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PRS SE basses!

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Nobody said:
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Nice pic of the colors in the link! I like the Natural Kingfisher.

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MoeTown1986 said:
I know you can get the Maryland line guitars and basses inlayed how you want. I'm sure there's no option in the SE's.
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I can't imagine you can make a custom order for these basses. Not as they're made in Asia.

I do find PRS's reluctance to clearly identify the country of manufacture very offputting. I wish they would say "Made in *insert SE Asian country here* instead of "Designed by our top minds in Maryland, each bass is ordered by our top flight production schedulers in the US. Each bass is delivered to our door by a smiling American working for a US-based carrier. Our American staff then lovingly and caringly inspects each bass in our Maryland facility. Only then are these basses placed in American showrooms for Americans to buy."
 
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That Kestrel is could be my next jazz.... I bought a SE guitar a few years ago. As much as I didn't want a PRS it literally blew anything Fender or Gibson out of the water at that price-point. If the basses are similar in comparison, I'll gladly give 'em some money again for not just throwing crap out into the $500-$700 market.
 
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DagoMaino said:
That Kestrel is could be my next jazz.... I bought a SE guitar a few years ago. As much as I didn't want a PRS it literally blew anything Fender or Gibson out of the water at that price-point. If the basses are similar in comparison, I'll gladly give 'em some money again for not just throwing crap out into the $500-$700 market.
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I have the SE semi hollow electric guitar and SE Angelus acoustic also. Compared to my lead guitarists' fleet of "real" PRS's, the SE's are well worth their price. High quality instruments IMHO.
 
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Not much, but a little more hot off the press info here.

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I must say, for me - it is extremely gratifying to see that PRS has entered this kind of $700ish market, typically dominated by Fender and the others. Finally, it's one on one, apples to apples. The bodies are bassically (mispelling on purpose) flat body versions of the carved Grainger bass. I know Paul well since 1976 and the quality of what he puts his name on is always FIRST RATE. He is an uncompromising perfectionist. That is why it took so long. I just hope he has the quality control under control with the entire factory. By the way, the Kingfish body is ash, not alder, there was a misprint.

Kudos to Paul, he has a couple of REAL winners here and I am sure that 5-strings are right around the corner.

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Can't wait to read the reviews as the orders come rolling in.

BassHappy

Happier than usual, even though there are no medium scalers.:meh::meh::meh:
 
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