2008 PRS CE-22 - Unboxing and first impressions.

[@ElephantTusks]

“Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.” - Jim

[@AudiomoMusic]

yep, buying and selling guitars never stops. i ended this year with less guitars of my own than I did last year with the majority being ones I already had.

[@theguitarprofessionals8584]

WOW !!!!!!! Now thats some Gear!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@AudiomoMusic]

I love it man!

[@eddiejr540]

I had a PRS CE 22...I ordered it around 95...they told me it was one of the last ones made in the Annapolis shop...wide thin neck, dragon pickups...I paid $1600, that was a lot of money for a kid back then...I miss that guitar

[@AudiomoMusic]

They'd cost over 3k or so adjusted for inflation but when you think about what the newer CE's cost that are different in many cost cutting ways yet still near 3 grand... they weren't that bad of a deal at all.

[@IanNorsworthy]

Fantastic guitar and video! I had one of these in the blue in 2006 (I think and maaaan I feel old even saying that) - definitely loved it through gain and the neck clean. Was potentially one I shouldn’t have let go but different times and all that 😂 Great video as always though and looked like you enjoyed it 😊

[@AudiomoMusic]

I genuinely think this is the kind of guitar you'd be very surprised by at this very moment given what you are talking about wanting to have for new projects. I really like it !

[@IanNorsworthy]

@ yeah I must admit especially the older ones like that are awesome. Tbf the current ce24s, while not as nice a carve, with a pickup change would be good too but I’ve been loving cracking the firebird back out. (And still contemplating a cheaper Jackson 8 string for giggles. Played an expensive one and was great fun but obviously not gonna spend loads when it’s not going to be my main guitar or style and also having fun pitch shifting on the qc with the firebird and jazzmaster when I wanna deeper tone) but yeah those old CE’s were magnificent- it’s one of a couple I wish I didn’t get rid of but needed money at the time 😂

[@robbolandsvids]

Very nice, you looked like you were enjoying that ! All the best for the new year mate, hope to catch you soon.

[@AudiomoMusic]

Cheers Robbo and happy new year, I hope you are doing well

[@trevgrooves]

That’s a sweet guitar!

[@AudiomoMusic]

Thank you, I tend to agree!

[@debhart4302]

That's beautiful.

[@AudiomoMusic]

It looks so much more red in the video, in person it's way more yellow and i adore it

[@shanetx81]

It sounded great! . Nice playing as always. I just have to ask about something you said, “it all has to do with the spacing of the frets” - frets 0-22 are the the exact same spacing on any 25” scale guitar! I don’t understand how that contributes to a different feel? I may be confusing “feel” as a physical thing vs a visual “when I look down at the fretboard” to orient myself thing though. My reservation with 24s, and I currently just own one custom 24, is that the neck pickup gets bumped to a position that always feels a bit wrong to me. I love that LP-style, coil-at-the-second-octave positioning’s sound so much that I miss it in the 24 fretters.

[@AudiomoMusic]

Really with the spacing I should have been more clear, it has more to do with the spacing of the neck pickup in relation of the end of the fingerboard than the 24 fret models. I really do like the CE and Custom 24 models but the neck pickup always sounded a bit off to me because of that.

[@shanetx81]

@ yeah, I totally get that. I was just curious how you meant it.

[@smallfry89]

Great guitar Jim. My number one is a 90’ ce24 that I’ve owned since new. I love the ce’s. Do you think you will put it back to having the split coil push/pull tone pot? I have a cu22 that someone removed the 5 way rotory switch and replaced it with a 3-way. I know that’s a popular thing to do but it bothers me, I’m considering just adding a push/pull tone knob.

[@shanetx81]

I’d definitely consider adding a push/pull to both remaining knobs, one for neck and one for bridge. I am really addicted to the hb-single and single-hb positions that allows (essentially 24-08 switching).

[@AudiomoMusic]

I'm not sure if I'll install a push pull for this, I kinda like it as is and regardless of the pickups in it I never really love split coil sounds

[@shanetx81]

@ do you still have the McCarty’s you demo’d last month? I don’t really care much for splits sounds either, but I find a lot of useful sounds in the middle position with one pickup split, especially in the McCarty 594 with extra tweaking potential from the volume knob. On my custom 24, I really only use it to add a little trebly bite from a split bridge to the neck pickup’s sound. It’s just another eq’ing tool to use without going over to your amp or bending down and fumbling with your pedals in the dark. I don’t really miss the option on my less featured guitars, though. It’s funny, I advocate for the full 8 position/combination features… and yet I’m leaning toward trading away my 594 for the least featureful guitar I know of in an SG jr.

[@jamesbeylik1]

I wonder if you could have coil splits done on it. If of course you don’t mind modding it.

[@AudiomoMusic]

It’d be really easy to do, just swap the time pot for a push pull. Not sure I’d want to do it but who knows

[@midlifecruiser]

What chair is that?

[@AudiomoMusic]

san diego thrift store chair

[@aminahmed2220]

Awesome video have a great day Jim and also have a happy positive new year from Canada and also I will quit KZbin in 2025❤😊

[@AudiomoMusic]

Why will you quit in 2025?

[@ZenFaded]

420

[@AudiomoMusic]

That’d have been a dangerous but potentially interesting idea pre video