Is It Worth It? $699 PRS SE CE 24 vs $2699 USA CE 24
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- Опубликовано: 25 ноя 2024
- Join us as we compare and contrast the Indonesian made PRS SE CE 24 vs the USA made $2699 CE 24! Which one is the better value to you? Let us know in the comments below!
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I’ve owned many core and the new SE guitars are the better instrument FOR the money. They’ve just gotten that good, imo. I have an SE 24/08 that I find myself playing more than more core’s during some weeks lol and it’s not cause i am trying to baby the core…I play and gig my instruments and if they get dinged, so be it.
Great comparison! Love your shop too. It's actually a good thing you're not located in Buffalo or my wife would kill me for buying so many guitars.
I have both the core and the SE CE 24 and the most noticeable differences for me are the pickups, feel of the neck, zero friction pots on the core, and the look/feel of the nitro finish on the core. The core pickups just have more sparkle, clarity, and a slight boost to the upper mids and highs. As a perceivable percentage I'd say they're maybe 10%-20% apart in both tone and feel. The core is the sound I was looking for for years so I bought that first, but then they dropped the SE and I had to have one of those too. I got the sandblasted swamp ash SE CE 24 and it definitely sounds different. With the satin ash it sounds even closer to a strat single coil than the core. Super versatile from hard rock/metal to single coil shoegazey tones. Each has their own place and the Indonesian stuff is better now than when they first started building there.
P.S. I still have my eye on that charcoal cherry burst Tremonti singlecut you guys have! Maybe one of these days...
Thanks for adding to the discussion! All great points. We hope you come visit us soon and maybe take that Tremonti home with you!! 😉
I got an S2 satin new for $900. It was an older model with non-USA pickups. Upgraded the pickups, the saddles as that is the biggest issue with that bridge, the entire wiring with better copper and a .022 capacitor as PRS comes stock with .033 which makes it too warm sounding. In total I made it cost 1300. Still cheaper than a CE by far and USA woods and quality...locking tuners, USA nut.etc
Nah. The issue is the bridge base plate and steel block. The saddles are fine lol. Swap in a Core tremolo and these guitars sound SOOOO much better.
A couple months ago i was out to get an PRS SE Custom 24 in quilt maple (my first PRS) But the lacquered neck was not good for my hot hands. Behind stood the SE CE 24 in glossy turquoise, with a silky smooth neck. And I was just sold 🤩
And I have been it since, I just love it.
Give it some SE locking tuners and a new Tusq nut, and it stays rock solid in tune.
And for the price, it’s unbeatable 🤘
Owner of a US CE in Eriza Verde. It's very hard to explain differences without playing those guitars.
CEs are getting better and better and with the US models you pay: better wood selection, single piece bodies/necks, hand stained full solid maple caps and the pickups. Whether the experience is worht 2000$ or not is very very personal and I think that for 99% of people wanting to learn the instrument and looking for the first high quality guitar a good SE would set a very high bar on expectations.
If 2024 CEs would've existed before pandemic I would've probably bought one as a gateway to expensive guitars rather than biting for the US made one. By, anyway, I can say that I have no regrets...I;ve played my CE for 4 years with 0 regrets and I love it.
My opinion. The one guy said he would buy the American model because by the time you swap tuners, pickups, electronics, and a setup you could just buy the American model. I feel different.
The tuners on the se are adequate, but the PRS locking tuners are a very nice upgrade, and they make SE model. Tuners are 1 wood screw and a nut. Don't pay someone to do this! That's a $90 upgrade.
Pickups, I thought they sounded the same. I wasn't in the room with them but the video sounded the same to me. I wouldn't change the pickups unless you had something you were looking for and had this guitar as the vehicle to drop them in. Seymour Duncan's run around $100-$150 a pickup depending on what you get. So that's potentially a $300 upgrade.
Electronics, honestly I used to be of the camp that believed you needed the nicest CTS pots you can get, and Switchcraft toggle switch. But the harsh reality is the cheap pots in your SE will give you a great sound and will probably last the lifetime of the guitar assuming its taken care of. Lets just say I wouldn't change this out unless something failed. A wiring kit will cost you around $50, and a prewired kit will be in the area of $100. Last thought on this, how many of you guitar players actually turn your knobs during a performance? Most people I know now days turn on a boost pedal to get a lead tone and leave all their knobs on 10. Dynamics in your electronics is a waste of money if that's you, because you aren't turning the knobs anyway.
Setup. If you are just adjusting string height and not dealing with nut work I would skip the shop. You can set your own string height and pickup distance. Watch a youtube video Phil McKnight does a setup on his channel at least once a week! Unless its something major like a fret is not level and causing the string to do something weird I wouldn't pay someone to fix anything. If it tarnish you can polish that out with some buffing compound yourself. Save the money.
In closing buying upgrades and assuming a repairman did all this work for you for $100 roughly per job, you are looking at $500 in parts and about $200 in labor. That is still less than $1000 for a great guitar.... So why would you buy USA model over the SE unless its looks? In my opinion American labor, and the flame maple cap are all you are paying for and if that's what you want go for it! But the idea that its less hassle and will cost about the same after you upgrade is complete bullcrap. If it were me I would buy 2 SE's and have a backup for the other one at gigs. Don't worry about upgrading it, I think they sound the same.
Hi just wanted to know if its better to get a squier 40th anniversary or classic vibe telecaster over the se ce 24
The USA CE24 are definitely worth it. Love mine. I own 2 plus many SE guitars.
I have many SE's and one CE. All great to play guitars. But...the CE is NOT worth $2000 more. And SE's are getting better and better.
on my 2016 USA CE you have two coil tabs, one for the neck pickup one for the bridge. dont wanna sound rude but I guess you actually didnt split the neck pickup🤔
They’ve changed it so it’s one switch for both. I have a 2019 USA CE and my buddy has a more recent one and they are both that way
good cheap guitars are still 300 bucks new. 700 bucks buys you a great used guitar.
Se is the way
To pay a guitar 2k$ more, because it is made in USA? Nonsense. Really. We all know tahat many high end guitars/brands are made by Cort. I will buy some SE sooner or later. I have enough good guitars, but I don't have PRS. Gas.
You’re not paying that much because it’s made in the US. You’re paying that much because there’s more time put into fit and finish and all the parts are a higher grade. Cort makes the SEs but has nothing to do with the US models. The quality you get for money on an SE is great, but it pales to a nicer guitar. It’s just whether you care at all that makes the decision interesting
u sound like ur from a 3rd world country