Why PRS just revealed the FUTURE of the Guitar Industry

[@EliecerIzquierdo]

I just bought the Prs DGT SE and I couldn´t be more happier! PRS is doing amazing guitars on their SE line.

[@ksharpe10]

Its only downfall to me is it only comes in 2 color options. If they had it in Charcoal Cherry Burst, I would buy one in a heartbeat.

[@JTB--]

The one thing I'd be cautious about with the SE Custom 24 Quilt Charcoal Cherry Burst is the actual guitar you buy will not look like that beauty in the picture. I've seen many of these on Reverb and they look nothing like the sexy pic on the PRS website. It's like seeing a magazine cover of someone where there was obvious "Air Brushing" to make them look hotter than they really are

[@coffeedudeguy]

I’d say the same for some Core models too. Some look better in pictures than irl

[@ragnakak]

Exactly. Take a look on sweetwater right now, their samples look like garbage

[@brad435]

I agree, the photos of the actual guitars look nothing like what they are advertising. They don't look very good at all.

[@BrazzyRosewood]

​@coffeedudeguy that's why you buy from a store that takes actual photos of the actual guitar they are selling. Not guitar Center generic pics.

[@RichSuraci]

They are just as brilliant in person, this is a first hand account….

[@dunnigan66]

Good info thanks, otw to get one of those cherry burst!!!

[@RickDanner]

I was at guitar center and the PRS CEs the 500 dollar ones played a million times better than the 3k les paul standards . The les pauls had tiny tiny frets while the PRS had jumbo frets and more playable fingerboards flatter way easier to play

[@ministryofguitar]

This doesn’t surprise me. People often underestimate how much frets matter to a feel of a guitar

[@JeanLeite-d1e]

I had the exact same eye opener happen to me at GC several years ago. I went in to buy a $3200 Gibson LP an walked out with a PRS SE 245 along with a used Roland Blues Cube amp with my savings AND still had a good bit of money in my pocket. And yes I did like the frets much better also.

[@ragnakak]

I wish PRS would bring back their Jade green color from core all the way down to se. I still see it on wood library orders on reverb from time to time.

[@ministryofguitar]

It’s a great colour. Here’s hope it trickles down

[@ChidOki]

Yamaha RGX820Z from the early 2000’s has a Piezo built into a tremolo bridge. Super underrated guitar. Comes stock with SD ‘59 in the neck and JB in the bridge. Only thing it’s missing is a coil split.

[@vulgarresponse7080]

@ChidOki it was similar to the Godin Solidac if I remember!

[@ChidOki]

@@vulgarresponse7080 that’s cool, I had never heard of that model! I sort of stumbled into the RGX820Z in a trade and then fell in love with it and learned more about it. Sort of backwards

[@HarryK-HK]

Excellent video, thanks. Hope you get 50k subscribers soon.

[@ministryofguitar]

Thank you. Appreciate the kind wishes

[@tymanngruter1808]

Iff the se serie gets a five way switch i will onley buy P.R.S. se guitars, what a beautifull guitar you have! Its made to play each thing you like as you said! Thanx for posting! 👏

[@williamtm1965]

Utkarsh, you are way too optimistic. We get it that you have a sweet spot for PRS products, however most guitar players out there don't care for PRS. To them great tops and piezo will not make any difference, they just don't buy PRS. Majority of players will not pay premium for extra nice tops. In our day and age there are so many options out there that PRS (despite making great instruments) just gets lost in this sea of choices.

[@zz-.-]

3:40 I always wondered why the SE quilt tops were able to be SO perfectly bookmatched and done so well at that price point. It’s a thin veneer, I never knew that! So they can cut multiple tops from one normal thickness top. Learn something new every day. Another great video man thanks for the entertainment 🤙

[@ministryofguitar]

Thanks

[@johnmm777]

I always value your perspective

[@ministryofguitar]

Thank you

[@tonekilltech]

I've wanted a piezo equipped 24 fret with a trem bridge for a long time because I'm a big Opeth fan, but the only PRS option was the P24 at 5-6k. I finally bought a US CE24 semi-hollow (wood library no less) because I fell in love with the feel of it in the store, and I'm almost done installing Graphtech Ghost piezo saddles and preamp into it to get a P24 at half the price. Then, they go and drop an SE version of this exact guitar, which is about half of what mine was for the guitar and Ghost system. Makes me wish I'd waited a couple months. Though I'm sure the SE won't be nearly as nice as mine.

[@ministryofguitar]

Oh man I feel for you. Opeth is the exact reason I have custom 24 piezos. They are one of my favourite brands. That said, you are right. The USA CE24s are a different league to SEs and Graphtech Ghost Saddles actually give a great sound. I have them on one of my private stocks

[@erikthompson7341]

Off topic. But you are my guy for PRS questions. Are there any lap guitar models? I am looking at getting a Strandberg. I was going to get a Flying V. But after your feedback about having had one as a main guitar yourself I decided to look for something else. I have decided to get a Strandberg as a couch guitar. Is there a PRS like that to be considered for comparison? Thank you for the video.

[@mikey-dubs]

What is a piezo needed for ?

[@darrenlivy]

For an acoustic sound. It's quite useful if you play any songs that require both electric and acoustic sounds for the same song , you don't need to have a separate guitar on a stand or change your guitar part way through the song.

[@mikey-dubs]

@@darrenlivy Need to look into this more! Thank you for the great description.

[@Utube-g3g]

@@darrenlivyBrian Moore started that. They went direct after their idea of usb, synth and piezo were stolen. They finally won their lawsuit but now nobody knows about them. Super strat like Suhr but thinner curved for comf. Seymour Duncan’s. 14 different sounds.

[@AtlanteanGuitarist]

I had a PRS SE mcCarty double cut in the blue, bought it on a whimm as during the last PMT online sale they mistakingly put it up for 650 pounds. a day later it was corrected and put back to 850 pounds (gbp) Had the guitar for a few months then sold it, played great , excellent quality, but i got to the stage where i just did not bond with its look. Sold it for 750, made 100 in profit. Then i bought a Eastman Juliet :) and have not regretted it. But i do admire PRS guitars, just not found that one that jumps out at me looks wise.

[@ministryofguitar]

Makes sense / everyone has their own taste

[@IZE83L]

Same deal with me .same guitar. it was on point with my gibson studio just didn't fall in love with it.

[@ruben2449]

Maybe it's time to speculate about special models for the 40th anniversary

[@elevenAD]

i want to see this Charcoal Cherry burst in person because in the photo that veneer looks like a Core 10 top, the photo looks almost too good to be true for an SE

[@seanmurphy26]

You just have to BUY the SE Custom 24 Piezo, and then CHANGE the PICKUPS. I have the 85-15S pickups in the SE HB II Piezo, and they are not great..

[@ministryofguitar]

Agree: I don’t like 85 15 S either

[@barrettflorida]

I also have a PRS SE Hollowbody II Piezo. The pick-ups are not 85-15S. They are 58-15S, and I love them

[@polarkgr1]

Back in the 90’s you could get several Parker Fly variants with humbuckers and piezo with a trem.

[@ministryofguitar]

Interesting. I didn’t know that

[@ksharpe10]

If they would get that Charcoal Cherry burst on a DGT SE, I would buy it tomorrow. Of course I could buy a used one Strip it and do it myself.

[@93greenstrat]

Let's look at Fender Strats. All the way back in 1987, Fender introduced the American Standard Strat and a few years later, the made in Mexico Standard Strat came out. These were very different guitars. Now there is the American Pro I and the made in Mexico Player Strat. The Player Strat was much more similar to the American Pro that I suspect Fender maybe skimped on a few things to avoid cannibalizing sales of the American Strat......and the PRS came out with the Silver Sky SE which competed directly with the Player. In response, Fender now has the Player II Series.

[@DreidMusicalX]

I had a Jackson Performer back in the late 90's along with a ESP Mirage that had these type wood grains and colors on them. I paid like $600 each for them. One was Tiger grain Red and the other ESP was a beautiful Green wood grain. I wish I would not have gotten rid of them. I tried to like PRS, but the bridges on them to me just suck. I'm a heavy Tremolo player and unless it has a Floyd on it, I really don't like them. Im also not into the birds on the neck. I know they have dot inlays and stuff, but a guitar really needs to hit all my needs before I tough it. Or I will build it myself.

[@jroobz]

Awesome video 🤘

[@ministryofguitar]

Thank you

[@Bill_Bo]

SEs are not not expensive. PRS will have to introduce a new budget line if they keep raising SE prices. The future is to make the SE line as luxurious and expensive as the USA ones.

[@barrettflorida]

$499 for a SE CE-24. Great guitar. Pretty inexpensive. Nobody makes a decent guitar for less than that

[@NicholasANappiNick]

They can’t wrap a Veneer around a deep carve 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@kkyyee]

i wish PRS would introduce a new body shape. Like an offset body with easier upper fret access. And i know they have the Vela line but they actually rest at the same place their other guitars do when sitting, which completely defeats the point of an offset design. i love basically everything else about them but i just can’t stand the playing experience of the Les Paul shape

[@zemlidrakona2915]

Next video: How PRS created the universe.

[@ministryofguitar]

@@zemlidrakona2915 and then there was light. Northern Lights

[@stratman01]

Godin does the piezo/trem thing. Has for years.

[@joker57]

I got a PRS core 24 I lost $1000 selling it. I just don’t see what everyone likes I think they play like 💩

[@efx245precor3]

3:00 I know but some prs colors are known to quickly fade.

[@lucas_emirados]

Hi brother, would you like to trade your holcomb on a gibson R9 yamano historic?

[@ministryofguitar]

Hey man not looking to let go of the Holcomb. I really like that guitar

[@jdl2180]

Come on man!

[@JeanLeite-d1e]

Indonesia IS making the best quality guitars right now, it's no longer debatable!

[@franueldimapindan9344]

Yes yuore right i got 2 of them and i cant see the difference between usa made only the price

[@effectosis742]

I love my PRS SE Semi-hollow , but I hate the Piezo system it has... I think my Boss AC-3 acoustic simulator gives a better tone than this piezo in tremolo... the guitar costed me shocking amount of money... but if i could go back i would try to find a Semi hollow without this system for a half of this price... I would try also the baritones if the neck was comfortable for me...

[@ministryofguitar]

Interesting. I have found the SE piezo reasonably decent though I haven’t had a chance to try it on my own setup. In general piezos need a bit of fettling to get the tone exactly as you want it

[@Jeremya74]

Its venner..not hard to make those colors..just fake

[@scottanderson4175]

I think PRS makes a fantastic affordable guitar but I just don’t like the carve 🫤 everything is done with machines now so program the carve to be like the Core guitar 😎 I don’t care about pink or purple fancy finishes!

[@NOCTURNIABRIAN]

I wish! Paul said it takes an extra two hours for the core program to run. Time is the cost. It’s sucks.

[@Guitarman007]

That "look" is just an advertising photo. The actual real guitars seem to not look that good.

[@paternuin]

Sure, future is a 30 years ago

[@stevedgolfer]

Buy 1 core custom 24 ..save for it and be happy.SE's are dirt.

[@Redrum046]

Okay you like prs, but 99% of time?

[@BrazzyRosewood]

PRS all day & all of the night. 😊

[@efx245precor3]

I was less than excited about prs se 2025 lineup. Less innovative than expected.

[@joggerino3284]

How can you know that these guitars are good when you have not tested them? IMHO the piezo ist not for the casual player. It is another gimmick with the intent to make people pay a lot for something they almost never use once they have figured out their settings. I have to admit that it looks adorable and I would buy it, but I cannot justify paying 1700 $ instead of 500-600 $ for the CE Satin. Besides, most people play at home and alone now. Regarding tone wood: It is only important for acoustic guitars. For electric guitars, humbucker type and number coil turns is important as well as strings and how strings are sitting. In general, it is all about how energy is distributed from the string and the conservation of energy. There is a channel of a german professor (Physik der E-Gitarre) which explains this scientifically. He also compared a 200 € Harley Benton with his several thousand € Gibson Les Paul. A lot depends on the quality of manufacturing.

[@ibinTZY]

Piezo is certainly not a gimmick. Many artists can't be taking multiple guitars along for a set that involves variety of sounds and thats where something like Peizo cames into play. Makes life easier and it is easier setup than an acoustic guitar. Big bands like Opeth, John Petrucci uses it for a reason. I am on the tonewood thing with you...i will never understand that 😂😂

[@christianhertwig1593]

Physik der E Gitarre it’s a really good channel 👍🤗

[@bks252]

@@ibinTZYI agree. I have one on one of my telecasters and I use it. It keeps me from swap guitars for a small part of songs that require a few acoustic fills. My local luthier charged me about $100 for the pickup and about half that to install.

[@Guitarman007]

Personally I think the Zach Meyers looks cheap ... maybe I just hate that teal color.

[@BrazzyRosewood]

Ever played one?

[@Guitarman007]

@@BrazzyRosewood Yep. They are good guitars... the look is just not my thing.

[@erikthompson7341]

I want the one constructed from carbon fiber. T101 Celestion 16 ohm.

[@vulgarresponse7080]

If it doesn't say Gibson or Fender on the headstock it's a 'Toy!'

[@Gene_Cali]

Neither would stay afloat without Epiphone or Squier.

[@vulgarresponse7080]

@@Gene_Cali I believe that you're probably correct!