The Best Mostly Inexpensive Alternatives to PRS Electric Guitar
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This is a list of the 6 Best (mostly) inexpensive USA PRS (Paul Reed Smith) Custom 24/22 Alternatives on the market. In this video, I discuss the pros and cons of each of the PRS guitar alternatives. Most of the guitars on this list are far less expensive than the USA made Paul Reed Smith Guitars with the exception of one or two. I hope you like this video! Let's try and get this to 500 likes!
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I bought a Cort M200 almost 10 years ago now, and it's held up though the years. It was some pretty good value for the money.
I'm glad you put the PRS SE in there. I have played them and they really are great guitars.
I apologise if someone has already mentioned this but the PRS SE Paul's guitar model is made in the Cor-Tek Cort factory in Indonesia. Gives a little more kudos to the Cort guitars as well!
yes cortek indonesia make most of the prs se range these days,previously made by wmi korea
Cort has always crafted top quality guitars whether they're own of for other companies
Looking at one of these right now
@@lincolnjohnson6511 I really like mine. 👍🏼
@@chrishandley which finish do you have? I’m looking at the Trampas Green one!
Amazing video Shane being a lefty I appreciate seeing guitars like the SE 24 with so many color options and playability. I use a player series Strat myself but nevertheless a great list 🤘💯
This video is a goldmine. Thank you.
Hi Shane, another great video and interesting that PRS style guitars have been on my mind as an alternative to a Fender.
Shane, once more you hit the nail in the head. Thanks for the info and the inspiration you provide to us guitar players. I would love if you reviewed the Yamaha Revstars, especially the 502 with P90s. All the best.
This SE is absolutely gorgeous!
I have a Cort M600 in natural finish and they are great guitars. My favorite neck. Feels and sounds more like a Les Paul with Strat horns than a PRS. One of my favorites guitars and its a keeper.
Great vid mate. Quality as always.
Thank you! :)
Love my PRS SE custom 22 and PRS SE standard. Sad thing is I sold them both years ago. Still the best among the rest of the guitars i own. Great video as usual Shane.
Pleased to see the PRS SE at the top of the tree. I have one of these with spalted maple top, and it's a truly stunning instrument that sounds fabulous whatever you play it through. It's become my number 1 guitar pushing my tele and les pauls into 2nd and 3rd places. Keep up the good work 😊
For the PRS split-coil tone, try adjusting the pickup height. They seem to be low from the factory and raising them helps improve the "anemic" sound out of the box.
I concur.
This is great. Hey Dr. Ric sold that cst24 with the "whoah that's nasty." I have both the humbucker and p90 versions. Don't really need my other guitars anymore.
WOW I didn't expect Cort to be in here but I have a M200 for my first guitar and still playing it till today, with a few extra upgrades here and there, it's considerably not bad. Love your channel man! Keep up those great videos 🔥
I recently was looking for a strat and picked up a G&L Legacy Tribute (limited edition Irish ale) Fortunately the neck wasn't quite right and I would need a major professional set-up. I returned it... and this is why I say fortunately - I went to a local guitar shop and picked up a PRS SE Custom 22 semi-hollow and fell in love! Amazing action, beautiful fret job, sounds fantastic and has the split so I can get the single coil sound!
I have the CST24T with the P90's. Awesome guitar! All these look like very good viable options. Thanks!
Thank you for the video, I want to get next week a PRS SE custom 24 fade LTD.. I never had a PRS before but I really want one
GOOD picks Shane! I think the SEs and the Harley Bentons are the best in that style. Rock on! \m/
Great video.
PRS SE's hands down are some of the most guitar bang for your buck. I now own 3 of the SE line, the 245, 35th Ann. Cust 24, and Hollowbody II. All amazing guitars.
Always great videos. I'm sure this is a repeat comment, but I got the IYV PRS style and couldn't be more pleased at under 200 dollars. Cheers!
Great video Shane thank you.This hepls people like me a lot
This video doesn't make me like you yet 😜
I subscribed just because of how genuine Thai dude sounds
I love my CST-24T. I play it more than any other guitar. In my case I lucked out and got a lighter one at 7.5lbs.
Mine is heavier at 8.6lbs (3.9 Kg), but that's fine as it is a great guitar.
I’ve got o e of the sandblasted SE’s in left handed. Love it.
Great offering. Never inclined to buy anything PRS though i did see Paul at a local shop (Gelb's, RWC, Ca) about 10 years ago.
Loved seeing Cort mentioned out of the gate. In '97, I bought a circa '83 Cort Arrow in red metalflake for $150. I believe Michael Denner of Mercyful Fate had one in white for Melissa.
This axe fell on it's face onto a hardwood floor and if not for the 3" metal truss rod cover, I believe the head stock would have broken off ! Still needed repair. This was in '00. Still plays great !
man, my old band was gearing up for a gig years ago and had a practice after work, across the bay from there.
Afraid of a rush hour fender bender hurting my IBZ RR Sr, I brought the Cort. Sounded great but felt spongy at band volume. Never exp'd that before. Sadly, the last battery change killed the onboard preamp. Bit of a bummer but still a cool guitar.
btw, smitten by the 200 Cort here. Very nice.
I'm big fan of Tokai as well. On my third of them currently, absolute value for money
I didn't realize a lefty made this video until I opened it! Lefty PRS guy here too! Great video.
Just got the SE Zach Myers model in Myers Blue. Awesome playing guitar that solves some of the quirks of my Les Paul. I’ll always love my Paul but I love the feel and tuning stability of the PRS.
Just got my first PRS. The new Parlor acoustic. It is so much fun to play. Highly recommend. It's one of the lowest priced PRS guitars you can buy with the birds on the fretboard.
Good job of including some lesser known brands in this list. Just to add a couple that were not in the video although sadly probably not available for left handers . First the Chapman ML2 single cut. Like many Chapman guitars it has 25 inch scale plus Seymour Duncan Blues humbuckers bolted into the wood. These are wired so can get the Peter Green out of phase effect. 24 jumbo frets , 13.25 inch radius for easy bending and thru body stringing with Tone pros bridge are impressive specs. May not look like a blues guitar but you can certainly get some good blues tones.
Second the Ibanez SZ guitars from the early 2000's (also mentioned in a comment below). It has 25.2 inch scale with 12 inch radius and Duncan Designed pick ups which are good enough not to need being swapped out. A combination of large size neck volute , the way the neck joins the thick body plus the big Ibanez Gibraltar bridge and thru body stringing gives it sustain comparable to a Les Paul. Despite being good design it was not that popular and is long discontinued but can be found on the 2nd hand market.
Great shout on the Cort - I have a T-style Cort Manson and it pays and sounds great. As a someone who likes T-style guitars Shane, you should try a Cort Manson. Cort make so many well known brands in their factories that their own seem to be all of the best features of the famous brands at a "no name" price.
Great Guitars!
I BOUGHT a PRS SE "Pauls" in the brown burst quilted finish. My first PRS! I was so looking forward to that. All the quality talk is just talk.. Nasty looking flaw in the veneer under the clear. Not damaged. It also had a electrical ground issue and 12 of the 24 frets were HIGH. I have never bought any guitar at any price that had that many frets off. They set it up high it seems to hide it. It was out of the box less than a hour and back it went. Now here is the twist..I then ordered a Harley Benton CST 24. It arrived here in the USA in 3 days in perfect condition. Setup well and I could not find any flaws worth a complaint. ONE Fourth the price and 4 Times the Guitar.
Interesting video Shane. I really dig the green PRS that you have in your videos. I think the best PRS alternative is the PRS SE models. They're all great, some of them are really unbelievable. Of course not as fancy as the usa models. However if a regular old school mahogany/rosewood is your thing those are unbeatable. Change the pickups and the hardware and it's instantly first class 🙂
I have a PRS SE Custom 24 in a Tobacco Burst, love it!! The only thing I’ve done to it was to put on some PRS like locking tuners from John Mann’s Guitar Vault USA.
Your comment about your PRS SE Custom 24 being as playable and overall, awesome is exactly my opinion about mine except I got the 2020 SE Standard Tobacco Sunburst. Just today, I’ve been dwelling on my Standard being the most playable guitar I have ever owned. And I’ve been playing guitar for 55 years. And that’s the truth. Straightest, most fret leveled guitar I’ve ever purchased right of the box. It could go down to 1/32 on the low E at the 12th just the way I received it. Even the truss adjustment came spot on for such low action capability. And the same relative action potential went up for all 6 strings. I happen to prefer a tad more height for a more bell like, ringing tone. But I just saying! Dang. And I got mine on sale for $450 US, delivered. It’s insane how playable this guitar is. Even the frets came mirror polished.
Cort makes great guitars. I took a chance on one of their 7 strings and it's excellent. Really great options/upgrades and wood choices.
I own a cort M520 that is a model that was between the M600 and M200 years ago, it was my beginner electric guitar and after owning some higher end guitars I still think it's a great guitar. In fact, it was built in the Indonesian Cort factory that nowadays build the PRS SE guitars.
I highly rate the 'Vintage' brand . The bodies are sound, but the Wilkinson pickups are a bit hot for some...
I took an LP-style Vintage body, put in some pre-loved Gibson pickups and it sounds like a thousand pounds, not dollars!
Also Vintage does a PRS-style guitar, I changed the pickups to second-hand PRS pups and now it sounds as good as a much more expensive guitar. I'm a PRS fan, and have a black Tremonti, my current favorite .
Cort is really good, their facilities make the budget Ibanez, Squiers, and G&L Tribute guitars.
And their guitars are way more affordable than budget Ibanez or squier here in Indonesia
They make the PRS SEs as well, if it hasnt been mentioned a million times already.
Great vid Ta! I bought a Cort M900 about 6 years ago and it’s a really good all rounder (PRS Inspired shape). Made in Indonesia with piezo pickup as well as coil tap facility. Nice and light. Doesn’t have the sexy brand name but good bang for your buck. Don’t think they produce them still.
Building a guitar collection i went for many budget solutions like Fenders from Mexico, ESP Ltd metal guitars and Epiphone Les Pauls. The PRS i went for the USA S2 line and i never had any regrets. It’s my number one guitar to rule them all, so versitile and good quality.
Yes I own that exact Trampus green SE and it is a wonderful guitar and I've picked up guitars double the value and thought this isn't any much better if at all
The PRS SE range is great for the price. I've got the 245, but I've seen some custom 24's with some great looking pieces of wood and as you said Shane, about $1200AU.
I own a PRS SE 24 Custom a SE Tremonti and a CE 24 bolt on live them all 🥂
I would add the PRS SE Standard 24: same excellent "85/15 s" as the custom and some few aesthetic and wood choices to lower the price. Thanks for the video. Cheers
I purchased a demo SE semi hollow last year from Sweetwater. Don’t sleep on those deals!
Shane, great video sir! Which ones on this list do you think have necks that compare favorably to the PRS wide/fat neck?
I have 2 Harley Benton 24CST one with humbuckers the other with P90s and oh my goodness!! The compliments I get are endless. The P90s on the Black one are AMAZING!!! I get a killer Keith Richard tone with my Texas Trouble overdrive running in to my Hot Rod Deluxe.....
Yup, SEs for sure. After my opaque black PRS EG2 HSH was stolen I bought an opaque black SE Singlecut Trem 2008 Korean made model, and it's been an enjoyable guitar, very stable and playable, more playable than the EG2 was, though I miss the pickup combination the EG2 had. I like your Trampas Green SE, it looks great!
I have a PRS S2 Singlecut that is USA made and love it. Also have a PRS SE Standard and a PRS SE Mark Tremonti Custom that are awesome and a great value for money.
I had a IYV that was a PRS clone it was amazing for a 200 dollar guitar... I changed pickups to a set of Duncan's and wow ... I traded for a Squier 50's Telecaster or I'd still be playing it ✌🍄👍
I used to have an indie IPR ways back and ive got to say it was great. looked a lot more like a prs than the one here, worth checking out
I haven't played the M series but I picked up a Cort G290 FAT last year and it is amazing.
My first guitar ever was a Cort guitar. Bought it used for $99 at Ward Brodt in Madison, WI in 1990. I wish I knew more about guitars back then I would have had a setup done on it. But my 14 year old self loved that guitar.
I thought the one you owned was a USA one at first haha. Hmmm I've heard good things about the SE ones but wow I might try one now!
I've had several Dillion PRS copies over the years. One even had the PRS bird inlays. PRS threatened to sue so Dillion had to change the design. Mine had a beautiful blue quilt top. I should have kept it. I still have 2 of their LP copies. The DLP-650 in green quilt top and a white DL-625. I also have their Fender strat copy. The DS-100. Back in the early 2000s, these guitars were around $450 at the most.
You should try the wolf guitar(aio) I’ve heard good things about them :)
Very true !!! I just got a wolf WLP. It's awesome !!!
I bought the PRS 2020 inspiration from Wolf (aio). These guitars play excellently, and the guitar I got looked far better in person than on the website.
Amazing customer service as well.
LOVE ❤️ my PRS SE!!!😍🎸😍🎸😍🎸
I have a Lefty CORT M600 since 2011 - I kept it in my room - never in the sun and still it changed from a beautiful Blue to a dead grey-purple.
Ibanez makes some great double cut guitars.
I have an SE Custom 24 35th Anniversary edition. Wonderful instrument! I do recommend upgrading to the SE locking tuners. Definitely worth it!
Great video. Can you do a similar to strat a like guitar to Fender. Most bang for your buck. Thanks your chanel is great
Great video, which I feel would've been made better if you'd at least given us a demo - or included audio from the short clip of you with your band - of the SE Custom 24 so we could hear for ourselves just how it actually sounds.
Best review. Best wishes from the other side...switzerland. All the best to australia. By the way the prices for PRS USA are here as high as in Australia. I love this green PRS SE, but could not get one. There are sold out, I guess. Cheers from an other lefty ;-)
Pretty cool video, very thoughtful and well researched. I wonder why I watched it, though. I don't even like PRS guitars, nor do I seek to own one 🤔
Very useful segment... should help a lot of folks who are looking for quality alternatives to the pricier PRS models. Bu the moment I tuned in, I thought, why wouldn't you just by PRS SE? I own one, and it's amazing for the money... hundreds less than my US PRS and with a PRS, I can tell you that the company stands behind its products.
Love my 2 PRS SE 24 guitars
I have two of the first Dillion hollow body guitars (when I say "early," I mean one of them doesn't have serial numbers). I appreciate both of them. One has an ash top and toaster style pick ups and the other has a maple top with PAF clones.
Schecter. You can get a great entry level Schecter, like the C-6 for 300 bucks. I personally had an Omen Extreme-6, and I swear, it was the absolute best $400 guitar I ever owned. They are great guitars at entry level price, and they just get better as you go up.
I play a hellraiser schecter and it's not only good for heavy sound. It works for nearly every kind of music.
With two activ humbuckers and a single split coil like the PRS SE, except that they are activ ones.
I changed the electrics in my SE to PRS units and a Shaller 5 way (PRS rotary sounds), gigging with it because my 93 CE would be irreplaceable for me. I tried looking, ended up with the SE. Pickups kinda spikey. So I changed pot values with added resistors to pot making 480k from the 510k stock, SE pickups very close to the ones in my 93 now. Sanded back of neck, put Sperzel sound-lok tuners and Stock PRS strap buttons. I already had parts laying around, take offs from repairs and request, goal was no money spent save for the new strings.
IYV IP-350 TBK. Can hold its own with any brand discussed in this fine video. Set neck, all the specs but with dot inlays. $130 Cdn at a pawn shop, excellent cond'n. These are excellent players.
I like a few of the SE models!
I would add; PRS SE Standard 24, a PRS for less than the price of a Fender Player Strat (in the UK) and a SGR by Schecter C1, ridiculously good guitar for around £150. I definitely agree with the Harley Benton CST-24T, I changed the pickups in mine and put locking tuners in and it plays almost as good as the PRS. 👍
Thank You
Fame also makes a good clone of these, gorgious tops, for the euro's over here
Duh ... The number 1 alternative to US made PRS guitars is, of course, the SE guitars from PRS itself.
Which are made by Cort
Pauls guitar se was my first guitar.
Got 2 of em and love em
I've seen some Swing Guitar model that looks reminiscent of a PRS. Locally in Singapore, I saw a Craftsman Guitar that is a cheap copy as well.
My 2006 Korea Dean hardtail is very PRS like with a 3/4” maple top, coil taps, authentic Grover tuners, with a floating bridge.
My solution was to get a PRS SE Standard 24. Love it!
Agree. I think the PRS SE Standard is the best $500 electric guitar on the market bar none.
@@ljmiller96 I have a Standard 22 but thoae were discontinued a while back. Now you can't get an SE under $700. I thought I would never be able to get my hands on a PRS but I was able to with the Standard series.
Careful some SE models are made in Indonesia not AmS Korea and have reported tuning issues. I have a 245 with problems staying in tune. Another PRS clone brand is Dean guitars.
I have the very same Harley Benton CST24T in Paradise flame burst, and I must say, for the price we pay in the UK(£230)
this guitar is just spectacular? the finish, build quality, and tonal spectrum, it covers, is 2nd to none? really its a no-brainer
it's a great guitar for the 3x the price
i have a cort m 200 and i put semore Duncan pickups in it it sounds awesome
From Leo: Cort is a brand that gives a good guitar for low money. I have an M600 and an X2. I would never say they are better than a PRS, but they play well and sound good. Neither needed anything out of the box and both have been dependable for several years.
Mitchell is under rated. I love my MD400!
Compared to the SE, I doubt the HB have a rigorous quality control when it comes to wood selection and moisture content..
Shane! Have you tried a Belman Albatross? Fell in love with that one from Planeshakers' Joth Hunt.
yeah man..australian guitars but they are not on production anymore
Very much appreciated video. Thank you for some alternatives to the PRS.
However, I must offer up a correction. The 2nd to the last company, you called, Dillon (like Dylan). The company's name is actually, Dillion (Dill-ion). The guitars shown have gone through a dumbing down of the design.
I have the lawsuit Dillion DR 500T, complete with the quite accurate Birds-in-flight on the fretboard, Tremolo bridge, and a MUCH MORE accurate body style and headstock to the Custom 24. Though it came with a 3 way toggle, I wired it according to the schematic of the early 90's 5-way / 3 knob design including the pickup split and out-of-phase combinations. Has a set neck, 24 3/4" scale. Pickups are very cheap, and the poorly implemented tremolo is a two-post, knife-edge variant that NEVER returns to tune, especially the G and B strings. What else is new, right?
Changed the machine heads to locking, went with minimal winds on the post. I put in a Tremsetter, put in a Graphtech nut, oiled the saddles, adjusted screw tension on the springs, etc. Everything I could find out about compensating for a bad tremolo, no soap.
Oh well. I still really enjoy playing it. It looks the part and plays well enough for $450 with case, new, shipped from Canada to the US. Keep your eyes on the used market for the DILLION DR 500T, circa very early 2000's
I have a PRS Bernie Marsden SE and love it. I’d love the custom 24 SE but think a divorce might follow. I’ve never tried a Harley Benton but they seem very good value. Have you ever tried one of their kits?
I have a Cort M600 for which I paid peanuts used. Nice guitar with a very sweet fast neck.
Indie Knob-Head headstock LOL
What WERE they thinking ??
I have a PRS SE Tremonti custom and it has to be the best bang for buck ever. I bought a second hand "full fat" Tremonti and it's great but for VFM you can't beat PRS SE. However, I recently bought a Sire Larry Carlton H7 and it's pretty close in terms of build quality and VFM. Better than an Epi Sheraton II I bought a while back, didn't like and sold. Well worth including Sire in this list.
I purchased an Artist 59 telecaster copy. For $279 this is the best budget guitar I have ever seen, heard or played. I also purchased the tweedtone tube amp $599. Total price $860. $20 discount on amp and guitar purchases. If you are on a budget and want something that is really really nice, have a look at this! I am not associated with Artist in anyway, just a happy customer who thinks the best thing a guitar player can do is unplug the tv and buy a guitar rig that gets you excited to play!
I had an older Cort M600 (think it was an 06). Loved how it played, but didn't love the pickups. It was a NOS from a store that had closed up. Got it for $85 US. Yep. Probably should have kept it and swapped the pickups, but sold it for $200.
LTD PB400 aka Pot Belly 400. Thick LP size mahog slab arch top w wicked thin U set neck and xtra jumbo wire 2 buckers. Its a Les Paul you can shred to the 22nd fret.
I like the Kiesel CT624 guitar.
The SE standard 24 is outstanding
I got the blue Harley Benton CST24T but with P90s ... I also liked that it has the combo of P90s + The Tremolo (thats something PRS itself acutally doenst seem to really offer, i also wanted the one with p90s since i have 3 guitars with Humbuckers allready ^^ and maaan those p90s sound soo good ) ... Love that Guitar man. Very good Price Value.
Great guitars all Shane! I am curious about something. The PRS se guitars are made in Korea by Cort. I live in Maryland, not far from PRS actually. Now I know that one of the great things about the Korean guitars is that they are shipped to Marysville and inspected at the US facility to insure that they meet quality spec’s. Does that mean that a SE in Australia has been shipped across the world and back? Seems a bit crazy don’t you think? Anyone know if this is indeed the case?