Very nice. When PRS comes calling, it means you are moving up on the YT guitar channel food chain. Well deserved.

As a Maryland resident and friendly with the folks at PRS I can say they are S-tier in everything they do.

As a PRS player and fan, you definitely got their seal of approval! Well Done sir! And wow, what a killer instrumental too!

Did get one of these, in charcoal. Outstanding at this price. Set up VERY well out of the box also

Man I'll be completely honest with you. I have never heard your solos sound like they were played more confidently. It sounded like you were a lot more comfortable on that guitar than I've heard you before with some others. That guitar is a keeper.

That's the $499 guitar can't wait to hear your thoughts on it

I have Tremonti custom SE and standard 22 SE, both with tremolo bridges. Dropped seymour duncans in, grover mini rotomatics, bone nuts, brass blocks and stainless steel saddles in. They come solid built from factory indeed, quality mod platforms. Pickups were ok but lacking character imho.

I think PRS did a very smart thing, sending you this guitar. I know that when I'm looking at guitars or any gear for that matter, I get the most out of the video if the presenter can play or operate the item with pro level skill. Then you get to see what the gear can do, if it's done right. I get so many ideas, when I watch you play. Rock on brother. :)

Love the sound through the Soldano Astro!!!!

Love the look of this guitar, PRS has always been great. Hope to see you do more guitar reviews.

Sounds way better than I expected!

Nice playing, man! Those were some tasty licks. 🤟 That's an impressive tonehenge you have there too!

Didnt expect such excellent playin' when pressing to watch this video..! Dang! Subbed and appreciate the review, might cop this guitar as my first PRS to finally give them a try, I will use this as my jazz fusion / rock guitar

I have a PRS Custom 24. This would be a great guitar for leaving around to practice with. Its also a great guitar to upgrade a little at a time to make it compatible with the other PRS guitars.

Great guitar what a fabulous sound and playing love it .

Finally I’ve been waiting for this

I've been seriously thinking about investing in one of these. Your video closed the deal for me. Thank you!

I love the grain on that guitar!!!

Subscribed for the intro jam!

Cool starter PRS. Love it !

Nice playing as always, Jarrod, I love that solo! You played that PRS like you’ve owned it for a long time and made it sound like something way more than $499 or whatever it goes for. I have a couple of PRS guitars in my collection, a Custom 24 and a Dustie Waring CE24, both which have Floyd Roses and locking nuts on them as well as locking tuners for easy stringing. I haven’t played them in a while but they’re nice guitars.

Got mine yesterday..same color..love the feel...great weight too, 7.2lbs.... I love it !

I have this guitar and I would 100% recommend replacing the nut with a PRS Core nut, before replacing the tuners. I also had tuning stability issues when using the trem, or even doing full bends. What is happening is that the strings bind at the nut, so they cannot return to the tuned position. The tuning issues were much worse when I put 11 - 48's on the guitar, because the thicker gauge strings bound even more. You *can* file down the factory nut, but on close examination (especially directly compared to the PRS Core nut) that it's not very well cut, or sanded down, and are made of a lower quality material. So I would recommend just replacing the whole thing. No issues since doing that, and now I am using 11 - 54's on it (drop tuning).

Something else, about the pickups -- they are HOT and I also find them bright. I do the exact same thing, roll back the treble on the amp and push the bass and mids a bit. Note: The guitar comes with the 85/15 “S” pickups, which are the the same pickups on the doubly more expensive PRS SE Custom 24.

Just got mine in the charcoal finish. Guitar is awesome. Plays like butter. The neck is very comfortable.

Sounds great 👍

"4 days Later" I just received this exact same model PRS a few days ago and only the G string needed tuning straight out of the box. I was a tiny bit surprised. Vintage cherry looks awesome. My son wants the one in turquoise.

Super cool to see you playing on something else - would love to see more guitars go through that massive amp wall

Wow. That’s all. Subbed! ❤ need more content like this.

Well done…I’ve never seen one of these played the way I would…with heavier tones…thank you 👍

Love that satin red stain finish. I havnt seen that one, i love my prs se ive had for about 12 years and still plays and sounds great. Mine was $1200 way back then though,not sure the difference between my model and this one and i cant remember the exact model i have. Mine has a floyd too which i wanted over prs floating bridge.

Bro! Your playing is the best it’s ever been!

I just got mine in that colour as well. It’s really a nice guitar. No fret sprout. Nice out of the box action. Very playable out of the box. Glad I got it. The neck is definitely a winner. Satin neck makes it a lot better for moving around when playing faster runs.. light weight makes it easier on your back and shoulders when giging Cheers Dallas .

Awesome playing 🎸 🔥 bro!! PRS SE is the best bang for buck guitar out there a few slight mods are youre golden .

I've got an prs se custom 24. It's my main standard guitar and it a beast. Put lockong tuner on this and change the bridge pickup and it is killer

Just got this. It's amazing. Make sure to go into the store, I saw a couple duds (relatively speaking)

I bought a SE Custom 24 a year ago. Great guitar! I did some upgrades to suit tone taste and playing feel. I’m waiting for a Fralin Super high output “split rail” to swap out with blues version. This should meet with a better pairing of the p-rail at neck and bridge. Locking tuners is a good solution for tuning stability. I’m considering a piezo trem bridge. Thoughts on the bridge replacement up grade?

Right on Jarrod I been wondering about the SE line up I never played a prs before people say the necks are baseball like? I have ESP and Ibanez guitars that all I own out in the hollow not much opportunities to play without a 160 mile drive this is why on lineshopping has been only option for me ,appreciate the video. 🎶🎵🎸😈

Nice mr jarod i have a ce 24 and a se 24 and love prs but i wish they would dial the radius down some , there is such s feel diff from say my jim root charvel with 12- 16 compound on speed and comfort on the neck but great guitars still

I’m buying one of those. For $499 that’s a steal.

By far the best demo of the balls out rockin’ tone on this new instrument….I want one ! Also own the Maryland made CE24

I very much want that guitar, love a good satin finish

Great vid, as always. I know you love PRS amps, who wouldn't? To my knowledge, this is your first time at bat playing PRS guitars, at least first time having them on your channel. PRS is really the only company that puts out worth while and consistent guitars at any price point. Most companies that put out budget friendly guitars, don't have the quality that PRS has at any price point. It'd be very interesting to see you play a PRS SVN or Marc Holcomb 7 string model, as I know 7strings guitars are more your focus.

I don't think you mentioned in the vid, but does the fret board have rolled edges or are they really sharp. I recently tried out an SE Swamp ash model and the edges were so sharp that it could almost cut you. I mean the wood and not the fret ends. I like PRS, I have 3 different USA made S2 models.

Id be curious to see you try out a PRS HDRX 20 dimed with a boost. Wanna see the classic rock/metal tones you can get out of it

Sounds great. Should've played it through that Tremonti amp.

Superb playing my friend...👌

Jarrod the guitar looks good and i thought the pickups sounded very good on your high gain amp settings!

First comment ! 😂 love the playing my friend! Sounds amazing !

With a compound radius you get the best of both worlds. Like a 12 to 18" or similar. The schecter km7 or km6 MKIII's have a perfect neck setup. Have you tried those out? I bought the KM7 MKIII about 5 yrs ago and loved it so much i got the KM6. I think those guitars were the best bang for your buck production guitars to come out in many years. I think theyre actually worth more than the 1800/1900$ they cost. They out perform other guitars much more expensive. The only problem with schecter is qc issues. Fit and finish can be hit or miss, so i was very picky when choosing my two, and ended up with two perfect guitars in every way. Would love to see you review one

“I’m turning my hand into hamburger”. You mean “handburger”. Great video.

Could you ask them why they don’t put the HFS pick up in them now? That’s my favorite pickup and now you can only find them used

Hey Jared. If you still are in contact with PRS, tell them that I think in order for the SE series to look more like their CORE models, the pickup rings should be white with gold screws, regardless of what finish the body has. It’s that extra touch and simple change and will make the guitar appear $1000 more IMO. Regardless of brand black pickup rings with black pickups and all grey screws looks so sub $200 quality IMO. I’m strictly talking about aesthetics and not playability of course. If a guitar feels great regardless of price then play it. Just wanted to share my thoughts on appearance for SE guitars. Seriously look at a Core guitar and then the SE. White pickup rings and gold screws makes a huge impact IMO. Best 🤘

I don’t know what to do. It’s a 401 ESPLTD or this😅

what size and brand of strings?

PRS sells direct replacement locking tuners.

Question: can you compare dimarzio in your other guitar to the PRS?

What amp and effects did you use

Recently picked up a 400$ 2007 PRS SE Tremonti (hard tail) on a whim after sitting down with it in the store I was at. I could instantly tell someone really took care of that guitar. It had custome Seymour duncans (upgraded from factory) Grover locking tuners and a Bone Nut. I did end up returning it as was not a fan of a few other little things but these are great guitars and PRS puts attention into alot of their line which showed to me.

Try a PRS Mark Holcomb SE it has a 20 inch radius and his signature pickups

We call my son's PRS the Chameleon...can play any genre well

You could easily use that guitar anywhere fabulous bare wood guitar no frills and a modding dream

As a majesty owner myself. And a recent owner of the SE CE. I would record with the prs any day. Of course. It has a dif pickup config than a lot of modern metal guitars. But that’s an easy fix per your choice. Bottom line. These new lines have straight necks. Great fret ends. No uneven frets (on mine ). And no poly lacquer to choke the wood. Other manufactures hiking their prices should be ashamed.

Ok, I’m definitely not a metal fan, but that was beautiful!!!

I always dug PRS before owning a few, but I assumed they were merely light rock and jazz guitars...that was until I heard Marc Rizzo from Soulfly and Il Nino ripping death metal and thrash on SE models. I since sold my PRSs since I kind of outgrew them. My only negative opinion on the brand is that PRS guitars have a sort of vanilla sound. Nothing really unique where you hear one and say..."that's a PRS!"

I would NEVER bring an American made PRS into a bar gig. That being said, I love the SEs and have two I feel comfortable gigging with. It seems this one is at a price point of most entry level guitars and would be ideal as a daily gigging guitar.

not a fan of PRS. They were the Guitar Center rich kids guitar when I grew up and it has always stuck. I'ts just me. I shredded Charvels and they had PRS's and couldn't play.

Attention PRS: Please make a USA 6 string baritone. Then send the USA 6 string baritone to Tone Wars.

Locking tuners have absolutely nothing to do with tuning stability. They are simply to make string changes easier by speeding up the process because there’s no need to wrap.

That alternate view is out of focus. I've noticed this in other video's.

Are nickel frets giving us old timers the cancer? Planet Waves locking tuners are a cut above hipshots.

great playing ,,,shame it looks like it was filmed on a potato.

I dislike the PRS headstock, their bodies are boring..... I wish they can make something like a Charvel but with their quality as their guitars are really well made

I hate prs 😂