Red PRS Soapbar Electric
Continuing my interest in some kind of a P90 guitar, I was looking in a guitar magazine the other day when I saw an entry for the PRS SE Soapbar, a P90 (soapbar) equipped electric guitar with some great looking wood, finishes, and appointments. It’s got a stop tailpiece, two P90s with shared tone/volume controls and a three-way switch. It looks like there’s a wrap-around bridge. It has a set mahogany neck and a mahogany body.
One of my friends works in a wood shop, and told me that mahogany fumes are toxic. That saddens me, because mahogany is such a great looking wood and so great for guitar bodies and necks. I hope that these are made in safe conditions.
The tobacco sunburst model of the PRS SE is no less impressive.
My wife thought that it looked pretty nice, even with the creme soapbars instead of the black that she and I generally prefer.
The guitar is one of the under-$500.00 models reviewed in my guitar magazine. It got pretty high marks, and was one of Guitar Player’s picks. I’ve personally not played it, but PRS has a very solid reputation. I would expect it to be very playable (as the reviewers said) and of high quality overall.
It is apparently made overseas, by the way. But this is not the first time I’ve praised the foreign guitars that CNC has made possible.
Its black-finished brother appears in a little video here:
P90s are just too cool. I still have a mild fascination with Duncan’s SHPR-1 pickups but I could so see buying one of these (probably the red) some day and keeping it in heavy rotation. What a beauty of a guitar.
I am a beginner guitarist and I just bought this model in red. I went to a local music store’s grand opening to compare prices on a Yamaha Pacifica 112 but they had none. I saw the PRS Soapbar in Cherry (the color attracted me. I picked up and held it. Gosh, it felt goood. I started to play the 7 chords I knew. I played with it for an hour, picking and strumming. I was sold! That guitar makes me want to play and learn! I bought it on relying on my intuition. When I got home and researched the guitar on the internet, I was blown away! Awesome reviews. Awesome demo videos! Fantastic homepage at PRS! I made the right choice buying this guitar! Morevover, it was on sale, for $235 USD. I laughed all the way to the bank! Sweet music to my ears!
Comment by Fredricfk Burns — 2008-December-9 @ 07:46