PRS 2020 SE Hollowbody II Piezo | Review | Tom Quayle

Tom Quayle Review the 2020 SE Hollowbody II Piezo from Paul Reed Smith Guitars. Billed as combining the power and stability of a solid-body electric guitar with the captivating resonance of a hollowbody instrument-the 58/15 “S” loaded hollowbody is designed to look as good as it sounds, with a figured maple top, back and sides as well as a mahogany neck (set-neck construction) with PRS trademark bird inlays. Tom tells us more.
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[@realtruenorth]

What a run at the beginning, nice playing, and tone is incredible

[@lordsong7]

As always, Tom's demos are the best on the web. Logically organized, well played, thorough going over all the details with no fooling around, wasting time. Just good straight vital info. And of course, that guitar truly is a great one. I wish more makers would provide piezo options for their electrics. And wouldn't it be great to get that with a tremolo too!?

[@svenbohlin6017]

Well, Tom is a true master - awesome demo!

[@timelwell7002]

Nice to hear 'Falling Grace' played on guitar.

[@petesmusic]

Wow, great review and playing. This guitar fits my needs and great price point. A

[@goldbug1974]

I wish they would’ve put a toggle switch to turn the piezo on/off rather than having to turn the volume up on the magnetic and down on the piezo (or the other way around) to switch on the fly.

[@FrankFurther]

There's two outputs so switching on the fly is as simple as a channel switcher and two cables from the guitar

[@kamarienedwards1757]

@@FrankFurtherhe’s wishing it had the core model switch on the guitar where you can do it just with the guitar

[@barondavis5692]

Sounds good, really nice demo.

[@donthomasmusic]

Great video and playing! Could you please tell me how you treated the acoustic picup for your recording? Thanks!

[@michaelpeila9221]

Very nice.

[@ChrisDaviMusic]

Nice guitar 👍 have you tabs you play? It's fun 😉

[@SibzelChebst]

Its almost there. Maybe the next iteration will have a useable acoustic tone without having to run IR response pedals.

[@pnksk8r390]

Hello! Do you think the piezo pickup is enough to pull someone in to buying THIS model vs. the one that costs 400.00 USD cheaper without it?

[@jacklens7750]

Definitely 0:38

[@davidlane4159]

Yes

[@adrianguggisberg3656]

I don't give a crap about the piezzo tone, but I still got the piezzo one, because it looks way more than 400 quid worth better.

[@prcc]

Just a small correction, the binding is curly maple, not flame. Great review!

[@GuitarInteractive]

Thanks for the info!

[@RonnieVaiArovo]

Wait where is all this hate coming from? Anyway, Nice Piezo sound in the end ✌

[@blwnova4155]

So if I could get one for under $1k new?

[@davidlane4159]

no

[@Eefaux]

You can in the Uk, £800 from Andertons and other retailers.

[@blwnova4155]

@@Eefaux that’s what I’m saying - I bought one months ago. Very happy

[@tperry5839]

Killling

[@ptdakos]

Yet another model that takes sales away from Gibson. It's kinda sad for them, but hat's off to PRS.

[@realtruenorth]

Meh, nobody that wants a USA made Gibson will buy a Chinese PRS. Don't feel too bad.

[@ptdakos]

@@realtruenorth Ok boomer.

[@realtruenorth]

@@ptdakos my dad is a Boomer, I am young,, try harder. And go support communism if you want, but you should listen to Cuban refugees that warn us.

[@ptdakos]

@@realtruenorth I'm very much against communism. I am also against companies who sit on their laurels for decades. I respect Gibson, but I'd rather buy the Chinese guitar (PRS is a US company, so the taxes and profit go there and not China) over the overpriced, nothing-special guitar, which has been the same since the 50s, with no attempt to make it better, without ruining its character.

[@realtruenorth]

@@ptdakos I dont think you read my comment,, I said the guys who want to buy U.S. made guitars are not going to buy Chinese made PRS guitars, so my response to that other guy was basically not to feel bad for Gibson. I dont think we disagree here. Only thing I would say, is I would rather PRS make them all in Indonesia instead of China. But that's for obvious reasons. I own an Indi made PRS, and it plays and sounds great. I do not own a U.S. made Gibson because I am NOT the guy who would buy one.

[@MUROKURA]

PieTSo :D lol

[@buck7477]

That sound at the beginning is not pleasing to my ears! ,I really want to like PRS but it’s not happening. I’ve never held one in my hand that I liked

[@justsomeguy1074]

Why do people think a piezo pickup sounds good? I certainly sounds nothing like an acoustic guitar.

[@JeffMathews1713]

It’s like an acoustic simulator. But if you need a quick part live or just want to have fun with it. It sounds good enough

[@ZillianZilch]

Gigging musicians have to make compromises unless you’re in a band playing large venues with a full road crew. I take two guitars to gigs. This would be great as a versatile backup. Of course it’s not gonna sound as good as a top of the range Martin but I’m not gonna take a top of the range Martin to a pub or club gig anyway.

[@michaelfrieze]

I thought the intro was great.

[@sirnedwood8987]

10:25 The cognitive dissonance is real here. I'm looking at an electric and hearing an acoustic.

[@justsomeguy1074]

You really think the piezo sounds like an acoustic? Maybe a really crappy one with a shitty pickup.

[@katnisscoverdeen5828]

@@justsomeguy1074 it sounds really good IMO and gives it a ton of variety

[@5urg3x]

The quality and features of the SE aren’t necessarily the problem…the true cost of worker exploitation in developing nations is the real issue, for me anyway.

[@patrickpierson6079]

I think the guitar workers have better condotions than the people in far east who make your t-shirts... But i dont know.... Just a thought....

[@5urg3x]

@@patrickpierson6079 The previous cases with Cortek exploiting their workers in South Korea and being forced out of the country prove that assumption to be false. With goods made in China you don’t really get much of a say though, as a consumer. It’s very different with guitars.

[@XuQifei]

People who say this kind of shit has never actually went travelled and compared that to poor people in their own countries.

[@5urg3x]

@@XuQifei I am a poor person in my own country, but I am grateful and lucky enough to live in a developed nation with at bare minimum *some* regulations regarding worker exploitation and protections. The hard working folks in Indonesia aren’t who make these guitars aren’t that lucky, unfortunately. At the very least I can tell you that without a doubt, the workers who work at PRS in the USA are treated much better than the workers at Cort in Indonesia, even the janitorial staff who clean the damned toilets at PRS…

[@marcengel8299]

So true

[@roblarson9065]

How about keeping your playing in tempo Tom?

[@alexjackson8841]

you know You’re talking to one of youtube’s best players right?

[@dver4624]

How about keeping your comments in your arse, where they clearly come from?

[@KrisGee]

Is this you, Rob Chapman???