PRS SE basses!

[TolerancEJ]

The Kingfisher looks great!

 

[MoeTown1986]

Agreed. I have two SEs that I use in my studio.

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Bought used, the singlecut came modded with Gibson PAF style (I believe they're DiMarzio Tone Zones). I replaced the bridge pickup in the Santana with a Seymour Duncan SH-10. Great guitars! I can only think that the SE basses will be similar in quality.

Beautiful! I love their singlecuts! Here are my 2 beauties. I swear my Angelus acoustic is on par with any high end USA acoustic within a couple grand.

 

[Thick McRunfast]

I think the $750-800 price point is a winner. It's just out of my impulse buying range but not so far out that I'm going to have to live on ramen and tap water for months to buy one.

Just a note to PRS (or any other manufacturer out there) - give me a thousand dollar instrument and I won't be complaining about the board or the color or the My Little Pony inlays

 

[cnltb]

Have you seen their Grainger line of basses?

I have. Quite some time ago I also tried one.
Those have a lot more of that 'PRS ness'.
I find them much too expensive though.

 

[MoeTown1986]

I have. Quite some time ago I also tried one.
Those have a lot more of that 'PRS ness'.
I find them much too expensive though.

Yeah, they're up there in price. I have played one. Not long enough though. I wanna really sit down with one and go through it.

 

[Ryan - Haliwel]

Finally!!!

 

[Ryan - Haliwel]

My only request would be 5 string and make them look like the PRS guitars. I'm not really a fan of the tradition "look" bass. Give it some character man!

 

[MoeTown1986]

They just posted this on their FB.

 

[Ryan - Haliwel]

Meh.... Why can't they look like this???

 

[NOLA Bass]

Cool, a nearby dealer has a sunburst Kestrel on order. I told him to call me when it arrives to check out. I am sans any sort of jazz bass at the moment.

 

[Ryan - Haliwel]

I do like the jazz body but want something a little more creative. Most of the standard historic basses bore me. I know they are classic but I want something unique.

 

[MoeTown1986]

Meh.... Why can't they look like this???View attachment 437801

PRS does make basses that look like that.

But, like that guitar you posted, they are a few thousand dollars.

 

[Ryan - Haliwel]

Yeah, that is true. The body of that one is a little weird. Too rounded at the bottom.. As you can see I'm super picky

 

[zidzidane]

In the demo video for the Kingfisher, the bass sounds terrible, the strings are squeaking and the pickups sound very thin -- like a cheap Stingray clone. It also looks like one of the new Yamaha TBX basses:

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But the Kestrel does sound very nice indeed, in fact, it is one of the best sounding jazzes I have heard in a long time. Fender doesn't really have a jazz bass to compete in the same price range apart from the Geddy Lee.

I'll probably buy the Kestrel if the price was right.

 

[Jeff Scott]

Has PRS cleared the Kestrel name with Manson Guitar Works? Isn't that a model name Manson used on a bass, one that John Paul Jones uses? One that is now called the Manson E Bass John Paul Jones Signature?

 

[MoeTown1986]

Yeah, that is true. The body of that one is a little weird. Too rounded at the bottom.. As you can see I'm super picky

Nothing wrong with picky! Especially when paying top dollar.

 

[MoeTown1986]

Has PRS cleared the Kestrel name with Manson Guitar Works? Isn't that a model name Manson used on a bass, one that John Paul Jones uses? One that is now called the Manson E Bass John Paul Jones Signature?

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That's the bass. I don't see the name Kestrel anywhere.

 

[TolerancEJ]

Damn. $750-800 and occasionally, some retailers have 10-15% discount sales. These basses are gonna sell!

 

[Jeff Scott]

Not anymore, but I clearly recall the Kestrel name from a BP interview years ago with JPJ.

 

[MoeTown1986]

Not anymore, but I clearly recall the Kestrel name from a BP interview years ago with JPJ.

Hmmm... Maybe PRS bought the name? :-/