NGD: PRS SE Exotic Limited Tremonti Custom Electric Guitar.
Oct 7, 2017 15:50:50 GMT
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Post by grayn on Oct 7, 2017 15:50:50 GMT
A sad day, in that I decided to let my PRS baritone go.
Fanatstic instrument but I just wasn't using it.
But a happy day, in that I went out, to check out some tasty guitars, to refill the empty guitar stand
vacated by the baritone.
So i went over to Sound Affects, to try out a Gordon Smith GS Deluxe and a PRS SE Tremonti,
with an ebony top.,
When i got there i also spotted a PRS SE Custom 24 Fire Red Burst, with a maple fretboard.
So all 3 got a good playing, acoustically and amped up, clean and dirty.
I hate to be unpatriotic but the GS just wasn't as well finished, set up or as good quality
as the PRS's.
The Custom 24 was very nice and I liked the maple board but it has the same pickups as my
zebrawood Custom 24.
The Tremonti was the winner as soon as I picked it up.
The neck felt just perfect, straight away.
Smooth and so playable.
Cosmetically the ebony top is rather lovely, with a gorgeous, dark brown grain.
It has black binding to the body and headstock, with a single white line of purfling,
on neck, body and matching headstock.
Hardware wise, the Tremonti differs from my Custom 24, having it's own brand of pickups,
that are really ballsy but clear and articulate.
I love the 24's pickups but I think these are even better.
Also the Tremonti has tone and volume knobs for each pickup, which gives more control.
But TBH, I have mine on full, pretty much all the time.
Another extra is the scoop underneath the rear of the trem-bridge.
Which means you can keep the bridge level with the fretboard and can still bend up a fair way.
So once again the 2017 exotic SE range, proves to be a winner, for me.
This is a terrific guitar, with oustanding quality in every department.
So how does it compare with my zebrawood custom 24?
Pretty much equal, I'd say.
With the Tremonti slighly edging it on the pickups and the 24 just winning, cosmetically.
For just under £800 new, with the quality of these exotic SEs and their superlative tremolos,
they are very hard to beat, in my book.
Fanatstic instrument but I just wasn't using it.
But a happy day, in that I went out, to check out some tasty guitars, to refill the empty guitar stand
vacated by the baritone.
So i went over to Sound Affects, to try out a Gordon Smith GS Deluxe and a PRS SE Tremonti,
with an ebony top.,
When i got there i also spotted a PRS SE Custom 24 Fire Red Burst, with a maple fretboard.
So all 3 got a good playing, acoustically and amped up, clean and dirty.
I hate to be unpatriotic but the GS just wasn't as well finished, set up or as good quality
as the PRS's.
The Custom 24 was very nice and I liked the maple board but it has the same pickups as my
zebrawood Custom 24.
The Tremonti was the winner as soon as I picked it up.
The neck felt just perfect, straight away.
Smooth and so playable.
Cosmetically the ebony top is rather lovely, with a gorgeous, dark brown grain.
It has black binding to the body and headstock, with a single white line of purfling,
on neck, body and matching headstock.
Hardware wise, the Tremonti differs from my Custom 24, having it's own brand of pickups,
that are really ballsy but clear and articulate.
I love the 24's pickups but I think these are even better.
Also the Tremonti has tone and volume knobs for each pickup, which gives more control.
But TBH, I have mine on full, pretty much all the time.
Another extra is the scoop underneath the rear of the trem-bridge.
Which means you can keep the bridge level with the fretboard and can still bend up a fair way.
So once again the 2017 exotic SE range, proves to be a winner, for me.
This is a terrific guitar, with oustanding quality in every department.
So how does it compare with my zebrawood custom 24?
Pretty much equal, I'd say.
With the Tremonti slighly edging it on the pickups and the 24 just winning, cosmetically.
For just under £800 new, with the quality of these exotic SEs and their superlative tremolos,
they are very hard to beat, in my book.