauls. Then I tried a PRS CE24. I left the store with the PRS. It was night and day better than any Les Paul in the store. No contest, really.
It's still a great guitar, though I've grown to dislike the wide/thin neck on it.
Scott_Abene
Resident Noodge
I actually wish that I would find one model that PRS makes that I could say "Hey... I like this and I would play this live or in the studio". I really do.
Scott_Abene
Resident Noodge
Honestly, I think that I am just a picky SOB.