PRS SE Santana Electric Guitar BLACK

Comments about PRS SE Santana Electric Guitar:

Got this as a Stupid Deal. I am most impressed. This is almost as good as my USA PRS. Yes, it is made in Korea, but so what. This is a quality instrument. Far better than my Gibsons and Fenders in the same price range. Humbuckers, but the middle position almost gets a single coil sound.

(Why do they put such lightweight children's strings (9's)on a nice guitar?)

Comments about PRS SE Santana Electric Guitar:

I have been a professional musician for 47 years. I was abit shocked to see this guitar was made in Korea, but apparently workmanship did not suffer.Up to now my main guitars have been a '74 Les Paul Custom and a Fat Strat of Mexican origin. The PRS SE Santana has changed that. The Les Paul will be hanging on the wall.

I had the neck straightened and intonantion set using light Boomers.Tuning is not constant when using the tremolo arm. The SE is not equiped with a locking system (as are the higher end PRS models) which would relieve this small problem. For a small amount, one can be installed.

I highly recommend this model for the 5 to 6 night a week club musician.

Comments about PRS SE Santana Electric Guitar:

Great action right out of the box, the crafmanship surpasses most American made at twice the price.

Comments about PRS SE Santana Electric Guitar:

I have been playing since 1968. I am currently in a power trio trying to emulate Gov't Mule. I own two Gibsons(Les Paul Standard & 61 reissue SG) and a Fender (Coronada Stratocaster).

I recieved the PRS Santana SE yesterday. I have been unable to put it down. I am impressed with the quality of workmanship that has went into this guitar. It is actually less flawless than my SG(pick gaurd not fitted properly).

The intonation was dead on out of the box. I adjusted the truss bar and the individual saddles to get the super low action that I prefer. It only took 5 minutes to adjust the action and reset the intonation.

I like the fact that the first thing you see in the documentation is instructions on how to adjust the trust rod if the action is not to your liking. I was planning on installing Schaller strap locks, however upon closer examination the strap retintion knobs are at least 1.5 the size of the strap retention knobs on both my Fender and Gibson.

The vibrato seems to be much more responsive than the vibrato on my Strat. The sound is sweet and the guitar is simply beautiful. For an off shore made instrument I am truly amazed at the quality of workmanship.

Comments about PRS SE Santana Electric Guitar:

I have been playing for over 40 years. I used to think that there were only two guitars worth owning, a strat and a les paul. I own both plus a 61 reissue sg. The workmanship on the PRS is actually superior to the $1200 61 reissue that I own. Intonation was good out of the box. The quality is in the details I was prepared to instal a set of strap locks, until I looked at the strap retainer. It is twice the size of the strap retainers on both my Gibsons and Fender. I adjusted the truss rod (which they recomend) and the action insanely low without any buzz. All and all I would recomend this to anyone.
(This is the first review I have ever written)

Comments about PRS SE Santana Electric Guitar:

The intonation was a little off, it was not easy to get it just right. Practice with it to get use to it and to get a warmer tone, put the tone knob on know more than five. Also, the guitar is not heavy enough, to get nice feedback your axe needs to have a little weight. Also Santana has American made models. MF is selling a Korean Model if I had known this I would not have purchased it. If it is not American don't buy it.

Comments about PRS SE Santana Electric Guitar:

I can't put it down!
PRS SE Santana. Pretty basic features. Non-locking tremolo stays in tune fairly well. I opted for the black finish and like it a lot. It has a sort of wood grain stripe around the edge, which makes it look classy to me. I secretly wish I had opted for the yellow at times. Very lightweight compared to my Epiphone LP Custom, looks tiny sitting beside it.
The guitar seems to be really high quality to me for the price. Most people that I have showed it to assumed it was much more expensive than it is. No problems. Came set-up perfectly. The gig bag is nicer than the other ones I've had through the years.
I think it is a great guitar for not much more cash than an entry level guitar.

Comments about PRS SE Santana Electric Guitar:

This is my second Korean-made PRS, as I bought used SE Custom 24 a couple years ago, Took advantage of the Leap Day coupon from Musician's Friend to but this one in Santana yellow.

The build quality on this guitar belies its small price tag. Volume pot was a little scratchy at first but seems to have worked itself out. Fingerboard is very smooth and frets dressed properly. Not a book-matched top, but what does one expect at this price point? IT is comfortable to play, and pickups are very good, nice range of tones with the 3-way switch. I particularly like the PRS guitars I have played because of their rather thick and wide necks. For some reason, this style is much more comfortable for me to play than the thin, narrow necks on a lot of guitars - my Parker fly, for example.

I don't gig, just home studio stuff and song writing, but I try to play every day and this is my go to guitar now. Highly recommend.
Nothing unusual or lacking - two humbuckers, nice trem bar, 3-way switch, volume and tone knobs.
Very, very good at this price point. No rough edges, paint spatters, etc. Fit and Finish are excellent.
So I purchased this with a 15% off coupon which brought the price to less than $700. Can't beat that with a stick.

Comments about PRS SE Santana Electric Guitar:

This amazing guitar now that I have the pleasure owning looks and plays great out in publi. I would stronly suggest getting this guitar.
i love the bird inlays and the neck feels so smooth really easy to play, the body is comfortable and the flame maple top is really nice but what sold me was the orange color
The quality is great I didn't see anything flaws on this guitar, the pickups sound great when i play infront of people it gives me confidence.
cant knock the guitar for the price, would rather have an American PRS but I have no compliants with this one

Comments about PRS SE Santana Electric Guitar:

overall this is simpilly one great guitar and if i didnt know better without a price tag would have expected it in the 900 to 1300 price range ive done a side by side with my sg and this guitar is my new prefrence
from begginer to pro this is a guitar u could have for the next 15 years
im probially not buying another eletric
Nothing special here it does what a guitar needs to do
three way pick up selector and two santana series humbuckers
what it does it does verry verry well
THIS is where this guitar shines ive own this amazing guitar for three months and am in love
ive owned much more expincive guitars usuially ranging around twice this price but out of all my expirence by far the smoothes action sleek quick neck and quailty looks simply not found in guitars of this price range
no finish blemishes and no rough fret spots simply a joy to play
ive been looking and looking at the next eletric and was planning on and had money for a guitar 3x this price but once i tryed it it beat out the other competitors